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Hello. Here to present the decisions
made at today's 157th government

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meeting is Deputy Prime Minister
Matej Arčon.

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Thank you and hello
to everyone.

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We discussed several important
topics at today's meeting.

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One of them was spatial planning.

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Last week, we approved
a bill on the construction

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of buildings and simplified
the process of obtaining

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building and use permits,
but today's meeting covered

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a spatial planning bill.

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The bill shortens
the process of obtaining

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zoning ordinances
on the municipality level.

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As a former mayor, I'm familiar
with how spatial plans are approved.

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They're a weak point
and tend to last for years.

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The minister and his team
made an important step

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in terms of these processes,
in how consent

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is obtained
and the procedure as a whole.

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Spatial planning is very
important for the development

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of local communities, and it's vital
that it's passed

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quickly and efficiently.
The details will be presented

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by my fellow minister later on.

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He'll tell you about the changes
introduced by this bill.

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As for the labor market,
we discussed

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a bill on the regulation
of the labor market.

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Significantly, it has been
coordinated

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with all the social partners
and will be approved

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at tomorrow's correspondence meeting
because it still needs

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some technical fixes.
The key point of the bill

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is to provide retirees with more
job opportunities

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by increasing the number of hours
that retirees can work.

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The bill also increases
the compensation

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for those who lose their jobs.
That had been frozen since 2012.

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This isn't welfare support,
but compensation

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that lasts several months.

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It allows employees
above the age of 58

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to come to an agreement
with their employers

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about shorter working hours.

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All the details about this bill
will be presented

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over the next few days

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by the minister responsible,
Luka Mesec.

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As for the excise taxes
that were recently the subject

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of considerable media attention,

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we did discuss excise taxes.
The government's chief goal

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is to maintain lower prices
for the public.

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The government has extended
the current fuel price regulations

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by six months.

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We considered several scenarios
that had been brought up.

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We listened to the concerns
of small suppliers

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and decided not to alter
the system

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of defining profit margins.
It remains unchanged.

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Based on an analysis by
the Environment, Climate,

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and Energy Ministry,
we decided to expand

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price regulation to highways.

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That means that the prices
on highways, where they are much

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higher than elsewhere,
will now be the same.

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Today's decision by the government
means that fuel

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on highways will no longer
be more expensive

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than anywhere else.

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Lastly, we have good news
for the Soča River Valley.

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We confirmed the long-awaited
letter of intent

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specifying that the state
will invest up to €30 million

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to construct the main
cable car to Kanin.

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The letter of intent
sets clear conditions

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that the municipality must meet.
The two most important

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are obtaining a building permit
and finding a credible partner

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to invest in and manage
the other ski lifts.

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This way, we fulfilled
our commitment and, I hope,

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gave the local community a boost
that will enable them

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to prepare all the documentation
that they will then pass on

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to the state, so we can build
the main cable car.

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This is important for
the development

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of Slovenia's only high-altitude
ski resort

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and its connection to neighboring
Italy, namely Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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That's it from me. -Thank you.
Questions from the media.

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Please introduce yourselves
and ask your questions.

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Špela Lobe, POP TV. Your comment
on the Fides union's demand

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for a constitutional review
of the Healthcare Amendment,

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which supposedly restricts
doctors's right to work

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and limits access to healthcare?
-I expected this.

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They took their pain
to the Constitutional Court.

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Whether the court will cure
their pain is up

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to the justices.

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We passed the amendment
in good faith

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for all members of the public.

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After decades of talk,
we finished the job

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and enabled thorough reform
of the healthcare system.

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The legislation sets a foundation

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for the healthcare system
to undergo reform

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with long-term results. This reform
has no short-term effects.

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They're long-term ones.

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Yesterday, the Ribnica
Municipal Council adopted

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a resolution calling
on the government

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to take on solving
the Roma issue in Ribnica.

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What will the government do and
how will you tackle the Roma issue?

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The issue will be taken up
by the relevant ministry,

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which is coordinating
the interministerial group.

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The news shocked us all deeply.

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We're aware of the situation
in which the representative

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of the local community
found himself.

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This is a sensitive topic
that requires a great deal

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of patience, peace,
and understanding.

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Just as the government
must carry out some things

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in terms of official acts
and other measures,

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the local community and society
must also do the same.

