Enforcement Activity in Consumer Protection Regulation in Croatia

Tatjana Josipović ()

Journal of Consumer Policy, 2013, vol. 36, issue 3, 287-314

Abstract: The law regulating consumer protection in the Republic of Croatia began its intensive development through the process of harmonization of Croatian legislation with EU law. Apart from the approximation of Croatian legislation with the acquis, in the pre-accession process, Croatia also undertook obligations to introduce and develop corresponding mechanisms for the efficient enforcement of consumer protection in practice. The development of consumer protection policy was recognized as a priority area in Croatia, and even before full membership, the process of implementing new directives in the area of consumer protection ran almost in parallel to and at the same pace as that of the Member States. Alongside the harmonization of its legislation with the EU consumer acquis, Croatia started developing a regulatory enforcement structure, including a whole series of mechanisms to achieve individual and collective protection of consumer rights. Among other things, the satisfactory development of regulatory enforcement activities in consumer protection was one of the preconditions for the successful completion of the accession negotiations and for signing the accession treaty. At the same time, the article suggests that in the area of both the individual and collective realization of consumer protection, there is a need for further progress through, on the one hand, developing administrative capacities and enhancing access to justice, as well as developing a system of out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes on the other. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

Keywords: Consumer protection; The Consumer Protection Act; The Obligations Act; Individual consumer protection; Collective consumer protection; Out-of-court protection of consumers; Enforcement of consumer protection; Alternative dispute resolution for consumers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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