HAKOM assists Turkish regulator

ZAGREB, 28 January 2014 – The EU Directorate General for Enlargement, which implements TAIEX missions by providing short-term technical assistance to candidate and potential candidate countries in the enforcement and implementation of EU legislation, has established co-operation between HAKOM and the Turkish regulator. HAKOM has positively responded to the request by the Turkish regulator, the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA), for a TAIEX mission in the area of postal services, and sent two experts to Ankara. HAKOM’s experts, Ana Šubat Perković and Marijan Bolarić, will carry out the TAIEX mission by the end of January and share the experience of the Republic of Croatia in the process of a full liberalisation of the postal services market, in accordance with the EU postal directives.
 
This is a first such HAKOM’s participation in the provision of technical assistance to the regulators of non-EU countries, and it is a proof of a high degree of trust the Croatian regulator enjoys beyond the state borders, in particular as it has been less than seven months since Croatia’s accession to the EU.
 

 

HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency – 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