I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
The purpose of these Articles of association is to govern the
internal structure of the Croatian Chamber of Architects and
Civil Engineers (hereinafter: Chamber), forms of association
of authorized architects and authorized civil engineers on the
territory of one or more local self-governing units, as well
as the procedure of making entries into the Registers and Lists
of the Chamber, manner of keeping the Registers and Lists, professional
tasks and orientations of authorized architects and civil engineers,
disciplinary procedures for establishing violations of duty
and damage made to the reputation of authorized architects and
civil engineers, bodies for initiating and conducting disciplinary
procedures, the structure of Chamber’s administrative and professional
service, as well as other issues relevant to its members, unless
otherwise provided in the Act on the Croatian Chamber of Architects
and Civil Engineers.
Article 2
1) In accordance with the Constitution, the Act on the Croatian
Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers, other regulations
and these Articles of association, Professional ethics code
and other acts of the Chamber, the Chamber shall foster architectural
and civil engineering professions, for the purposes of protecting
public interests, as well as the interests of third persons.
2) The Chamber shall pay special attention to:
1. safeguarding the reputation, honor and rights of authorized
architects and authorized civil engineers, providing the conditions
for adequate performance of professional jobs of urban development,
designing, professional supervision and project control,
2. monitoring authorized architects and authorized civil engineers,
joint offices, designing companies, i.e. other legal persons
for which authorized architects and authorized civil engineers
perform their work in accordance with the Act,
3. continuous professional betterment of its members and candidates
for members of the Chamber, for the purposes of which it shall
found and enhance various forms of professional and scientific
cooperation with the ministry of urban development, construction
and habitation of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: Ministry),
administrative bodies, faculties, associations of architects
and/or civil engineers, etc.
4. developing professional ethics,
5. keeping track of and studying relations and terms, including
the state of the construction business of interest to structuring,
positioning and work, as well as the enhancement of architectural
and civil engineering activities,
6. informing Croatian national parliament and representative
bodies of local self-governing and government units, either
of its own free will or at their request, of the state, problems
and measures to be taken to better the construction business,
and accordingly, protect the environment, protect and preserve
cultural heritage and protect the environment from devastation
by building,
7. fostering material and other interests of authorized architects
and authorized civil engineers,
8. protecting the status and rights of retired authorized architects
and authorized civil engineers,
9. establishing and developing cooperation with other Chambers
of architects and/or civil engineers, as well as international
organizations of architects and/or civil engineers and other
professional organizations and associations.
Article 3
Authorized bodies of the Chamber, unless otherwise provided
by the Act, these Articles of association or some other general
act of the Chamber, when it comes to procedures for entry into
the Register of authorized architects and a Register of authorized
civil engineers, shall decide on the renewal of the process
of entry, as well as rights and obligations of authorized architects,
civil engineers and designing companies, in accordance with
the rules and regulations of the General administrative procedure
act.
II. ENTRY INTO REGISTERS AND LISTS OF THE CHAMBER
Article 4
1) Right to performance of professional jobs of physical planning,
designing, expert supervision and control of projects, pursuant
to special regulations, and depending on professional orientation
of authorized persons, as well as the right to use professional
titles of “authorized architect” or “authorized civil engineer”
shall be gained upon entry into the Register of authorized architects
and a Register of authorized civil engineers.
2) On the occasion of making each individual entry, a decision
and architect or civil engineering membership card (hereinafter:
membership card) shall be issued to authorized architect and/or
civil engineer.
3) Membership cards shall contain the title “Croatian Chamber
of Architects and Civil Engineers”, sign of the Chamber, designation
“architect membership card”, i.e. “civil engineer membership
card”, card number matching the number of entry into the Register
of authorized architects, i.e. a Register of authorized civil
engineers, designation “authorized architect”, i.e. “authorized
civil engineer”, first name, family name, day and place of birth,
academic degree, professional orientation and main office of
authorized architect and/or civil engineer, his/her photograph,
signature and date of issue. If authorized architect, i.e. authorized
civil engineer is a member of a designing company or employed
in such a company, i.e. if he/she works in some other legal
person, the membership card should also contain data concerning
the company, that is the other legal person, as well as the
position authorized architect and/or civil engineer holds in
that company.
4) Membership card shall be verified by Chamber’s seal, stamped
over lower right corner of the photograph of authorized architect,
i.e. authorized civil engineer and signature of the president
of the Chamber.
5) Should a change of data from the membership card occur, authorized
architect, i.e. authorized civil engineer shall, without delay,
request the issue of a new membership card.
6) Should authorized architect, i.e. authorized civil engineer
cease to perform his/her job, he/she shall return the membership
card to the Chamber.
7) Authorized architect, i.e. authorized civil engineer shall
meet the costs of issue of his/her membership card.
8) The Managing Board shall decide on the size and shape of
membership cards.
