Službeni list Republike Hrvatske “Narodne novine” Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia “Narodne novine”
Published by: Narodne novine d.d. Narodne novine public limited company
Savski gaj, XIII. 6
HR-10020 Zagreb
Tel: (+385-1) 665 27 77
Fax: (+385-1) 665 27 70
E-mail: nn@nn.hr
Website: www.nn.hr
Official journal / legal gazette
Apart from Narodne novine, there are also Official Gazettes from 20 counties (“Službeni vjesnik” or “- glasnik”) and the Official Gazette of the City of Zagreb (“Službeni glasnik Grada Zagreba”). Being also a database/website, the latter is described in the part concerning those sources.
First edition
The first edition of the Legal Gazette was published under the name Novine Horvatzke on 6 January 1835. The current name Narodne novine was used for the first time in 1843. Publishing has continued from 1835 to the present.
First online edition
2001
Paper edition
Narodne novine Price
781,00€ (annual subscription to the printed edition) Legally binding
Online edition
narodne-navine.nn.hr Available texts
HTML since January 1990 Access and price
free
Official part:
New laws, consolidated laws, regulations, decisions of all public administration bodies, Constitutional Court decisions
Advertisements part:
Official advertisements regarding companies (bankruptcies, liquidations etc), job advertisements of public administration bodies, advertisements of Lawyers’ Chamber and of public notaries
Public tenders part:
international contracts
Legal basis
The law on restructuring the public company Narodne novine n° 128/99 (Zakon o preoblikovanju Javnog poduzeca) from 30 November 1999 remains the legal basis for the publication of legislation in Croatia.
Legally binding
Paper and online version
Financing
From sales revenue only (sale advertisements and subscription)
The online version is updated a day after issue of the paper version, generally twice a week, sometimes more often.
Functionalities
Download possible
No hyperlinks to other related acts
No document notification system for new acts
Format description
HTML
Authenticity
There is no special measure such as electronic signaturing used to ensure authenticity of the online version of the Legal Gazette.
Archiving
Narodne novine d.d. is in charge of archiving the electronic version. The organisation sends both the paper and electronic versions to the State archives.
Bills for new Croatian legislation are drafted by the staff and experts employed by respective competent ministries. Once approved by the Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski sabor), the Government’s Legislation Office delivers bill texts to the Narodne novine d.d. for publishing.
The same system is used for primary and secondary legislation.
Staff use standard computer software (Microsoft Word templates, InDesign), which are then converted into HTML.
Workflow
There is no single electronic workflow: legislative texts for publication are transmitted on paper.
Publishing
The Government’s Legislation Office is in charge of proofreading and editing the texts to be published.
The Legislation Office sends the texts to Narodne Novine d.d. which publishes them immediately.
The paper and the electronic versions are derived from the same text file.
