General information
On the State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedure
State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedure is established with the purpose of coordinating the Croatian public procurement system with legal tradition of the European Union, pursuant to obligations arising from the Stabilization and Accession Treaty.
The State Commission is established by the Act on the State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedure (Official Gazette, No. 117/03) as an autonomous and independent national body of second instance which exercises its jurisdiction by deciding on complaints concerning public procurement procedure.
According to its organization and jurisdiction, it follows that the State Commission has the characteristics of both judiciary and administrative body. The principles of legality and transparency, set out in the Public Procurement Act, apply to the structure and practice of the State Commission. Those principles are applied in the State Commission manner of acting and decision making, financing and the manner of members' appointment.
State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedure has five members, one of whom acts as the Head, and one as Deputy Head. Act on the State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedure stipulates conditions for candidates to be appointed the Head, or a member of the State Commission. Candidates for the State Commission membership must be Croatian nationals with university qualifications, ten years of experience at similar jobs, corresponding professional competence and at least three years of experience at jobs related to public procurement. The Head of the State Commission must be a law graduate, pass a bar examination, have at least six years of experience as a judge, Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, public notary or a lawyer, or ten years of experience at jobs relating to law after having passed a bar examination. The same conditions are stipulated for the appointment of the County Court judges.
The State Commission passes decisions on cases under its jurisdiction at the council meetings. The Head or a member of the State Commission shall be exempt from participating in a case on her/his personal request or at the request by a third party should a conflict of interest be determined, or if there are other grounds for non-participation. Besides its members, the State Commission has expert services and the secretariat, which is clear from its organizational scheme. Labour relations of the employees are regulated by the Labour Act.
Manner of acting
State Commission passes written decisions and conclusions on cases under its jurisdiction at the council meetings. Decisions of the State Commission are passed by a majority vote at the council meetings. No Commission member shall abstain from voting.
The Head or a member of the State Commission shall be exempt from participating in a case should a conflict of interest be determined, on her/his personal request, or at the request by a third party, or if there are other grounds for non-participation. If a member does not agree with a majority decision she/he has a right of separate opinion. Provisions on the conflict of interest are similar to those regulating the status of state officials. Apart from the Commission in a narrow meaning, the State Commission is composed of the Secretariat, Expert services, Registry Office and General administrative services.
List of the State Commission members
Head of the State Commission
Vlasta Pavličević, dipl. iur.
Deputy Head
Marija Cvrlje, dipl. iur. (LLB)
Members of the Commission
Ivan Žilić, dipl. oec.
Dragica Markanović, dipl. iur.
Rožika Gužvanj, dipl. oec.
Secretary of the State Commission
Mihaela Matokanović, dipl.iur.