Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco products

Applicants who wish to pursue this activity must register the business activity, and have the appropriate legal status.

To sell goods from mobile stalls, vending machines and mobile stores, a trader must acquire the written consent of the owner or authorised operator of the place where goods are sold.

The written consent must determine the place and schedule of the sale of goods.

In its by-laws, the local community determines the place where goods may be sold in such manner.

The sale of goods at events (fairs, conventions and similar) are also considered the sale of goods in this manner. In this case, the organiser of the event may acquire written consent for all traders selling goods at the event.

The local community issues the consent also when sales are conducted on private land.

Evidence

Written consent

A mobile retail outlet must have an adapted vehicle to enable the sale of goods.

• Minimum equipment:
  • Scales for weighing non-packaged goods must be located in the sales space in the section where the sale of non-packaged goods which must be weighed is carried out. The scales must be in compliance with metrological regulations, and suitable for the quantity and types of goods being sold. If goods are weighed together with the packaging (except paper, foil and bags used for delicacies), \ the scales must include the function of tare weight, which must facilitate \ the determination of only the actual weight of goods when establishing the price. If the scales do not have this function, the vendor must deduct the weight of the packaging from the total weight, and, when determining the price, take into account only the actual weight of the goods.
  • Changing rooms for trying on clothes with a mirror, hanger and a set must be part of the sales space where clothes are sold.
  • A seat and mirror must be part of the sales space where footwear is sold.
• Exterior of a mobile rtail outlet:
  • The access to the entrance must be well organised and unobstructed,
  • The façade of the mobile outlet must include a sign in a visible position with the name of the company and place of establishment of the trader, and the potential name of the mobile store, 
  • A schedule of the opening times of the mobile store must be located in a visible position near the entrance.

A mobile stall is a table-like device enabling the sale of goods.

• Minimum equipment:
  • The scales for weighing non-packaged goods must be located in the sales space at the section where the sale of non-packaged goods which must be weighed is carried out. The scales must be in compliance with metrological regulations, and suitable for the quantity and types of goods being sold. If goods are weighed together with the packaging (except paper, foil and bags used for delicacies), \ the scales must include the function of tare weight, which must facilitate \ the determination of only the actual weight of goods when establishing the price. If the scales do not have this function, the vendor must deduct the weight of the packaging from the total weight, and, when determining the price, take into account only the actual weight of the goods,
  • Changing rooms for trying on clothes with a mirror, hanger and a seat must be part of the sales space where clothes are sold,
  • A seat and mirror must be part of the sales space where footwear is sold.
• Exterior of a mobile outlet:
  • The access to the entrance of the mobile outletl must be well organised and unobstructed, 
  • The façade of the mobile outlet must include a sign in a visible position with the name of the company and place of establishment of the trader, and the potential name of the mobile stall.
  • A schedule of working hours of the mobile stall must be located in a visible position near the entrance to the stall. 

A market

as specially organised and arranged business premises enables the saleof goods in an open or closed space. A market must include a market organisation determined by the operator and approved by the competent body of the local community. The market organisation and a schedule of opening times of the market must be located in a visible position. 

• Retail is performed in an outlet which consists of: :
  • a sales space where goods are directly sold,
  • open sales space where goods are directly sold,
  • a warehouse where goods and packaging are stored, which is not a compulsory space of the store.
• Minimum equipment:
  • The scales for weighing non-packaged goods must be located in the sales space at the section where the sale of non-packaged goods which must be weighed is carried out. The scales must be in compliance with metrological regulations, and suitable for the quantity and types of goods being sold. If goods are weighed together with the packaging (except paper, foil and bags used for delicacies), \ the scales must include the function of tare weight, which must facilitate \ the determination of only the actual weight of goods when establishing the price. If the scales do not have this function, the vendor must deduct the weight of the packaging from the total weight, and, when determining the price, take into account only the actual weight of the goods,
  • Changing rooms for trying on clothes with a mirror, hanger and a seat must be part of the sales space where clothes are sold,
  • A seat and mirror must be part of the sales space where footwear is sold.
• Retail outlet exterior:
  • The access to the entrance of the retail outletl must be well organised and unobstructed, 
  • The façade of the retail outlet must include a sign in a visible position with the name of the company and place of establishment of the trader, and the potential name of the retail outlet.
  • A schedule of working hours of the retail outlet must be located in a visible position near the entrance to the stall.

Legal basis

• Rules on minimum tehnical requirements for performing the trade activity
• Rules on minimum tehnical requirements for performing the trade activity

A trader must ensure the recording of business events regarding the condition of goods in accordance with the Slovenian Accounting Standards or International Financial Reporting Standards.

At the point of sale, the trader must provide the competent inspection authorities with the following information on the condition of goods:

• number and date of the entry document;
• name of the supplier;
• number and date of the supplier’s document;
• name, unit of measure and quantity of goods;
• the sales price of goods;
• information on changes to the sales price of goods.

Legal basis

• Trade Act (ZT-1)

A trader determines the opening times of the outlet in accordance with his or her business decision and considering the needs of consumers. The outlet must operate in accordance with the published schedule of working hours.

When determining working hours, the trader must consider the number of employees in the outlet and their rights, obligations and responsibilities arising from the employment relationship as stipulated by the act which regulates employment relationships, and the collective agreement in the field of trade in Slovenia, primarily by the provisions referring to the organisation of working hours, breaks, rests and bonuses arising from working hours which are less favourable for employees.

Dealers may not determine the opening hours of stores on Sundays and other work-free days defined by law.

Exceptions are stores with sales area of up to 200 square meters at service stations, border crossings, ports for public transport, airports, railway and bus stations and hospitals.

Exceptions also include stores with a sales area of up to 200 square meters, if work on Sundays and other work-free days defined by law in their stores is performed exclusively by a person who as a sole proprietor is a commercial activity operator or by his or her procurator or a legal representative or procurator of a legal person involved in the commercial activity.

Work on Sundays and statutory work-free days together with a sole proprietor, a sole proprietor or his or her procurator or legal representative or the procurator of a legal entity involved in a commercial activity, can also be performed by a person who may perform temporary or occasional student work in accordance with the law governing employment and unemployment insurance, and by a person who may perform temporary or occasional work in accordance with the law governing the labour market.

Evidence

A schedule of working hours of the outlet must be published in a visible position near the entrance to the outlet.

Legal basis

• Trade Act (ZT-1)