Slovenia

Market status

Licensed. The excise law requires authorisation for tax-warehouse operations and defines the registered statuses used for excisable movements.

Sources

• https://pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?d-49688-o=1&d-49688-s=1&id=ZAKO7128

Who can trade

Customs identification: An Economic Operators Registration and Identification (EORI) number is required for business customs operations.

Import, wholesale and distribution: An excise-warehouse permit covers one or more approved warehouses. Applicants need suitable premises, accounting, tax compliance, security and electronic movement-data exchange. The tax authority checks the premises before authorisation.

Specific registered-consignee, duty-paid import and ordinary wholesale permissions, and food-business registration: Not yet sourced.

Business-to-business (B2B) online sale: Specific alcohol wholesale electronic-sale permission and conditions: Not yet sourced.

Sources

• https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/customs-procedures-import-and-export/customs-operations/economic-operators-registration-and-identification-number-eori_en?prefLang=it
• https://pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?d-49688-o=1&d-49688-s=1&id=ZAKO7128

Customs and duty

Tariff headings: Beer made from malt: 2203. Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wine and certain grape must: 2204. Other fermented beverages, including cider, and qualifying mixtures: 2206. Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: 2208.

Import duty: The European Union common customs tariff applies to third-country imports. Detailed classification, origin, preferences, quotas and other tariff measures determine the duty. The Integrated Tariff of the European Union (TARIC) supplies the applicable measures; a four-digit heading alone does not establish the payable duty.

Excise: Beer duty uses product volume and alcoholic strength. Still wine, sparkling wine and other qualifying fermented beverages have zero rates. Intermediate beverages use product volume. Spirits use pure-alcohol volume.

Territorial treatment: European Union customs and excise rules apply in Slovenia.

Sources

• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32016R1872
• https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs/common-customs-tariff-cct/calculation-customs-duties_en
• https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/online-services/online-services-and-databases-customs/eu-customs-tariff-taric_en
• https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/taxation/vat/vat-directive/how-does-vat-work/territorial-scope_en
• https://pisrs.si/pregledPredpisa?d-49687-s=2&id=ZAKO7128

Labelling

Required language(s): Slovenian for mandatory food information.

Mandatory warnings: Ingredient-dependent statements apply, including relevant sweetener and aspartame warnings. A general national alcohol-health or pregnancy warning: Not yet sourced.

Alcohol strength: Beverages above 1.2% alcohol by volume declare their actual alcoholic strength; wine follows its sector-specific rules.

Allergens: Relevant allergens require declaration. Without an ingredient list, the declaration uses “contains” followed by the allergen. Sulphur dioxide and sulphites above 10 milligrams per kilogram or litre, expressed as total sulphur dioxide, require declaration.

Origin: Wine requires provenance. Other beverages require origin where omission misleads; an origin claim can trigger primary-ingredient origin requirements.

Wine particulars: Ingredient and nutrition declarations apply, with transitional treatment for wine produced before 8 December 2023. Electronic disclosure is conditional; allergens and energy remain on the physical label.

Sources

• https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=DOUE-L-2011-82311
• https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/media/news/new-rules-wine-labelling-enter-application-2023-12-07_en
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1190/oj/eng
• https://www.gov.si/teme/oznacevanje-zivil-ter-zdravstvene-in-prehranske-trditve/

Age and sale limits

Legal purchase age: 18. Sellers may request official proof of age and must refuse if the requested proof is not provided.

Sale-hour and channel limits: Alcohol sales are prohibited from 21:00 to 07:00, with the hospitality exception tied to authorised opening hours. Vending-machine sales are prohibited. Hospitality premises may not sell spirits before 10:00. The precise application of these retail and hospitality restrictions to wholesale-only transactions: Not yet sourced.

Sources

• https://www.gov.si/novice/2026-02-26-poziv-trgovcem-izpolnjujte-zakonske-obveznosti-brez-prodaje-alkohola-in-tobaka-mlajsim-od-18-let/
• https://spot.gov.si/sl/dejavnosti-in-poklici/dejavnosti/priloznostna-priprava-in-dostava-jedi

Protected names

Protection framework: The European Commission maintains the legal registration database for protected food, wine and spirit names, alongside a register of protected traditional wine terms. Registration status and product specifications determine the applicable protection.

Verified examples: Rioja and Champagne are protected designations of origin for wine. These examples are not an exhaustive list.

Additional named spirit, beer and cider protections: Not yet sourced.

Sources

• https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/farming/geographical-indications-and-quality-schemes/geographical-indications-registers_en
• https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eambrosia/geographical-indications-register/details/EUGI00000003061
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52026XC03119

GTIN authority

Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) member organisation: GS1 Slovenia.

Sources

• https://gs1.eu/gs1-in-europe-member-organisations/

Not yet sourced

Specific registered-consignee, duty-paid import and ordinary wholesale permissions; food-business registration; wholesale electronic-sale conditions; wholesale-only application of retail and hospitality restrictions: Not yet sourced.

General national alcohol-health or pregnancy warning; additional named spirit, beer and cider protections: Not yet sourced.