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For persons with a Temporary or Residency Visa

If you have applied and been GRANTED a Temporary Residence Visa, then there is no Duty or PDV to pay if the following stipulations are met:

The Croatian customs provisions regarding the treatment of foreign residents are mostly harmonized with EU Custom's provisions, i.e. with Council Regulation No 918/83, with few differences regarding time limits.

Natural persons transferring their residence to the Republic of Croatia shall be admitted free of import duty. According to Article 187 Paragraph 1 Item 11 of Croatian Customs Code, the relief shall apply to household articles, if the relief user:

• has been resident of a foreign country over a period of at least 3 years before the transfer,
• has not used neither this relief nor any other corresponding relief granted by any repealed customs regulation before the transfer, and
• imports the household articles which he had possessed and used at his normal place of residence abroad for a minimum of 12 months.

An application for the relief must be submitted to the customs office competent for the relevant place of residence or temporary residence in the Republic of Croatia, accompanied by a document on his residence or temporary residence in the Republic of Croatia.

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