Factsheet for measure
HR-2021-47/2080
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Updated
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Mandatory COVID certificates for employees and users of public and state services
Obvezno korištenje COVID potvrda za zaposlenike u javnim I državnim službama I njihove korisnike
Background information
Since the start of the epidemic in Croatia on 25 February 2020, there have been 490,074 cases and 9,400 deaths. A total of 452,133 people have recovered. Up to 3 November 2021, a total of 3,155,683 people have been tested. Until the same day, a total of 3,658,686 vaccine doses have been administered, with 47.57% of the total population or 56.94% of the adult population having received at least one dose. A total of 1,990,471 people have received at least one dose of a vaccine while 1,811,801 are fully vaccinated, or 53.57% of the adult population. However, a new record of 6,932 new cases of COVID-19 was recorded in Croatia on 4 November 2021.
Content of measure
To prevent the spread of the infection, the National Civil Protection Headquarters states it is necessary to act in three directions: to achieve as much vaccination as possible, to limit gatherings and to achieve as much security as possible when conducting business that will not be limited. The National Civil Protection Headquarters announced on 5 November 2021 that the use of the COVID certificates from November 15 2021, will be mandatory for users and employees of public and state services. Thus, a certificate of vaccination, recovery, or a negative test will be obligatory for all employees of state and public services, as well as for citizens who will use their services and come to their premises.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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28 January 2022
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Deputy Prime Minister Davor Božinović announced that the national COVID-19 response team had adopted six new decisions relaxing restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings and abolishing mandatory testing and presentation of COVID certificates when entering public administration offices, except health and social welfare institutions. The measure restricting gatherings has been relaxed and as of 1 March 2020, up to 100 people will be able to gather outdoors instead of the current 50, while the number of people allowed to gather indoors will be limited to 50 instead of 25 as is now the case. Restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings have also been amended regarding the requirement to present a COVID certificate. There will also no longer be any restrictions on the number of spectators at outdoor sports events and indoor events can have up to 50% occupancy instead of the current 20%.
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Use of measure
There is a huge discussion in Croatia on the mandatory nature of this measures because there is a relatively strong and persistent unofficial anti-vaccine movement. Its members deem that such measure is an attack on personal freedom and therefore it is not acceptable. Furthermore, it is relatively demanding to control the real implementation and respect of the measure, particularly having in mind that Croatia is mostly not the law-abiding society.
Target groups
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Workers
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Businesses
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Citizens
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Applies to all workers
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Applies to all businesses
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Applies to all citizens
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Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
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No special funding required
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement as case not in social partner domain
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No involvement as case not in social partner domain
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
Due to the nature of the measure, social partners were not involved.
Views and reactions
Most of the social partners support such measure but there are also some smaller groups among them which believe that such measure is an attack on personal freedom and therefore it should not be implemented.
Sources
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05 November 2021: Obvezne COVID potvrde (Mandatory the COVID certificates)
(www.index.hr)
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28 January 2022: Ublažene mjere ograničenja ulaska u službene zgrade (Relaxation of restrictions when entering public administration offices)
(vlada.gov.hr)
