Area: Javna uprava
Competent authority: MNZ
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 243
Initiative accepted and completed: '2013-11-21'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2013-11-08'
Initiative published: '2013-11-08'
Initiative submitted: '2013-11-07'
Response from the competent authority: Reply from the Ministry of the Interior, Directorate
  for Administrative Internal Affairs, Migration and Naturalisation The Law on Associations,
  which regulates the constitutionally guaranteed right of association, defines an
  association as an autonomous and non-profit association established by its founders
  for the purpose of pursuing interests common to the founders (and subsequently the
  members) of the association. The members of the association therefore pursue their
  common interests and in this way satisfy and fulfil the needs for cultural, sporting,
  social, knowledge-building, exchange of ideas, or those interests for which the
  association was founded and for which the members associate themselves with it.
  The activities carried out by the Society may be for the benefit of the members
  only, or may be carried out in such a way that the achievements or services of the
  Society are made available to the wider community. Only an association whose activities
  go beyond the interests of its members, or whose achievements are of such importance
  that they raise the general level of satisfaction of certain needs in society and
  thus contribute to the development of the field in which they operate, or even replace
  the activities of otherwise necessary public institutions, may be granted a special
  status - that of an association in the public interest. The fact is that the interests
  of the founders who establish an association for the purpose of common (non-profit)
  interests are not, as a rule, of public interest (except, for example, for fire
  brigade associations, which are already granted the status of public interest by
  a special law), nor do the founders as a rule establish the association for the
  purpose of meeting the needs of the wider society, nor is it necessary (and it is
  not the rule) that the association's activities will ever go beyond the interests
  of its members. The Law on Societies, which as a general regulation mainly regulates
  the establishment and functioning of a society, therefore only sets out general
  (basic) conditions for the status of a public interest society, which a society
  must fulfil in order to demonstrate that its activities have gone beyond the interests
  of its members and are of general benefit. Since associations operate in various
  fields where it is possible to establish that they are acting in the public interest,
  and since a particular field of activity of an association usually falls within
  the portfolio of a particular ministry, the Law on Associations provides that ministries
  may define the field of activity or activities in more detail by a special law,
  which are in the public interest, or obliged them to adopt a by-law (also for the
  purpose of unified criteria), which specifies in more detail the criteria that associations
  must meet in order to be able to demonstrate significant achievements in their activities,
  if these are not already specified in a specific law (e.g. In the light of the above,
  the status of a public-interest association cannot be granted to an association
  by mere establishment or registration, and the Ministry therefore does not support
  the proposal received and does not consider it suitable for further consideration.
Text file: 243.txt
Title: Amendment of the Law on Associations
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=243
