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The topic of the meeting was Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Electronic Communications Code   

The meeting for a preliminary analysis of the Proposal to the Ordinance was held in Brussels. The meeting aimed at the processing of personal data and Protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector entitled E-policy Regulation was sent into the legislative procedure by the European Commission at the beginning of the year. 

The Association for Communication and Media culture and the Agency for the Electronic Media organized and held a round table on “Media Literacy for Responsible Society”. 

The objective of the meeting was defining the implementing methods of new regulatory framework, which will ultimately lead to the abolition of additional retail roaming charges, which should come into force on June 15, 2017. 

The meeting of the advisory group operating within the scope of the European Commission was held in Brussels. 

The entering into the registry is free of charge and the request may be submitted to the operator in at least three ways: in person in the operator’s office, by mail or by electronic mail to the address that was previously tested and registered with the operator as the e-mail address of the user’s telephone number. 

At the meeting of the WGSE working group HAKOM's expert Krunoslav Bejuk was re-elected vice-president for the term of office of three years. The WGSE working group is one of the most important group of Electronic Communications Committee ECC. 

The main objective of the meeting was the preparation of the 30th regular BEREC Plenary Meeting which was held on February 22 and 23 2017 in Paris, France. 

The President of the Council at HAKOM Mr. Dražen Lučić participated in a panel discussion on the topic "50 Shades of Digital Marketing: The challenges of digital transformation and regulatory frameworks."

Consumers who do not want to be contacted by sellers for the purpose of promoting or selling without an obtained prior consent of the so-called „Consent” are free to enrol in a public registry of consumer protection” Do Not Call” as of Tuesday  February  the 1st. The registry was put into operation at noon in the presence of the representatives of the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship and HAKOM. 

The lecture for the parents of the fifth grade elementary school children, Petar Zrinski was held in Zagreb in order to provide necessary information regarding responsible behaviour when using network technologies when children start using it without permanent supervision by their parents. 

HAKOM has a long and successful cooperation with the colleagues from Portugal, which is reflected in the exchange of experience, primarily in the field of regulation of electronic communications and postal services. 

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) 531/2012 as regards rules for wholesale roaming markets was the  topic discussed at the meeting. The adoption of this Regulation is a necessary precondition for complete elimination of retail roaming charges which is expected by June 2017. 

Meeting of the International Roaming Expert Working Group on the issue of  radio frequency spectrum and on the mobile communications networks coverage was held in Brussels. 

The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) inserted information leaflet in order to inform and educate the end- users of public electronic communications services. The objective is that the end-users should be acquainted with rights and obligations of operators, especially in the conclusion and termination of the subscriber’s contracts, control spending and protection of the unwanted billings 

HAKOM warns of a new attempt of abuse of electronic communications and fraud against users by means of a personalized text message asking users to return a call. 

The annual prize named after "Antun Carić," is awarded to the published or publicly presented scientific or professional work within HAKOM’s scope of work. 

The Italian regulatory authority AGCOM and the EU organized the two-day workshop which was held in Rome.  

IRG-Rail Working Group, responsible for market monitoring, held a meeting on the publication of data collected on the market for 2015 in Vienna.