“Forgotten” principle of finality in the administrative procedure

U radu se opisuje i analizira institut konačnosti u hrvatskom općem upravnom postupku. Sumarno se opisuje povijesni razvoj instituta konačnosti kroz zakone kojima se u hrvatskom pravu uređivala materija općeg upravnog postupka. Analizira se izostavljanje instituta tj. izraza konačnost u važećem Zakonu o općem upravnom postupku te ukazuje na činjenicu da se u posebnim zakonima izraz konačnost još uvijek koristi. Kako bi se navedeni institut mogao bolje razumjeti, u radu se u kraćim crtama opisuju i instituti legitimnih očekivanja i pravomoćnosti koji su u bliskoj vezi s institutom konačnosti. U zaključku rada zalaže se za ponovno uvođenje instituta konačnosti u Zakon o općem upravnom postupku te dosljednog korištenja izraza konačnost za označavanje procesnog trenutka u kojem se upravni akt nalazi nakon što je iskorištena žalba u upravnom postupku.The institute of finality in Croatian general administrative procedure is described and analyzed in his paper. The historical development of the institute of finality is summarily described through the laws by which, in Croatian law, the substance of general administrative procedure was regulated. The absence of the institute of so-called finality in the valid General Administrative Procedure Act is analyzed and the fact that in certain laws the expression finality is still used is pointed out. For the stated institute to be better understood, this paper also briefly describes the institutes of legitimate expectations of legal validity which are closely related to the institute of finality. In conclusion, the author purports the re-introduction of the institute of finality in the General Administrative Procedure Act as well as the consistent use of the expression of finality for marking the procedural moment at where the administrative act is after appeals have been used in the administrative procedure