HAKOM at the IRG-Rail Plenary Meeting
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IRG-Rail Plenary Meeting, (Independent Regulators' Group – Rail) held the meeting in Gdansk and HAKOM’s representatives took part in it.
ZAGREB, April 29, 2016 - A plenary meeting of the Independent Regulators' Group – Rail was held in Gdansk, Poland. The meeting was attended by Mr. Nikola Popović, Railway Services Expert .Member of the Council of HAKOM and Kristijan Solina, Railway Services Expert. The participants of the plenary meeting introduced a new member of the IRG-Rail, a regulatory authority in Portugal.
The proposals and models for improving the work performance of the IRG-Rail after five years of its foundation were the main topics at the plenary meeting. In addition, the decision was brought on the electronic vote regarding the adoption of the Position paper on the Fourth Railway Package. The participants had two working days to submit their comments and deliver votes. The Chair and Vice-Chair of IRG-Rail presented the IRG-Rail’s overview of the activities from the last plenary meeting while the IRG-Rail’s Working Group "Access" and sub-groups of the same Working Group "Access to service facilities" reported the planned activities and presented their work results to the participants. Draft document by "Legislation" Working Group was also presented according to which the joint position was given regarding the fourth railway package. The fourth annual report on the market control for 2014 was presented by the Working Group "Market Surveillance" and guidelines on market surveillance were pointed out in further annual report announcements. The “Charges” Working Group” and subgroup of the mentioned Working Group “Charges for service facilities” reported on further activities while the regulatory body from Bulgaria presented the HIPPOPS project (Harmonised & International Procedures for Placing into Operation of Products & Subsystems) of the ERTMS development (European Railway Traffic Management System).
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For additional information please contact:
Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM)
Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9
10110 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel. + 385 (0) 1 700 70 07
Fax + 385 (0)1 700 70 70
Media inquiries can be submitted online using HAKOM’s official website: https://www.hakom.hr/
Registration required.
IRG-Rail Plenary Meeting, (Independent Regulators' Group – Rail) held the meeting in Gdansk and HAKOM’s representatives took part in it.
The proposals and models for improving the work performance of the IRG-Rail after five years of its foundation were the main topics at the plenary meeting. In addition, the decision was brought on the electronic vote regarding the adoption of the Position paper on the Fourth Railway Package. The participants had two working days to submit their comments and deliver votes. The Chair and Vice-Chair of IRG-Rail presented the IRG-Rail’s overview of the activities from the last plenary meeting while the IRG-Rail’s Working Group "Access" and sub-groups of the same Working Group "Access to service facilities" reported the planned activities and presented their work results to the participants. Draft document by "Legislation" Working Group was also presented according to which the joint position was given regarding the fourth railway package. The fourth annual report on the market control for 2014 was presented by the Working Group "Market Surveillance" and guidelines on market surveillance were pointed out in further annual report announcements. The “Charges” Working Group” and subgroup of the mentioned Working Group “Charges for service facilities” reported on further activities while the regulatory body from Bulgaria presented the HIPPOPS project (Harmonised & International Procedures for Placing into Operation of Products & Subsystems) of the ERTMS development (European Railway Traffic Management System).
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For additional information please contact:
Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM)
Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9
10110 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel. + 385 (0) 1 700 70 07
Fax + 385 (0)1 700 70 70
Media inquiries can be submitted online using HAKOM’s official website: https://www.hakom.hr/
Registration required.
ABOUT HAKOM: HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary competencies in market regulation.