New Year brings changes to the Ordinance on payment of fees for right to use of addresses, numbers and RF spectrum
The Ordinance on amendments to the Ordinance on payment of fees for right to use of addresses, numbers and RF spectrum will enter into force on 1 January 2016.
Provisions on the payment of the fee for use of the RF spectrum for the satellite service have also been amended in order to reduce the fees due to the recorded decreasing trend in the number of issued licences for use of the RF spectrum in the satellite service and in order to impose a possible fee on fixed terrestrial radio station for communication with satellites and/or planes (complementary ground component (CGC) of a mobile satellite network).
End radio stations used exclusively for M2M services will also be exempted from the payment of the fee in a public mobile communications network, in a subscriber system and deadlines for the submission of a written complaint by the operator and licence holder to an issued bill of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) will be prolonged from eight to fifteen days.
The amendments to the Ordinance have been subject to public consultation and HAKOM’s experts were involved in the development of the draft proposal. The Ordinance on amendments to the Ordinance on payment of fees for right to use of addresses, numbers and RF spectrum was published in the Official Gazette No. 138/15, and it is available here: http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/
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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
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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.