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Pre-emption Right in Real Estate Purchase Agreements – What It Means and How It Works?

The purchase of real estate in Croatia often involves specific contractual provisions that can significantly affect the rights of the buyer and the seller. One of the most important is the right of pre-emption.

Below we explain the rules that apply to a sales contract in which a contractual clause on the right of pre-emption obliges the buyer to inform the seller of the intended sale of the item t...

Property Regularization Without a Lawsuit – Individual Land Registry Correction Procedure

In cases of significantly outdated land registers, the individual land registry correction procedure represents an effective and legitimate legal remedy for harmonising land registry records with cadastral data.

In practice, its consistent application contributes to more orderly land registers, with a very small number of subsequent court disputes.

When Possession Becomes Ownership – Acquisitive Prescription and Judicial Protection of Your Rights

You possess a certain item, movable or immovable, for a certain period of time, and you are interested in the legal conditions and the possibility of acquiring ownership of that item.

In this article, you will learn how long it takes for possession of an item to lead to acquiring ownership through acquisitive prescription, and how judicial practice confirms the application of these legal provision...

Why a Proof of Payment of the Purchase Price is Not Sufficient for Registering Ownership in the Republic of Croatia?

Foreign buyers, especially from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, often operate under the logical assumption: "If I have paid for the property – I am the owner." In the Croatian legal system, unfortunately, this is not sufficient.

Lease and Concession in Croatian Law – Legal Framework and Key Differences

Lease is a legal institute regulated by the Obligations Act (Official Gazette Nos. 35/05, 41/08, 125/11, 78/15, 29/18, 126/21, 114/22, 156/22, 145/23, 155/23; hereinafter: OA).

By a lease agreement, the lessor undertakes to deliver a specific thing to the lessee for use, while the lessee undertakes to pay the agreed rent.

Protection of National Security – New Act on Foreign Investment Screening

Protection of National Security – New Act on Foreign Investment Screening On 24 October 2025, at a session of the Croatian Parliament, a new Act on Foreign Investment Screening (hereinafter: the Act) was adopted under an urgent procedure.

The Act was enacted with the aim of implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework...