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At the meeting the Telecommunicatios and Information Society continued to discuss the. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Electronic Communications Code. Further on it will replace the four current Directives. 

The 15th International Conference on Regulatory Activities in the Electronic Communications Sector was held within the scope of INFOFEST where the  experts from HAKOM presented different current topics on panel discussions. 

The Ordinance was published in the "Official Gazette" on September 22, and the provisions of the same law entered into force on the eighth day after its publication. 

This year HAKOM  actively participated at the SoftCOM Conference 

HAKOM systematically carries out educating and informing the end users about their rights within the scope of its regular activities. 

Brussels hosted the meeting of Working Group on Exchange of Best Practice for broadband internet access and the development of the 5G network. 

The working group is responsible for solving the problems of monitoring and enforcement of the radio frequency spectrum as well as for drafting the proposals for international recommendations and for developing common metering techniques and procedures for monitoring the radio frequency spectrum. 

The topic of the meeting was the regulation of access prices to the postal network of the universal service provider, as well as the documentation drafted within the scope of the party. 

The Working Party deals with cross-border parcels and practice issues in the postal services markets of the EU Member States and candidate countries, with particular emphasis on the current legislative procedure of the EC Regulation on Cross-Border Parcel Delivery Services. 

The meeting’s main topic referred to the quality of services, consumer protection and the situation on the EU postal services market as well as draft documents  within the scope of this group. 

The Electronic Communications Inspector requested to temporarily block the incoming and outgoing traffic toward short code, and all the end users who receive the above mentioned messages are kindly requested to report and submit complaints to HAKOM. The users, while in the complaint procedure, are not required to pay the disputed part of the bill. 

The working group meeting is aimed to present the work on feasibility studies of international roaming implementation in the countries of Eastern Europe partners and to initiate discussion of all REWG members and international experts on the current state of the international roaming market. 

In order to face the challenges on the rail services market in Slavonia, it is necessary to coordinate all the activities among stakeholders which can cause the strengthening of ports’ business activities, which will lead to an increase in freight rail transport in Slavonia at the national level.

The main objective of the meeting is the preparation for the 32nd regular BEREC plenary session to be held on October 5 and 6, 2017 in Bucharest, Romania. 

HAKOM is a partner in the research that will be carried out by the end of October, and  the given  results will be used, among other things, in drafting  new booklet entitled  "How to Protect Your Child in the World of Internet, Network Technologies and Mobile Phones". 

The meeting of the Regulatory Framework Expert Working Group for the electronic communications was held in Brussels. 

The European Commission invites all interested parties to submit their broadband Internet development projects to the “European Broadband Awards 2017“ for the best European projects in 2017. 

The Act on Amendments to the Electronic Communications Act entered into force on July 22, 2017, according to which two HAKOM’’s sublegal regulations are not  in force any longer: the Ordinance on the manner and conditions for the prevention and suppression of abuse and fraud in the provision of electronic mail services and the Ordinance about the mode and procedure for the allocation of mean from the Fund for the Development of Network Industries.

The procedure is simple for the citizens - if the interference preventing a good digital television signal occurs, it is necessary to report it to OiV (https://support.oiv.hr). If the interference is caused by the base station the operator should turn off the station until solving the problem.

HAKOM has issued a recommendation on the minimum technical requirements for DVB-T2 reception in the Republic of Croatia which represents the minimum technical requirements  necessary to be  met by DVB-T2 in order to provide high quality reception services in the Republic of Croatia. The start of transition of digital terrestrial television broadcasting, from DVB-T  to DVB-T2 in the Republic of Croatia is planned in 2019, and receivers that will meet the recommendation will be marked with a special log for easier purchase