Article 5
1. Application for entry into the Register of authorized architects
and a Register of authorized civil engineers shall be delivered
to the Chamber, i.e. Committee for entry into Register.
2. In his/her application, any architect or civil engineer who
works independently, shall designate a place in which he/she
intends to open his/her office, i.e. the office in which that
architect or civil engineer intends to work.
3. Apart from the application and documents from Article 26,
paragraph 2 of the Act on the Croatian Chamber of Architects
and Civil Engineers, applicants shall also deliver proof that
the person applying for registration meets the requirements
for performance of professional jobs of physical planning, designing,
expert supervision and project control. If architect or civil
engineer intends to work for a designing company, he/she shall
also deliver proof that he/she shall acquire the member status,
i.e. be employed by that company if he/she is entered into the
Register of authorized architects or one of the Registers of
authorized civil engineers.
4. The Committee for entry into the Register of authorized architects
and the Chamber of authorized civil engineers shall consider
the application.
5. Applicants shall not have the right to appeal against Committee’s
decision from paragraph 4 of this article, denying entry into
the Register of authorized architects or a Register of authorized
civil engineers, but shall have the authority to initiate an
administrative suit.
6. Administrative suit shall be initiated by means of a suit
brought before the Administrative court of the Republic of Croatia,
no later then 30 days from the day of delivery of decision from
paragraph 5 of this article.
Article 6
1. When deciding on any application for entry into the Register
of authorized architects or a Register of authorized civil engineers,
the Chamber shall have the right to ask the applicant to supplement
the evidence concerning his/her right to be entered into the
Register of authorized architects or a Register of authorized
civil engineers.
Article 7
1. Partial schooling and work on only one type of professional
tasks, limited number of or simple professional tasks shall
not be considered adequate meeting of conditions for entry into
the Register of authorized architects or a Register of authorized
civil engineers.
2. If an architect takes lessons concerning construction calculations,
installation planning or geodesy he/she shall neither be qualified
for entry into a register of some other profession, nor for
the performance of professional tasks of any department he/she
is not a member of.
3. If a civil engineer takes lessons concerning architecture,
physical planning or some other engineering profession, he/she
shall not be considered qualified for entry into a register
of some other profession, nor for the performance of professional
tasks of any department he/she is not a member of.
4. By way of exception, an architect or civil engineer can be
entered into a register of some other profession, provided that
the quality of his/her work proves that he/she has acquired
adequate practical experience for the performance of professional
tasks of the department he/she wishes to become a member of.
Committee for entry into that particular register shall decide
thereof.
5. Right to entry into the Register of authorized architects
in the profession of authorized landscape architects shall be
granted to any person who graduated from an adequate college
of biotechnical sciences, thus acquiring the title of graduate
agronomist – landscape architect.
Article 8
Any person who does not meet the requirements from Article 26,
paragraph 5 of the Act on the Croatian Chamber of Architects
and Civil Engineers can be allowed entry into the Register of
authorized architects or a Register of authorized civil engineers,
provided that person delivers written recommendations of three
authorized architects or civil engineers, if he/she has a minimum
of ten-year professional work experience at professional tasks
of a specific orientation and if he/she passes an exam compiled
in accordance with a special program chosen by the Assembly
of the Chamber.
Article 9
The procedure of considering applications for entry into the
Register of authorized architects or a Register of authorized
civil engineers shall be discontinued if a criminal investigation
is launched against the applicant, concerning criminal action
which makes the applicant unworthy of the performance of jobs
in architecture or civil engineering or if a disciplinary procedure
is initiated against the applicant in the body or legal person
in which he/she is employed or which he/she is a member of.
Article 10
If the Committee for entry into the Register of authorized architects
or a Register of authorized civil engineers fails to decide
on a proper application within 60 days from the day of delivery
of that application, and there are no reasons for the postponement
of such entry, the applicant shall have the right to initiate
an administrative suit, as if the application had been rejected.
In that case, the procedure before the Administrative court
shall be considered urgent.
Article 11
1) If, following the granting of entry the applicant is found
not to meet the requirements for entry into the Register of
authorized architects or a Register of authorized civil engineers,
the entry procedure shall be reopened at the request of the
disciplinary prosecutor, Managing Board or minister of urban
development, construction and habitation.
2) Provisions relating to entry into the Register of authorized
architects or a Register of authorized civil engineers shall
be applicable, in an adequate manner, to the reopened procedure.
3) The decision whether the earlier decision to enter the architect
or civil engineer into the Register of authorized architects
or a Register of authorized civil engineers shall stay in force,
or be annulled and architect or civil engineer expunged from
those registers shall depend on the results of the reopened
procedure.
Article 12
Provisions of these Articles of association governing the reopening
of entry procedure shall be applicable, in an adequate manner,
to the procedure of expunging persons from registers.
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