Hungary

[HU] Government Approved the Communications Authority's Annual Report

IRIS 2003-9:1/19

Gabriella Cseh

Budapest

On 1 September 2003, the Hungarian Communications Authority Hírközlési Felügyelet (CA), the body which has a mandate equivalent to a National Regulatory Authority (NRA) according to European Union terminology, announced that the Hungarian Government approved the CA's annual report on its activities and management applicable to the year 2002 (Report).

The Report consists of four main parts: (i) The Activities and Management of the Communications Authority; (ii) The Situation of the Communications Market; (iii) The Experiences related to the Operation of the Communications Market; (iv) The Opinion of the Advisory Committee of Service Providers about the Communications Arbitration Committee.

The CA ­ regarding part one of its Report ­ inter alia identified the following most important tasks for its work in 2003:

-­ Continuing the CA's preparation accession to the European Union;

-­ Assisting the Ministry of Informatics and Communications with regard to European legal harmonisation;

-­ Rationalising finance issues;

-­ Promoting the development of the communications market;

-­ Strengthening the development of service providers' user-friendly services;

-­ Strengthening the market supervisory role of the organisation;

-­ Increasing the productivity of supported areas by the organisation;

-­ Ensuring qualified staff by effective human resource policy.