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I truly hope that this issue
is taken in the right direction

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through tolerant dialog.

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What do you think about
the state taking this on?

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Every issue requires
everyone to take on

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their share of responsibility.

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Ališa Kasjak Gutman,
RTV Slovenia.

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My question is about the calls
to cancel the landing rights

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of an Israeli airline.

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The NGOs have been firm about this,
as has the Infrastructure Ministry.

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Is there anything new
regarding this topic?

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We didn't discuss this topic today,
not even at the coalition meeting,

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so I can't give you any information
except what you already have.

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I have a question regarding
the potential linkup

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of the Vesna and the Left parties.
I'm curious about your opinion.

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This is up to each party.

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This is a government
press conference,

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and I wanted to let you know
about the decisions we made.

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This is up to
the two partner parties.

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Has the Prime Minister
met with Vesna?

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I can't answer you
because I have no information

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about this matter.

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Thank you.

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Thank you. If there are
no further questions,

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I thank the Deputy Prime
Minister for joining us.

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Joining us now is Minister
Jože Novak.

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As you heard, the government
approved several changes

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under the jurisdiction
of the Ministry of Natural Resources

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and Spatial Planning.
The floor is yours.

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Hello. As you've heard,
the government approved

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amendments to
the Spatial Planning Act

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that will shorten procedures
for the preparation

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and approval of spatial plans.

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With the amendment
to the Building Act

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at the previous government meeting,
we expedited the preparation

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of documentation and
the issuance of building permits.

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The elements introduced
by today's amendment

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primarily consist of changes
to municipal spatial plans

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and state spatial plans,
which can now be prepared

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and approved in a year or two.

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The legislation
hasn't allowed that until now.

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In practice, these procedures lasted
several years, sometimes five,

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and we have a case where
the spatial plan

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wasn't approved for 20 years.

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Secondly, we are introducing
a new category,

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known as the Minor Change,
which covers targeted

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changes to municipal
spatial plans.

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This covers cases where existing
business activity or property

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is expanded up to 5000
square meters,

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when the size of the existing
settlement

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doesn't increase by more than 30%.
Minor changes don't require

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complete expert studies,
but can instead focus

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on a few specific buildings
or plans,

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which makes the entire
process faster.

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The law enables such targeted
measures to be approved

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within half a year to a year.

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This is a substantial
innovation or benefit.

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The third thing
that is important is that now

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the issuance of opinions
by the spatial planning authorities

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is limited to 30 days.

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The spatial planning authorities
may refuse to prepare an opinion.

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By doing so, they agree
to the planned solution

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without the elaboration
of a spatial plan.

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Why is this essential? If it doesn't
affect the water or something else,

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they don't need
to write long opinions,

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we've relieved
the burden of administration.

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They simply agree
or don't write anything,

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which counts
as a positive opinion.

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That is a big change,

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because you know that in practice
not issuing an opinion or consent

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used to mean
a negative decision

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or a long wait
to obtain such an opinion.

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We have stipulated
that spatial planning authorities

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must make the information

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on which they base
their opinions and conditions

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publicly available in advance
in the spatial information system.

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This is to ensure

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that everyone is treated
transparently, on equal terms.

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Digitisation makes this possible.
We have quite a few programmes

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to improve
the spatial planning IT system,

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both at national
and municipal level.

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Another innovation,
based on the practice

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that we have developed
in the flood rehabilitation.

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We're introducing the
simultaneous location consideration

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of the targeted changes
to spatial plans

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and the construction
documentation.

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So that we can obtain an opinion
on one as well as the other act.

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The spatial plan as well as
the construction documentation.

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This has proved to be useful.

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Perhaps in future it will
be necessary to do more

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without repeating individual
procedures one after the other.

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The task of coordinating
and harmonising opinions

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in the preparation of national
and municipal spatial plans

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is being returned to me

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and to the responsible persons
in other ministries.

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The municipalities
have been at the mercy

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of individual
consenting authorities

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and have waited
for a long time.

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We're setting up
an inter-ministerial commission

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headed by the Minister
of Spatial Planning.

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We will help municipalities and
others to quickly harmonise

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the individual opinions
and other things

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that are done
in such a procedure.

