Government adopts the opinion on the proposal for a review of the constitutionality and legality of the Decree on setting prices for certain petroleum products

At today’s session of the Committee on the Economy, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the opinion on the proposal for a review of the constitutionality and legality of the Decree on setting prices for certain petroleum products (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia [Uradni list RS], No. 66/23), the Decree amending the Decree on setting prices for certain petroleum products (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia [Uradni list RS], No. 120/23) and the Decree on setting prices for certain petroleum products (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia [Uradni list RS], Nos. 66/23 and 120/23) and submitted it to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia.

The Government received from the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia the proposal for a review of the constitutionality and legality of the Decree on setting prices for certain petroleum products, the Decree amending the Decree on setting prices for certain petroleum products (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia) and the Decree on setting prices for certain petroleum products (hereinafter: contested decrees). The proposal was filed by the companies, MOL SLOVENIJA, trgovsko podjetje d.o.o., Ulica arhitekta Novaka 6, Murska Sobota and MOL & Ina, trgovina z nafto in naftnimi derivati d.o.o., Ulica 15. maja 19, Koper (hereinafter together referred to as proposers).

The proposers proposed that the Constitutional Court establish the unconstitutionality and illegality of the contested decrees and repeal them.

The Government is of the opinion that the proposers failed to demonstrate before filing the complaint that they tried to protect their constitutional rights in a court procedure before regular courts as per the standard practice of the Constitutional Court. The Government thus believes that procedural prerequisites for discussing the relevant proposal are not met and primarily proposes that the Constitutional Court dismiss the proposers’ complaint. Alternatively, it proposes that the Constitutional Court dismiss the complaint as unfounded and determines that the contested decrees are not inconsistent with Articles 2, 120, 33 and 74 of the Constitution and the Price Control Act.

Source: Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy

Slovenia’s position on the proposal for an EU regulation on establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans

At the session of the Government Committee on State Organisation and Public Affairs, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted Slovenia’s position on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans.

The position stated that Slovenia supports additional financial support for the countries of the Western Balkans within the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans. In doing so, the EU communicates that it is committed to accelerating the enlargement policy and simultaneously encourages the countries of the Western Balkans to implement the necessary reforms and reduce the social and economic gap with the EU.

Slovenia is striving for the adoption of the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans in the current mandate of the European Parliament, which would enable the implementation of the regulation to begin as early as 2024.

The proposed instrument is the central part of the Growth Plan drafted for the Western Balkans by the European Commission.

Source: Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs