Law on chemicals.

This Law here regulates all basic rules and necessary requirements as regards the trade in chemicals, further determines general measures to protect human health and the environment from the harmful effects of chemicals, and prescribes obligations and procedures that must be fulfilled by legal and natural persons who use, trade, produce or store chemicals on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
The text is divided into seventeen main thematic Chapters and a total of 78 articles. Titles of these Chapters are as follows: I. General provisions; II. Chemical safety; III. Registration of new substances; IV. Placing biocidal preparations on the market; V. Evaluation of chemicals; VI. Classification, packaging and labelling of chemicals; VII. Notice obligation; VIII. Production, storage and use of dangerous chemicals and their traffic; IX. Protection of human health and the environment; X. Good laboratory practice; XI. Exchange of information and expert advice; XII. Costs; XIII. Authority responsible for chemicals; XIV. Cooperation of customs authorities; XV. Inspection control; XVI. Penal provisions; and XVII. Final and transitional provisions.
This law extends to strategic goods, drug precursors, radioactive materials containing hazardous substances, and dangerous products identified by the Ministry of Health. All natural and legal entities producing, storing, trading, or handling hazardous chemicals must guarantee chemical safety and submit required safety data sheets, composition details, and use data to the national chemical authority.
To oversee these requirements, the specialized authority within the Ministry of Health conducts chemical assessments, maintains official registries, and issues operational permits. Its responsibilities also encompass Good Laboratory Practice supervision, biomonitoring, interdepartmental data coordination, international reporting, and administrative enforcement across all chemical safety domains.