Licences

Presentation  

The Energy Act (henceforth referred to as the EA), which also regulates the issuing of licences, stipulates in Articles 6 and 7 that, in order to provide an energy-related activity, it is necessary to obtain a licence issued by the Public Energy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (henceforth referred to as the Energy Agency). The provision of Article 87 of the EA authorises the Energy Agency to issue licences. In accordance with the EA the government determined, in detail, the conditions in the Ordinance Regarding the Requirements and the Procedure for Issuing and Revoking the Licenses for Operating the Energy-Related Activities (henceforth referred to as the Ordinance), which regulates the procedure for issuing and revoking a licence, the form of a licence, and details needed for maintaining the Register of Issued and Revoked Licences. The ordinance defines 21 energy-related activities.
In accordance with the Ordinance any legal entity or individual that meets the stipulated requirements can obtain a licence to provide an energy-related activity. During the procedure of licence issuing, it is also necessary to consider the provisions of the General Administrative Procedure Act.
In accordance with the current legislation, all the providers of energy-related activities determined in the EA and in the Ordinance, must have a valid licence for the provision of their energy-related activities. In order to obtain a licence, a legal entity or individual has to meet all the requirements stipulated in the EA and the Ordinance.
One of the innovations, or changes, of the amendments to the Energy Act, adopted in May 2004, is the fact that the act no longer requires the obtaining of a licence for the provision of the energy service of producing electricity and heat for district heating below 1 MW in an individual power station or combined heat-and-power station; the names of some energy activities have been changed as well (e.g., the system operator). On the basis of the second paragraph of Article 7 of the Energy Act, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the Ordinance Amending the Ordinance regarding the Requirements and the Procedure for Issuing and Revoking the Licenses for Operating the Energy Activities, which was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 66/05, and came into force on 14 July 2005. The amendments to the ordinance were necessary also because of the new Ordinance regarding the Introduction and Implementation of the Standard Classification of Activities, adopted in January 2002. 

 
 
Notice about the expiry of the validity of licences for performing energy-related activities