Doing Business in Slovenia, Doing Business with Slovenia
How to do Business with Slovenia, How to do Business in Slovenia
How to start Business in Slovenia
commercial guide
legal guide
business law
business legislation
company law
public procurement
security market
exchange regime
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trade trading commerce
CONTENTS
SLOVENIA COUNTRY PROFILE
Basic data
Slovenia in brief
Economic conditions
Economic structure and the main economic
activities
External trade
Foreign direct investment
Biggest foreign investors in Slovenia
Biggest Slovenian investors abroad
The main reference points
Slovenian diplomatic, consular and other representatives abroad
JAPTI
CMSR
FOREIGN TRADE REGIME
Trade between EU member states
Community goods
Trade with non-EU member states
Customs regulations
TARIC
Origin of goods
Combined nomenclature and customs rate appraisal
Customs value
Consignments before customs bodies
Importation of goods into the EU customs territory
Customs-approved treatment or use of goods
Submission of a customs declaration
Import procedures
Export and transit procedures
Release of goods for free circulation
Suspensive arrangements and customs procedures with an economic impact
External transit
Customs warehousing
Inward processing
Processing under customs control
Temporary importation
Outward processing
Exports
Re-exportation, destruction and cession of goods
Free zones and free warehouses
Economic zones
Financing and insurance of Slovenian exports
Financing
Insurance of export credits and outward investments
Commercial risks
Non-commercial risks
FOREIGN INVESTMENT REGIME
Residents and non-residents
The principle of national
treatment
The protection of foreign
investors
Sectoral limitations
Real-estate investment
Business in centives
Fiscal incentives
Tax relief
Depreciation
Loss carried forward
Allowance for employing
Financial incentives
Government FDI Cost-Sharing Grant
Scheme
Employment incentives
Export incentives
Local incentives
Other incentives
Investment treaties
INVESTMENT IN EXISTING COMPANIES
Foreign exchange regime
Investment in securities portfolios
Credit operations
Deposits and current accounts
Non-residents
Residents
Payments and transfers
Cash payments between residents and non-residents
Cross-border cash transfers
Cross-border transfer of securities
Transfers of privately-owned capital
Foreign exchange transactions between residents
Foreign exchange market
Securities market
Authorised participants in the securities market
Brokerage company
Branches of brokerage companies
Securities Market Agency (SMA)
Stock Exchange
LJSE – general information
The LJSE prime and standard markets
LJSE trading system
Clearing and settlement of trades executed at the LJSE
Clearing
and Settlements –
KDD
Types of securities traded on the Ljubljana
Stock Exchange (LJSE)
Conditions for admission to the Regulated Market
Public offer of securities
Public offer of securities issued by a foreign issuer
Issuers from EU member states
Third-country issuers
Investment funds and management companies
Management companies
Investment funds
Investment companies
Mutual funds
State capital investments
ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPANY
Mutual provisions
Organisational forms
Size of companies
Founders
Legal personality
Registered name
Registered office
Economic activity
Representation
Management
General partnership
Founders
Contributions
Relations between partners
Dissolution
Limited partnership
Founders
Contributions
Relations between the partners
Dual company
Dormant partnership
Partnership limited by shares
Joint-stock company
Founders
Capital
Shares
Management
Management board / Board of directors
Supervisory board
Shareholders’ meeting
Minority shareholders’ protection
Dissolution
The European public company ( Societas
Europaea - SE )
Limited liability company
Founders
Establishment
Establishment of a limited liability company
Capital
Shares
Management
Managers
Supervisory board
Shareholders’ meeting
Dissolution
Branch
Registration
Annual reports
Sole trader
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Treatment of foreign bidders
Types of public procurement procedures
Information about public procurement
Single information portal
Thresholds for publication in the official journal of the EU
Content of the publication
Acquisition of tender documentation
Submission of the bid
Time terms
Documentation
Bid opening
Legal protection of bidders
CONCESSIONS
Law on Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
General principles
Eligible private partners
Procedures and general principles
Preliminary
procedure
Concession
Act
Tender
Selection
procedure
Concession
Agreement
Settlement
of disputes
Concessions on natural resources and public goods
LABOUR
Employing foreigners
Citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland
Foreigners from third countries
Freedom of access to the labour market for certain categories of foreigners
Cases where work permits are not required
EU Blue Card
The employer’s obligations
Work permits
Personal work permit
Permit for employment
Work permits for specific purposes
Seasonal
labour by foreigners
The work
of foreign management workers (representatives)
The
training and improvement of foreigners
Training
at Slovenian companies
The training of foreign workers
The training of Slovenian workers
Cross-border provision of services
Workers seconded to other duties
The movement of persons within companies
Individual contractual services provided by foreigners
Cross-border services where work permits are not
required
Permit for the temporary residence of workers
Other
steps
Registration
with the administrative unit in Slovenia
Registration
and deregistration of the work of foreigners
Info
Point for Foreigners
TAXATION
Corporate income tax
Taxpayers and the scope of their tax liability
Tax exemptions
Exempt dividends and (partly) capital gains
Taxation rate
Tax base
Tax relief
Tax relief for investments
in research and development
Tax relief for employment
Tax relief for investments
Tax relief for employing
disabled persons
Tax relief for carrying
out practical training within professional training
Tax relief for voluntary
supplementary pension insurance
Tax relief for donations
Preventing the double taxation of income generated by residents outside of
Slovenia
Tax on the transfer of assets, exchange of capital shares and mergers or
divisions within the EU
Withholding tax
Tonnage Tax Act
Special tax arrangements for Venture Capital Companies
Special tax arrangements for the Pomurje region
Tax relief for employment
Tax relief for investments
Personal income tax
Taxable persons
Tax base
Tax rates
Tax allowances
Social security contributions
Value-added tax (VAT)
Tax rates
Registration of foreign taxable persons
Appointment of a representative
VAT refunds to non-established taxable persons
VAT refunds to taxable persons established in another member state
VAT refunds to taxable persons established in a third country
Excise duty
Customs Duties
Tax on the transfer of immovable property
Motor vehicles tax
Water vessel tax
Inheritance and gift tax
(Real) property tax
Taxation of winnings from conventional games of chance
Tax on gambling and concession fees
Tax on insurance services
Environmentally-oriented taxes
Charge for the use of building ground
ACCOUNTING
AND AUDITING
Size of companies
Book-keeping
Annual reports
Consolidated business report
Audit
Publication
Publication relating to branches of third-country companies
USEFUL TIPS
Location
Time
Main cities
Language
Currency
Credit
cards
Telephone
Important
phone numbers
Internet domain
National holidays in 2011
Distances between
Ljubljana and main European cities