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Cooperations
RAC carries out its supervisory authority in close cooperation with a large number of organizations from various sectors, on a national as well as on an international level.
The cooperative relationships are mostly oriented to the exchange of information, mutual advice and assistance derived from the specialization of the organizations involved and the interface between them with the supervisory tasks and spheres of activities of RAC.
National cooperative relationships
Governmental departments, implementing organizations and other companies:
- FTAC the Regulatory Authority of Curaçao (RAC) and the Fair Trade Authority Curaçao (FTAC), both supervisory authorities in Curaçao, established a cooperation protocol on 26 June 2018, on information and knowledge sharing in the execution of their supervisory tasks in the sectors they have in common to make their supervision more effective.Based on the National Ordinance on competition, effective as of 1 September 2017, the FTAC has been established as the supervisory authority in all economic sectors in Curaçao regarding the applicable regulations for free and undistorted competition and their enforcement. The FTAC takes action against organizations that prevent, restrict or distort competition.RAC was founded in 1996 to execute a variety of regulating tasks, among which the supervision in the field of telecommunications. Since then its tasks haven been expanded by adding the regulation and supervision in the field of postal service provision, the energy sectors and the regulated airport tariffs. Currently their tasks are being expanded with, among other things, the economic regulation of the health sector in Curaçao.
Read more the cooperation between RAC and the FTAC in this press release. Download the Cooperation protocol.
- Domain Board (Management of government lands) Management of government lands including the equipment thereon placed and edifices thereon erected or as yet to be thereon placed or erected.
- Public Works (formerly DOW / UOOW) Public works and provisions: inter alia infrastructure, electro-technical testing and inspections, mechanical engineering testing and inspections, constructional and surveying testing and inspection, among which broadcasting towers, the co-ordination of excavation and suspension activities inter alia in connection with passive telecommunications infrastructure.
- MAC, Maritime Authority Curaçao Issuance of maritime certificates of registry and measurement, ship’s registrations and inspection of ships.
- Cadaster Inscriptions, deletions and recording of ships in the registers, information on co-ordinates of digital charts.
- Department of Economic Development Issuance of business licenses and economic advice.
- Customs Supervision on local import of telecommunications equipment.
- CAP, Curaçao Airport Partners Usage of frequencies of radio-electric transmitting and receiving equipment within and around the air traffic control tower and the airport. In addition the requests for amendment of tariffs from CAP to RAC.
- CAH Supervision and reporting about operational matters CAP.
- Caricert, Caribbean Cyber Emergency Response Team Prevention and detection of cybercrime.
- CPA, Curaçao Ports Authority Issuance of registration cards and conducting the administration of the registration.
- DC-ANSP, Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider Air traffic control and usage of frequencies of radio-electric transmitting and receiving equipment within and around the air traffic control tower and the airport.
- CCAA, Curaçao Civil Aviation Authority Registration of air craft.
- Royal Marine and the Coast Guard Usage of national frequencies and co-ordination of frequencies of foreign ships in the waters of Curaçao and supervision and rendering of services in Caribbean waters in connection with radio-communication equipment on board of ships.
- Knowledge Platform Curaçao Multi-sectoral representatives of ICT in Curaçao joined in a multi-stakeholder foundation for promoting an optimum and efficient use of ICT on a national level to promote the country as an information society.
- Fundashon pa konsumidó Looking after the interests of the consumer in various fields.