This Law establishes meteorological and hydrological activities of interest to the Republic of Croatia, regulates the subsidiary application of regulations, jurisdiction, responsibility, scope and content of performing meteorological and hydrological activities, and prescribes the conditions for their performance. The text is divided into six main thematic Chapters and a total of 27 articles. Titles of these Chapters are as follows: I. General provisions; II. Interest of the Republic of Croatia; III. Meteorological and hydrological activities; IV. Supervision; V. Penalty provisions; VI. Transitional and final provisions. This Law addresses several international instruments and data reporting issues such as: ALADIN Consortium (Aire Limitée Adaptation dynamique Développement InterNational), European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), European Meteorological Services Network (EIG EUMETNET), Group on Earth Observations (GEO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), The World Information System (WMO Information System-WIS), World Integrated Observing System (English WMO Integrated Global Observing System-IGOS) and Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) of the World Meteorological Organization and the International Commission for Oceanography of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Meteorological and hydrological activities are of interest to the Republic of Croatia, and are carried out in order to ensure reliable and timely meteorological and hydrological data and information on weather, water, sea, soil and air for the needs of state institutions, the public, safety and preservation of human life and property, spatial planning, health, environmental protection and water management, and other economic activities of interest to the Republic of Croatia. The objectives of meteorological and hydrological activities are to ensure: permanent monitoring and systematic collection of data on atmospheric and hydrological phenomena; reliable and timely data and information about weather, climate, climate variations and changes, water, sea, soil and air; reliable and timely meteorological and hydrological data, products and information necessary for the protection of life, nature and material goods from the effects of dangerous meteorological and hydrological phenomena and climatic extremes as well as environmental accidents and disasters; meteorological and hydrological data, products and information necessary for adapting life and economy to climate change; a unique meteorological and hydrological information system included in international meteorological, hydrological and related information systems; development of the meteorological and hydrological profession in accordance with world scientific and technological achievements; fulfilling international obligations and other forms of international cooperation.
Croatia · 2019-06-28