(2) The losses generated in the tax periods prior to the date of application of this Act may be covered in accordance with Articles 34 to 36 of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text).

15. The prior approval on the basis of Article 11 of the Safety of Railway Transport Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 85/2000) in the case of the construction or execution of works in the rail protection belt and works that could affect rail safety

2. The approval for a change in the protective function of constructed and equipped shelters and shelters under construction on the basis of Article 11 of the Decree on the Construction and Maintenance of Shelters (Ur. l. RS, No. 57/96)

23. The approval on the basis of Article 68 of the Fire Safety Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 71/93 and 87/2001) for all works, with the exception of single-dwelling buildings and other individual works occasionally used for rest and recuperation

18. The approval on the basis of Article 10 of the Inland Waterways Navigation Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 30/2002) in the case of the construction and execution of works that could affect the safety of shipping along the coast or in inland waters

Procedures in relation to violations which were introduced prior to this Act taking effect shall be completed with the use of the provisions of the Air Navigation Act (Ur.l. SFRY, no. 45/86, 24/88, 80/89 and 29/90 and Ur.l. RS, no. 58/93).

16. The prior approval on the basis of Articles 101, 112, 114 and 119 of the Aviation Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 18/2001) in the case of the construction and execution of works in the airport protection belt and works that could affect air traffic safety

30. The approvals on the basis of Articles 97 and 98 of the Aviation Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 18/2001) for the construction of airports, airport infraworks, other works in areas used exclusively by airports and works in areas of controlled use by airports

32. The approval on the basis of point 20 of Article 10 of the Customs Service Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 56/99 and 52/2002 [ZDU-1]) for the construction, reconstruction or adaptation of works in customs-free zones or economic zones and at border crossings

There are currently no data available in the Republic of Slovenia on the incidence of osteoporosis, but there is carried out a screening study for the Slovene population, performed by the IPH of the RS, the results of which will be known in year 2005.

European Agreement is the European Agreement on Association between the Republic of Slovenia on the one hand and the European Communities and their member states which operate in the framework of the European Union on the other (Ur.l. RS no. 44/79 - MP no. 13/97);

In 2000, there was passed in the Republic of Slovenia the Health and Hygiene Safety of Foods, and of Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Foods Act (Official Gazette of the RS, no. 52/00 and 42/02), which lays down the food safety requirements.

The municipal contribution levied in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 44 of the Construction Land Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 44/97 and 67/2002 [ZV-1]; hereinafter: the ZSZ) and the municipal contribution levied in accordance with spatial planning regulations -

The provisions of the second paragraph of Article 16 of this Act shall also apply to the provisions subject to Article 23 of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text) which were set aside prior to the date of application of this Act.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act relating to provisions, Article 3 of the Act Amending the Insurance Act (Uradni list RS, No. 21/02) shall, however, apply after the date of application of this Act to the provisions set aside prior to the date of application of this Act.

a) determine the tax in accordance with Article 200 of the Tax Procedure Act (Uradni list RS, Nos. 18/96, 78/96, 87/97, 35/98, 76/98, 82/98, 91/98, 1/99, 108/99, 37/01, 97/01, 52/02, and 33/03) by the expiry of the time period referred to in the fifth paragraph of the said Article, or

On the day this act enters into force, the reconstruction of national highways pursuant to the provisions of Article 28 of the Public Roads Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 29/97 and 50/2002 [constitutional court ruling]), the reconstruction of railways pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 of the Safety of Railway Transport Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 85/2000) and renovation and other maintenance works on national highways and railways defined in the aforementioned acts of law or implementing regulations issued on the basis thereof shall be deemed maintenance works of public benefit.

11. The approval of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia on the basis of Article 9 of the Trebèe Memorial Park Act (Ur. l. SRS, Nos. 1/81 and 42/86; Ur. l. RS, No. 8/90) in the case of the construction or execution of works in areas where such construction or works are prohibited

The sole national database where breast-feeding may be followed in the entire infant population is currently the Republic perinatal information system within the IPH of the RS in Ljubljana which follows up data on pregnancy, childbirth and neonates and breast-feeding on release from Slovene maternity hospitals.

(2) On the day this act enters into force the relevant ministries pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be the ministries defined by the State Administration Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 52/2002) or by regulations issued on the basis of Article 42 of such act of law into whose fields of work the specific type of works falls.

A taxable person with regard to whom the deadlines subject to Articles 39, 40, 41, and 42 of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text) started to run prior to the date of application of this Act shall, as regards those deadlines, be treated in compliance with the present regulations.

The accessible data for the Republic of Slovenia from the Health Statistical Yearbook of Slovenia, IPH of the RS, where osteoporosis has been followed up as indicator during the health care out-patient visits in the age of 65 and more, show that every year approximately 5,800 patients with osteoporosis are detected and treated.

