Country Profile: Slovenia

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

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26. COUNT RY PROFI LE: SLOVENI A

26.1. Sect ion 1 - National r ules for t he evaluation of St ate aid schem es

26.1 .1 . Obligat ion or lack ther eof to evaluat e

The Law on Monitoring State aid (Official Gazette of RS, n o. 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 record St ate

aid an 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 implement ed and/or under im plem entation in t he country. However, a r eal

obligation under nat ional legi slat ion t o ev alu ate St ate aid do 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 aid in Slovenia with very d etailed information on

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

assessment of th e effectiveness of State aid by all of sectors, wher e State aid is being

provided.

26.1 .2 . Proced ures t o enfor ce t he o bligation

The Law specifies t hat the body responsible for m onit oring State aid needs t o prepare

an annual repor t on State aid schem es, w hich includes not only the data, but also

assesses the effectiveness of t he St at e 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

of State aid schemes is the Depart m ent for monitoring St at e aid at t he Ministr y of

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

− examining, assessing and t ransmitting State aid not ificat ions to t he European

Com m ission,

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

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

− collect ing, processing and monitoring inform at ion on State aid and t he 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 d hav 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 / 07 and 50 / 14 ). On this

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