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Despite Schengen membership of Croatia and abolition of border controls from 1.1.2023 - the permit / vignette obligation for Croatia still exists. Now very easy to renew via SeaHelp; the tourist tax can be easily transferred online.. On December 8, 2022, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted a decision on the full application of the provisions of the...
Read moreSeaHelp Service: Who wants to save the annoying ways to the harbor captain and to the bank, to avoid unnecessary contacts at the same time, can also in this year 2022 the permit/vignette for Croatia quite simply via SeaHelp extend; the tourist tax can be transferred easily online. To navigate Croatian waters with recreational boats, an annual permit (also called...
Read moreCroatia has removed the handsome number of 6,363 boats and yachts whose owners have not paid the Permit Fees for the Safety of Navigation and Protection of the Seas for the years 2020 and 2021 from the Croatian Boat Register through forced deregistration. The decision, implemented as of December 18, 2021, is based on Article 192, paragraph 3 of the...
Read moreOwners whose ships, boats or yachts are registered under the Croatian flag and who have not paid the fees due for the permit in the last two years are threatened from October 2021 with compulsory deregistration or deletion of their ships, boats or yachts from the Croatian shipping register. The responsible ministry has published a list specifically for this on...
Read moreThe extremely welcome, but yet quite sudden elimination of the quarantine regulations for Austrian citizens returning from Croatia, will probably have triggered a real run on the Croatian marinas before the upcoming long weekend. Many boat and yacht owners want to acquire just quickly the Croatian permit, in order to undertake still on Thursday a first exit. However, they should...
Read moreThe situation in the nautical sector in Croatia seems to be developing much more positively than it is commonly portrayed in public: The SeaHelp rescue boats already had to go out again before Easter to provide assistance to skippers and are currently recording more missions day by day. This "perceived, subjective impression" of increased activity on the water is also...
Read moreCorrection: Due to a transmission or translation error, the first version of this article communicated that the payment of the tourist tax for the complete year can still be paid at the port captains. This is not correct, from April 4, the tourist tax for skippers can be paid exclusively online. We apologize. The Croatian National Tourist Board radiates confidence...
Read moreAlso this year SeaHelp offers all skippers in Croatia again the possibility to extend the permit or vignette via the cooperation partner Mandinus d.o.o. or to apply for a new one. This saves time, nerves and unnecessary contacts in times of the Corona virus, as experience shows that many owners will travel to Croatia again when the border is opened...
Read moreEven if one might be inclined to throw some precautionary measures overboard due to the anticipation of the summer holidays that are about to start, the COVID 19 pandemic is far from over, as hot spots of new infections in Germany, Austria and Croatia show. And because the virus itself does not take a holiday, holidaymakers should continue to protect...
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