9. The prior approval and prior opinion on the basis of Article 7 of the Lipica Stud Farm Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 29/96) in the case of the construction or execution of works in areas where such construction or works are prohibited, and the approval on the basis of Article 7 of the aforementioned act of law for constructions in protected areas

Land on which a works that pursuant to the provisions of the previous article can be deemed a built public asset of national importance is constructed shall be deemed to have acquired the status of a built public asset of national importance if on the day the Privatisation of Real Estate in Social Ownership Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 44/97 and 59/2001;

Taxable persons determining the tax on the basis of a group tax calculation subject to Article 200 of the Tax Procedure Act (Uradni list RS, Nos. 18/96, 87/97, 35/98 - CC ruling, 82/98, 91/98, 108/99, 37/01 - CC ruling, 97/01, and 105/03 - CC ruling) to whom the approval of the tax authority was granted prior to the date of application of this Act, may:

(1) A taxable person's period referred to in the second paragraph of Article 24 of this Act shall also include the period of calculating inventories prior to the date of application of this Act subject to Article 14 of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text), starting with the last change of the method selected.

(1) As regards taxation applicable to transfers of activities, taxation applicable to exchanges of equity holdings, and taxation applicable to mergers and divisions subject to Articles 30 to 48 of this Act, transfers of activities, exchanges of equity holdings, and mergers and divisions shall not be deemed the events which, subject to Articles 40, 41 and 42 of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text) resulting in the situation in which the taxable person must, in the year in which such an event is recorded, increase the tax basis by the used relief subject to Articles 39 to 42 of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text).

Procedures for issuing a location permit that commenced prior to the entry into force of this act shall be completed pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Planning and Other Forms of Land Use Act (Ur. l. SRS, Nos. 18/84, 37/85 and 29/86; Ur. l. RS, Nos. 26/90, 18/93, 47/93, 71/93, 44/97, 9/2001 [ZPPreb] and 23/2002 [constitutional court ruling]; hereinafter: the ZUN).

On the day this act enters into force the provisions of Articles 8 and 24a of the Catering Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 1/95, 29/95 [ZPDF], 40/99 and 36/2000 [ZPDZD]) shall be deemed to relate only to catering establishments in newly constructed buildings whose premises are being reconstructed or whose intended purpose of use is being changed pursuant to the provisions of this act.

On the day this act enters into force, the provisions of Title 3 (Compensation for Change in Intended Purpose of Use of Agricultural Land and Forest) of the Agricultural Land Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 59/96, 31/98 [constitutional court ruling], 1/99, 54/2000 [ZKme], 68/2000 [constitutional court ruling], 27/2002 [constitutional court ruling], 58/2002 [ZMR-1] and 67/2002; hereinafter:

8. The approval on the basis of Article 9 of the Škocjanske Jame Regional Park Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 57/96 and 7/99) in the case of the construction or execution of works in areas where such construction or works are prohibited, and the approval on the basis of Article 12 of the aforementioned act of law for constructions in the area of the park located in the area of cultural monuments

b) determine the tax liability in accordance with Articles 63 to 67 of this Act, where the change method of determining shall not be deemed a definition of individual taxation, and the members do not comply with the sixth paragraph of Article 200 of the Tax Procedure Act (Uradni list RS, Nos. 18/96, 78/96, 87/97, 35/98, 76/98, 82/98, 91/98, 1/99, 108/99, 37/01, 97/01, 52/02, and 33/03).

5. The permit on the basis of Articles 27, 60 and 61 of the Cultural Heritage Protection Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 7/99) in the case of the construction or execution of works by which there is an encroachment upon works protected pursuant to regulations on cultural heritage, in the case of archaeological digs and research that could damage archaeological finds, and in the case of research that entails encroachment upon heritage or a monument, and the cultural protection conditions and approval on the basis of Articles 45, 46 and 47 of the aforementioned act of law for constructions that could affect the regime of protection, preservation and maintenance of heritage real estate 6. The nature land use permit on the basis of Article 104 of the Nature Conservation Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos.

In the Council of Europe, the most important documents for the protection of women` s rights are the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ( Evropska konvencija o varstvu človekovih pravic in temeljnih svoboščin, ETS No. 5, adopted on 4 November 1950, Uradni list RS-MP, No. 7/94) and the European Social Charter ( revised )( Evropska socialna listina (spremenjena), ETS No. 163, adopted on 3 May 1996, Uradni list RS-MP, No. 7/99), which set out non-discriminatory enjoyment of the rights provided under the Convention and the Charter irrespective of sex, race, colour, language, faith, political or other conviction, national or social origin, membership of a national minority, material standing, birth, or any other personal circumstance.

(2) Notwithstanding the provision of the first paragraph of this Article, a taxable person calculating the inventories subject to Article 14 of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text) may, as at the date of application of this Act, select another method of calculating inventories, and shall be obliged to show the effect of the changes in terms of value.

33. The environmental protection approval on the basis of Article 66, the prior approval on radiation and nuclear safety on the basis of Article 67, the approval for construction affecting nuclear safety on the basis of Article 68, and the approval for construction affecting radiation safety on the basis of Article 69 of the Protection Against Ionising Radiation and Nuclear Safety Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 67/2002)

The provisions of Articles 152, 153, 154 and 155 of this act shall not apply to unallowable constructions whose investors or owners have lodged a request for the deferral of compulsory execution in accordance with Article 11 of the Act Amending the Urban Planning and Other Forms of Land Use Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 18/93 and 47/93; hereinafter: the ZUN-ÈG), unless stipulated otherwise by Article 201 of this act.

