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ORGANIZATIONS/C/W/162
31 July 2000
(00-3134)
Council for Trade in Services Original:  English
COMMUNICATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
Review of Article II Exemptions
Replies to Questions Posed on Slovenia's  MFN Exemptions in the Course of the
Review of MFN Exemptions
The attached communication has been received from the delegation of the Republic of
Slovenia with the request that it be circulated to Members of the Council for Trade in Services.
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Response to Question No. 558 posed to Slovenia by Japan
1. Slovenia has concluded the agreements on international road transport with the following
countries:
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation,
Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  The number of agreements is growing.
Response to Question Nos. 559-561 posed to Slovenia by Japan
2. Operating conditions in all concluded agreements are more or less the same.  The carriers
may perform international carriage of passengers and goods by road for hire or reward or own account
to, from or in transit through the territory of the other Contracting Party by using vehicles registered
in their home country.  Transport operators may perform international transport of goods with or
without permits.  That depends on each individual country.  Cabotage is only permitted with special
authorization.  The agreements do not affect the rights and obligations of each Contracting Partyresulting from the provisions of other international agreements in force for either Contracting Party.
3. If the regime of transport is based on permits (for transit, bilateral transport and transport
from/to third countries) they are usually not required for the:
(a) carriage of goods in motor vehicles whose permitted gross laden weight, including
trailers, does not exceed 7.5 (or 6) tons, or whose permitted payload, includingtrailers, does not exceed 3.5 (3) tons;
(b) removals carriage performed by special vehicles which have been constructed and
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(c) carriage of objects, equipment and animals for theatrical, film circus or musical
performances or sporting events, exhibitions or fairs, or for making of radio or
television broadcasts or films, provided that these objects and equipment are imported
or exported temporarily;
(d) funeral transport;
(e) carriage of goods to or from airports, in cases when air services are diverted;
(f) carriage of mails;
(g) carriage of vehicles which are damaged or have broken down;
(h) carriage of humanitarian supplies needed for emergencies, notably in the event of
natural disasters;
(i) carriage of live animals in special vehicles;
(j) unloaded run of a relief vehicles used for transporting goods sent to replace a vehicle
which has broken down in another country and continuation of the haul by the relief
vehicle under cover of the permit issued for the vehicle which has broken down;
(k) maintenance and service vehicles providing assistance to broken down or damaged
vehicles.
Response to Question No. 562 posed to Slovenia by Japan
4. Transit permits are required for journeys across the territory of a country in which goods are
neither loaded nor unloaded.
5. Road user charges means payment of a special amount conferring the right for a vehicle to
use for a given period the infrastructures.  The amount is based on the distance travelled and on thecategory of a vehicle and they are set in the national Slovene legislation,
• Public Roads Act (OJ RS, No. 29/97),
• Decree on annual levies for the use of roads which are paid by users of motor and trailer
vehicles (OJ RS, No. 48/98 and OJ RS, No. 55/99),
harmonized with EU directive 1999/62/EC which replaced directive 93/89/EEC.
Response to Question No. 563 posed to Slovenia by Japan
6. Slovenia means that the integrity of road tran sport infrastructure is a set of measures which
intentions are especially maintenance and construction of roads which should be taken in order to
avoid deterioration of roads, sound intermodal competition and protection of the environment.
7. The exemption needs to be maintained.
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