Law on electricity market.

This Law defines all necessary rules and measures for a secure and reliable generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and trade in electricity all aimed at organization of the electricity market as part of the European Union electricity market. It further establishes rules relating to the protection of final customers, organization and functioning of the electricity sector, an open market approach, establishment of general service obligations and rights of electricity customers, including final customer rights, separate accounting, financial statements, network access rules, mutuality rules, and cross-border transmission of electricity.
These rules shall ensure the security of electricity supply, required or agreed quality of electricity supply, use of primary energy sources, environmental protection, protection of citizens’ health, lives and property, and shall grant the implementation of measures aimed at protecting final customers. Energy activities are performed as public services and as market activities, including the generation of electricity, transmission of electricity, distribution of electricity, organization of the electricity market, supply of electricity, and trade in electricity.
This Law transfers the acquis communautaire of the European Union in the area of energy to the legislation of the Republic of Croatia, in particular Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC; Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC; and Directive 2005/89/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning measures to safeguard security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment.