February 6, 2013

Petition against 300 meter Rule (Article 76a)

Last autumn the Croatian Government published a modification of the Seaports Act that prohibits Anchoring 300 meters around licensed Anchorages, see details here.

Croatian sailors now have started an online petition against this new implemented Law. The petition asks the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure to examine the significance and usefulness of Article 76a., additionally the petition asks for regulations regarding quality control of mooring buoys.

You can find and sign the petition via this link:

http://www.peticija24.com/peticija_za_reguliranje_obveza_koncesionara_na_pomorskom_dobru

If you are not familiar with croatian language, you easily can read it by using google translate.