VI. PROHIBITED BUSINESS CONNECTIONS

Article 12.

(1) Authorized architects and civil engineers guarantee with their title that their professional activities enable the performance of professional tasks without influencing other business interests. Authorized architects and civil engineers should avoid any engagement, which might influence their impartial professional activities.
(2) Authorized architects and civil engineers are not allowed to conduct construction business, trade, etc.
(3) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not violate the regulations of this articles’ section 1. and 2., directly or indirectly, through third persons, family members, etc.
(4) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall inform, in written form, the Chamber and each investor before a contract closure about possible personal or professional relationships, after section 3 of this article, with all physical or legal entities who undertake activities with the purpose of direct or indirect construction profit acquisition.
(5) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not professionally undertake the organization of financing that is not related to their activity of project elaboration. Agency or business alliance with agents is strictly forbidden.
(6) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not condition the business acquisition with real estate sale, loan procurement, consent or administrative documents, business arrangements or other benefits.
(7) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not accept or demand percentage.
(8) The disrespect of article 6. and 7. is considered as grave violation of the Code.

Article 13.

(1) Authorized architects and civil engineers, elected for public work or employed within bodies of the local administrational management and self-management, whose membership is resting or suspended, shall not use their position for business acquisition for themselves, or for another authorized architect or civil engineer.
(2) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not misuse their connections to civil servants and other employees of governmental bodies who issue official documents needed for the building process.

Article 14.

(1) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not trade previously elaborated projects or projects from the catalogue, nor to sign or stamp such projects.
(2) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall inform the Chamber of a third contract closure on the same project, introduce the project and seek the Chamber’s or classes’ permission on it.
(3) Pre-finished constructions, parts of buildings and buildings must be incorporated into the project of the authorized architect before their commercial usage.

VII. MUTUAL CONDUCT OF ARCHITECTS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS AND THE CONDUCT TOWARDS CO-WORKERS

Article 15.

Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not proscribe to another architect or civil engineer the ways or conditions for the creating process, used materials or style features, neither can they limit their creative freedom.

Article 16.

Authorized architects and civil engineers shall freely express criticism on architectural achievement, buildings, environmental interference or plans. Any criticism must be public, explainable and based on theoretical facts.

Article 17.

(1)Authorized architects and civil engineers shall act in a professional and loyal way towards their colleagues. They are obliged to mutual help and advise providing.
(2) Competition among authorized architects and civil engineers can only be based on professionalism.
(3) An authorized architect or civil engineer shall not, directly or indirectly, cause damage to colleagues and has the obligation to be objective in evaluating their work and other achievements, and, in the same way, must accept criticism on his own professional work.
(4) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not maliciously or unfairly criticize or attempt to discredit another colleague’s work in front of the investor with the purpose of taking over his appointment.
If an architect or civil engineer notices or detects a mistake or negligence, or if he has objections on a colleague’s work, he is obliged to, immediately, inform the colleague in question on that matter.
(5) Outing of negative objections and evaluations of a colleague’s work in front of the investor, revealing of mistakes or suggesting alterations to another author’s project, present a grave violation of the professional obligations and reputation of the authorized architect or civil engineer.

Article 18.

(1) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not, acting in their own interest, influence a started or existing business relationship between other architects or civil engineers.
(2) In case the client demands the takeover of a project or part of a project by another authorized architect or civil engineer, this architect or engineer shall inform the previously engaged colleague about such an intention. The architect or engineer is only allowed to take over the project, if he does not violate professional rules between colleagues and after he gained certainty that all the previous contract conditions have been fulfilled.
(3) The architect or civil engineer who takes over a colleague’s project, construction surveillance or another task, shall inform the Chamber or/and his class about it. If he is not engaged with the elaboration of a new project, he is obliged to follow the original author’s instructions, seek the author’s approval for every change and inform him of every discrepancy in the construction process.

Article 19.

(1)Authorized architects and civil engineers shall fulfil their obligations towards their co-workers and allow them to prove their professional skills and experiences. They are obliged to support them in their professional development, according to their abilities.
(2) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall honour other colleagues’ intellectual rights, and hold possession only for the total or partial author’s rights for project they elaborated themselves, or which have been elaborated under their leadership or participation.

VIII. FINANCIAL BASICS OF PROFESSIONAL WORK

Article 20.

(1) Authorized architects and civil engineers have the right on appropriate and proscribed rewards for their work and expenses, which they reveal by performing their professional activities according to their Service Tariff book.
(2) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not compete with different prices.
(3) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall give proper and truthful information upon price quotation. They shall not close contracts which contain false information on prices, the amount of work and other details, neither are they allowed to perform not contracted work. They must inform their Chamber within 15 days from the contracted due-day about possible unfulfilled obligations.
(4) The service of an authorized architect or civil engineer offered together with constructional and other services, has to be separately listed according to the Service Tariff book.
(5) An authorized architects’ or civil engineers’ participation in the investment has to be determined and stated in the contract.
(6) The type model exploitation or patent charge can be agreed on in the form of royalties.
(7) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall, on a regular basis, pay membership fees to the Chamber. Disrespecting this obligation is considered as a grave violation of the member’s duties and can seriously harm his reputation.
(8) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall inform their Chamber about accomplished work they have not received payment for.

IX. CONTEST PARTICIPATION

Article 21.

(1)Authorized architects and civil engineers are allowed to participate in architectural or engineering project contests as contestants, members of the jury or reporters of proceedings.
(2) In case a client has initiated the contest, a Chamber’s member has to inform the Chamber on his participation.
(3) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not participate in contests which are discordant to his rights and obligations as a member of his Chamber.

X. ADVERTISING

Article 22.

(1)Authorized architects and civil engineers shall build their reputation on the results of their work. Any kind of advertising is prohibited.
(2) Not considered as forms of advertising are :
- texts, exhibitions, expositions and descriptions of projects and achievements, reports and interviews in the public media with informing purpose
- expositions of projects and achievements quoted for the product and achievement promotion by other participants of the building process
(3) Authorized architects and civil engineers shall not suppress their name on the exposed project, on the building-site or concerning a performed construction task.

XI. CONFLICT SITUATIONS

Article 23.

(1)Authorized architects and civil engineers who are employees in legal entities (hereinafter: employees), which have not been established as planning associations/firms, shall, in their work, comply with the proscribed laws and statutes of the Chamber.
(2) The employees, mentioned in section 1. of this article, shall inform their employers about their rights and obligations as Chamber members.
(3) An employee shall not accept appointments which imply violation of this article’s section 1. and 2. He shall immediately inform the Chamber of such cases.
(4) The employer is not allowed to withdraw from an engagement contract for reasons stated in this article’s section 3.
(5) Should the case mentioned in this article’s section 3. set in, the Chamber is obliged to offer the employee assistance and protection.

Article 24.

In case an authorized architect or civil engineer is, in his professions’ interest, forced to act out of the accustomed and proscribed rules, he is obliged to inform the Chamber or class on this matter and take full responsibility for his action.

XII. TRANSITIVE AND CONCLUSIVE REGULATIONS

Article 25.

The Assembly of the Chamber is authorized for the interpretation of this Code’s regulations.

Article 26.

This Code comes into power with the day of its issuing in “Narodne novine”.
Number: 001
Zagreb, April 16th 1999
Chairman of The Croatian Chamber of Architects and Engineers
Ivan Franić, Architect