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Velimir Šonje, MSc, took his first and master's degrees at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, and did further professional training in the World Bank programme in Vienna and at the Advanced Summer School in Prague.
Velimir Šonje, mr. sc., diplomirao i magistrirao na Ekonomskom fakultetu u Zagrebu, te se stručno usavršavao na programu Svjetske banke u Beču i Naprednoj ljetnoj školi u Pragu.
He worked as a research fellow in the Institute of Economics in Zagreb and as executive director of the Research and Statistics Sector in the Croatian National Bank.
Radio kao istraživač u Ekonomskom institutu u Zagrebu i kao izvršni direktor Sektora za istraživanja i statistiku u Hrvatskoj narodnoj banci.
He was member and vice-chairman of the Council of the Agency for the Protection of Market Competition.
Bio član i potpredsjednik Savjeta Agencije za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja.
Now he works in Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. Zagreb, his position being chairman of RBA Invest, an investment fund management company.
Sada radi u Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. Zagreb kao predsjednik RBA Investa, društva za upravljanje investicijskim fondovima.
He deals with economic analysis, particularly in the area of macroeconomics, banking and finance.
Bavi se ekonomskom analizom, posebno u području makroekonomije, bankarstva i financija.
He has taken part in many conferences.
Sudjelovao na brojnim konferencijama.
He has contributed a number of papers to books, and has authored numerous other scientific and professional papers.
Autor više radova u knjigama te brojnih znanstvenih i stručnih radova.
Snježana Vasiljevic graduated summa cum laude from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb.
Snježana Vasiljević, mr. sc., diplomirala na Pravnom fakultetu u Zagrebu s diplomom summa cum laude.
During her course she was several times awarded the Dean's and Chancellor's prizes.
Tijekom studija višestruko nagrađivana Dekanovom i Rektorovom nagradom.
She also won the prize of the American Bar Association for the best paper in the area of gender discrimination.
Dobitnica nagrade Američke odvjetničke komore za najbolji rad s područja spolne diskriminacije.
She took her master's in the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge.
Magistrirala na Pravnom fakultetu Sveučilišta Cambridge, UK.
She is currently employed in the Faculty of Law in Zagreb as research fellow in the project Reform of the Legal System of the Republic of Croatia andEUaccession.
Zaposlena na Pravnom fakultetu u Zagrebu kao znanstvena novakinja na projektu Reforma pravnog sustava RH i pridruživanje EU.
Discrimination in the EU, protection of equality between men and women and of fundamental human rights, as well as the adjustment of Croatian law to the laws of the Union are her main areas of professional interest.
Zaštita ljudskih prava, borba protiv diskriminacije i poštovanje načela ravnopravnosti u sklopu Europske unije, te usklađivanje domaćeg zakonodavstva s pravom Unije glavna su područja njezina stručnog interesa.
Igor Vidacak, MSc, took his first degree in the Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb and took a master's degree at the College of Europe in Natolin, Poland.
Igor Vidačak, mr. sc., diplomirao na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu, magistrirao europske studije na College of Europe u Natolinu, Poljska.
He is currently working on research in the European Integration Department, Institute for International Relations, Zagreb.
Radi kao istraživač u Odjelu europskih integracija Instituta za međunarodne odnose u Zagrebu.
He deals with matters of EU enlargement to CEE, democratisation and reforms in the EU, the role of civil society in international relations, the development of cross-sector partnership, human rights and ethics in international relations.
Bavi se pitanjima proširenja EU na srednju i istočnu Europu, demokratizacijom i reformama EU, ulogom civilnog društva u međunarodnim odnosima, izgradnjom međusektorskog partnerstva, ljudskim pravima, etikom u međunarodnim odnosima.
Since the beginning of 2002 he has been a member of the Croatian government's Council for the Development of Civil Society.
Od početka 2002. član je Savjeta Vlade RH za razvoj civilnog društva.
Tito Žimbrek, Professor, DSc, took his first degree in the Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb (1963), took a master's at the Faculty of Economics, Zagreb, specialising in economic science, and received a doctorate from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Zagreb, the area of biotechnical sciences, the scientific field of agronomy, scientific branch of economics.
Tito žimbrek, prof. dr. sc., diplomirao na Poljoprivrednom fakultetu u Zagrebu (1963), magistrirao na Ekonomskom fakultetu u Zagrebu (1976) na području ekonomske znanosti, a doktorirao na Fakultetu poljoprivrednih znanosti u Zagrebu na području biotehničke znanosti, znanstvenom polju agronomija, znanstvenoj grani ekonomika.
Since 2001 he has been Vice-Dean for Science at the Agriculture Faculty, Zagreb.
