TRZNI INSPEKTORAT RS

Their core work

Tržni inšpektorat RS is the Market Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia — the national authority responsible for enforcing product compliance regulations, including energy efficiency standards. In H2020, they contribute hands-on market surveillance expertise: inspecting products on the market, coordinating enforcement actions across EU borders, and verifying whether appliances meet eco-design and energy labelling requirements. Their role is practical enforcement, not research — they are the people who actually check whether products sold in stores comply with EU regulations.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

The Inspectorate has maintained a highly consistent focus throughout its H2020 participation, deepening rather than pivoting. The early EEPLIANT project (2015) established their baseline in coordinated energy efficiency enforcement, while EEPLIANT3 (2019-2024) expanded to cover a wider range of specific product categories — air conditioners, fans, tumble driers, water heaters, ventilation units, lamps, and local space heaters. The trajectory shows growing scope within the same enforcement mandate rather than a shift in direction.

They are expanding the breadth of product categories under surveillance, suggesting readiness for enforcement projects covering newer energy regulations (e.g., heat pumps, smart appliances).

How they like to work

Always a participant, never a coordinator — consistent with their role as a national enforcement authority contributing to EU-wide coordinated actions led by other bodies. They operate in large consortia (35 unique partners across 23 countries), which reflects the nature of pan-European market surveillance where each member state sends its inspectorate. They are a reliable, returning partner: participating in all three rounds of the same project series across nearly a decade.

Connected to 35 partners across 23 countries — essentially the full network of EU national market surveillance authorities. This broad reach reflects the pan-European enforcement coordination nature of the EEPLIANT series rather than bilateral partnerships.

What sets them apart

As a national market inspectorate, they bring something most research and industry partners cannot: real regulatory enforcement authority and field experience. They know what compliance failures look like in practice, which products routinely fall short, and how enforcement is actually conducted on the ground. For any consortium needing a market surveillance or regulatory enforcement partner from Slovenia, they are the institutional counterpart.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EEPLIANT3
  Longest-running and most recent project (2019-2024) covering the widest range of appliance categories, with the highest individual funding at EUR 54,757.
• EEPLIANT
  The founding project of the EEPLIANT series (2015-2017), establishing the EU-wide coordinated market surveillance framework they have contributed to ever since.