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Energy using Products in SloveniaJune 24, 2008 Slovenia - Design for EnvironmentSlovenia has implemented the EU Directive on energy-using products (“EuPs”) by issuing a Decree on a framework for the setting of the ecodesign requirements for energy using products (“EuP Decree”) and by amending a number of Regulations, including the Regulation on energy efficiency requirements for new hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels; Regulation on energy efficiency requirements for household electric refrigerators, freezers and combinations thereof; and Regulation on energy efficiency requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lighting. The EuP Decree was adopted on 25 February 2008 and entered into force on 11 March 2008.
Like the EuP Directive, the EuP Decree establishes a framework for the setting of eco-design requirements for such products. The Decree will be further implemented through other transposing laws and amendments to existing regulations. Under the Decree, manufacturers will be required to perform an assessment of the environmental aspects of their products throughout their life cycle. They will have to use this assessment to evaluate alternative design solutions, with the aim of improving the environmental performance of their products.
Further implementing measures will be adopted by the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning and enforced by the Market Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia. The procedure for the adoption of such measures involves consultation of stakeholders, including industry and trade. If a product subject to the EuP Decree does not comply with the standards imposed by such implementing regulations, the state agency responsible for enforcement may issue a prohibition of the placing on the market of the EuP until compliance is established or the product is withdrawn from the market.
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