SloveniaAct on the Accessibility of Products and Services for Persons with Disabilities (ZDPSI), e-commerce services (Articles 9.a, 30(8) and 40)
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- If you offer an e-commerce service to consumers (a website or mobile app through which a consumer concludes a consumer contract at a distance) and you are not a microenterprise, make it meet the general accessibility conditions and provider duties of Arts. 8 and 21, including accessible websites and mobile applications (see the services row).
- Provide information on the accessibility of the products and services on sale, where the responsible economic operator supplies it; provide identification, security and payment functionality that is perceivable, usable, understandable, robust and accessible, and identification methods, electronic signatures and payment services that are perceivable, usable, understandable and robust (Art. 9.a, in force since ).
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Penalty structure
Article 40(1) fines a legal person EUR 500 to EUR 5,000, and a legal person that counts as a medium-sized or large company according to the company law EUR 1,000 to EUR 10,000, that does not provide accessibility of e-commerce. Article 40(2) fines a sole trader or self-employed individual EUR 250 to EUR 2,500 and Article 40(3) fines the responsible person EUR 50 to EUR 250. The fine tiers for services depend on whether the legal person counts as a medium-sized or large company according to the company law: under Article 55(4) and (5) of the Zakon o gospodarskih družbah (ZGD-1), applied in that form from the financial year beginning in 2024, a company is medium-sized if it is neither micro nor small and meets two of: no more than 250 workers on average, net sales revenue not above EUR 50,000,000 and assets not above EUR 25,000,000, and large if it is none of micro, small or medium-sized. The Act states each tier in euros, within the ranges that Article 17(2) of the Minor Offences Act (ZP-1) allows, and no general provision multiplies a ceiling for a company.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Minimum
- 500
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 10,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Market Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia (TIRS) supervises e-commerce services (Art. 30(8)).
What it reaches
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
Applicability criteria
- As of
- Combinator
- All of
- Criteria
- an e-commerce service within Article 3(2) point 6 and Article 5 point 33 of the Act: a service provided at a distance, through websites and mobile-device services, electronically and at the individual request of a consumer, in order to conclude a consumer contract
- a provider that is not a microenterprise; the Act defines a microenterprise as an enterprise with fewer than ten employees and an annual turnover not above EUR 2 million, or an annual balance sheet total not above EUR 2 million (Article 4(2) and Article 5, point 17)
What this law does
Article 5 point 33 defines an e-commerce service as a service provided at a distance, through websites and mobile-device services, electronically and at the individual request of a consumer, in order to conclude a consumer contract. Article 9.a, inserted by the ZDPSI-A and in force from , requires an e-commerce provider to give information on the accessibility of the products and services on sale where the responsible economic operator supplies it.
Article 9.a also requires identification, security and payment functionality that is perceivable, usable, understandable, robust and accessible, and identification methods, electronic signatures and payment services with the same qualities. The ZDPSI-A entered into force on the day after its publication of . Article 30(8) makes the Market Inspectorate (TIRS) the supervisor of e-commerce services.
Article 40(1) fines a legal person EUR 500 to EUR 5,000, and a legal person that counts as a medium-sized or large company according to the company law EUR 1,000 to EUR 10,000, that does not provide accessibility of e-commerce. Article 40(2) fines a sole trader or self-employed individual EUR 250 to EUR 2,500. Article 40(3) fines the responsible person EUR 50 to EUR 250.
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