Od 1988. voditelj je i nastavnik poslijediplomskog studija Ekonomike poljoprivrede.
He is one of the founder members and the first president of the Croatian Agro-Economic Association and is a member of the European Association of Agrarian Economists.
Jedan je od utemeljitelja i prvi predsjednik Hrvatskoga agroekonomskog društva te član Europskog udruženja agrarnih ekonomista.
He is the chief editor of the professional journal Agroeconomica Croatica of the Croatian Agro-Economic Association.
Glavni je urednik stručnog časopisa «Agroeconomia Croatica» Hrvatskoga agroekonomskog društva.
Croatia is preparing for EU membership in 2007.
Hrvatska se priprema postati kandidatom za članstvo u EU u 2006.
Since signing the Stability and Association Agreement (SAA) in October 2001 Croatian policy has put a strong emphasis on activities to meet the demands of the SAA and to achieve the ambitious goal of becoming a candidate country in a relatively short time.
Od potpisivanja Sporazuma o stabilizaciji i pridruživanju između Republike Hrvatske i europskih zajednica i njihovih zemalja članica (SSP) u studenom 2002. godine, hrvatska se politika ozbiljno usmjerila na aktivnosti zadovoljavanja zahtjeva SSPa i ostvarivanja ambicioznog cilja postajanja zemlje kandidatkinje u kratkom razdoblju.
In this context the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the Institute of Public Finance in Zagreb initiated a project to monitor and to evaluate the EU accession process of Croatia by Croatian researchers.
U tom su kontekstu Zaklada Friedrich Ebert i Institut za javne financije u Zagrebu započeli projekt praćenja i ocjenjivanja procesa pridruživanja Hrvatske EU koji ostvaruju hrvatski stručnjaci.
Although there are regular official reports on the progress of the implementation of reforms in Croatia by the government and international organisations we launched this project, because we deem it important to present a critical view of independent domestic experts on the accession process covering political, economic and social aspects.
Iako postoje redoviti službeni izvještaji Vlade i međunarodnih organizacija o napretku u provedbi reformi u Hrvatskoj, započeli smo ovaj projekt jer procjenjujemo da je važno iznijeti kritičan stav neovisnih domaćih stručnjaka o postupku pridruživanja koji bi pokrivao politička, gospodarska i socijalna pitanja u društvu.
The EU Monitoring project has been given the task of watching and analysing the accession process during the years to and producing annual reports on the development of Croatian society in the EU accession process.
Projektom EU Monitoring trebao bi se pratiti i analizirati postupak pridruživanja tijekom sljedećih godina i omogućiti sastavljanje godišnjih izvještaja o razvoju hrvatskog društva s obzirom na pridruživanje EU.
It is from this point of view that the project attempts to analyse deficits and problems as well as the progress in the development of the reform programs aimed at meeting the requirements of SAA and EU standards in general.
U tom smislu projektom se nastoje utvrditi nedostaci i problemi te napredak u razvoju programa reformi usmjerenih na udovoljavanje općim standardima SSP-a i EU.
This analysis should lead to the elaboration and formulation of alternative approaches or eventually to policy recommendations.
Te bi analize trebale voditi, razvoju i oblikovanju alternativnih pristupa ili mogućih političkih preporuka.
The main objective of the whole project is to present the results of this work to the interested public and to create an impetus for public discussion.
Najvažnija je zadaća projekta predstavljanje rezultata zainteresiranoj javnosti i stvaranje poticaja za javnu raspravu.
One important target group in this sense is of course the group of decision makers at different levels of society in the government, economy and public administration.
Bitna su ciljana skupina u tom smislu, naravno, donositelji odluka na različitim razinama državne vlasti, gospodarstva i javne uprave.
But apart from them it is necessary as well to address representatives of organisations and groups in the sector of civil society, as reforms in preparing the country for EU membership concern and challenge all parts of the society.
Osim njih, potrebno se obratiti i predstavnicima organizacija i skupina civilnog društva jer se reforme u pripremi zemlje za članstvo u EU odnose na sve dijelove društva i izazov su za cijelo društvo.
To date, a large majority in Croatia has supported the aim of joining the European Union.
Dosad je pretežit dio stanovništva Hrvatske podržavao pridruživanje Europskoj uniji.
To start the project we organized a workshop in Zagreb at the end of March 2002 gathering interested researchers and potential authors for the study to reflect on the concept of the project and discuss the priorities to be covered.
Ovaj smo projekt započeli organiziranjem radionice krajem ožujka 2002. u Zagrebu na kojoj su se okupili zainteresirani istraživači i mogući autori pojedinih dionica projekta kako bi se razmotrio koncept projekta i raspravili prioriteti što bi ih on trebao obuhvatiti.
