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The topic of the meeting was the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border parcel delivery services.  

The most important topics of the meeting include the drafting of a proposal for stronger technical coordination of the RF spectrum in the 870 – 876 MHz and 915 – 921 MHz bands for use by short-range devices in Europe and the discussion on requirements for the urban railway system, application in cars, medicine and for other uses.     

Promotional SMS (and MMS) messages must be sent exclusively from registered numbers which are not concealing the identity of the sender and the message must clearly inform the user how to stop any further communication without any fees or cost for the user. All unregistered numbers will be blocked as soon as possible, and in case of illegal numbers, the owners may expect fines and other problems for breaking the pre-election silence.   

In addition to Mr. Ignac Lovrek and Mr. Darko Parić, the President of the Council of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM), Dražen Lučić, also participated in the preparation of the part of the study dedicated to electronic communications. 

The Executive Director of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM), Mr. Mario Weber, will participate as a speaker and a panelist at the SEE Cloud Computing Forum, which is taking place in Zagreb. He will speak on regulatory challenges of cloud computing. 

The meeting focused on the discussion on the proposal for the Regulation on wholesale roaming prices. The adoption of this Regulation is a necessary precondition for complete elimination of retail roaming charges which is expected by June 2017. 

13% more goods were transported by rail than in the previous quarter.  

The working group deals with issues concerning the quality of service provision, user protection and state on the postal services marked in the EU and the meeting includes discussions on draft documents prepared by this working group. 

Growth in the number of parcels on the postal services market in the Republic of Croatia continued in the second quarter of 2016, which resulted in the increased total revenue of all postal service providers. 

As the Academy’s partner, HAKOM participated at the “pitching forum” where projects and ideas for use of public sector open data were presented, including proposals for the development of applications using public sector open data with a view to dealing with current social challenges and needs.

The last amendments to the Ordinance on payment of fees for the right of use of addresses, numbers and the RF spectrum abolished the HRK 5 monthly fee for radio frequency use which mobile subscribers have been paying until now. 

The meeting will take place on Thursday, 8 September 2016, and the topic of the meeting will include open issues concerning the implementation of the National Framework Programme for the Development of Broadband Infrastructure in Areas Lacking Sufficient Commercial Interest for Investments, investment models and previous experiences and cooperation on the development of broadband in the Republic of Croatia until 2020, with a special emphasis on areas lacking sufficient commercial interest in investments. 

Due to the frequent cross-border fraudulent attempts as well as the last amendments to the Ordinance, which have brought new rights to the end-users and obligations to the operators of the Electronic communications services such as those related to the conclusion and termination of subscription contracts, the possibilities of controlling billings and protection of the unwanted billings, HAKOM is actively participating in in consumer education. 

On the second day of the Dubrovnik Forum HAKOM participated in panel discussions entitled "Strengthening Europe: connecting North and South" („Strengthening Europe: Connecting North and South")  

The comments from the public consultation on the Guidelines on implementation of Network Neutrality Rules were discussed at BEREC’s extraordinary plenary meeting in Brussels.

On August 25, the BEREC plenary meeting will be held on net neutrality guidelines which will be presented to the public of the EU at a press conference on August 30. 

On Monday, August 22, our long-time colleague and associate Vladimir Antolić passed away at the age of 70. 

The objective of the meeting was to agree on how to implement the new regulatory framework, which will ultimately lead to the elimination of additional retail roaming charges and shall enter into force on June 15, 2017. 

These amendments regulate in more detail the manner of calculation and the amount of fees for delayed number porting.