Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries ( hr, Hrvatska regulatorna agencija za mrežne djelatnosti, commonly referred to as HAKOM), is

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's government

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tasked with regulating the telecommunications, postal, and rail industries. In its present form, HAKOM was established in 2008 after the merger of two earlier regulatory agencies, the Croatian Telecommunications Agency (HAT) and the Postal Services Council (VPU). In 2014, the former Rail Market Regulatory Agency was also merged into HAKOM. HAKOM is governed by its council, which includes five members, who are all appointed for five-year terms by the

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. They can also be dismissed by a vote in the Parliament upon proposal of the government. Decisions of the council are made by a majority vote of all of its members, i.e. any decision requires three council members to agree with. The agency's executive director is in charge of HAKOM's staff, which performs expert, technical, and administrative roles. HAKOM is Croatia's representative in a variety of multinational bodies: *

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...

's Communications Committee (CoCom) *European Regulators Group (ERG) *Independent Regulators Group (IRG) * Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) *Radio Spectrum Committee (RSC) *

Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC; , EEKRE; german: Gremium Europäischer Regulierungsstellen für elektronische Kommunikation, GEREK), based in Riga (Latvia), is the regulating agency of the telecommunication mar ...

(BEREC) *

International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...

(ITU) *

European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) was established on June 26, 1959, by nineteen European states in Montreux, Switzerland, as a coordinating body for European state telecommunications and postal ...

(ECPTA) *

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to t ...

(UPU)

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* {{authority control Government agencies of Croatia Telecommunications in Croatia Telecommunications regulatory authorities Organizations established in 2008 2008 establishments in Croatia Regulation in Croatia

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