Water
National legislation
Act on Agriculture
Official Gazette, No. 118/2018 and 42/2020
Ordinance on natural mineral, spring and table waters
Official Gazette, No. 85/2019 and 52/2022
EU legislation
Competent authority
Ministry of Agriculture
Email: uprava.stocarstvo@mps.hr
Phone: +385 1 3903 111
Web: https://poljoprivreda.gov.hr/
Scope of national rule
Natural mineral and natural spring waters placed on the market in packaging
Main requirements that the business user needs to know about
Natural mineral waters
Pursuant to Article 80, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2 of the Act on Agriculture "Natural mineral water" extracted from the soil of the Republic of Croatia or third countries may be placed on the market of the Republic of Croatia only if the recognition procedure has been carried out and a Decision on the recognition of natural mineral water has been issued.
Exceptionally "natural mineral water" extracted from the soil of third countries, recognized by the competent authority of another Member State of the European Union and the European Economic Area and as such located on the common market of the European Union is not subject to recognition in the Republic of Croatia.
Also, the “natural mineral water” extracted from the soil of the Member States of the European Union and the European Economic Area recognized by the competent authority of those countries is not subject to the recognition procedure in the Republic of Croatia.
Ordinance on natural mineral, natural spring and table waters
Articles 7 – 26 prescribe definition of natural mineral water, maximum permissible concentrations of certain substances in natural mineral water, microbiological requirements, permitted technological procedures, procedure for approval of certain permitted technological procedures, documentation for the procedure for recognition of natural mineral water, conditions for using natural mineral water from sources, rules for labelling natural mineral waters water, obligations of food business operators that perform the activity of filling natural mineral water into packaging for the purpose of placing it on the market.
Natural spring waters
Ordinance on natural mineral, natural spring and table waters
Articles 27 – 35 prescribe the definition of natural spring water, microbiological requirements, permitted technological procedures, the procedure for approving certain permitted technological procedures, conditions for the use of natural spring water from springs, rules for labelling natural spring waters, obligations of food business operators performing natural spring water bottling for the purpose of placing on the market.
Scope of national rule
Natural mineral waters
Labelling of natural mineral water with the statement "suitable for the preparation of food for infants"
Main requirements that the business user needs to know about
Article 5 paragraph 2 of the Ordinance on natural mineral, natural spring and table waters prescribes that natural mineral water may be labeled "suitable for the preparation of food for infants" if it meets the criteria laid down in Annex 5 of the same Ordinance.
Scope of national rule
Natural spring waters
Recognition procedure
Main requirements that the business user needs to know about
Pursuant to Article 80, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2 of the Act on Agriculture, "natural spring water" drawn from the soil of the Republic of Croatia or third countries may be placed on the market of the Republic of Croatia only if a recognition procedure has been carried out and a Decision on recognition of natural spring water has been issued.
Exceptionally, the recognition procedure does not apply to natural spring water drawn from third country soils, which is lawfully placed on the market of a Member State of the European Union or of the European Economic Area.
Also, the recognition procedure does not apply to natural spring waters drawn from the soil of the Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area and which as such are lawfully placed on the common market of the European Union.
Ordinance on natural mineral, natural spring and table waters
Articles 30 and 31 prescribe the recognition procedure and the necessary documentation for natural spring waters
Market Surveillance Authority
State Inspectorate
Link to the TRIS database
In the TRIS database you can look up the notification of the technical rule