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The Republic of Slovenia. Ministry of the Economy Boris Antolič, M. Sc. Counsellor to the Government CEFTA meeting Štrbske Pleso, 7 April 2003. Basic Horizontal Legislation.
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The Republic of Slovenia Ministry of the Economy Boris Antolič, M. Sc. Counsellor to the Government CEFTA meeting Štrbske Pleso, 7 April 2003
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) Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
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) Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
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) Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
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. Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
Enforcement in Republic of Slovenia • principles of proportionality adopted • from pre-markettopost-marketsurveillance • Inspectorates(by function, not name): • Market inspectorate • Labour inspectorate • Mining inspectorate • Health inspectorate • Energy inspectorate • Inspection control Act (OJ RS, No.56/02) Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
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 Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
CABs (2) • 7 CABs have already been designated (SIST EN 45000 accreditation) • supervision of CABs: regular (SA) • participation in Notified Bodies operations groups Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
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 Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
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 Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
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 Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
EMC • Telecommunications Act andRules 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 Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
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. Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
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 Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
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 Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003
Contacts Ministry of the Economy http://www2.gov.si/mg/mgslo.nsf Bantolic@gov.si Štrbske Pleso 7 April 2003