The Impact of the EU Regulation on the Law-Making Process in the Field of Telecommunications

U ovome radu govorimo o procesu donošenja zakona u telekomunikacijama kao i o akterima koji u tom procesu sudjeluju te smo pokušali pobliže objasniti njihovu ulogu u definiranju zakona kao i njihovom izvršavanju. Istraživanjem postojeće literature došli smo do zaključka da postoji vrlo mali broj znanstvenih i stručnih radova koji su napisani na ovu temu, kada govorimo konkretno o studiji Hrvatske, te se nadamo da će ovaj rad približiti procese u telekomunikacijama kao i same telekomunikacije širim masama. Istraživanju smo pristupili putem dokumentarne analize, internet istraživanja i intervjua. Hipoteza koju smo potvrdili jeste da je u Hrvatskoj proces donošenja zakona na području elektroničkih komunikacija značajno usporen te da akteri još uvijek nisu dovoljno dobro upoznati sa samim djelovanjem i važnosti telekomunikacijske industrije, dok je s druge strane regulacija istih na značajno višoj razini. Istraživanje je pokazalo da EU nema zavidna regulatorna tijela, a i ona koja ima, nemaju tolike ovlasti na države članice, tako da više doprinosa imaju nacionalne regulatorne agencije od onih europskih što znači da EU regulatorna tijela nisu gotovo nikako utjecala na zakonodavni proces u Hrvatskoj.In this paper, we are talking about the process of passing laws in telecommunications as well as the actors who participate in that process, and we have tried to explain in more detail their role in defining laws as well as their execution. By researching the existing literature, we came to the conclusion that there is a very small number of scientific and professional works written on this topic, when we talk specifically about the study of Croatia, and we hope that this work will bring the processes in telecommunications as well as telecommunications themselves closer to the wider population. We approached the research through documentary analysis, internet research and interviews. The hypothesis we have confirmed is that in Croatia the process of passing laws in the field of electronic communications has slowed down significantly and that the actors are still not sufficiently familiar with the functioning and importance of the telecommunications industry, while on the other hand the regulation of the same is at a significantly higher level. The research showed that the EU does not have enviable regulatory bodies, and even those that have, do not have that much authority over the member states, so national regulatory agencies have more input than European ones, which means that EU regulatory bodies have had almost no influence on the legislative process in Croatia