The expected negative effects of Slovenia's approximation to the EU (e.g. increased transit, changes in the habits of producers and consumers) will have to be controlled.

The level of taxation is a major factor in the price of tobacco products, which in turn influences consumers' smoking habits.

Consumer surveys on usage patterns and attitudes, data from consumer's purchasing patterns, the views expressed by retailers and more generally, market research studies submitted by the parties and their competitors are taken into account to establish whether an economically significant proportion of consumers consider two products as substitutable, also taking into account the importance of brands for the products in question.

This information should include an impact assessment with specific reference to consumer habits, and with a particular focus on children and young people.

Subject to compliance with the Treaty, authorization may also be accompanied by restrictions on use arising from differences in dietary patterns and necessary in order to avoid exposure of consumers of treated products to the risks of dietary contamination in excess of the acceptable daily intake of the residues concerned.

Because of the difficult situation on the beef and veal market resulting from the sharp drop in demand due in particular to disaffection on the part of consumers worried by the increase in the recorded number of bovine spongiform encephalopathy cases, the livestock is remaining on the production unit longer than normal.