Legislation and acts

Archiving, digital business with documents and their storage, elimination is managed and regulated by several laws, bylaws and other regulations and decrees:

Archival legislation:

• Protection of Documents and Archives and Archival Institutions Act
• Decree on the protection of documentary and archive material
• Act Regulating Archives Containing Personal Data from Medical Records

By-laws in the field of archiving:

• Rules determining the retention period for documents of public administration authorities
• Rules on Uniform Technological Requirements for capture and storage of materials in digital form
• Rules on the professional competence for handling documentary material
• Rules on professional exams and the acquisition of academic titles in the field of the protection of archives
• Rules on the appraisal of persons under private law that have acquired the status of entities operating in the public interest

Other regulations, decrees, and useful links:

• Rules on standards and conditions for the exchange of e-invoices through a single entry and exit point at the Public Payment Administration of the Republic of Slovenia
• Instruction on abandonment of documentary material
• Archival legislation of the Republic of Slovenia

HINT Read about current legislation connected to protecting documentary and archival material on Archival legislation of the Republic of Slovenia. Regulations in preparation can be found on the eDemocracy portal.