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WORLD TRADE S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.28
14June 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1585)
Original: English Negotiating Group onMaritime Transport Services
COMMUNICATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OFSLOVENIA
Response toQuestionnaire onMaritime Transport Services
Thefollowing communication iscirculated attherequest oftheRepublic ofSlovenia tomembers
oftheNegotiating Group onMaritime Transport Services.
I. Market structure
Vessels
1. SplošnaPlovba Portoro žisthesource ofdata onthestructure ofvessels. Thevessels are
operated orcooperated bySplošnaPlovba. The ships are100percent owned byGenshipping
Corporation ofLiberia, which is100percentowned bySplošnaPlovba. Theships thatarecooperated
arepartly owned bySplošnaPlovba andpartly byforeign shippers.
Structure ofNationally-Owned orOperated Fleet
Type ofvessels No.ofvessels Deadweight tonnage
National flag Foreign flag National flag Foreign flag
Oiltankers
Liquified gascarriers
Chemical tankers
Combination carriers 3 97,575
Ore/Bulk carriers 8 300,163
General cargo 5 92,435
Container ships
Refrigerated carriers
Specialized cargo (timber) 2 34,825
Ro-Ro
Ferries andpassenger ships
Other vessels
Allvessels 18 524,998
Source: SplošnaPlovba Portoro ž.S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.28
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Trade
2. Theshare oftotal Slovenian international trade carried byseais13.5 percentinquantity and
4percent invalue terms.
3. Breakdown (volume) ofthetotal international seaborne trade making upexport, import and
transit:
Export/import 2,320,840 tons
Transit 3,022,839 tons
TOTAL 5,343,679 tons
4. Thefleethasnoships sailing under thenational flag. Vessels sailing under foreign flags which
arepartly owned andoperated bythedomestic company carried atotal of3,389,982 tons ofcargo
in1994. Theprincipal routes ofthese ships arebetween foreign ports.
Route free 2,311,064 tons
Adriatic -Mediterranean -West Africa Line 572,545 tons
India -FarEast -Singapore -India Line 407,118 tons
West Coast ofNorth America -Mediterranean
-Adriatic Line 99,255 tons
TOTAL 3,389,982 tons
Source: SplošnaPlovba Portoro ž.
5. Seeunder 4.
Organization ofcargo
6. Liners account for31percent, bulk vessels for45percent, andtankers for24percent of
thetotal international trade.
7. Nodata available.
8. Nodata available.
9. Nodata available.
10. Containerized liner cargo represent 19percent (i.e. 1,015,400 tons).
11. Anapproximate estimate oftheshare ofcargo carried bymeans ofmultimodal transport
arrangements is10-15 percent.
Source: Port ofKoper.S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.28
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Ports andauxiliary services
12. Thetotal national port traffic thatistraffic handled atSlovenia 'smain port ofKoper, isas
follows:
General cargoes 619,582 tons -12%
Container terminal 1,027,668 tons -19%
Bulk cargo 2,409,052 tons -45%
Liquid cargo 1,287,377 tons -24%
TOTAL 5,343,679 tons
Total number ofcontainers inTEU 61,175
Source: Port ofKoper.
13. Separate Container Station andDepot Services, Maritime Cargo Handling Services, Storage
andWarehousing Services inthePort ofKoper arenotpossible duetospecificity ofthePort's
organization (NoAuthorities).
Customs clearance canonly becarried outbyajuridical person established intheRepublic
ofSlovenia.
Source: Law onCustom Services, Law onPorts.
14. No.
Note: Inaccordance with Article 37oftheLaw onRoad Transport, acarrier isrequired toobtain
apermit forinland truck transport from thecompetent authorities. Railway transport is
conducted exclusively bySlovenian Railways. There isnocargo shipping byriver.
II. Regulatory structure
General
1. Theprincipal national body incharge ofinternational seaborne transport istheMinistry of
TransportandCommunications.InadditiontotheMinistry,certainpowersareconferredtotheMinistry
ofEconomic Relations andDevelopment, theMinistry ofEconomic Affairs andtheMinistry ofFinance.
2. Noregulatory measures areapplied toseaborne transport ofbulk cargo, except with regard
tosafety.
3. There arenospecial regulatory measures.
4. Noregulatory measures areapplied tomultimodal transport.
5. Law onPorts defines aportasacommercial company. ThePort ofKoper isintheprocess
ofbeing privatized.S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.28
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6. Therelevantstatutoryandnon-statutoryregulationsdonotdefineinternationalmaritimetransport.
