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Pleasure navigation berthing contracts under Croatian law
Pleasure navigation berthing contracts under Croatian law

Author(s): Adriana Vincenca Padovan, Vesna Skorupan Wolff
Subject(s): Civil Law, Maritime Law
Published by: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti
Keywords: berthing contract; pleasure navigation; marina; nautical tourism port; berth provider; berth user; berthing; mooring; yacht; boat; pleasure craft; Croatian Maritime Code;

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the new legislative solution regulating berthing contracts as a new nominate contract under Croatian law. The authors examine the relevant new provisions of the Maritime Code which were introduced by the Act on Amendments to the Maritime Code of 2019. The paper deals with the definition of the contract, its basic features, essential elements, the obligations and liabilities of the contracting parties, and other salient features of berthing contracts. It also explains the background of the legislative proposal to introduce special provisions on berthing contracts into the Maritime Code and elaborates on the preparatory work preceding the proposal. The authors support the new legislative solution as an important step forward towards higher legal certainty in the field of nautical tourism, which is considered to be of strategic economic interest to the Republic of Croatia.

  • Issue Year: 60/2021
  • Issue No: 175
  • Page Range: 37-66
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: English