Furthermore, we invited two researchers from Poland and Bulgaria, who are participating in similar projects in their countries, to report on their approaches and experiences.
Tada smo pozvali dvoje istraživača iz Poljske i Bugarske koji su sudjelovali u sličnim projektima u svojim zemljama, i oni su izvijestili o svojim pristupima i iskustvima.
Last but not least, at this stage of the project we also asked representatives of the Ministry of European Integration to take part in the discussion of priority areas as seen by their Ministry.
Također smo u tom dijelu projekta zamolili predstavnike Ministarstva za europske integracije RH za sudjelovanje u raspravi i obavještavanje o prioritetnim područjima prema ocjeni Ministarstva.
As a result of this workshop a team of authors agreed to prepare papers on the identified priority areas and along common guidelines.
Kao rezultat te radionice nekoliko je autora pripremilo materijal u kojemu se određuju prioritetna područja i utvrđuju opće upute za ostvarenje projekta.
The studies presented in this book give the reader an insight into the situation and problems of different areas in Croatian society and their political approaches to the implementation of reform programs in preparing the country for EU membership.
Studije sadržane u ovoj knjizi daju čitateljima uvid u stanje i probleme u različitim područjima hrvatskog društva te političke pristupe provedbi programa reformi u pripremi zemlje za članstvo u EU.
The book concentrates on economy, legislation, and civil society issues.
Sadržaj knjige usmjeren je na pitanja gospodarstva, zakonodavstva i civilnog društva.
By this selection we think we have chosen some of the most important areas in the context of EU accession at the present time.
Vjerujemo da smo njihovim odabirom obuhvatili najvažnija područja u sadašnjem kontekstu pridruživanja EU.
We hope to contribute by this work to the efforts of Croatia to implement the necessary reforms and thus smoothing the way to the European Union.
Nadamo se da smo time pridonijeli naporima Hrvatske u provedbi potrebnih reformi i time olakšali njezin put u Europsku uniju.
Finally, I would like to thank all those who participated in this project, particularly Dr. Katarina Ott, director of the Institute of Public Finance and editor of the volume, as well as Prof. Dr. Nenad Zakošek, for assisting in editing the contributions.
Konačno, želio bih zahvaliti svim sudionicima u projektu, posebice dr. Katarini Ott, ravnateljici Instituta za javne financije i urednici knjige, te prof. dr. Nenadu Zakošeku za sudjelovanje u uređivanju i pripremi priloga.
Dr. Rudiger Pintar Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Head of Regional Office for Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Dr. Rudiger Pintar voditelj Regionalnog ureda za Hrvatsku i Bosnu i Hercegovinu Zaklada Friedrich Ebert
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ZAHVALA
On behalf on the Institute of Public Finance, and also personally, I would like to thank our friends from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, particularly Rudiger Pintar and Nenad Zakošek, who first of all encouraged us to deal with monitoring Croatian accession to the European Union, and then also financed our work.
U ime Instituta za javne financije i u svoje ime želim zahvaliti kolegama iz Zaklade Friedrich Ebert osobito Rudigeru Pintaru i Nenadu Zakošeku koji su nas najprije naveli da se bavimo praćenjem priključenja Hrvatske Europskoj uniji, a zatim i financirali projekt.
Thanks to this complex and interesting project, lawyers, agronomists, economists and engineers found themselves involved in a common venture and without a doubt learned a great deal from each other.
Zahvaljujući tom složenom i zanimljivom projektu, okupili su se zajedno pravnici, agronomi, ekonomisti, sociolozi, inženjeri i sigurno su jedni od drugih mnogo korisnoga naučili.
I would like to thank all those who took part in the project, particularly the authors of the chapters in the book, for the work they have put in.
Svim sudionicima projekta, a posebice autorima tekstova objavljenih u ovoj knjizi, zahvaljujem na uloženom trudu.
And thank you too to the anonymous referees of all the papers, who most certainly contributed to the quality of the writing.
Zahvaljujem i anonimnim recenzentima svih radova koji su sigurno znatno pridonijeli kvaliteti tekstova.
Foreign experts also assisted our endeavours, Marek ZirkSadowski from Poland and Irina Bokova from Bulgaria, who came to Zagreb and shared with us their experience in work on projects in their own countries.
U našim su nam naporima pomogli i strani stručnjaci Marek ZirkSadowski iz Poljske i Irina Bokova iz Bugarske, koji su došli u Zagreb i podijelili s nama svoja iskustva u radu na sličnim projektima u svojim zemljama.
