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USEFUL INFORMATION – Border and custom formalities


Identification papers – foreign citizens are required to have passport or some other document accepted with international agreement to enter Republic of Croatia. Citizens of Republic of Slovenia may enter with presentation of personal identification paper. Foreign citizens without currently valid papers who come as tourists or at business trip can issue a free border permit at border police station on grounds of some other identification card. Border permit is valid for three months.

Vehicle papers – traffic license, green insurance card (except tourists from Austria), owners authorization if vehicle is not driven by owner is required.

Animals – to bring an animal into the country you will need international yellow sanitary card for the animal and vaccination certificate (especially vaccination against rabies). If foreign citizen doesn’t have certificates mentioned above, official veterinarian at international border can check his pet’s condition and issue a certificate at certain cost.

International driving license – not obligatory
Allowed amount of alcohol in blood – 0,5‰, for professional drivers – 0,0‰.
Green insurance card – obligatory.
Allowed amount of foreign exchange brought into the country – unlimited for foreigners.
Allowed amount of foreign exchange taken out of the country – unlimited for foreigners.

Without paying custom expenses foreign citizen can bring in Croatia :
- personal luggage, clothes and footwear and other items for personal usage;
- 200 pieces of cigarettes, 1 bottle of alcohol beverage, 1 l of vine, 50 ml of perfume, 0,5 kg of coffee, 0,5 kg of tea;
- technical items for personal usage (video camera, portable TV, camping equipment, radio equipment…) can be brought into the country but registration at border is obligatory;
- firearms can be brought into the country only with special permit issued at the border police office;
- sport weaponry can be brought into the country with obligatory registration at the border.

Help on the road Service
Croatian auto-club (HAK) provides help on the roads of Croatia. Towing service is available 24 hours a day. Service of car repair is available from 6:30 am to 9:00 pm. Unique number of Road Help Service is 987. You can see many traffic signs along the major roads displaying this number. Dialing this number you can get help when you need it. Croatian auto-club (HAK) is a member of international auto-club association – AIT. Foreign citizens with credit letter can use services of Croatian HAK under more favorable conditions.
Information about traffic – information centre HAK, tel. (01) 4640-800, or HPT tel. 9866.

Border crossings
Road crossings:
Plovanija – Secovlje
Kaštel Dragonja
Buzet – Socerga
(all to Slovenia)
Airport crossing: Pula
Sea crossing: Rovinj

Other useful information
Tall is required at:
- highway Zagreb – Karlovac (in Rijeka direction) – M11 – E65, E71;
- highway Zagreb – Krapina (in Maribor direction)
- Krk bridge (bridge dry lands – island of Krk);
- Ucka tunnel (connects Rijeka with Pula and SW and middle Istra);
- Semi highway Delnice – Rijeka – M12 – E65



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