Decision on the Conditions and Method of Submitting Applications in Electronic Form or via Electronic Means

Evidence Data Collection: Other General and Individual Acts Decision on the Conditions and Method of Submitting Applications in Electronic Form or via Electronic Means Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 42/25 and 15/26 – ZBan-4 ID: SKLE14073 SOP: 2025-01-1672 Adopted: 9 June 2025 Published: 12 June 2025 Effective from: 27 June 2025 Type of Act: Decision Lead Agency: Bank of Slovenia Adopting Body: Bank of Slovenia Forms The electronic edition of the Official Gazette is the official edition as of 1 January 2006. Prior to this date, official editions were published in paper form.

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Pursuant to Article 352.a of the Banking Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 92/21 and 123/21 – ZBNIP, 2/25 – Constitutional Court Decision and 17/25; hereinafter ZBan-3) and Article 31(1) of the Bank of Slovenia Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 72/06 – consolidated text, and 59/11 and 55/17), the Council of the Bank of Slovenia issues

DECISION on the Conditions and Method of Submitting Applications in Electronic Form or via Electronic Means

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

(content of the decision)

(1) This Decision determines the conditions and method of submitting applications addressed to the Bank of Slovenia in electronic form or via electronic means.

(2) Where this Decision refers to provisions of other regulations, those provisions shall apply in their currently valid text.

Article 2

(definitions of terms)

(1) The terms used in this Decision have the same meaning as in the provisions of ZBan-3 and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176 of 27 June 2013, p. 1), last amended by the corrigendum (OJ L 39 of 9 February 2023, p. 1), hereinafter referred to as Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, and in regulations issued on their basis.

(2) Regulation 468/2014/EU is Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 of the European Central Bank of 16 April 2014 on the establishment of a framework for cooperation within the Single Supervisory Mechanism between the European Central Bank and national competent authorities and with nominated national authorities (framework regulation on the SSM; OJ L 141 of 14 May 2014, p. 1).

2. SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE BANK OF SLOVENIA

Article 3

(Bank of Slovenia information system)

(1) Applications in matters within the competence of the Bank of Slovenia may be submitted in electronic form via the VEP.si portal at the address published on the Bank of Slovenia website.

(2) In the case referred to in the first paragraph of this Article, the address from which the applicant submitted the application to the Bank of Slovenia is considered a secure electronic mailbox in accordance with Article 86 of the General Administrative Procedure Act, to which the Bank of Slovenia serves documents in electronic form to the applicant in subsequent proceedings.

(3) Attachments to applications submitted in electronic form via the VEP.si portal may also be transmitted to the Bank of Slovenia via the BS Exchange website.

(4) Applications in proceedings where the European Central Bank exercises supervisory competences and tasks under point (e) of the first paragraph of Article 4 of Regulation 1024/2013/EU in relation to such bank, in accordance with the provisions of ZBan-3 and Regulation 468/2014/EU , may also be sent in electronic form to the information system of the European Central Bank.

Article 4

(registration)

The applicant must register with the Bank of Slovenia prior to submitting attachments via the BS Exchange website in electronic form. The Bank of Slovenia assigns appropriate access rights for each individual proceeding.

Article 5

(applications to be submitted in electronic form)

(1) The following applications, which the applicant must submit to the Bank of Slovenia, may be submitted in electronic form:

– request for the issuance of a permit to perform the function of a member of the bank’s management board;

– request for the issuance of a permit to perform the function of a member of the bank’s supervisory board;

– request for the issuance of a permit to acquire a qualifying holding;

– request for the approval or exemption of a financial holding company and a mixed financial holding company;

– request for the issuance of a permit to perform banking services;

– request for the issuance of a permit to perform financial and ancillary financial services;

– request for the issuance of a permit to establish a branch in a third country;

– notifications on the provision of mutually recognized banking services in the territory of another Member State.

(2) The Bank of Slovenia may establish specific forms tailored to individual applications for submission.

Article 6

(instructions for submitting applications)

The Bank of Slovenia publishes instructions for submitting each type of electronic application on its website.

3. SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE BANK OF SLOVENIA AND THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

Article 7

(European Central Bank information system)

(1) In joint proceedings of the Bank of Slovenia and the European Central Bank, as defined in Part V of Regulation 468/2014/EU , the applicant may submit an application by sending it to the information system of the European Central Bank – the “IMAS Portal”.

(2) The conditions and instructions published on the European Central Bank website apply for submitting electronic applications via the IMAS Portal.

(3) An applicant who does not use the IMAS Portal may also submit an application in joint proceedings or in proceedings referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article 3 of this Decision via the Bank of Slovenia’s Information System in accordance with the first, second, and third paragraphs of Article 3 of this Decision.

4. FINAL PROVISION

Article 8

(entry into force of the decision)

This Decision enters into force on the fifteenth day following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia.

Ljubljana, 10 June 2025

Primož Dolenc Deputy Chairman Council of the Bank of Slovenia