Until entering into force of the Enforcement Act in 1996, the system of enforcement in Croatia had been regulated by the Act on Execution Procedure, a law which was inherited in a procedure of succession from former Yugoslavia. Since 1996 the system of enforcement underwent a number of substantial changes which main purpose was to make enforcement procedure more effective and at the same time less cumbersome for debtors.

The Financial Operations and Pre-Bankruptcy Settlement Act

The disadvantages and ambiguous interpretations that have frequently occurred in the implementation of the pre-bankruptcy settlement procedures preventing the achievement of the primary goal of the Financial Operations and Pre-Bankruptcy Settlement Act (“the Act”) - the establishment of liquidity and solvency of business entities – have provoked a need for detailed amendments to the Act. The second amendments to the Act which were published in the Official Gazette No.

1. Introduction

The system of claim enforcement in Croatia is primarily regulated by two core laws: (i) Enforcement Act (Official Gazette No. 112/2012 and 25/2013) determining procedure of mandatory enforcement of claims including the procedure of voluntary security of claims; and (ii) the Act on Enforcement of Financial Assets (Official Gazette No. 112/2012) providing legal framework for the enforcement of claims against financial assets.