Slovenia

Starting a Business in

Slovenia

Below is a detailed summary of the bureaucratic and legal hurdles faced by entrepreneurs wishing to incorporate and register a new firm in Slovenia. It examines the procedures, time and cost involved in launching a commercial or industrial firm with up to 50 employees and start-up capital of 10 times the economy's per-capita gross national income.

This information was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 185 economies. The most recent round of data collection was completed in June 2012.

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  • Standardized Company

  • Legal Form: Druzba z omejeno odgovornostjo (D.O.O.)
  • Paid in Minimum Capital Requirement: EUR 7,500
  • City: Ljubljana

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1 Deposit capital in a bank account and get a receipt from the bank

The minimum founding capital is EUR 7,500. The founding capital, or the base capital contribution can be paid in cash or as a non-cash contribution. Non-cash contribution include movables, real property, rights or any other non-cash assets. Before filing the application for entry, the partner must provide for at least one-quarter of the nominal capital, and the total value of all guaranteed contributions must amount to at least EUR 7,500.

In order for an applicant to be able to file the application for registration at the e-VEM access point, they must demonstrate a certificate on the paid-in founding capital. The deposit account where the founding capital is deposited can be opened at a bank teller or electronically via the e-VEM web portal, which some banks already support and others are expected to join the system in the near future. The participating corporate banks allow e-VEM points to check for themselves whether the capital has been deposited to the bank account, and they can print out the certificate on the payment of the founding capital using the bank's information system data.


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2 Register at the electronic One-stop shop: E-vem

On 1 February 2008 single access points (VEM) began to operate for Limited Liability Companies. This reform is aimed at lowering of costs for establishment of LLC companies and at simplification of administrative procedures. Founders may establish a LLC at the VEM point under two conditions: (1) all the contributions have to be paid in cash and prior to the registration of the company and (2) the articles of association have to be drafted in a special form (only mandatory and most common provisions can be incorporated in this form).

In order to found a LLC, founders have to visit the VEM entry point in person, as the authorized person has to carry out their identification. VEM points will allow procedures to be dealt on line such as:

• Limited Liability companies can go directly to the VEM, the deed is sent to point VEM or to the registration body through electronic channels, it must be signed by means of a safe electronic signature with qualified certificate (The qualified certificate is the special digital certificate for identity check and electronic operation at the VEM point services)
• Standard Articles of Association : help the founders to draft the articles of association, verify their signatures where necessary and draft the corresponding preposition for registration of the company at the court register. However it is still the common practise to have the statutes and the articles of assocations prepared and certified by the notary.
• Publication : Even if this requirement is not mandatory anymore, E-VEM allows for the company information to be available online. This information is so automatically published, which helped to shorten the time for starting a business in Slovenia.
• Register with the Statistical Office of Slovenia : the court register automatically forwards all the required information to AJPES. The information is then entered in the Business Register and published online. Court register and business register are technically united in one information base and are now both run by AJPES.
• Register with the tax administration - the tax information is trasmitted through E-VEM and data is entered automatically when it is received from E-VEM.
• Register with the Health Institute.



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