COMMERCIAL AGENCY CONTRACT IN CROATIAN LEGISLATION AND CASE LAW

U radu se analizira ugovor o trgovinskom zastupanju koji je uređen Zakonom o obveznim odnosima. U prvom dijelu rada obrađuje se ugovor o trgovinskom zastupanju u hrvatskom zakonodavstvu, odnosno obveze ugovornih strana, prestanak ugovora te posebna naknada na način kako je to propisano zakonom. Dalje autorica uspoređuje ugovor o trgovinskom zastupanju sa ugovorom o posredovanju i ugovorom o komisiji te iznosi bitne sličnosti i razlike među njima. Važno je napomenuti da je od pristupanja Hrvatske Europskoj uniji, njezina zadaća uskladiti nacionalno zakonodavstvo sa zakonodavstvom Europske unije, pa je tako Direktiva Vijeća od 18. prosinca 1986. o usklađivanju prava država članica u vezi samozaposlenih trgovačkih zastupnika (86/653/EEZ) u potpunosti prenesena u Zakon o obveznim odnosima. U drugom dijelu rada autorica analizira ugovor o trgovinskom zastupanju kroz hrvatsku i europsku sudsku praksu gdje je poseban naglasak stavljen na otvorena pitanja provizije i posebne naknade.This thesis analyzes the commercial agency contract which is regulated by the Civil Obligations Act. The first part of thesis deals with the commercial agency contract in Croatian legislation, respectively the obligations of the contracting parties, termination of the contract and special fee in the manner prescribed by law. Furthermore, the author compares the commercial agency contract with the mediation agreement and the commission agreement and presents important similarities and differences between them. It is important to note that since Croatia's accession to the European Union, its task has been to harmonize national legislation with legislation of the European Union, therefore the Council Directive of 18 December 1986. on the coordination of the laws of the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents (86/653/EEC) is fully transposed into the Civil Obligations Act. In the second part of the thesis, the author analyzes the commercial agency contract through Croatian and European case law, where special emphasis is placed on open issues of commission and special fees