Jedna od temeljnih zadaća ustavne države je zaštita prava njezinih građana, što se dobrim dijelom ostvaruje i kroz učinkovite mehanizme nadzora ustavnosti i zakonitosti rada upravnih tijela i pravnih osoba s javnim ovlastima. U prvom dijelu rada razmatra se funkcija hrvatskih regulacijskih agencija u strukturi državne vlasti te iznosi pregled konkretnih obveza koje u pogledu funkcionalne neovisnosti tih upravnih organizacija proizlaze iz pravne stečevine Europske unije. U središnjem dijelu analizira se učinkovitost mehanizama kontrole ustavnosti i zakonitosti rada regulacijskih
agencija u Hrvatskoj. U završnom dijelu rada izlažu se poredbeni primjeri tih mehanizama u nekoliko kontinentalnoeuropskih
država nama bliske pravne i upravne tradicije. Osobito se obrađuju mehanizmi apstraktne i konkretne kontrole ustavnosti i zakonitosti provedbenih propisa, nadzor ustavnosti i zakonitosti pojedinačnih akata koje donose neovisna upravna tijela te mehanizmi upravnog i
instancijskog nadzora. Zaključno se nastoji dati nekoliko provedivih prijedloga za jačanje nadzornih mehanizama u
Hrvatskoj.One of the fundamental tasks of the Constitutional state is to protect the rights of its citizens, which is largely achieved through effective mechanisms of control of constitutionality and legality of administrative bodies and legal entities with public authorities. First part of this paper seeks to determine the fundamental function of independent agencies in Croatian constitutional order, at least in
material sense, and to examine the concrete obligations in terms of functional independence of these administrative organizations arising from the acquis communautaire. The central part deals with efficiency issues of the control mechanisms for constitutionality and legality of operations of functionally and politically independent agencies in the Republic of Croatia. The final part of the paper analyses the comparative examples of the same mechanisms in a number
of continental European countries with similar legal and administrative traditions. Particular emphasis was placed on the mechanisms of abstract and concrete control of constitutionality and legality of implementing regulations and the supervision of the constitutionality and legality of individual acts adopted by the independent administrative bodies, and applied mechanisms of administrative
and hierarchical control. The conclusion seeks to give some feasible suggestions for strengthening of the control mechanisms in the Republic of Croatia
