Dear Sir or Madam.  On Wednesday, 24 June 2015, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted, in accordance with the guidelines of the European Commission, a new Regulation on the method of determining and calculating contributions for the provision of support for the production of electricity in cogeneration with high efficiency and from renewable energy sources. It was published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia on Friday 26 June 2015 and entered into force on Saturday 27 June 2015.  Link: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=122271.  The new Regulation, in line with the guidelines of the European Commission, provides for a relief for energy-intensive companies, but in accordance with Article 10(2) (list of beneficiaries of the reduced contribution), it is necessary for the beneficiaries to submit an application for inclusion in the list of beneficiaries on the form attached as Annex 3 to the Regulation. On the basis of the application received, the Support Centre will include the final electricity consumer in the list of beneficiaries.  The contribution shall be calculated from the 1st (first) day of the following month onwards if the metering point is included in the list of beneficiaries referred to in Article 10 of this Regulation by the 10th (tenth) day of the month, and shall end at the end of the month in which the metering point was removed from the list of beneficiaries by the 10th (tenth) day. This means that companies eligible for a reduction in the contribution must apply extremely quickly, i.e. by 10 July, otherwise they will pay a significantly higher contribution for July 2015.   Despite the very short deadline for registration, the Support Centre has still not published the new regulation on its Borzena website (https://www.borzen.si/sl/Domov/menu1/Informacije/Zakonodaja-in-predpisi), where the relevant regulations are published, as of today, 2 July 2015. It has also still not published the guidance notes. Yesterday, 1.7.2015, we only received a notification from the competent authorities that the instructions will be published later this week. This means that although the deadline for eligible companies to register is only 14 days, the Support Centre will have spent at least half of that time preparing and publishing the guidance!   We consider this to be irresponsible behaviour by the Support Centre, which should keep up to date with changing regulations and treat all its clients equally. Beneficiaries of the reduction in the above-mentioned contribution are not treated fairly, as the maximum 7-day deadline for registration during the holiday period means that there is a high risk that some of them will not have detected the amended regulation or instructions in time and will therefore have to pay significantly higher bills in the first month. It is unreasonable that in such cases a public body should take so long to simply publish the Regulation in a convenient place and to provide guidance to beneficiaries.  We request that the Support Centre immediately publish the instructions for applying for a reduction in the contribution and that it take into account all eligible applications received by midnight on 9.7.2015. At the same time, we request that the rules be amended to require the Support Centre to publish the instructions within two working days of publication in the Official Journal, failing which a financial penalty should follow for those responsible.   Regards.