(2) Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Article, Article 68 of this Act shall, insofar as it relates to the payments of dividends referred to in Article 32 of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text) for transfers abroad, apply so that the tax relating to the payments in question shall, until 31 December 2004, be withheld, calculated and paid at a rate of 15%.

(1) The Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text) and the regulations issued on the basis thereof shall cease to be in force on the date this Act enters into force, and shall apply until 31 December 2004. They shall apply, however, from ) May 2004 to 31 December 2004, provided that they are not in contravention of the provisions of the Articles listed in Article 89 of this Act.

With taxable persons who started to depreciate the tangible fixed assets and intangible fixed assets prior to the date of application of this Act, the depreciation of those tangible fixed assets and intangible fixed assets up to the final depreciation in the amount subject to Articles 15, 16 and 17 of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text) shall be recognised as expenditure.

Construction site or a place where construction or assembly works are carried out, provided that the construction site was formed or the work commenced prior to the date of application of this Act, shall be deemed a non-resident` s place of establishment, provided that the duration of the activities exceeds the period laid down in Article 5 of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text).

25. The approval on the basis of Article 28 of the Defence Act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 82/94, 44/97, 87/97, 13/98 [constitutional court ruling], 33/2000 [constitutional court ruling], 87/2001, 47/2002 and 67/2002 [correction]) for railway lines and works thereon, for national highways and works thereon, for international airports, for telecommunications and energy distribution links and for works of wider importance in terms of defence needs

Until the ZAPS and the IZS commence the performance of functions pursuant to the provisions of this act, the IZS/97 shall perform functions in accordance with the provisions of this act on the basis of the provisions of Articles 76a, 76b, 76c, 76è, 76d and 76e of the ZGO, the provisions of Article 99 of the Mining Act, and the provisions of Articles 3, 4, 5, 11 and 12 of the Land Surveying Activities Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 8/2000; hereinafter:

The provisions of the registration of real estate, state border and spatial units act (Ur. l. RS, Nos. 52/2000 and 87/2002 [SPZ]) governing contractual merger shall apply to the execution of contractual merger, whereby initiation shall not require a merger permit but merely a ruling on the definition of the building plot, and the request for the entry of the boundaries created in the contractual merger procedure may be lodged by the owner of the works.

The provision of Article 65c of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text), laying down that the tax basis be reduced by the calculated interest on long-term and short-term securities issued prior to 8 April 1995 by Slovenia, municipalities or public enterprises established by Slovenia or municipalities, however not exceeding the amount of the tax basis, shall also apply following the date of application of this Act.

27. The water approval on the basis of the first paragraph of Article 152 of the Waters Act (Ur. l. RS, No. 67/2002) for construction on aquatic or coastal land that is required for the provision of public services pursuant to the aforementioned act or for the implementation of the water right in protected areas and areas under threat for reason of the discharge of wastewaters where there could be an impact on aquifers, and for irrigation, land drainage and mining

7. The approval of the Government of the PlaceName PlaceNameRepublic of PlaceNameSlovenia on the basis of Article 14 of the Triglav National Park Act (Ur. l. SRS, Nos. 17/81, 18/81 [correction] and 42/86; Ur. l. RS, Nos. 8/90 [ZSDZ] and 35/2001) in the case of the construction or execution of works in areas where such construction or works are prohibited, and the approval on the basis of Article 14 for constructions for the needs of defence and protection in the area of the national park

(2) Documents issued on the basis of Articles 28 and 37 to 40 of the Air Navigation Act (Ur.l. SFRY, no. 45/88, 24/88, 80/89, 29/90 and Ur.l. RS, no. 58/93) shall be considered to be operating licenses and certificates of an air carrier referred to in Articles 69 to 76 or as other suitable certificate or permit which shall be issued in compliance with the provisions of Section 4 of this Act, and may be used until the commencement of us of regulations referred to in the previous paragraph.

Within two months of the entry into force of this act, the authorised investor pursuant to the provisions of the Act Regulating Specific Questions Related to the Construction of Works at Border Crossings (Ur. l. RS, No. 111/2001) shall have the right to request the reimbursement of compensation for a change in the intended purpose of use of agricultural land and forest in a nominal sum in the amount pertaining to the budget of the Republic of Slovenia, if it was levied and paid before 31 December 2002.

(2) The provisions of the Corporate Profit Tax Act (Uradni list RS, No. 14/03-official consolidated text), which are governed by the transitional regulation shall, as regards taxation applicable to transfers of activities, taxation applicable to exchanges of equity holdings, and taxation applicable to mergers and divisions subject to Articles 30 to 48 of this Act, be taken into account in such a manner as would apply if there were no transfer of activities, exchange of equity holdings, and merger and division.