TheLaw onMaritime andInland Shipping gives thefollowing definitions of"international voyage":
"An international voyage isajourney byship orboat from anySlovenian port toaforeign port or
vice versa."
7. There isnodefinition of"national shipping enterprise" intherelevant statutes andregulations.
Anenterprise isregarded asanational oneifitisregistered intheSlovene Court Register forthe
performance ofcertain activities, regardless ofownership structure.
Market access
8.(a) No.
(b) No.
(c) There arenorestrictions.
(d)(i)(ii) Theonly special restriction applied totheemployment offoreign natural persons inthe
maritime transport services sector isgiven intheLawonMaritime andInland Shipping, which specifies
thatthecaptain ofanational vessel (i.e. vessel sailing under thenational flag) shall beacitizen of
Slovenia. There arenoother limitations governing thissector, apart from thegeneral restrictions
applying totheemployment ofaliens.
TheLaw onaliens specifies thataforeigner maybeemployed inSlovenia only after acquiring
awork permit. Theconditions forobtaining awork permit areavalid passport andconfirmation that
thealien willbeemployed byadomestic company. TheLaw onCommercial Companies specifies
thatthedirector ortheagent ofacommercial company shall beacitizen oftheRepublic ofSlovenia.
Ifthemanagementconsistsofseveraldirectors,themajoritymustbecitizensoftheRepublicofSlovenia.
Aforeigner may beamember ofthemanagerial staff (asadirector), however only where the
management isacollective with amajority ofmembers who arecitizens oftheRepublic ofSlovenia,
orwhere theagent isanational. Ifthemanagement consists ofoneperson, oracompany isrunby
anindividual, Slovene citizenship ofthesoledirector ismandatory.
9.(a) Seeunder 13.
(b) Seeunder 13.
10. No.
11. Avessel which hasacquired Slovenian national treatment hastheright andobligation tofly
theflagofthemerchant navy oftheRepublic ofSlovenia. Avessel acquires Slovenian national treatment
upon itsentry intheSlovenian register ofvessels orupon theissuing ofatemporary shipping permit.
(a) No.
(b) No.
(c) No.S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.28
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National treatment
12.(a) No.
(b) No.
Access toanduseofport facilities
13. Alllisted port facilities areavailable totheuser.
14. Pilotage ismandatory forallships above 500GRT. Thecompetent authorities maydetermine
mandatory tugging assistance byissuing adecree under theLaw onHarbours.
15. Allservices listed above areavailable onanon-discriminatory basis.
16. There arenodiscriminatory measures limiting access tomaritime ports. Access isgranted
under thesame conditions asapply todomestic servicing companies. (Inthelight ofthesanctions
against theso-called Federal Republic ofYugoslavia, vessels owned oroperated byFRY citizens are
subject totheprovisions ofUNSCResolution 724).
17. No.
18. There arenomeasures mandating theuseofterminal facilities.
19. No.
Most-favoured-nation treatment
20. There arenomeasures providing foranyform ofcargo-sharing with partner countries.
21. Seeunder 20.
22. Seeunder 20.
23. No.
24. No.
25. No.
26. No.
Government procurement
27. No.
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Competition law
29. There arenospecific laws andregulations concerning restrictions ofcompetition inthemaritime
sector. This sector iscovered with theprovisions oftheLaw ontheProtection ofCompetition. The
Law prohibits restrictions ofcompetition asarecartel agreements andabuses ofadominant position.
TheCompetition Protection Bureau istheauthorized institution toperform thecompetition protection.
Source: Law ontheProtection ofCompetition.
(a) There arenospecial regulations; thesame asunder 29.
(b) There arenospecial regulations; thesame asunder 29.
(c) There arenospecial regulations.
(d) There arenospecial regulations.
Shipping conferences
30. Shipping conferences arenotapractice inSlovenian maritime commerce. Nomaritime entity
oftheRepublic ofSlovenia takes partinthem.
31. Seeunder 30.
32. Seeunder 30.
33. Seeunder 30.
34.(a), (b),(c)Seeunder 30.
Shipper/carrier relations
35. Relations between shippers andcarriers aregoverned bymutual agreements.
36. Appropriate conditions regarding negotiations onfreight rates andconsultations onmatters
ofmutual interest areamatter ofmutual agreement between thetwopartners. Disputes are,where
possible, settled byarbitration under theauspices oftheChamber ofCommerce orbycourts.