Meeting with Minister of Justice and Public Administration Ivan Malenica

AmCham welcomes the proposed amendments to the Companies Act and the Court Register Act since the proposed amendments represent a significant advance and incentive to the development of the economy and business climate in the Republic of Croatia. The legislative bills are proposed for the purpose of a further digital transformation of the procedure concerning the establishment, registration of establishment, and registration of changes in companies in the court register.

The objective of the position paper is to contribute with constructive proposals for the development of the final drafts of the two bills ultimately capable of improving legal certainty as well as the business and investment environment in the Republic of Croatia. That’s why AmCham’s proposals set out in this position paper are aimed solely at maintaining the intended purpose of the proposed amendments as well as the maximum facilitation and unification of their future implementation and potential interpretation.

Minister Malenica welcomed AmCham's long-term commitment and activities in improving the justice system and legal predictability and called for further cooperation between the Tax Administration and AmCham with the aim of strengthening and achieving a more competitive judiciary.

Besides Minister Malenica, representatives Ministry of Justice and Public Administration included Mirela Fučkar, Director of the Directorate for Civil, Commercial and Administrative Law; Mihovil Tvrtko Lonjak, Head of the Sector for Civil and Commercial Law Regulations and Iva Kuna, advisor to the Minister. AmCham representatives present at the meeting were Andrea Doko Jelušić, Executive Director; Krešimir Lipovšćak, Chair of Judicial Committee (Partner in Crowe d.o.o.); Marko Porobija, Judicial Committee member (President of the Management Board in Porobija & Špoljarić) and Svjetlana Momčilović, AmCham Policy Manager.

AmCham's position paper is available here.