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HAKOM at the meetings of the Telecommunications and Information Society Working Group and the Postal Services Working Group
NEWSThe topic of the meeting of the Telecommunications and Information Society Working Group is a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union. The Postal Services Working Group will discuss the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border parcel delivery services.
Zagreb, 9 November 2016 – The meetings of two working groups are taking place this Wednesday, 9 November, in Brussels. The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries is represented at the meetings by a legal affair expert, Ana Šubat Perković. The topic of the meeting of the Telecommunications and Information Society Working Group is a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union. The discussions at the meeting will include a proposal on amendments to this regulation regulating wholesale roaming services. The adoption of this regulation is a necessary precondition for the elimination of retail roaming charges in July 2017.
The working group in charge of postal services will also meet in Brussels today. The topic of this meeting is the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border parcel delivery services published by the European Commission in May 2016 and submitted to ordinary legislative procedure. The Proposal for this Regulation is adopted as one of the measures of the Digital Single Market Strategy (DSM) that will enable private and business users in the EU to benefit from all the advantages of the EU single market, to buy and sell goods and services online more efficiently as a result of increased transparency of prices, elimination of cross-border barriers and administrative restrictions, improvement of regulatory supervision over cross-border parcel delivery and measures for the elimination of potential unfair commercial practices in the digital environment.
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For additional information please contact:
Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM)
Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9
10110 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel. + 385 (0) 1 700 70 07
Fax + 385 (0)1 700 70 70
Media inquiries can be submitted online using HAKOM’s official website:
Registration required.
The working group in charge of postal services will also meet in Brussels today. The topic of this meeting is the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border parcel delivery services published by the European Commission in May 2016 and submitted to ordinary legislative procedure. The Proposal for this Regulation is adopted as one of the measures of the Digital Single Market Strategy (DSM) that will enable private and business users in the EU to benefit from all the advantages of the EU single market, to buy and sell goods and services online more efficiently as a result of increased transparency of prices, elimination of cross-border barriers and administrative restrictions, improvement of regulatory supervision over cross-border parcel delivery and measures for the elimination of potential unfair commercial practices in the digital environment.
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For additional information please contact:
Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM)
Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9
10110 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel. + 385 (0) 1 700 70 07
Fax + 385 (0)1 700 70 70
Media inquiries can be submitted online using HAKOM’s official website:
Registration required.
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.
