Policies and Topics

• Funeral and cemetery activities

  Cemetery activities include the management and maintenance of cemeteries and are the responsibility of municipalities, which lay down by decree a cemetery code that sets out the details of the activities to be implemented in the cemetery and funeral sector.
  

• Trade activity

  As a very important economic sector, trade accounts for almost 35% of the economy's sales revenue and employs just under 18% of the Slovenian economy's workforce, making it one of the largest employers in the national economy. In recent years, it has undergone many changes and a fundamental transformation.

• Postal services

  Postal services are services that include the reception, routing, transport and delivery of postal shipments. The postal services market in Slovenia has been liberalised since 1 January 2011 and is shared between providers listed in the official register of the Agency for Communications Networks and Services, as the independent regulatory authority.

• Commodity reserves

  The established national commodity reserves enable the country to meet the basic supply needs of its population and to maintain an adequate level of supply in times of emergency. This means that the country can function smoothly even in the event of major market disturbances and instability, natural disasters or war or, for example, in order to comply with the Republic of Slovenia’s international obligations to release the mandatory reserves of oil and its derivatives.

• Assessment of the effect of regulations on the economy

  The effect of regulations on the economy, especially on small and medium-sized enterprises, is assessed in the test for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME test). The purpose of the test is to increase awareness of the qualitative and quantitative effects of regulations on the economy and consequently reduce the negative effects on the economy.