Finally, I wish to thank employees of the Institute of Public Finance, particularly Ivica Urban, Pava Turudija and Martina Matejčić for their dedicated work, without which this book could not have been produced.
Konačno, zahvaljujem suradnicima Instituta za javne financije, posebice Ivici Urbanu, Pavi Turudiji i Martini Matejčić na predanom radu bez kojega ova knjiga ne bi bila moguća.
Katarina Ott Editor
Katarina Ott urednica
Chapter 1
Poglavlje 1.
CROATIAN ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
PRIDRUŽIVANJE HRVATSKE EUROPSKOJ UNIJI
Economic and legal challenges
Izazovi ekonomske i pravne prilagodbe
Institute of Public Finance Zagreb
Institut za javne financije Zagreb
There are two types of society: closed societies and open ...
Postoje dvije vrste društava: zatvorena i otvorena...
When we use the word democracy we do not or should not mean any particular form of political structure; such matters are secondary.
Kad rabimo riječ demokracija, ne mislimo ili ne bismo trebali misliti na bilo koji poseban oblik političke strukture; takva su pitanja sekundarna.
What we mean or ought to mean is the completely open society...
Ono što mislimo ili bismo trebali misliti jest potpuno otvoreno društvo...
We may not know very much, but we do know something... and while we must always be prepared to change our minds, we must act as best we can in the light of what we do know.
Možda ne znamo mnogo, ali znamoponešto...i dok moramo uvijek biti spremni mijenjati mišljenje, moramo djelovati najbolje što možemo u svjetlu onoga što znamo.
Part one raises the question of whether the EU is fiction or reality, part two puts Croatia in the context of the EU, while the third part concentrates on macroeconomics, banking and finances, taxes, government aid, trade policy, power, agriculture, employment and unemployment, the legal system, the non-governmental sector and equality between men and women.
U prvom dijelu poglavlja postavlja se pitanje je li EU fikcija ili stvarnost, u drugome se Hrvatska stavlja u kontekst EU, a u trećemu se usredotočujemo na makroekonomiju, bankarstvo i financije, poreze, državne potpore, trgovinsku politiku, energetiku, poljoprivredu, (ne)zaposlenost, pravni sustav, nevladin sektor i ravnopravnost spolova.
Part four analyses key questions of Croatia's accession to the EU - regulation within the EU itself, the normative and real harmonisation of Croatia and the EU, Croatian advantages and its points of vulnerability, and a comparison of Croatia with member countries and candidate countries.
U četvrtom se dijelu analiziraju ključna pitanja približavanja Hrvatske EU regulacija unutar EU, normativna i stvarna usklađenost Hrvatske s EU, hrvatske prednosti i slabe točke te usporedba Hrvatske sa zemljama članicama i zemljama kandidatkinjama.
The chapter also offers a number of recommendations for individual areas, while particular stress is placed upon recommendations that relate to the importance of the public administration and the independent agencies, the question of whether it is better to make adjustments at once or only when they are essential, and the attitude to regional initiatives.
Poglavlje nudi i brojne preporuke za pojedina područja, a posebno su naglašene preporuke koje se odnose na važnost javne uprave i neovisnih agencija, na pitanje treba li prilagodbe uvesti odmah ili tek kad bude nužno te na odnos prema regionalnim inicijativama.
The message of the paper is that most of the criteria of Maastricht, Copenhagen and the Stabilisation and Association Agreement are posed in such a way that they can only be of benefit to the country.
Poruka poglavlja je da su većina kriterija iz Maastrichta i Kopenhagena i pretežit dio odredaba Sporazuma o stabilizaciji i pridruživanju postavljeni tako da zemlji mogu samo koristiti.
Our goal ought to be to live in a society that meets as many of these criteria as possible, and whether Croatia will, in so doing, be a member of the EU or of some other association, or an association with some other name that will be relevant at the time Croatia has achieved all this is less important.
Cilj bi nam trebao biti život u društvu koje zadovoljava što više tih kriterija, a hoće li Hrvatska pritom biti i članica EU ili neke druge asocijacije, odnosno asocijacije drukčijeg naziva koja će u trenutku kad Hrvatska sve to ostvari biti aktualna, manje je važno.
The EU may help Croatia in its economic and social development, but only the citizens of Croatia can achieve economic development, institutions that are more efficient, and a society that is going to respect the laws and the rights of individuals.
EU može Hrvatskoj pomoći u gospodarskome i socijalnom razvoju, ali samo građani Hrvatske mogu ostvariti gospodarski razvoj, učinkovitije institucije te društvo koje će poštovati zakone i prava pojedinaca.
