New Legal Framework for Concessions in Maritime Ports of the Republic of Croatia.

With the enactment of the new Act on Maritime Domain and Sea Ports in the summer of 2023, the Republic of Croatia has, after many years, established a new contemporary legal framework for regulating maritime domain and thereby the maritime ports, the most economically significant part of the maritime domain. The new law aligns the concession model on the maritime domain and ports with European regulations and the general legislation governing concessions in the Republic of Croatia after several years of delay. Besides public traffic ports, the law comprehensively regulates specialpurpose ports, anchorages, and berthing areas. The concession granting procedures now adhere to the general law and have been adjusted to the specificities of concessions on maritime domain. This paper highlights the most significant changes introduced by the new legal framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]