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After the failed attempts of two previous governments, the Minister for Digital Transformation Dr. Last September, Emilia Stojmenova Duh managed to pass the Electronic Communications Act. The regulation on the establishment and provision of a public alarm notification system will be in public consideration until the end of August, and after the adoption of the regulation, we expect that the system will soon become operational.
Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) should have been transposed into Slovenian legal order by 21 December 2020, but it was transposed only during the term of the minister dr. Stojmenove Duh , namely with the Electronic Communications Act (ZEKom-2), which was adopted on September 28, 2022.
Due to the delay in the transposition of the EECC, which, in Article 110, imposes on member states the obligation to ensure that providers of mobile interpersonal communication services provide public warnings to end users based on the number, there was also a delay in the Republic of Slovenia in establishing a public information and alarm system through mobile operators.
At the Ministry of Digital Transformation, we prepared a draft of the regulation on the establishment and provision of a public information and alarm system and submitted it to a 30-day public consultation on June 22, 2023, which - in order to ensure the highest possible quality public hearing despite the summer months - was extended until the 31st. in August. Immediately after a careful and detailed examination of all the comments received, we will prepare a response to them and - amended if necessary - submit the draft regulation for interdepartmental coordination and then to the government's acceptance process.
An interdepartmental working group was established to prepare the draft Regulation on the establishment and provision of a public information and alarm system, in which the Ministry of Digital Transformation cooperates with the Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Protection and Rescue (URSZR) and the Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia (AKOS). .
The proposal for the Regulation on the establishment and provision of a system of public notification of alarms, which is under public consideration until the end of August, will provide an appropriate legal basis and determine more detailed technical requirements for the establishment of the system by operators of public mobile communication networks. We expect the regulation to be adopted by the government in early autumn. The legal deadline for the start of operation is November 10, 2023. Based on the above, we expect that mobile operators will immediately start all the necessary activities for the actual implementation of the system in practice after the adoption of the regulation, and that in the event of storms and other accidents, residents will receive messages as soon as possible on their mobile phones.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation will fully finance the establishment and maintenance of the public information and alarm system, to ensure the provision of warning notification services in all areas.