Key words:
Kljucne rijeci:
European Union, Croatia, economic and legal adjustment
Europska unija, Hrvatska, ekonomska i pravna prilagodba
The objective of this chapter is to show the working of a group of people of various specialities gathered together in the Croatian accession to the EU project.
Cilj je ovog poglavlja da prikaže djelovanje skupine ljudi raznih zanimanja okupljenih na projektu o pridruživanju Hrvatske EU.
We would like to be able to help the makers of political decisions, the media and other interested readers in understanding the requirements of the EU and the situation as it is in Croatia and to propose concrete conclusions and recommendations of necessary measures.
Željeli bismo donositeljima političkih odluka, medijima i ostalim zainteresiranim čitateljima pomoći u razumijevanju zahtjeva EU i stanja u Hrvatskoj te predložiti konkretne zaključke i preporuke nužnih mjera.
We have focused on certain, in our opinion interesting and crucial, areas - macroeconomics, banking and finance, taxes, state aid, trade policy, energy, agriculture, employment, the legal system, the non-governmental sector and equality between men and women.
Usredotočili smo se na određena, po našem mišljenju bitna ili zanimljiva područja - makroekonomiju, bankarstvo i financije, poreze, državne potpore, trgovinsku politiku, energetiku, poljoprivredu, zaposlenost, pravni sustav, nevladin sektor i ravnopravnost spolova.
Since this is a longterm project, in the coming years we shall renew and update our knowledge about some areas worked on this year, and also bring in certain new topics.
Budući da je riječ o dugoročnom projektu u idućim ćemo godinama obnavljati i upotpunjavati spoznaje o nekim već ove godine obrađenim područjima, odnosno uvoditi određene nove teme.
Our aim is in time to identify the most important areas in which the expectations and the real state of affairs diverge the most, and in which we might be able to contribute to the quality of public debate and, in the end, to Croatia's accession to the EU.
Cilj nam je s vremenom identificirati najvažnija područja u kojima se očekivanja i stvarno stanje možda najviše razlikuju i u kojima bismo mogli pridonijeti kvaliteti javne rasprave i, u konačnici, priključenju Hrvatske EU.
With a few divergences, each one of the chapters in this book is composed in more or less the same way.
Uz manja odstupanja, svako od poglavlja ove knjige sastavljeno je na otprilike jednak način.
First of all the conditions for the accession of new members are analysed, that is, the basic framework that the EU has set for future members is put forward, for this is the goal to which Croatia needs to strive.
Najprije se analiziraju uvjeti za pridruživanje novih članica, odnosno utvrđuje osnovni okvir koji je EU zadao budućim članicama, što je istodobno i cilj kojemu Hrvatska treba težiti.
In the second part, whenever it is possible, the condition in Croatia is compared with the state of affairs in selected other countries.
U drugom se dijelu, kad god je to moguće, uspoređuje stanje u Hrvatskoj sa stanjem u odabranim drugim zemljama.
Then the initial state of affairs in Croatia on the road towards the EU is determined, that is, an estimate is made of how much Croatia is lagging behind, or whether it has any initial advantage with respect to the criteria for membership in the EU.
Utvrđuje se početno stanje u Hrvatskoj na putu prema EU, odnosno ustanovljuje koliko Hrvatska »zaostaje« ili ima određenu početnu prednost s obzirom na kriterije za članstvo u EU.
Then there is an endeavour to determine the realistic degree of stability and the main limitations which could stand in the way of Croatia's attaining the set objectives.
Pritom se nastoji utvrditi realni stupanj stabilnosti te glavna ograničenja koja bi Hrvatsku mogla sprečavati u ostvarivanju zadanih ciljeva.
At the end, we endeavour to draw concrete conclusions and recommendations of measures necessary for a fairly rapid adaptation of Croatia to the standards for membership in the EU.
Na kraju se pokušavaju dati konkretni zaključci i preporuke mjera nužnih za brže prilagođavanje Hrvatske standardima članstva u EU.
We have attempted to write in as popular a way as possible, keeping in mind the well-informed and educated reader who is nevertheless not an expert in the area concerned.
Pokušali smo pisati što popularnije, imajući na umu obaviještene, obrazovane čitatelje koji nisu stručnjaci za područje o kojemu je riječ.
In addition, we have not adhered blindly to the currently set requirements of the EU; rather, according to our own research and understandings, we have drawn attention to any Croatian weaknesses and advantages there might be.
Usto se nismo slijepo držali trenutačno zadanih zahtjeva EU nego smo na temelju vlastitih istraživanja i spoznaja upozorili i na eventualne hrvatske slabosti i prednosti.