HAKOM at the meeting of the Communications Committee (COCOM)

ZAGREB, 9 June 2016 – The 63^rd meeting of the Communications Committee (COCOM) is taking place this Thursday in Brussels. Croatia is represented at this meeting by the Head of the Legal Affairs Department of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM,) Domagoj Maričić.
 
COCOM committee is a forum for dialogue between the European Commission (EC) and EU Member States on issues in which the EC has delegated legal authority (authority for the adoption of implementing legislation). Before adopting such legislation the EC must consult experts from EU Member States (so-called comitology procedure). At today’s meeting, the EC will, inter alia, report on the state of transposition of Directive on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks and on the Regulation on network neutrality and roaming in EU Member States.

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.