Slovenia

Art. 9(2) requires internal reporting channels at public and private entities with 50 or more employees; Art. 9(3) covers entities with 10-49 employees in health care, water supply, wastewater or waste management; Art. 9(4) applies to ministries, administrative units, public agencies and municipalities regardless of size. The confidant acknowledges a report within seven days (Art. 11(3)) and handling concludes within three months (Art. 12).

Art. 19(1) prohibits all retaliatory measures against a reporting person, with dismissal, demotion and blacklisting as examples, and Art. 19(2) treats threats or attempts as retaliation. Art. 31(1) sets fines of EUR 5,000 to 20,000 for the entity, or EUR 10,000 to 60,000 for medium or large companies.

Art. 47(10) requires an obliged entity that finds the beneficial ownership data in the register differs from what it has itself obtained to send the Office a written notice within 15 days of detecting the inconsistency. Art. 45(6) requires legal entities to keep data on their beneficial owners for five years after a person ceases to be a beneficial owner, and Art. 48 sets up the beneficial owners register.

Art. 5 sets up a register of virtual currency service providers, kept and controlled by the Office for Money Laundering Prevention, and requires providers with a seat or branch in Slovenia to be entered before they start services. Changes must be reported within eight days (Art. 5(4)), and the provider must notify the Office in writing of the providers involved in its services within 10 days of entry (Art. 5(10)). Art. 6 covers deletion from the register.