Land & Climate Change

This Directive sets out measures to reduce the risk of adverse effects associated with floods, with a view to protecting human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activities in general. It establishes a framework concerning the management and assessment of such flood risks.

The objects of this Act shall be, among other hings: (a) to provide for and establish integrated systems of development control, environmental impact assessment and pollution control; (b) to prevent, control and monitor pollution; to (c) protect and conserve the natural resources threatened by human activities, particularly those resources of national and ecological significance as may be class

This Act imposes a tax on pesticides to be paid to the Central State on marketing of fertilizers in the country. "Fertilizers" is defined in section 1 so as to include ammoniac and kalium calcium nitrate. The tax consists of a flat tax of 30 krones per gram of cadium in excess of the proportion one to five with phosphor.

This Act imposes a tax on pesticides to be paid to the Central State authorities on marketing of pesticides in the country. "Pesticides" is defined in section 1 so as to include, among other substances, means of control of pests of animals and diseases. The tax consists of a flat tax of a fee per kilogram of active substance in products marketed.

This Law provides all necessary information and standards for the declaration of the area of the archipelago including the surrounding sea area, with a total of 195.83 km surface, as a Croatian Nature Park "Lastovo Islands".

Implemented by: Regulation on the establishment of the Public Institution Nature Park "Lastovo Islands". (2006-10-23)

This Regional Law classifies protected areas as follows: (a) natural parks; (b) state nature reserves; (c) nature monuments; (d) dendrological parks and botanical gardens; (e) healthcare areas and spas; and (f) traditional nature management areas of indigenous peoples. Protected areas of regional significance shall be property of the regional administration.

This Regional Law establishes legal status and competence of authorized representatives of indigenous peoples with a view of ensuring traditional rights of indigenous peoples, traditional environment and traditional way of life thereof. Authorized representatives of indigenous peoples can be non-governmental entities, associations or natural persons.

This Law regulates the conditions, standards and manner for safe, orderly and free performance of the railway traffic and functioning of the railway system as an important part of the Croatian infrastructure and economy, with a particular regard for the environment impact and possible damage to the ecosystem caused by the performance of railway related activities.Technical requirements are stip

This Regional Law establishes composition and contents of land use planning of urban areas in accordance with territorial planning scheme and documents of territorial planning of municipal units. Land-use planning project shall contain graphic scheme (mapping of boundaries) and textual part.

This Regional Law regulates relations, originating in the sphere of organization, conservation and protection of protected areas with a view of conservation of unique and typical ecosystems and complexes, wild fauna and wild flora species, and control of changes in the state of biosphere.

This Regional Law regulates some issues of land tenure and land protection and, in particular, transfer of land from one category to another, land survey practices, cadastre registration of land and mapping of boundaries of land parcels transferred from one category to another.

This Law, composed of eight chapters divided in 24 articles, institutes the Superintendence for Northeast Development – SUDENE, with the view of promoting sustainable development of the area and its integration in the production system. The Law defines its composition, legal nature, objectives, implementation areas.