Area: Finance
Competent authority: MF, MzI
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 980
Initiative accepted and completed: '2019-11-07'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2019-10-09'
Initiative published: '2019-10-09'
Initiative submitted: '2019-10-08'
Response from the competent authority: Reply from the Ministry of Infrastructure:The
  Law on Motor Vehicle Levies (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 54/17)
  provides that in the event of a change of ownership of a vehicle, a refund of a
  pro-rata share of the annual levy is to be made upon deregistration of the vehicle
  (Article 13). If the new owner wishes to re-register the vehicle, he/she is required
  to pay, before registration, the annual levy for the period for which the vehicle
  will be registered. The transfer of the annual levy already paid from one owner
  to another is not possible from a financial and tax point of view.According to the
  Motor Vehicles Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 75/17; ZMV-1),
  any change of data in the registration certificate (e.g. technical change, change
  of ownership, change of residence or change of registered office) must be notified
  to the registration organisation within 15 days. Under the provisions of Article
  39 of the ZMV-1, the owner of a registered vehicle may, at any time, deregister
  the vehicle with the registration organisation and, at the same time as deregistering,
  hand over the registration plates (first paragraph).However, the owner must deregister
  the vehicle and hand over the registration plates in cases where:1. the vehicle
  is destroyed;2. the vehicle is disposed of;3. the vehicle is to be registered abroad
  due to the relocation of the owner of the vehicle or for other reasons;4. the vehicle
  is stolen;5. the validity of the traffic licence has expired more than 30 days ago
  or more than a year ago in the case of mopeds, motorcycles, motor tricycles, motor
  tricycles, light quadricycles, light quadricycles, heavy quadricycles, caravans,
  motor caravans, motor caravan trailers, and vintage motorcycles;6. during the validity
  of the traffic licence, the insurance contract has lapsed because it has not been
  renewed or the annual liability has not been settled in accordance with the insurance
  conditions;7. in the case referred to in Article 28(5) of this Law, the consent
  given has been withdrawn by the user and the owner has not appointed a new user;
  or8. the certificate of conformity or the consent to registration for that vehicle
  has been withdrawn.However, the owner of the vehicle shall not be required to hand
  over the number plates if they are missing, if the vehicle is stolen, if the vehicle
  is issued with number plates with the chosen mark or if the vehicle is disposed
  of and at the same time registered in the name of a new owner with the same number
  plates (paragraph 4 of Article 39(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009). Answer from
  the Ministry of Finance:We would like to clarify that the legal basis for amending
  the insurance contract in the event of a change of ownership is provided in the
  Act on Compulsory Transport Insurance (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia
  No. 93/07, as amended), hereinafter referred to as the "TPLA"), which provides in
  its Article 2 that in cases where a means of transport is subject to registration,
  the authority responsible for registration may issue a traffic licence or other
  relevant document only after the owner of the means of transport, in whose name
  the means of transport is to be registered, has provided proof that he has taken
  out the insurance which is compulsory under this Act. Furthermore, Article 22 of
  the same Law provides that in cases where the owner of the vehicle changes during
  the term of the insurance, the insurance contract shall cease to have effect when
  the new owner of the vehicle concludes a motor third party liability insurance contract.
  This contract must be concluded by the new owner at the latest before the vehicle
  is registered in his/her name. Even in cases where a lease is paid off, there is
  a change of ownership, the previous user of the vehicle becomes the owner of the
  vehicle and therefore a contract in his/her own name must be concluded before registration.Up-to-date
  information on the ownership of the vehicle is important, in particular for the
  effective exercise of insurance rights. The Slovenian Insurance Association operates
  an information centre where data is collected and a register is kept so that claims
  for damages arising from the use of vehicles can be enforced more effectively. They
  provide information to injured parties on motor third party liability insurance
  for vehicles registered in the Republic of Slovenia. Accurate information on who
  owns the vehicle is therefore important for establishing liability and also for
  establishing entitlement to compensation. However, ownership of a vehicle also entails
  certain other responsibilities and obligations.In the light of the above, your petition
  cannot be taken into account.
Text file: 980.txt
Title: Simplifying the process of changing ownership of a vehicle after a lease has
  been paid off
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=980
