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Croatia is a contracting state to the ICSID Convention:

  • Signature: 16 June 1997  
  • Deposit of Ratification: 22 September 1998
  • Entry into Force: 22 October 1998
  • Pursuant to Article 13(1) of the ICSID Convention Croatia has made the following panel designations effective until 21 July 2005:
    - Mr. Pave DEVIC: Attorney-at-Law; Member, Croatian Arbitration Association
    - Mr. Milivoj GOLDSTAJN: Attorney-at-Law; Professor of Law, Zagreb University
    - Dr. Ivo GRBIN: Attorney-at-Law; Judge, Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia
    - Dr. Milijan SESAR: Attorney-at-Law; Faculty of Law, University of Split
    - Dr. Jaksa BARBIC: Professor of Law. Faculty of Law, Zagreb University
    - Dr. Kresimir SAJKO: Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Zagreb University
    - Mr. Nemad SEPIC: President, High Commercial Court; Member, Croatian Arbitration Association
    - Dr. Branko VUKMIR: Attorney; General Counsel, Croatian Investment Promotion Agency

Croatia is a contracting state to the New York Convention:

  • Date of Succession: 26 July 1993
  • Entry into Force: 8 October 1991
  • Croatia will only apply the New York Convention to the recognition and enforcement of awards made in the territory of another contracting state that were adopted after 8 October 1991 (the Entry into Force date) & only to differences arising out of legal relationships, whether contractual or not, that are considered commercial under their national law

In 2001, Croatia enacted legislation based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration as adopted in 1985 and is therefore now popularly considered to be an UNCITRAL Model Law State

Croatia is a Contracting State to the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:

  • Entry into Force: 8 October 1991

Croatia is not a Contracting State to the 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:

  • Entry into Force: N/A

Croatia is a United Nations Member State:

  • Date of Admission: 22 May 1992

Official State Name: Republic of Croatia - Republika Hrvatska

Official Language: Croatian

Capital: Zagreb

Currency: Kuna (HRK)

Time Zone: CET (UTC+1)

International Calling Code: +385

Internet TLD: .hr

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