THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE REGULATORY BODIES/AGENCIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Abstract

It is evident that the number of regulatory bodies in the Republic of Macedonia since the
1990s has been continuously increasing. These authorities gain increasing importance and
influence on the market economy and deregulation of a part of the state administrations’
activities. The main features of the regulatory bodies include specialisation, professionalism,
political neutrality, independence and organisation as central authorities. In a historic sense, they
appear primarily due to the fact that the state administration should be scaled down. The scaling
down means that the state administration should not perform those activities that can be
conducted in a more proper, qualitative and effective way by other authorities, that is, bodies
with public authorities. This way, the privatization and liberalization of the public sector is
initiated. All this is due to the emergence of new public management whose basic principles are
economy, efficiency, effectiveness, specialisation.