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In a way, we have also eliminated
the duplication of the procedure

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for the preparation of municipal
or national spatial plans

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and the comprehensive
environmental impact assessment.

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We have unified
the departments involved,

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the ministries
responsible for each area.

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Opinions will be obtained
by one ministry, in this case ours.

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Once these opinions
are obtained

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we will finalise
spatial planning procedures.

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The Ministry of the Environment,
Climate and Energy

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will deal with
the environmental impact assessment.

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The competences
remain exactly the same,

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we're simply combining
the same opinions

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by using them for
two purposes at the same time.

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We have also made
some new provisions

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in relation to the activation
of building land.

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Nowadays, the problem is that
there is a lot of building land,

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which has been dead capital
for years and years.

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This is why
the act makes it possible

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for the municipalities
and for others

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to activate these lands
and build on them.

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What does this mean?

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We have made it possible again,
as it used to be,

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that the adoption

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of the municipality's detailed
spatial plan be accompanied by

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the infrastructure delivery plan.
They can be adopted at the same time.

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The municipality must work
with investors to ensure

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that the building land
is equipped as soon as possible,

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and no later than ten years after
the adoption of the programme.

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So that investors know
what they're in for.

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A statutory exemption

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from the payment of the municipal
contribution is also provided for.

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As is the obligation to calculate
the municipal contribution

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before the building permit
is issued.

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Payments may also be
contractual over a longer period.

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The municipality may exempt

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the payment
of the municipal contribution

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especially in cases where only
the gross floor area is increased

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due to elevators,
energy or structural renovation,

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because the net programme
remains the same.

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The municipality can exempt

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the payment
of the municipal contribution

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for new constructions
for public rental housing,

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in short, to support the public
housing construction programme.

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The deadline for the assessment
of the municipal contribution

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is 30 days, just as any appeals
at the second instance

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are required
to be settled within 30 days.

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We have established rules
to facilitate the assessment

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of the advance payment
of the municipal contribution

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as one of the municipal
financial resources.

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The municipality must levy a tax
on unused building land.

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We have set a deadline
of 2027 at the latest.

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This used to be optional,
but is now mandatory

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in order to speed up
the preparation of building land

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and to remove
the blockage in the country.

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Many constructions
are taking so long

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because of the lengthy process
of adopting the plans

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or preparing building land.

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The second important topic was
the so-called admission regulation.

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The admission regulation

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as part of the Waters Act

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eliminates the unequal treatment
between water rights holders.

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The regulation will not affect
the price of drinking water.

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A water right can be granted

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by a concession agreement
or a water licence.

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The Waters Act,
adopted in 2002,

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has already stipulated
that for each use of water

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a payment for water rights
or water reimbursement is payable.

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This provision has only been enforced
for the water right holders,

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who had concession agreements
for the use of water.

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Now it applies
to all water right holders.

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This regulation will now eliminate
the inequality between them.

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The concession holders
have been paying,

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but those with the permit
for the use of water haven't.

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This was pointed out
by the Court of Auditors,

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the Commission
for the Prevention of Corruption,

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which specifically warned that we
were putting citizens and businesses

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on an unequal footing,

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and last but not least
the European Commission,

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which is also setting
one of the key milestones

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in terms of regulating
this source of funds

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and treating all entities that use
water for their activities equally.

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We have now
reached this milestone.

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Slovenia will therefore continue
to benefit from cohesion funding.

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Where do these funds
from the Waters Act go?

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All funds from water use,
already existing concessions,

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admission
and water reimbursements,

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are intended
to protect water resources,

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for water regulation
to reduce flood risks,

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improve drinking water supply,

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and discharge
and treat waste water,

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while promoting responsible
and sustainable use of water.

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The supply of drinking water
to the population remains unchanged.

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We also have this provision
in Article 70 of the Constitution,

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which puts the right
to drinking water first

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as a constitutional right.

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To sum it all up,

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after many years we have
eliminated inequality in payment,

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and regulated it in such a way

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so that we can manage
the Water Fund more effectively,

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whether for the protection
of drinking water

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or for the elimination
of flood and other hazards.

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Thank you very much, Minister.
Any questions? No.

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Then thank you
and have a good day. Goodbye.

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Thank you. Good luck.