Originally from Enforcement of Money Judgments

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I. PRESENT ATTITUDE TOWARD ENFORCMENT OF FOREIGN MONEY JUDGEMENTS

A. Describe the representatives of your government /including courts/ toward enforcement of foreign money judgments

When the issue of enforcement of foreign judgments in Croatia is being analyzed, it is important to look back at some of the most important legal acts which regulate this question.

Primarily, as the basic legislation for the recognition and enforcement of foreign awards is the Geneva Convention (1927.) and New York Convention (1958.). As it was defined by the Constitution of Republic of Croatia, international conventions, when properly ratified and effective stand above the national legislation by their legal strength and status.

Still, Croatia has been dealing with this issue in several other legal acts, such as the Distraint Law and the Law on Settlement of the Conflicts of Law with Regulations of other Countries. Also, the Arbitration Act has to be mentioned when dealing with the recognition and enforcement of the foreign arbitration award.

All of these, above mentioned, regulations define the question of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments (or awards) in a way that such legal institute is being applicable to all of such situations if and when such judgment fulfills all conditions for recognition and enforcement as defined and specified in international legislation (effective in Croatia) and or national legal Acts.

For example, Croatian Arbitration Act defines that the foreign award can not be recognized, thus enforced, if this would be contrary to the public policy of Republic of Croatia.