MTR stands for “Minimum Technical Requirements”. These are the requirements you must fulfil in order to do business in certain areas such as catering, trade, lodging services etc.
Yes, it does. Your business may begin once you have received a confirmation on fulfilment of all minimum technical requirements related to your planned business.
After you have assured all the requirements related to your business have been fulfilled, you should submit a request to the government body in charge of issuing such confirmations.
Considering you are required to submit, among other documents, certain reports (attestations) on tests done in your workspace, you may hire us to conduct all tests needed in the process of fulfilling MTR criteria.
More detailed information on minimum technical requirements (MTR) may be found on the following links:
In the Republic of Croatia, catering activities may be performed by natural and legal persons registered for performing catering activities, and who have fulfilled all the requirements related to this field.
Registering a business implies listing the business into its related register (court register for legal persons, trade registers for natural persons or tradesmen, as well as other registers set by the law).
There are several types of catering spaces, depending on the services provided inside, as well as the serving procedure. Most common ones include: cafes, bars, pubs, taverns, restaurants, pizzerias, fast food facilities etc.
This is important considering you can begin with your business once you have fulfilled all the minimum technical requirements which depend on the type of your catering space, as well as the general minimum requirements which must be fulfilled by all catering spaces.
Depending on the location of your catering space, the request should be submitted to your local government body for your county or city (“City office in charge of economy and business”).
Along with the complete request (equal for all counties), you should enclose the following:
proof that your business space fulfilled special regulation requirements
If the catering service in question is the same as before, new confirmation isn’t necessary. In this case you must hand in a request on continuation of catering services with the following enclosed:
If you are planning to act as a natural or legal person/tradesman, you may only deal in trade if you are registered in its related business, and if all the minimum technical requirements for trade services have been fulfilled. They will depend on the planned business form and manner.
Registering a business implies enrolling your business into its matching register (court register for legal persons or trade registers for natural persons).
If you plan to deal with online trading, you will have to register your business under “Informational society services”.
Requirements such as trade space appearance and equipment, additional rooms, outdoor spaces and other, are determined by Minimum Technical Requirements Act, which also holds other requirements related to trade spaces, trading equipment and tools in trade spaces, as well as requirements for selling products outside shops.
This request is usually submitted after you have fulfilled all the mandatory requirements for your business. Depending on the location of your trade space, the request should be submitted to your local government body for your county or city (“City office in charge of economy and business”).
Along with the complete request (equal for all counties), you should enclose the following:
proof that your business space fulfilled special regulation requirements- operational licence issued in accordance with Construction Act or documents which are considered an operational licence (according to former Acts)
If the confirmation on requirement fulfilment existed before, the business inside the trade space can be continued without a new confirmation. This possibility isn’t affected by the eventual change in the type of merchandise being sold, if all the requirements listed in the Act are fulfilled.
In the Republic of Croatia, lodging services in household can be provided by citizens holding Croatian nationality, as well as other EU member states and Switzerland nationals.
It implies a functional whole in which the host offers lodging services. Considering the different types of services that can be provided, we can differentiate several types of lodging spaces: rooms, apartments, studio apartments, holiday homes, camps etc.)
The request should be submitted when the lodging space is ready to receive guests. Before that, as a host you should fulfil all the requirements related to the type and category of your lodging space, in coordination with your lodging capacity.
Depending on the location of your lodging space, the request should be submitted to your local government body for your county or city (“City office in charge of economy and business”).
Along with the complete request (equal for all counties), you should enclose the following:
proof that your business space fulfilled special regulation requirements
In Republic of Croatia, every natural and legal person registered for catering services can start a catering related business, if they fulfil the set requirements.
Registering a business implies enrolling your business into its matching register (court register for legal persons or trade registers for private persons / tradesmen, and other registers determined by the law).
Related to catering services provided inside, we can differentiate several lodging facilities such as: hotels, camps, holiday homes, apartments, studio apartments, rooms etc.
This is important considering you can only start offering lodging services after you have fulfilled all the mandatory requirements, which depend on the type of lodging service and are in accordance with lodging capacity.
This request should be submitted after you have fulfilled all the mandatory requirements depending on the type and category of your lodging space.
Depending on the location of your lodging-catering space, the request should be submitted to your local government body for your county or city (“City office in charge of economy and business”).
The exceptions are lodging spaces from the “Hotels” category which are marked by the number of stars, as well as “Camp” and “Marina” categories. These are submitted to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.
Along with the complete request (equal for all counties), you should enclose the following:
proof that your business space fulfilled special regulation requirements
