2.1 Procedure for the issuing of a decision allocating radio frequencies
Article 33
(procedure for the issuing of a decision allocating radio frequencies)
(1) The Agency shall issue a decision allocating radio frequencies in accordance with the
general act on the plan of use of radio frequencies, under the provisions of the act governing
the general administrative procedure and following a prior public invitation to tender in cases
determined by this Act. The procedures for the allocation of radio frequencies must be
objective, transparent, proportionate and non-discriminatory.
(2) A decision shall be issued on the basis of a public invitation to tender when it is
established in the procedure referred to in Article 36 of this Act that efficient use of a specific
radio frequency may only be ensured by restricting the number of decisions allocating radio
frequencies issued.
(3) A decision allocating radio frequencies for broadcasting and a decision allocating radio
frequencies for the provision of public communications services to end-users shall be issued
on the basis of a public invitation to tender, without the procedure referred to in Article 36 of
this Act. If the Agency receives an initiative from an interested party for a public invitation to
tender concerning the use of available frequencies for broadcasting or radio frequencies for
the provision of public communications services to end-users, it shall take a written position
on the initiative within 15 days of receiving it.
(4) Without prejudice to the provision of the preceding paragraph, the Agency shall issue a
decision allocating radio frequencies for the broadcasting services referred to in the second
and third paragraphs of Article 53 of this Act without a public invitation to tender.
(5) Without prejudice to the provision of the third paragraph of this Article, the Agency shall
issue a decision allocating radio frequencies for broadcasting to broadcasting service
providers without a public invitation to tender if another act deems this necessary in order to
comply with public interest objectives.
(6) The Agency shall issue a decision allocating radio frequencies to a natural person or legal
entity selected under a transparent and open procedure (of the ministry or a local community)
as the operator using budget funds of the constructed broadband network for an area in which
this network has already been constructed. The decision shall be issued pursuant to the act
governing the general administrative procedure and without the procedure referred to in
Article 36 of this Act.
Article 34
(coordinated allocation of radio frequencies in connection with joint selection procedures)
(1) If the use of specific radio frequencies has been coordinated, the conditions and
procedures of access agreed upon and the natural persons or legal entities allocated radio
frequencies selected in accordance with international agreements and EU regulations, these
persons and entities shall acquire the right to use these radio frequencies in the Republic of
Slovenia on the basis of a decision issued pursuant to this Act.
(2) Where the general act referred to in Article 27 of this Act prescribes the use of radio
frequencies on the basis of a decision allocating radio frequencies, the Agency shall issue the
decision pursuant to the provisions of the act governing the general administrative procedure
and without a prior public invitation to tender procedure. If all the conditions prescribed for
the allocation of radio frequencies under this Act have been met in the selection procedure
referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Agency may not impose additional conditions,
criteria or procedures that could restrict, change or delay the issuing of the decision allocating