Hakom - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency

ZAGREB, September 14, 2016 – At the meeting held on September 14, the Council of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) passed new decisions on the wholesale conditions in the relevant electronic communications markets thus ensuring business predictability to the stakeholders within the next three years. The agreed wholesale conditions shall enter into force on January 1 2017 or 1 July 2017 depending on the decision.
 
All decisions were previously submitted to the European Commission (EC), who had no objections to it. In fact, ever since the Accession of Croatia to the European Union (EU), according to the current EU regulatory framework in order to ensure that decisions brought at the national level will not have any negative impact on the EU single market and the objectives which are to be achieved, HAKOM, like any other regulatory authority of the EU Member States is obliged to submit the draft decision prior to the EC for adoption.
 
It should be mentioned that ever  since the Croatian accession  to the EU the European Commission did not question the compliance of  HAKOM's decisions with the  EU legislation, although some of  brought decisions were   “pioneering „in terms of opening the new observation  on market regulation such as the decisions about regulation of termination of the calls initiated outside the EU. 
 

ABOUT HAKOM: HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary competencies in market regulation.