Croatia
EU-level rules also apply — The Rulebook on the anonymisation, publication and search of anonymised court decisions, in force 1 January 2025: the ANON AI system anonymises, extracts metadata and classifies decisions automatically at first instance, while higher-court and Supreme Court decisions are anonymised by authorised staff from ANON's proposals.
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Croatia
Developingcivil lawupdated 2026-09-04verified 2026-09-04
EU-level rules also apply — see the European Union record →
As of 4 September 2026 Croatia's only binding text touching court AI is the Rulebook on anonymisation and publication of court decisions, in force 1 January 2025, which institutionalises the ANON AI system with human review. The Croatian Bar has issued no guidance of its own but republished the CEPEJ and CCBE guides to members.
As of 2026-09-04, Croatia has 2 binding rules, official guidance in 5 categories, 0 proposals and 0 positions set only by case law across the 20 categories in the map. Binding rules cover courts' own AI deployment, horizontal AI statute. In 12 categories we found nothing; in 1 the position is not yet determined.
How to read this page
- Binding rule Binding rule means a rule in force from a court, statute, regulator or equivalent authority.
- Official guidance Official guidance means an official non-binding position from a judiciary, regulator, bar or public body.
- Proposed / consultation Proposed / consultation means a public bill, draft rule or consultation that is not yet in force.
- Set by case law Set by case law means no rule was found, but courts have set the position in decisions.
- Nothing found Nothing found means the category was checked and no rule, guidance, proposal or case-law position was found.
- Not yet determined Not yet determined means research did not establish a reliable position yet.
The rules, category by category
The EU AI Act applies directly; a Croatian implementing act designating competent authorities could not be verified, and the data-protection agency's page does not mention one.
No Croatian judicial guidance exists; the Croatian Bar published the CEPEJ generative-AI guidelines for courts on 11 March 2026 as the applicable reference. The anonymisation Rulebook keeps the judge responsible for additional anonymisation beyond the ANON proposal.
No bar-authored rule; the Croatian Bar republished the CCBE generative-AI guide and the CCBE Technical Guide on AI tools in May 2026, which cover confidentiality, hosting options and data residency.
The Croatian Bar has not issued its own generative-AI guidance as of 4 September 2026; it disseminates CCBE and CEPEJ documents to members without additional recommendations.
The data-protection agency's AI Regulation page states that every processing of personal data in AI systems at all phases must comply with the GDPR, that the AI Act and GDPR are complementary, and that deployers must ensure AI literacy. It is general rather than legal-sector specific.
The Croatian Bar republished the CCBE Technical Guide on selecting and hosting AI tools in March 2026; there is no Croatian rule.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No Croatian rule or reported case; the Croatian Bar republished the CCBE guide, which sets a verification expectation.
No national rule; EU AI Act Annex III point 8 applies.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No AI-specific competence rule in the Croatian Code of Attorney Ethics was found; the bar academy runs AI seminars and conducted a 2025 member survey on AI use.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No Croatian decision on hallucinated citations found as of 4 September 2026.
No mandatory AI training found as of 4 September 2026; bar academy seminars are voluntary.
Not researched because the research budget was exhausted.
Official documents recorded for Croatia (1)
- Rulebook on the anonymisation, publication and search of anonymised court decisions (NN 124/24)
Ministry of Justice (HR) · revised 2025-01-01 · verified 2026-09-04
Court incidents on the record in Croatia
- Yichang District Court (Hubei)2026-07-21 Warning
Cite this page
SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Croatia" (updated 2026-09-04, verified 2026-09-04), https://safelegalai.com/regulation/country/hr (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.
SafeLegalAI is a research publication by Cognesio LLP, not a law firm. Nothing here is legal advice, and no lawyer–client relationship arises from reading it. Rules change; always check the official document linked on each record and take advice on your own situation. Researched and drafted with AI assistance; verified against primary sources and edited by Cognesio LLP. The linked official documents are the record — our summaries are not the law and are not legal advice.