Reference date
The price valid on that day becomes the anchor price.
Rules apply
Anchor price next to every price and a .csv or .xml price list online.
Six categories from 2025
Food, drinks, cosmetics, cleaning products, toiletries and household products keep the earlier reference date.
Four obligations, one system
Record of 10 September prices
A dated and signed record of prices on the reference date. For items on sale that day, the regular price applies. Nothing else is possible without it.
Anchor price next to every price
Clear, equally legible and always dated: on the product page, in listings, the cart, the price list and in every ad that states a price.
Price list as .csv or .xml
At a permanent public address, with the required file name, reachable by automated tools without login or bot protection. PDFs and images do not qualify.
Updates and archive
Service providers update on every price change, retailers once a day, by 8:00 at the latest. Previous versions stay available for 30 days.
A system that does it by itself
Price lists per department
Separate price lists with their own items, codes and units of measure. Editing rights are assigned by role.
Excel import and export
Export the price list, change prices or add rows and import it back. Rows are matched by hidden Id and code, and an empty cell never deletes an existing anchor price.
Automatic file export
A task runs every 10 minutes and creates a new file when something has changed or when there is no file for the day yet. The name follows the required format.
Public price-list page
A /sidrene-cijene page with an explanation, the current file, a permanent link and a list of versions from the last 30 days.
Shown next to every price
Dated anchor price in product listings and on the product page, in the position you choose.
Change log and linking
Every change of an anchor price is logged. An item can be linked to a store product so the product price becomes the item price.
Customers see two prices, inspectors see the file
On the service page
Air-conditioner service
€65.00
Price on 10 Sep 2026: €60.00
The anchor price sits on its own line, as legible as the main price.
On the /sidrene-cijene page
Current price list (CSV): sjediste_Ulica1Grad_01_001_20261117_0006.csv
Permanent link: /sidrene-cijene/aktualni.csv
Previous versions (last 30 days):
- sjediste_Ulica1Grad_01_001_20261117_0006.csv
- sjediste_Ulica1Grad_01_001_20261116_0006.csv
- sjediste_Ulica1Grad_01_001_20261115_0006.csv
File name
formoutlet type_addressaddress_codeoutlet code_nostorage number_YYYYMMDD_HHmmdate and time.csvNo spaces or diacritics. All outlets use the same field structure in the same order.
Already running at a public health institute
Teaching Institute of Public Health of Osijek-Baranja County
The Institute chose the safest approach: every service price for citizens shows the anchor price on 10 Sep 2026, and its website publishes a machine-readable CSV price list every day, with a permanent link and an archive of previous versions. Staff manage the price lists of four departments, and the system handles the export and the archive by itself.
see the public price-list pageFrom review to go-live
- 1
Review
We go through your prices, sales channels and website and determine what is covered and what is not.
- 2
Anchor prices
From your 10 September records, POS or webshop exports and invoice archive we build the price list with anchor prices.
- 3
Setup
We install the plugin or connect the export to your system, import the price list and configure the display.
- 4
Publish and verify
We publish the price-list page and verify the file downloads in a private window and with an automated tool.
An anchor price is not Omnibus
| Anchor price | Omnibus | |
|---|---|---|
| Legal basis | Government decisions, OG 101/2026 | Directive (EU) 2019/2161 |
| When shown | Always, next to every price | Only during a sale or discount |
| Reference point | Price on 10 Sep 2026, fixed | Lowest price in the 30 days before the sale |
| Discount percentage | Not calculated from it | Calculated from it |
| Duration | Until the Government lifts the measure | Permanent |
Each product is a separate offence
| Price control measure | Consumer Protection Act | |
|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | €3,000 – 30,000 | €1,500 – 50,000 |
| Responsible person in a legal entity | €1,000 – 4,000 | €1,500 – 2,500 |
| Sole trader | €1,000 – 20,000 | — |
| Natural person trader | €1,000 – 6,000 | €750 – 2,500 |
What we are asked most
Does this apply to us?
If you sell goods or services to consumers in Croatia and display prices publicly, it does. Legal form and size do not matter. B2B-only sales are not covered, nor are goods and services whose price is set by a special regulation.
Does it apply to public institutions?
If an institution charges consumers directly under its own price list, we recommend acting as if the obligation applies. Showing an anchor price that was not required carries no fine; failing to show a required one does.
We don't use nopCommerce. Can you help?
Yes. For nopCommerce we have a ready plugin; for other websites we connect the file export and the public price-list page to the data you already have, even if it is an Excel sheet.
What about a service introduced after 10 September?
Under the draft rulebook from October 2026, the anchor price is the price on the day of introduction. The rulebook is not final yet, so we track changes and adapt the system once they take effect.
Can we still change our prices?
Yes. The anchor price does not cap your price; it is information shown next to the new price.
Why is bot protection a problem?
The rules require that automated tools can fetch the file. A Cloudflare challenge, bot protection or a robots.txt block make the price list non-compliant even though it is published. We check this at go-live.
Sources: Act on Exceptional Price Control Measures (OG 40/2025); Decisions on displaying an additional price and on publishing price lists (OG 101/2026) as amended (OG 110/2026); Consumer Protection Act. Status: 30 Oct 2026. Informational only, not legal advice.
There is not much time left before the rules apply
Send us your website address and briefly describe how you manage prices. We reply within one business day with a setup proposal.
Tell us what you are building
- info@laus-deo.hr
- +385 91 6327 203
- Josipa Jurja Strossmayera 217, 31000 Osijek