The first International Conference of Transport Law and Insurance Law-INTRANSLAW Zagreb 2015 was held

ZAGREB, October 19, 2015 –Under the auspices of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Faculty of Law in Zagreb and the Croatian Academy of Legal Sciences the first International Transport and Insurance Law Conference - INTRANSLAW Zagreb 2015 was held in the Conference Centre FORUM Zagreb. The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) was Institutional partner of the event.
 
The most important topic at the conference was the European Union Transport Law. A number of current affairs related to this comprehensive and dynamic legal area were discussed at the meeting. The conference was attended by the experts of all profiles: carrier representatives, operators and freight forwarders, transport infrastructure managers, marine and cargo insurers, supporting investors, public administrations, international organizations, the EU authorities, regulatory authorities, scientists, judges, lawyers, professional associations and others. Scientific and technical conference took place in several plenary sessions, thematic blocks and sections for partner networking.
 
The lecture on “The Role of Sectorial Regulator in the Rail Services Market” was held by Mr. Nikola Popović, Council Member of HAKOM. The role of the regulator is to generally encourage competition by eliminating barriers for market functioning, especially through the regulation of railway services, and to encourage efficient usage of railway infrastructure. The regulator also promotes the interests of railway service users by securing an approach compliant with laws, transparent acts of infrastructure managers and railway service facilities managers, providing legal protection for subjects who submit the request for allocation of infrastructural capacity, including a mechanism for resolving disputes as needed. In the latter case, the regulatory body acts upon a party’s complaint on a network report, application of that report, procedure for the allocation of capacities and other conditions of entrance, as well as charges for railway services. Among its other tasks, the regulator continuously observes competition in the railway services market, having the right to collect necessary information from the participants. It is empowered to protect passenger rights in the way prescribed by the EU Regulation. In that regard, it can conduct inspections and decide on passenger complaints against decisions of railway carriers. The Act on the regulation of railway services market sets relevant rules in regard to protection of passenger rights.

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Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM)
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10110 Zagreb, Croatia
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