CROATIA | TATJANA JOSIPOVIĆ 10 7 down in the Act on the Regulated Professions and the Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications (hereinafter Act on the Regulated Professions) are harmonised with the EU law on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications. In addition, the Services Act – also harmonised with both the primary and secondary EU laws on freedom to establishment and freedom to provide services – applies to the establishment and temporary provision of tourism services by the providers from other EU Member States. The Tourism Services Act, the Act on the Regulated Professions and the Services Act are thus interconnected and apply in parallel to foreign tourism services providers. When these want to provide tourism services, all the requirements for the provision of a particular tourist service set forth in the acts abovementioned must be cumulatively met. The TSA expressly lays down the manner and the conditions for the provision of tourism services, including the minimum level of education for individual tourism service providers, the certification exam for tourism service providers, as well as some administrative procedures for approval decisions on the performance of tourism services. These are followed by the provisions of the Act on the Regulated Professions, laying down specific rules on the access to regulated professions in Croatia by citizens of other Member States and mutual recognition of professional qualifications between Member States. The recognition of professional qualifications for professionals wishing to establish themselves in another EU country on a permanent basis (establishment) and those wishing to provide services only on a temporary basis (services) are dealt with separately . The TSA applies subsidiarily on the provision of tourism services by foreign providers, laying down the general provisions on freedom of establishment for providers and on free movement of services, the definition of service, the rights of the recipients of services, the professional liability insurance and guarantees, commercial communications within regulated professions, as well as administrative cooperation. To implement the aforementioned Acts and enable access to information on the recognition of professional qualifications and on the establishment and temporary provision of services, including tourism services, special assistance centres and points of single contact have been established in Croatia. The national assistance centre and the contact point for regulated professions in Croatia is the National ENIC/NARIC Office (Agency for Science and Higher Education)57. The national contact point for the establishment and temporary provision of services, including tourism services, is the Point of Single Contact 57 A Database of the Regulated Professions in Croatia is available in http://reguliraneprofesije.azvo.hr/en/professions.
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