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The Republic of SloveniaThe Republic of Slovenia
Ministry of the Economy
Boris Antolič, M. Sc.
Counsellor to the Government
CEFTA meeting
Štrbske Pleso, 7 April 2003
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Basic Horizontal LegislationBasic 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)
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Institutional infrastructureInstitutional 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)
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Slovenian Accreditation (SA)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)
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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.
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Enforcement in Republic of SloveniaEnforcement 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)
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CABs (1)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
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CABs (2)CABs (2)
• 7 CABs have already been designated (SIST EN 45000 accreditation)
• supervision of CABs: regular (SA)
• participation in Notified Bodies operations groups
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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
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PECA (2)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
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LVDLVD
• 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
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EMCEMC
• 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
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MachineryMachinery
• 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.
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Gas ApliancesGas 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
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PECA (3)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
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Contacts Contacts
Ministry of the Economyhttp://www2.gov.si/mg/mgslo.nsf
