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Permanent permit for the production of hazardous chemicals

Legal and natural persons who produce hazardous chemicals in the Republic of Slovenia must have a permit to perform the activity of production of hazardous chemicals.

The permit is issued on the basis of the application and the submitted evidence of compliance.

The body responsible for chemicals shall keep a list of legal and natural persons who have obtained a permit for the production of hazardous chemicals.

The activity of production of hazardous chemicals may be performed by legal and natural persons who demonstrate to the body responsible for chemicals:

  • that they have their registered office in the Republic of Slovenia or one of the Member States of the European Union, whereby the latter must have a branch in the Republic of Slovenia, or a natural or legal person authorized to act on their behalf and for their account;
  • that, depending on the type and scope of activities, they have professionally qualified persons with the knowledge that enables them to perform their obligations and meet the requirements in accordance with this Act;
  • to implement specific technical or organizational measures for the marketing, production, storage or use of dangerous chemicals that are necessary to protect human health and the environment;
  • meet the requirements for facilities and the requirements for the scheduling and protection of individual groups of chemicals;
  • that they have not been deprived of a license to carry out activities on the basis of a final court judgment, which shows that the holder of the license, who is a natural person, intentionally misused the license to produce or trade special groups of chemicals regulated by law on Strategic Goods of Special Importance for Safety and Health and the Drug Precursors Act.

 

Description of the authorisation issue procedure

Conditions

These terms apply to activity Production of hazardous chemicals

  • To pursue an activity, a registration and selection of an appropriate status form is required.

    The activities of producing and storing hazardous chemicals and their trading and the use of chemicals may be implemented by legal entities and natural persons with head offices in the Republic of Slovenia or in any other member state of the European Union, whereby in the case of the latter, these must have a subsidiary, a natural person or a legal entity authorised in the Republic of Slovenia to act in their name and on their behalf.

    Evidence

    Extract from the Business Register (AJPES) the competent authority acquires it ex officio

    Legal basis

  • As per the type and scope of their activity, the providers of services relating to the production and storage of hazardous chemicals and their trading and the use of chemicals must employ professionally qualified staff with knowledge enabling them to implement obligations and fulfil determined requirements.

    Legal basis

  • Legal and natural entities who must obtain the authorisation for the production, storage or trading with hazardous chemicals, determine one or several chemicals consultants for the implementation of the act. The consultants must have appropriate education and passed the course and test listed in regulations on the production and storage as well as trading with chemicals.

    A chemicals consultant must know the production or sales programme of a legal or natural entity for whom the chemicals consultancy tasks are performed, know the legislation and warn the employer about the requirements and their obligations, on regulations on the production, storage and trading of chemicals, consult the employer on other matters connected with the conditions for performing the activity based on regulations on the production, storage and trading with chemicals, represent the employer in administrative matters at the authority responsible for chemicals, cooperate with chemical consultants of other legal and natural entities who produce, store or trade with hazardous chemicals.

    Details

  • The activity of producing and storing hazardous chemicals and their trading and the use of chemicals may be performed by legal entities and natural persons who prove to the authority responsible for chemicals that they take special technical or organisational measures when trading in hazardous chemicals, and relating to their production, storage or use which are necessary for the protection of human health and the environment.

    These measures include:

    •  Storage classes
    • Storage rules
    • Technical requirements for storage
    • Organisational requirements for storing

    These measures are defined in more detail in the Rules on technical and organisational measures for the storage of hazardous chemicals.

    Legal basis