And I needn't bother to respond as this year I stayed close to Italy and Slovenia and not venturing into Croatian waters after many years of cruising there - even though I have quizzed many skippers returning from there in my Italian marina and followed every published report from official Croatian sources plus the many German sailing organisations' reports on the subject of what changes there are since accession and what can be expected in 2014.
This is why I avoided Croatia this year. You will not have seen it before as it is incumbent on new members to check all EU-registered craft for VAT status, which should be completed by next year. There will be no vignette costs in 2014 but all other dues, including the Sejourn tax, remain, so declaring in to pay those will still be in effect.
Nothing so exciting and interesting. My UK, Pt I registered boat was built in 1981 and so conforms to 'deemed VAT-paid' criterion of pre-1985 build and I have full documentation to prove that. Despite it's entire life in Holland before my purchase in 2005, I have no proof of that - viz. in the EU in 1992, the second requirement for VAT exemption. No other EU country has queried that second criterion, least of all Italy where I am currently moored. However, my experience of Croatian bureaucracy and pedantic obsession in pecuniary matters, made me cautious - some have said paranoiac - and so I decided to let this accession year pass before returning.