LAW ON PUBLIC ADVOCACY

Croatian Society of Lobbyists – Association for Promotion of Transparent Advocacy (CSL) has introduced the draft of a Law on Public Advocacy to the Croatian Parliament in April 2015.

Law on Public Advocacy defines the following:

– mandatory registration for those who wish to influence public authorities

– access to registered interests via public register (available online)

– accreditation for interest representatives who may enter the Parliament and attend sessions

– sanctions for those who wish to influence policies and decisions of public authorities but do not want to register

Draft bill can be downloaded here.

MEETINGS HELD

Since 2014 CSL has held a series of meetings in order to familiarize interest groups with the draft:

14.10.2014. – Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System, Peđa Grbin

22.10.2014. – AmCham – American Chamber of Commerce in Croatia, Ivan Vidaković

27.10.2014. – Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts, Dragutin Ranogajec

28.10.2014. –  European Affairs Comittee, Danijel Mondekar

29.10.2014. – Comittee on the Economy, Ivo Jelušić

6.11.2014. – Croatian Peasant Party, Branko Hrg

10.2.2015. – European Commission Representation in Croatia, Branko Baričević

12.2.2015. – Croatian Chamber of Economy, Luka Burilović

26.2.2015. – Foreign Policy Comittee, Milorad Pupovac

12.3.2015. – Legislation Comittee, Ingrid Antičević Marinović

8.6.2015. – Office for Cooperation with NGOs, Igor Vidačak

6.4.2016. – Speaker of the Parliament, Academician Željko Reiner

12.5.2016. – Deputy Prime Minister, Božo Petrov

Letters of support

All contacted entities have supported the adoption of the Law on Public Advocacy.

Letters of support can be found below:

Croatian Peasant Party

Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System and European affairs comittee

Transparency International Croatia

Croatian Chamber of Economy

Croatian chamber of trades and crafts

AmCham- American Chamber of Commerce in Croatia

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