Licenses

 

Any legal entity or natural person is entitled to use the radio frequency band which may be used according to the Radio Frequency Allocation Table on the basis of a general license for the use of the radio frequency spectrum in accordance with the conditions of assignment and use defined in the Table and the Ordnance on assignment and use of radio frequency spectrum (OG 45/12 and 50/12).
 

HAKOM shall grant the general licence (Table of granted general licences) for use of the radio frequency spectrum in case of a negligible danger from interference or in harmonised radio frequency bands, in particular for the purpose of implementation of the relevant decisions and recommendations of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) and its bodies, which are accepted in the Republic of Croatia.

 

HAKOM shall grant an individual licence for use of the radio frequency spectrum on the basis of a previously conducted public tender, for the radio frequency band in which, due to limited availability of the radio frequency spectrum, such manner of granting licences has been established in the Radio Frequency Allocation Table.
 

The allocation table defines the procedure of granting licence on the basis of a public tender for radio frequency bands of special importance and for which there is a lot of interest and all interested parties cannot be satisfied due to limited availability of radio frequency spectrum.
 

The procedure of granting the licence shall be initiated by HAKOM ex officio or on the basis of an application for granting the licence. Detailed conditions of assignment and use, selection criteria and the procedure of inviting for tender and carrying out of public tender are defined in the Ordnance on assignment and use of radio frequency spectrum (OG 45/12 and 50/12).

 

HAKOM shall grant individual licence for use of the radio frequency spectrum on the basis of a previously conducted public auction for the radio frequency band in which such manner of granting licences has been established in the Radio Frequency Allocation Table due to the limited availability of radio frequency spectrum.

The Radio Frequency Allocation Table defines the procedure of granting the licence on the basis of previously conducted public auction for the radio frequency bands that are of special importance and for which a lot of interest exists and, due to limited availability of radio frequency spectrum, all interested parties could not be satisfied. With this type of granting the licence technological neutrality makes it impossible to define the characteristics of the system to be used with this radio frequency band, so besides meeting other defined criteria defined, the selection criteria shall be the highest offered price.
 

The procedure of granting licences shall be initiated by HAKOM ex officio or on the basis of an application for granting the licence. Detailed conditions of assignment and use, selection criteria and the procedure of inviting for tender and carrying out of public tender are defined in the Ordnance on assignment and use of radio frequency spectrum (OG 45/12 and 50/12).  

HAKOM shall grant individual licence for use of the radio frequency spectrum on the basis of submitted application for individual licence. The licence is usually granted for one individual radio station, or more (for example radio stations in amateur service, on a vessel, on an aircraft...)

 

Guidance and forms for granting individual licences for use of radio frequency spectrum (according to types): 

 

·       amateur service,

·       on a vessel,

·       on an aircraft,

·       fixed radio station,

·       mobile radio station,

·       microwave link,

·       satellite service,

·       broadcasting. 

By way of derogation from the allocated radio communications service or technology, or conditions for assignment and use specified in the Radio Frequency Allocation Table and the Ordinance on assignment and use of radio frequency spectrum (OG 45/12, 50/12, 97/14 and 116/17 HAKOM may, on the basis of a submitted application, grant a temporary license for use of the radio frequency spectrum.

The temporary license may be issued for a radio station or a radio system used for the purpose of market or technical inspection, research or design or for the purposes of sports, cultural, entertainment and other events of temporary character.

In application for temporary license it is necessary to specify the purpose, technical specifications of a radio station or a radio system, geographical area and time period of use. In temporary license HAKOM shall specify the appropriate validity thereof as well as the corresponding conditions for the assignment and use of the associated radio frequencies, in particular, for the purpose of protection against interference.
 
For events of temporary character, radio equipment that uses radiofrequency spectrum on the basis of general license (http://www.hakom.hr/default.aspx?id=596), no individual license is necessary. For all other equipment (radio microphones and wireless cameras  included), temporary licence is mandatory.

Application for temporary license should be submitted to HAKOM at least 30 days in advance, using the official application form „Temporary license form for event of temporary characters“ https://www.hakom.hr/UserDocsImages/2020/radiokomunikacije/Temporary%20licence%20application%20form.docx.

HAKOM recommends to deliver the information from the form which concerns „Tuning range of equipment“. It may be neccesarry to assign different frequencies than those primarily requested for and prior delivery of this information may shorten the period of issuing a temporary license.

For SNG stations a general license is granted. However, it is neccessary to notify HAKOM on the operational start of SNGs using given application form „Notification form for a station operating in satellite service (according to general licence)“
https://www.hakom.hr/UserDocsImages/2019/dokumenti/Notification_SAT_ENG-HRV(according%20to%20general%20licence)-20191223.docx

The approval will be sent back to the applicant as soon as possible. HAKOM may require an equipment check before putting it into operation. For any additional questions please contact HAKOM.

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