Country data: Croatia

Transposition (Croatia)

Trend since last reporting period: 🡽 positive; 🡿 negative; = neutral
Ranking out of 27: 1 to 9; 10 to 18; 19 to 27

INDICATORS	Dec. 2022	EU average	Ranking	Trend
Transposition deficit (percentage of all directives not transposed)	1.1%	1.1%	16	🡽
Overdue directives	11	11	16	🡽
Long-overdue directives (> 2 years)	4	1	25	🡿🡿🡿
Directive 2018/849/EU - Amendment of Directives 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment *Directive 2018/850/EU - Amendment of Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste* *Directive 2018/852/EU - Amendment of Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste* *Directive 2018/2002/EU - Amendment of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency*
Average delay in transposing directives (in months)	15.5	12.6	22	🡿
Conformity deficit (percentage of all directives transposed incorrectly)	1.2%	1.3%	11	🡽

Infringements (Croatia)

Trend since last reporting period: 🡽 positive; 🡿 negative; = neutral
Ranking out of 27: 1 to 9; 10 to 18; 19 to 27
Ranking out of 23 (compliance with Court rulings): 1 to 8; 9 to 16; 17 to 23

INDICATORS		Dec. 2022	EU average	Ranking	Trend
Number of pending infringement proceedings		20	26	8	🡽
Problematic sectors	Services and professions – compliance issues (3 cases)
Average duration of infringement proceedings (in months)		36.4	47.9	1	🡿
Average time taken to comply with Court rulings (in months)		NA	48.3	NA	=

Internal Market Information System (Croatia)

Performance – Croatia performed very well.

Results for four indicators were above the EEA average, two of which were in the top ten among Member States for the respective areas.
Performance on both survey-related indicators improved noticeably.
Performance on requests replied within the deadline decreased noticeably and was below the EEA average.

Requests accepted within one week (%)

Requests answered by the deadline agreed in IMI (%)

Satisfaction with timeliness of replies - as rated by counterparts (%)

Satisfaction with efforts made - as rated by counterparts (%)

Speed in answering requests (days)

Technical regulations information system (Croatia)

SOLVIT (Croatia)

Caseload
Submitted cases: 142 (117 in 2021)
Received cases: 12 (16 in 2021)

Cases not accepted: 40 (46 in 2021)

Resolution rate: 100% (93% in 2021)
Handling time (as home centre)
Reply within 7 days: 100% (100% in 2021) – very good
Cases prepared within 30 days: 96% (94% in 2021) – very good
Solutions accepted within 7 days: 89% (93% in 2021 ) – very good

Cases not accepted within 30 days: 88% (87% in 2021) – very good

Handling time (as lead centre)
Cases accepted within 7 days: 91% (100% in 2021) – very good
Cases closed in 10 weeks: 100% (93% in 2021) – very good
Staffing level
urgent action needed

Payment delays (Croatia)

In 2022, the average payment delay (the time exceeding the legal or contractually agreed payment terms) by Croatian public authorities was 15 days.

The average number of days needed for a business to have its invoices paid by other businesses (business-to-business payments) was 49.50 days.

Responsive administration and burden of regulation (Croatia)

Indicator	2021	EU average
Burden of government regulation (survey replies: 1 = worst, 7 = best)	2.2	3.6
Digital public services to start and run a business (100% = best performing)	68.1%	n/a
Payment delays by public authorities	15 days	15.7 days
Time to resolve insolvency	3.1 years	2.0 years
Impact of regulation on long-term investment decisions (survey replies)	16.6%	n/a

Access to public procurement (Croatia)

Indicator	2021	EU average
Single bidder	21%	25%
No calls for bids	6%	6%
Publication rate (value advertised on Tenders Electronic Daily, in % of GDP)	10.4%	5.9%
Cooperative procurement (proportion of procedures with more than one buyer)	2%	5%
Award criteria (proportion of procedures awarded to cheapest bid)	1%	64%
Decision speed (days)	100	99
SME contractors	49%	61%
SME bids	39%	73%
Procedures divided into lots	39%	31%
Missing calls for bids	3%	1%
Missing seller registration numbers	0%	29%
Missing buyer registration numbers	0%	11%

Note: A typical (mid-ranking) EU country is used for the EU average for all indicators except the publication rate. Due to delays in data availability, publication rate results are based on 2020 data.

Access to services and services markets (Croatia)

Indicator	2021	EU average
Restrictiveness indicator – architect	3.3	2.5
Restrictiveness indicator – accountant	2.9	1.7
Restrictiveness indicator – civil engineer	3.1	2.4
Restrictiveness indicator – lawyer	4.2	3.4
Restrictiveness indicator – real estate agent	1.9	1.3
Restrictiveness indicator – patent agent	1.6	2.2
Restrictiveness indicator – tourist guide	2.1	1.2
Domestic priority letter prices, letter 20 g (2020)	€ 0.41	€ 0.88
Intra-EU priority letter prices, letter 20 g (2020)	€ 1.14	€ 1.53
Domestic transit times, day+1 performance, priority letters 20 g (2020)	86.0%	84.2%

Note: The EU restrictiveness indicator (EURI) measures the level of restrictiveness for the cross-border provision of services and the right of establishment for seven groups of professional services with a high share in EU firms’ intermediate consumption or cross-border mobility. The level of restrictiveness is measured on a scale from 0 (least restrictive) to 6 (most restrictive).

Access to finance (Croatia)

Indicator	2021	EU average
Access to public financial support (% of SMEs indicating deterioration)	9.3%	11.3%
Time to get paid by businesses (2022 survey)	49.5 days	52.5 days
Venture capital investments (% of GDP)	0.58%	0.48%