1. The Republic of Slovenia Ministry of the Economy Boris Antolič, M. Sc. Counsellor to the Government CEFTA meeting Štrbske Pleso, 7 April 2003

2. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 20032 Basic Horizontal Legislation Basic Horizontal Legislation Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment Act (OG RS, No. 59/99) Accreditation Act (OG RS, No. 59/99) Standardisation Act (OG RS, No. 59/99) Decree on the Method of Designating of Conformity Assessment Bodies (OG RS, No. 24/00) Consumer Protection Act (OG RS, No. 20/98, 25/98) Act on General Product Safety (OG RS, No. 23/99)

3. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 20033 Institutional infrastructure Ministry of the Economy: – harmonisation and implementation of the of technical legislation –designation of CABs –notification procedures –financing SA and SIST –co-ordination of market surveillance activities Slovenian Accreditation (SA) Slovenian Institute for Standardisation (SIST) Inspectorates Conformity assesment bodies (CABs)

4. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 20034 Slovenian Accreditation (SA) 49 accreditation certificates granted up to now (series 45000) 10 people employed 80 applications for accreditation in the line since 1999 full member of European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) MLA – prepared to be signed in the second half of 2003 (testing & calibration)

5. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 20035 Slovenian Institute for Standardisation (SIST) Slovenian Institute for Standardisation (SIST) 99 % of harmonised CEN and CENELEC standards and 92 % of harmonised ETSI standards adopted (92 % of all CEN standards, 88 % of all CENELEC standards, 40 % of all ETSI standardisation documents) by the end of 2002 30 people employed more than 1300 experts are active in 127 technical committees expects to become full member of CEN and CENELEC in the second half of the 2003.

6. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 20036 Enforcement in Republic of Slovenia principles of proportionality adopted from pre-market to post-market surveillance Inspectorates (by function, not name) : –Market inspectorate –Labour inspectorate –Mining inspectorate –Health inspectorate –Energy inspectorate Inspection control Act (OJ RS, No. 56/02)

7. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 20037 CABs (1) Ministry of the Economy is designating authority (DA) on horizontal level general requirements for designation and specific requirements in technical regulation assessment of bodies to be designated (role of accreditation) notification of Notified Bodies to EU Commission

8. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 20038 CABs (2) 7 CABs have already been designated (SIST EN 45000 accreditation) supervision of CABs: regular (SA) participation in Notified Bodies operations groups

9. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 20039 PECA (1) signed on 26 November 2002 legislation harmonized harmonized standards adopted infrastructure is established and functioning Single Market will be extended to Slovenia operational on 1 May 2003  NO ORIGIN CLAUSE

10. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 200310 PECA (2) Government authority responsible for internal market and for implementation of PECA is Ministry of the Economy sectors in first the package: –LVD –EMC –machinery –gas appliances Agreement with EEA EFTA States

11. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 200311 LVD Decree on electrical equipment designed for the use within certain voltage limits – OG RS, No. 53/00 (transposing 73/23/EEC) Candidate Notified bodies: –SIQ – Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology –TCL - Testing and Certification Laboratory Competent authority: Ministry of the Economy Market surveillance: Market inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia

12. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 200312 EMC Telecommunications Act and Rules on electromagnetic compatibility – OG RS, No. 84/01 (together transposing 89/336/EEC) Candidate Notified body and Competent body: SIQ – Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology Competent authority: Ministry of Information Society Market surveillance: Market inspectorate of the RS, Post and Telecommunication inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia

13. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 200313 Machinery Decree on safety of Machinery – OG RS, No. 52/00 (transposing 98/37/EC) Candidate Notified Body: SIQ – Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology Competent authority: Ministry of the Economy Market surveillance: on the market, when put into use (service) at workplace, when put into use for underground works.

14. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 200314 Gas Apliances Decree on gas appliances – OG RS, No. 105/00 (transposing 90/396/EEC) Candidate Notified body: TCL - Testing and Certification Laboratory Competent authority: Ministry of the Economy Market surveillance: Market inspectorate of the RS, Inspectorate of the RS for the Environment and Spatial Planning - Section for Energy

15. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 200315 PECA (3) sectors for the second package: –MDD, IVDMD, AMD –PPE –RTTE –Energy Efficiency (Household Electric Refrigerators and Hot-water boilers) –PED, SPV –CPD. assumed to be operational by the end of 2003

16. CEFTA meetingŠtrbske Pleso 7 April 200316 Contacts Ministry of the Economy http://www2.gov.si/mg/mgslo.nsf Bantolic@gov.si