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Article 107
 

Political parties and persons referred to in Article 107.a, paragraph 2 of this Act may submit a request to observe elections as of the day of publication of the collective slates, candidate slates, and collective nomination slates. A confirmation issued by the political party or a confirmation issued by the person nominating the candidate of a group of voters or the candidate of a group of voters concerning observer status shall be submitted next to the request to observe elections.


Non-governmental organisations and foreign observers may submit a request to observe elections as of the date of entry into force of the decision to call the election. The non-governmental organisation shall submit a copy of the decision on entry in the register of associations next to the request to observe elections, and a foreign observer shall submit an approval issued by the State Electoral Commission.



Foreign observer status is granted by the approval of the State Electoral Commission at the proposal of an international organisation engaged in the Republic of Croatia.


Requests to observe elections and the list of observers shall be submitted to the competent electoral commission of the constituency in which the elections are to be observed at the latest five days before election day.


With Article 51 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, Article 107.b was added.