1 January 2025
The Law on the Management and Maintenance of Buildings entered into force.
By 1 March 2025
All buildings must have a Management Agreement (Article 61).
If not, compulsory management will be established by a decision of the City of Zagreb following a public procurement procedure.
By 31 March 2025
The OBLIGATION OF THE MANAGER is to:
- align their operations with this Law (charge the reserve fund so that the minimum amount is calculated at 0.36 EUR/m², organize annual building inspections, and for works and other building maintenance services exceeding 2,500 EUR, obtain at least three independent and comparable offers),
- submit records with the necessary data on valid building management agreements to the competent office of the City of Zagreb,
- once forms are issued by the State Geodetic Administration (DGU), prepare, along with the annual building inspection, a simplified schematic layout of the special parts of the building for each floor, linked to data from the Land Registry as the basis for entry in the Register of Condominium Associations.
NOTE TO CO-OWNERS
The manager is obliged to notify in writing all co-owners who have not elected a representative, requiring them to do so within 60 days of receiving the written notice.
If co-owners fail to comply, the manager will appoint a compulsory representative until co-owners notify of their elected representative.
The manager must notify all co-owners of the appointment of a compulsory representative within 15 days.
By 31 March 2025
The Minister must adopt:
- the Ordinance on the Content of the Register of Condominium Associations, its maintenance, registration forms, and forms for updates,
- the Ordinance on the Content of the Register of Building Managers, its maintenance, registration forms, and forms for updates,
- the Ordinance / General House Rules, covering the use of common areas, permitted noise levels in special parts of the building, prevention of waste accumulation, quiet hours and exceptions, obligations of apartment owners renting out their units, and other related matters.
By 30 June 2025
- Establishment of the Register of Condominium Associations.
- Establishment of the Register of Building Managers.
The manager’s obligation is to deliver new house rules to all buildings under management and install them as fixed wall plaques.
From 30 June 2025 to 31 December 2025
The OBLIGATION OF THE MANAGER is to:
- within 6 months of the establishment of the Register, submit applications for entry into the Register of Condominium Associations,
- within 6 months of the establishment of the Register, submit applications for entry into the Register of Building Managers.
The Government must adopt:
- a program for the installation of elevators and devices to facilitate access for persons with reduced mobility in existing buildings,
- a program for the renovation of façades in existing buildings.
The manager must prepare a draft annual program for the maintenance of common parts of the building (in line with the multi-annual program, court obligations, and construction regulations) and submit it to the co-owners’ representative by 15 November of the current year.
The manager must also prepare a draft multi-annual maintenance program and submit it to the co-owners’ representative by 31 December of the current year.
From 30 June 2025 to 31 December 2026
(Within two years of the entry into force of this Law, co-owners are obliged to conclude new Condominium Agreements and new Management Agreements.)
Once a decision on entry into the Register of Condominium Associations is issued, the manager must:
- prepare a draft of the new Condominium Agreement,
- prepare a draft of the new Management Agreement,
- open a new reserve fund account for each Condominium Association, separate from the manager’s account and other accounts they maintain.
The co-owners’ representative must convene a meeting of co-owners (new Condominium Association) to:
- adopt a decision on the new Condominium Agreement,
- adopt a decision on the new Management Agreement,
- prepare (if needed or desired by co-owners) and adopt a decision on new special House Rules.
By 31 December 2025
Owners of special parts of a building that, on the date this Law entered into force, are used for renting to multiple persons (more than four persons not related to each other) must obtain the consent of a two-thirds majority of co-owners, as well as the consent of directly adjacent co-owners.
By 31 December 2029
- Owners of apartments that, on the date this Law entered into force, are used for conducting a registered business activity must obtain the consent of a two-thirds majority of co-owners.
- Owners of apartments used for short-term rentals must obtain the consent of a two-thirds majority of co-owners, as well as the consent of directly adjacent co-owners.
