It is reported that passive sharing is mandated and is effective in both the mobile (based on commercial agreements) and fixed sectors. In addition, Art. 3.2 of the Directive 2014/61/EU establishes that Member States shall ensure that, upon written request of an undertaking providing or authorised to provide public communications networks, any network operator must meet all reasonable requests for access to its physical infrastructure under fair and reasonable terms and conditions, including price, with a view to deploying elements of high-speed electronic communications networks. Such written request shall specify the elements of the project for which the access is requested, including a specific time frame.

The government of Slovenia owns 62.54% of Telekom Slovenije, the major incumbent telecommunications operator. State-owned entities Kapitalska druzba (KAD) and Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SDH) respectively hold a further 5.59% and 4.25% in Telekom Slovenije.

It is reported that Slovenia does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power in the telecom sector. However, accounting separation is required in certain cases. According to Art. 25 of the Electronic Communications Act, the Agency may impose an obligation on a specific network operator with significant market power to keep accounting records in relation to specified activities relating to interconnection and/or operator access separate from accounting records for other activities.

It is reported that the Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia (AKOS), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Arts. 23.1 and 23.4 of the ZVOP-2 stipulate that personal data specified in legislation governing administrative internal affairs, financial administration, citizenship, the Slovenian Intelligence and Security Agency, defence, healthcare, compulsory health insurance, the exercise of rights arising from public funds, and criminal and misdemeanour records, must not be stored outside the territory of Slovenia.

The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides a comprehensive framework for data protection that applies to all EU Member States. Slovenia implemented the GDPR with the Personal Data Protection Act.

The Investment Promotion Act, as amended by the Act on Amendments and Additions to the Investment Promotion Act (Slovenian FDI Control Rules), supersedes the temporary FDI framework previously established under the Act defining intervention measures to mitigate and address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 80/20). Under the revised Art. 31 of the Investment Promotion Act, foreign acquisitions in "critical sectors" that meet specific criteria are required to be notified to and reviewed by a Notification Commission established by the Ministry of the Economy, Tourism, and Sport. These criteria include: (i) direct or indirect acquisitions of at least 10% of the share capital or voting rights of a corporate entity registered in Slovenia, and (ii) investments in tangible or intangible assets for the establishment of a new corporate entity in Slovenia, where the foreign investor acquires, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of the share capital or voting rights of the newly established entity.
Art. 31.c of the law specifies that sectors and activities of special focus include: (i) critical physical or virtual infrastructure, such as communications, media, and data processing or storage; (ii) critical technologies and dual-use products, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and cybersecurity; and (iii) information and communications technology.d

Although there is no discrimination against foreign companies based on the principle of reciprocity, foreign patent applicants have to act before the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office through a patent agent, and the submission of information has to be carried out in Slovenian. A substantial examination is not required by the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, which shall base its examination mainly on formal requirements.

Slovenia is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

There is no general principle for the use of copyright-protected material comparable to the fair use/fair dealing principles. Directive 2001/29/EC defines an optional but exhaustive set of limitations from the author´s exclusive rights under the control of the “three-step test” in line with the Berne Convention that establishes three cumulative conditions to the limitations and exceptions of a copyright holder’s rights. The Directive has been transposed by Member States with significant freedom.
As provided by Directive 2001/29/EC, the Slovenian Copyright Act introduces some exceptions (Arts. 46-59), mainly for the following purposes:
- Teaching and news reporting
- Quotation.
- Reproduction for the benefit of people with a disability
- Transient or incidental temporary reproduction
- Private copies
- Use of accessory works of secondary importance
- Reproduction for official proceedings
- Free transformations under conditions listed in the law
Alteration of databases under certain conditions listed in the law
- Free usage of works located in generally accessible premises

It is reported that unlawful downloading of music and video content is common in the Slovenian market. Additionally, there is no strong enforcement of the copyright legal regime.

Slovenia and the European Union have adopted the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty. Slovenia ratified the Treaty on 19 November 1999, with its provisions coming into force on 6 March 2002. Subsequently, the European Union ratified the Treaty on 14 December 2009, and it entered into effect on 14 March 2010.

Art. 85 of the Utilities Directive (2014/25/EU) contains provisions allowing contracting public entities to reject foreign goods not covered by any EU international commitments from its tender procedures. In these cases, a tender submitted for the award of a supply contract may be rejected where the proportion of the products originating in third countries exceeds 50% of the total value of the products constituting the tender (Art. 85.2). Additionally, in cases of equivalent offers, the provisions provide for a preference for European tenders and tenders covered by EU's international obligations. In practice, this possibility has rarely been used.
In Slovenia, the Directive has been transposed with the Public Procurement Law (ZJN-3).