Croatia
Prevention
Internation Conventions of prevention
Approved
| Legal Instrument | Ratification | Implementation Transposition of the international intrument in the national legislation |
|---|---|---|
| LC 1972 | ||
| AFS 2001 | 15/12/2006 | |
| SOLAS 74 | 08/10/1991 |
Maritime Code, Law on safety protection of merchant ships and international ports, Ordinance to carrying out control inspections of shipping, Ordinance of handling dangerous goods, Ordinance on wach-keeping requirements, Ordinance of minimum safe numbers of crew members, Rules for statutary certification |
| SOLAS Protocol 78 | 08/10/1991 |
Maritime Code, Rules for statutary certification |
| SOLAS Protocol 88 | 31/01/2000 |
Maritime Code, Rules for statutary certification |
| Load Line 1966 | 08/10/1991 |
Maritime Code, Rules for statutary certification |
| Load Line Protocol 1988 | 31/01/2000 |
Maritime Code, Rules for statutary certification |
| TONNAGE 69 | 08/10/1991 |
Maritime Code, Rules for statutary certification |
| COLREG 72 | 08/10/1991 |
Maritime Code, Ordinance of collision regulation |
| STCW 78 | 08/10/1991 |
Maritime Code, Ordinance on vocation and certificates of competencies for seafarers , Ordinance on wach-keeping requirements |
| UNCLOS | 05/04/1995 |
Maritime Code, Ordinance for protection of marine environment in protected economic-fishing zone |
| BWM 2004 | 29/06/2010 | |
| MARPOL Annex I & Annex II | 08/10/1991 |
Maritime Code, Law of gradual phasing-out of single hull oil tankers, Law of the maritime demesne and seaports, Ordinance to carrying out control inspections of shipping, Rules for statutary certification, Ordinance on the maintaining order in ports and other parts of internal and teritorials waters |
| MARPOL Annex III | 01/07/1992 |
Maritime Code, Rules for statutary certification |
| MARPOL Annex IV | 08/10/2010 |
Maritime Code, Rules for statutary certification |
| MARPOL Annex V | 08/10/1991 |
Maritime Code, Rules for statutary certification |
| MARPOL Annex VI | 04/05/2005 |
Maritime Code, Rules for statutary certification |
Unapproved
| Legal Instrument | Implementation Transposition of the international intrument in the national legislation |
|---|---|
| LC Protocol 1996 | |
| SCP B&H-CRO |
Sanctions for violations
| The Administration has the necessary national laws in force to ensure the provision of sanctions of adequate severity to discourage violation of international instruments to which the State is a Party | |
| If yes, how are violations followed up and what are the sanctions (for example, type of fines) imposed? | Inspection procedure is described in Ordinance for carrying out inspection, after inspection if there is a violation of the maritime legislation inspector must or should issued (depending of the case) penalty, offence order or initiation of the offence procedure, to council for offences in concerned Harbor master office. Sanction regulations are prescribed in Maritime Law, Law on the gradual phasing-out of single hull oil tankers, Law on safety protection of merchant ships and international ports in the last part – Offences. |
Ship inspections
| Periodic inspections of own ships | |
|---|---|
| The Administration has the necessary national laws in force to provide for ship inspections, and detaining, to ensure compliance with international maritime safety and pollution prevention standards, to which the State is a Party | |
| If yes, how many number of ships are inspected annually and how many of these have resulted in detaining the ship? | Number of inspected foreign ships in Croatian ports in last three year period is a follows: 2007 - 362 det. 20 2008 - 269 det. 35 2009- 273 det. 22 |
| Number of ships detained by PSC in the last 3 years | |
|---|---|
| Number of ships detained under the Med MoU | 3 |
| Number of ships detained under the Paris MoU | |
| Number of ships detained under the Tokyo MoU | |
| Number of ships detained under the USCG | 4 |
| Port State Control Inspections | |
|---|---|
| Port State Control Inspections are carried out in your ports | |
| If yes, how many PSC inspections are carried out annually? | Approximately 370 |
| Delegation of Authority to Recognised Organizations (ROs) | |
|---|---|
| The Administration has the necessary national laws, including necessary Agreements, in force to delegate authority to ROs | |
| What procedures are in place to monitor the work of the ROs? | According Quality system we have procedure for monitoring RO in Statutory certification process for Croatian national ships |
| Provide list of ROs to whom delegation of authority is granted through such an Agreement. | Based on national Law, Croatian Register of Shipping (CRS) is RO until Croatia will become a Member State of the European Union. |
Casuality investigations
| The Administration has the necessary national laws in force to carry out the required casualty investigations | |
| Number of reported groundings in the last 3 years | 2 |
| Number of reported collisions in the last 3 years | 0 |
| Number of reported casualties resulting in pollution incidents in the last 3 years | 0 |
MARPOL implementation
| MARPOL Infringements | |
|---|---|
| The Administration has the necessary national laws in force to ensure the provision of sanctions of adequate severity with respect to MARPOL infringements | |
| If yes, how are infringements followed up and what are the sanctions imposed? | Procedures for investigation under Marpol convention as carried out by PSC Officer, are followed as prescribed in Annex 2 of the Amendment PMOU. Violations of the Marpol requirements, if any, are prescribed in Law of the demesne and seaports, articles 116 and 114; maximum fine is app. 150.000 €, and 15.000€, respectively. |
| Port Reception Facilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port | MARPOL Annex I | MARPOL Annex II | MARPOL Annex IV | MARPOL Annex V | MARPOL Annex VI |
| Dubrovnik | |||||
| Korcula | |||||
| Ploce | |||||
| Rijeka | |||||
| Sibenik | |||||
| Split | |||||
| Zadar | |||||
| Surveillance of coastal waters | |
|---|---|
| Surveillance of the waters under your jurisdiction is carried out | |
| If yes, what are the methods and resources available to carry out such surveillance? | The surveillance of waters is monitored by 17 AIS basic stations along the coast, for control of maritime traffic. Monitoring area is expanded to internal waters and territorial sea including protected fishing zone. |
Resources
| Organigramme |
| Number of Offices, non-technical, technical staff | |
|---|---|
| Head Office (provide full address and contact details) | |
| Number of other Offices (provide full address and contact details of all offices) | |
| Number of non-technical staff | |
| Number of technical Staff | |
| Number of Inspectors (Flag State Surveyors and Port State Inspectors) | |
| Number of flag State Casualty Investigators | |