Notice Boards for Concessions and Concessionary Approvals on the Maritime Domain

Abstract

The adoption of the new Concessions Act in 2017 provoked significant reactions within the Croatian public. Reactions were basically related not to the procedural, but to the sectoral regulation: Maritime Domain and the Seaports Act. Namely, according to the media, practice has shown that concession holders have often violated their powers by restricting the general use of the maritime domain. Since it is difficult for an average and even legally instructed person to determine the scope of rights a concessionaire or a concessionary approval holder is awarded on the maritime domain, we would propose that notice boards be introduced that would provide a 2D-bar code for more detailed information concerning the concessionaire or the concessionary approval holder. With a minimal cost, this would significantly increase the transparency of activities carried out on the maritime domain.