Special regulations determine the contents of the annual and semi-annual reports on the realization of the budgets of the units of the local and regional self-governments and the persons obliged to prepare them. The contents of the annual and semi-annual reports on the realization of the budget and the persons obliged to prepare them have been regulated for the first time. Besides the above stated persons, the obligation comprises the state budget, off-the-budget beneficiaries and the budget of the units of the local and regional self-government.
The article explains the application of the above stated regulation by the units of the local and regional self-government.
Under certain circumstances the contracting authorities have to exclude the bidders from the public procurement procedure. The article states the reasons for exclusion according to the Directive 2014/24/EU and points to the possible pitfalls upon the inclusion of its provisions in the public procurement legislation of the Republic of Croatia.
The article presents a number of the examples from the practice dealing with the disputable situations upon the application of the Public Procurement Act settled by the Ministry of Economy and the State Commission for Control of Public Procurement Procedures.
Through questions and replies the author of the article explains certain disputable situations in the field of application of the Public Procurement Act.
The representative body in the local units play the main role upon political decision-making. This body should act in accordance with the constitutional principles and within the legal framework. The Act on the Local and Regional Self-Government regulates the issues regarding the framework and the way of work of the representative body of the units of the local and regional self-government.
However, the way of work of the representative body is regulated in more details by the rules of procedure according to the corresponding Act and the Statute.
Accordingly, this article provides the replies to nine questions regarding the work and the procedures of the representative body of the units of the local and regional self-government.
The conflict of interests and incompatibility of duties among public officials are regulated in a number of acts. The incompatibility of duties represents a specific form of the conflict of interests, which can be harmful for the society.
The topic of this article are the above stated institutes from the viewpoint of local officials, who also include the local servants i.e. municipality heads, mayors, county heads and their deputies.
