Administrative Contracts in the Croatian Legal System

Abstract

U radu se analiziraju upravni ugovori u posebnom zakonodavstvu Republike Hrvatske, njihova zastupljenost, način regulacije te pravna zaštita. Prikazane su osnovne karakteristike upravnih ugovora u francuskom i njemačkom pravu. Upravni ugovori postali su aktualna tema u znanstvenoj i stručnoj javnosti posebno od njihova normiranja u Zakonu o općem upravnom postupku iz 2009. Ugovori su pri analizi podijeljeni u tri kategorije: upravni ugovori čije je sklapanje izrijekom propisano u posebnom zakonodavstvu, ugovori o koncesijama kao upravni ugovori čije je sklapanje propisano posebnim zakonima te ugovori s određenim karakteristikama upravnih ugovora. Unatoč tome što je normiranje upravnih ugovora pozitivno ocijenjeno u znanstvenoj i stručnoj javnosti, postoje određeni nedostaci poput nepostojanja definicije upravnih ugovora, neusklađenosti posebnih zakona sa Zakonom o općem upravnom postupku, kao i različitog propisivanja pravne zaštite u različitim posebnim zakonima. Uz analizu tih problema, na kraju rada predložena su poboljšanja tog zakonodavstva.The author analyses administrative contracts in special legislation of the Republic of Croatia, their legislative share, manner of regulation, and legal protection. Basic characteristics of administrative contracts in the French and German laws are briefly outlined. Administrative contracts have become a topical issue among members of the scientific and professional public, particularly since their codification in the 2009 Law on General Administrative Procedure. The analysis has divided administrative contracts into three categories: a) administrative contracts explicitly prescribed by special legislation, b) concession contracts as administrative contracts prescribed by special legislation, and c) contracts with certain characteristics of administrative contracts. Despite the fact that the enactment of administrative contracts has been received positively by the scientific and professional public, there are certain deficiencies. For example, there is no definition of the administrative contract, special laws are not harmonised with the LGAP, while stipulated legal protection varies from one special law to another. Following the analysis, the author suggests certain improvements to the legislation concerning administrative contracts