. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/2/Add.5/Suppl.1
18 August 1999
(99-3477)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
Communication from Slovenia
Supplement
The following statement under Article 15, paragraph 2 of the Agreement has been received
from the delegation of the Republic of Slovenia.
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1. The Enquiry point foreseen in Articles 10.1 and 10.3 of the TBT Agreement has been
established at the Standards and Metrology Institute in 1996.
2. The address, telephone and fax numbers are as follows:
Standards and Metrology Institute (SMIS)
WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Kotnikova 6
SI-61000 Ljubljana
Tel: +386 61 178 30.41
Fax: +386 61 178 31.96
Email: smls@usm.mzt.si
Contact person:  Mrs. Vesna Strazlsar
3. The Enquiry Point is fully operational and performs notification procedures of technical
regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures as well as information exchange in
accordance with Article 10.
4. With regard to paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 3 of the Law on ratification of the
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (RS Official  Gazette, No. 36/95),
and to paragraph 1 of Article 26 of the Law on th e Government of the Republic of Slovenia (RS
Official Gazette, nos. 4/93, 23/96 and 47/97), has issued a Decree on notification procedures for
standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures.  The Decree came into force
on 25 December 1998.
5. A seminar on the notification obligations under the TBT Agreement, including general
information of the Agreement, was held in December 1998 under the auspices of SMIS, withparticipants from all relevant notifying authorities and other parties concerned.G/TBT/2/Ad d.5/Suppl.1
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6. On the basis of the European Agreement establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States, acting within the framework of the European Union,
on the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, on the other part, the Council Resolution of
7 May 1985 agreed on a new approach to technical harmonization and standards (85/C/136/01), and
on the basis of the Council resolution of 21 December 1989 (on a global approach to conformityassessment) (90/C/10/01) the current Standardizat ion Act (Official Gazette RS, No. 1/95) has been
replaced by three new laws:
• Standardization Act, (RS Official Gazette, No. 59/99);
• Accreditation Act, (RS Official Gazette, No. 59/99);  and
• Act on Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment.
(RS Official Gazette, No. 59/99).
The Standardization Act (9 pages) lays down the objectives and principles of the Slovenian
national standardization, it specifies the status of the Slovenian standards body, its
assignments, membership and funding and regulates the preparation, adoption and issuance of
Slovenian national standard, and its application.  The proposed act was prepared in
accordance with the State programme for Implementation of Acquis Communautaire,
clause 3.12.1 free movement of goods.
The Accreditation Act (4 pages) lays down the establishment, organization and operation of
national accreditation service, specifies the field in which accreditation shall be performed
and the application of accreditation in regulations specifying conformity assessment.
The Act on Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment (9 pages) lays
down the methods of prescribing technical requirements for products and the procedures for
assessment of conformity with the prescribed requirements;  and the issuance of technical
regulations through which the competent Ministers shall, on the basis of this Act, lay down
for particular products or product families.
The new laws were adopted in July 1999 and will enter into force in August 1999.  The texts
are available in English language at SMIS, WTO/TBT Enquiry Point.
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