tailieunhanh - Chapter 7: The readiness of the public administration for european union accession

We shall define the level of the fulfilment of conditions for membership and the measures that should be carried out during the process of the reform in Croatia by a comparative analysis of the state of affairs in Croatia, the candidates and the EU members. | 167 Chapter 7 THE READINESS OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FOR EUROPEAN UNION ACCESSION Ana-Maria Boromisa Croatian Energy Regulation Council VRED Zagreb ABSTRACT Institution building is crucial for successful integration into the European Union EU . Through the Stabilization and Association Agreement SAA Croatia bound itself to strengthen institutions at all levels in the area of the administration priority areas being protection of competition and state aid. According to the demands that the EU has made on the public administrations of the accession countries in the pre-accession period we shall identify the criteria for membership. We shall define the level of the fulfilment of conditions for membership and the measures that should be carried out during the process of the reform in Croatia by a comparative analysis of the state of affairs in Croatia the candidates and the EU members. The main conclusion is that institutional weakness in Croatia is the outcome of failure to define the priorities and the timetable for the implementation of given reforms. Key words public administration market competition institutional criteria for membership single market European Union Croatia candidates The views expressed herein are the standpoint of the author are not binding upon the institution in which she works and do not necessarily coincide with the official views of the Croatian Energy Regulatory Council VRED . 168 INTRODUCTION The objective of this paper is to analyse the role of the public administration in meeting the economic criteria for membership in the EU. The concept ofpublic administration in this work refers to the institutions necessary for the enforcement of the rules the focus being on institutions that are charged with positive action at the national level Table 1 .i Table 1 The Public Administration in Croatia State administration Other bodies Ministries State administration Offices of the Legal entities with organisations Government public authorities - .