Area: Okolje in prostor
Competent authority: .nan
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 22
Initiative accepted and completed: '2012-03-26'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2012-03-07'
Initiative published: '2012-03-07'
Initiative submitted: '2012-03-07'
Response from the competent authority: The applicant proposes to amend Article 12
  of the Regulation on the Protection of Buildings against Lightning (Official Gazette
  of the Republic of Slovenia No 28/09) by adding a new fourth paragraph, which stipulates
  that a product that has already been tested (audited) as a product in one of the
  EU Member States does not have to be tested again in Slovenia.In the opinion of
  the authority here, the amendment of Article 12 is not necessary, and it would even
  be unlawful.The amendment of Article 12 is unnecessary. In its petition, the petitioner
  confuses the system of verifying the conformity of a (construction) product with
  the system of verifying compliance with the essential requirements under the Act
  on the Construction of Buildings (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia,
  No. 102/04- UPB, 14/05, corrected, 92/05, 93/05, 111/05, 126/07, 108/09, 61/10,
  67/10, 20/11, hereinafter referred to as "ZGO-1"). The amendment proposed by the
  applicant would imply interference in the field of general product safety, which
  is the responsibility of the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology and
  which we have not regulated and do not intend to regulate by the Regulation on the
  protection of buildings against lightning. The audit provided for in the Regulation
  does not concern the verification of the conformity of a product, still less the
  establishment or additional verification of its conformity, but rather the verification
  of the conformity of an object (building) with the prescribed building-technical
  requirements.We would like to draw attention to the fact that in 2009 the European
  Commission already sent Slovenia a warning regarding the alleged restriction of
  the free movement of goods - active lightning conductors ESE (Early Streamer Emission).
  In early May 2009, Slovenia replied to the reminder, but the European Commission
  did not pursue the alleged infringement of European law, which clearly means that
  there is no restriction on the free movement of goods - so-called active lightning
  conductors - on the basis of the regulations in Slovenia.
Text file: 22.txt
Title: Petition for amendment of Article 12 of the Regulation on the protection of
  buildings against lightning
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=22
