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Meeting with Minister Damir Habijan
July 12, 2024

Meeting with Minister Damir Habijan

Representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce in Croatia (AmCham) held a meeting with Damir Habijan, Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation, and colleagues from the Ministry.

The topic of the meeting were two AmCham position papers "Recommendations for Judiciary Improvements" and "Creating a Single National Court Register".

Andrea Doko Jelušić, AmCham executive director, stated that "the Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation is an extremely important sector for the business community and the economy of the Republic of Croatia, as it can contribute to more predictable, transparent, digitized and faster business through positive legislative solutions and improving practices, but also to have a positive effect on new foreign investments in our country."

Minister Habijan pointed out that dialogue with stakeholders is important and welcomed concrete proposals from the business community that can improve, but also relieve the judicial system.

In the document "Recommendations for Judiciary Improvements", five areas are highlighted, Specialization of Judges, Modification of the Methodology for the Evaluation of Judges’ Performance, Promoting ADR, Creation of a National Court Register, Infrastructural Changes and Modernization of Communication with Parties.

One of the above-mentioned recommendations was elaborated in detail in the "Creation of a unified national court register" position paper. With it, the business community proposes the unification of existing registers into a single body, but also changes to procedural rules - more precisely defining the limits of the register's authority, alternative confirmation of registration documentation via NIAS or via a notary, recommended electronic submission of applications, introduction of publication of decisions of the High Commercial Court, reasoned enrollment refusals, urgent resolution.

Along with Minister Habijan, the meeting was attended by Mirela Fučkar, Director General of the Directorate for Civil, Commercial and Administrative Law, Sanda Kulić, Director General of the Directorate for Organization of the Judiciary, and Ivan Tadić, Head of Cabinet of the Minister.

AmCham's representatives were Andrea Doko Jelušić, executive director, Marko Porobija, Chairman of AmCham's Judicial Committee, Ivan Luetić, member of the Judicial Committee, Dražen Malbašić, Policy Director and Tomislav Vidović, Policy Officer.

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