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Foreign correspondence office
Representatives of foreign media in Slovenia are correspondence offices and individual correspondents of foreign media and press agencies. The correspondence office is not a legal entity.
The issuer of the media or a foreign press agency is responsible for liabilities related to the operation of the correspondence office.
In Slovenia, a foreign correspondence office may be established and registered as a branch office of a foreign company if it is entered in the register of foreign correspondence offices and correspondents.
A foreign agency or foreign medium is a legal entity having a head office in a foreign country, its basic activity being collecting, transmitting or distributing informative programmes.
Applies for SKD:
Conditions
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Applicants who wish to pursue this activity must register the business activity, and have the appropriate legal status.
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Prior to the initiation of performance of activities in Slovenia, a foreign correspondence office must be entered in the register of foreign correspondence offices and correspondents. With this entry, the foreign correspondence office obtains accreditation in the Republic of Slovenia.
The application for the entry in the register is lodged by the management of the foreign medium or foreign press agency at the Ministry of Culture.
The following data must be indicated in the proposal for the entry of the correspondence office in the register:
- company name and head office of the press agency or medium publisher, establishing the correspondence,
- the name of the medium,
- data on the registration of the foreign press agency or foreign medium in the country of origin,
- head office of the correspondence in the Republic of Slovenia,
- name and surname of the correspondence manager.