Country Profile: Slovenia

• Author: Naldini, Andrea; Pompili, Marco; Peruccacci, Eleonora
• Pages: 243-247

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26.COUNTRY PROFI LE: SLOVENI A

26.1.Sect ion 1-National r ules for t he evaluation ofSt ate aidschemes

26.1.1.Obligat ion or lack ther eof to evaluat e

The Law on Monitoring State aid(Official Gazette of RS, no.37 / 04 ) was adopted in

Sloven ia on May 1st 2004, wit h the entr y of Slov enia t o the Eur opean Union.

The Law regulates th e notification procedur e, t he obligation t o report and recordSt ate

aidan d as sess t he com patibi lity of th e pr opos ed St at e aid schem es t hat do not need be

notified to t he European Commission.

I n t he fr amewor k of this La w, an obl igat ion exi sts to draft an ann ual repo rt on State aid

schemes implemented and/or under implementation in the country. However, a real

obligation under nat ional legi slat ion t o ev alu ateSt ate aiddo es no t exist, as th e report s

elabor ated are m ainly monitoring r epor ts.

Acco rdin g t o the av aila ble dat a, th e la st (19 th ) Repor t was pre par ed f or th e y ears 20 15,

20 16 an d 201 7, an d pu blis hed by t he Min ist r y o f Finan ce on Nov em ber 2 01 8. The Rep ort

is an analy tical overview of the State aidin Slovenia with very d etailed information on

the structure and size of State aid, regional and sectoral distribution as well as

assessment of the effectiveness of State aidby all of sectors, where State aidis being

provided.

26.1.2.Proced ures t o enfor ce t he o bligation

The Law specifies that the body responsible for m onitoring State aidneeds to prepare

an annual report on State aidschemes, which includes not only the data, but also

assesses the effectiveness of theState aid. The Report needs to be presented to the

gover nment by June of each year.

26.2.Sect ion 2-National aut horit ies r esponsible for th e evaluat ion of State aid

26.2.1.Nation al organisat ion for Stat e aid

The responsible authorit y f or gat hering information and for carry ing out t he evaluat ion

ofStateaidschemes is the Department for monitoringState aidat the Ministry of

Finance. I ts tasks are specif ied in the Law on Monit oring St ate aid( Article 3) :

−examining, assessing and transmitting State aidnotifications to the European

Commission,

−addressing, asse ssing an d g ivin g a dvi ce f or Stat e aidm easu res, w hich con stit ut e t he

blo ck exem ption and for aid under the "de m inim is"

−collecting, processing and monitoring informat ion on State aidand the aid granted

under the "d e minim is" regulat ion and keepin g records of such info rmation,

−delivering an annual r epor t,

−adv ising m anager s of St ate aid.

Ann ual rep ort s ar e su bm itt ed to th e Gov ern me nt. Dat a o n St at e ai dhav e t o b e su ppli ed

to t he Depar tm ent by all relevant act ors w ho run Sta te aid schem es in acco rdan ce w ith

the Regul atio n o n t he tr ansm issio n o f d ata and re por tin g on St ate aid and aid und er the

"de min im is" regu lat ion (Official Ga zett e of RS, N os.6 1/ 04 , 22 / 07and50 / 14 ). On this

basis, t he Depart men t p repares t he r epor t.