The organization of the National Chemicals Bureau has been defined in the Rules on Internal Organization and Posts Classification of the National Chemicals Bureau. The NCB tasks are performed according to the scope, interdependence, harmonization and guidance within its internal organization units and at workplaces classified outside such internal organization units.

 
The internal organizational units within the National Chemicals Bureau are as follows:
 
• Sector for Planning, Coordination and Development,
• Sector for Chemicals,
• Sector for Pesticides and Monitoring,

• Sector for Risk Assessment,

• Sector for Quality Assurance and Informatics,
• Chemicals Inspection.

 
NCB organization chart

  
Sector for Planning, Coordination and Development

Head of Sector: Alojz Grabner MSc
Secretary,  
telephone: 01 478 62 57
e-mail: alojz.grabner(at)gov.si

Sector for planning, coordination in development is responsible for performing tasks relating to:
 
Planning:
• coordination of efforts to draw up NCB’s own work programme and corresponding sub-programmes,
• drafting of budget (allocating tasks to responsible persons, coordination of those in charge of performing these tasks, formulating a final proposal in MF application),
• planning of individual projects and intersectoral and interministerial tasks,
• planning of human resources recruitment and education.

Coordination:
• monitoring of realization of NCB’s annual working programme,
• NCB’s collegiums (coordination of materials and formulation of agendas) ,
• monitoring the formulation of EU regulations and directives (following new rules, coordination of experts, collection and transfer of data to EU portal),
• monitoring and guiding education and training plans,
• drafting of relevant rules: formulation of starting points, cooperation with the legal department of the Ministry of Health, the Government Office for Legislation, relevant ministries and external partners; monitoring the compliance of proposals with relevant legislation and implementing regulations, supervising compliance with the Acquis, 
• coordination of those responsible for implementing contracts, providing assistance in public tenders and supervising the legitimate and rational use of budgetary resources,
• coordination of preparations for Slovenia’s presidency of the EU,
• coordination of the drawing up of reports for NCB Director, relevant minister and the Government of the RS,
• coordination of formulating relevant materials and public relations (PR).
 
Development:
• collection and processing of input data (new EU regulations and new EU draft regulations, inspection reports, monitoring etc.),
• analyses, reports and draft measures of cooperation with external institutions, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, NGOs; devising NCB’s in-house reports,
• coordination and formulation of systemic analyses, reports and draft measures for chemical safety in the RS,
• coordination and formulation of systemic analyses, reports and draft measures for in-house organization and operation.

Sector for Chemicals

Head of Sector: Karmen Krajnc, MSc
Secretary,
telephone: 01 478 60 54
e-mail: karmen.krajnc(at)gov.si
 
Sector for Chemicals is in charge of performing tasks pertaining to:
• conditions for manufacturing and trading in chemicals,
• registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals, as well as restrictions and bans on placing hazardous chemicals on the market,
• strategic materials,
• illicit drugs precursors,
• cosmetic products and detergents as well as prior informed consent procedures,
• expert formulation of relevant rules,
• carrying out administrative procedures and operational tasks pertaining to its working areas
• cooperation with other sectors, NGOs and industry when it comes to relevant professional and administrative issues,  
• cooperation with other countries, EU institutions and international organizations when it comes to relevant professional and administrative issues.   

Sector for Pesticides and Monitoring

Head of Sector: Vesna Ternifi,
Secretary,
telephone: 01 478 62 51
e-mail: vesna.ternifi(at)gov.si
 
Sector for Pesticides and Monitoring is responsible for:
• trade in biocidal products, planning, preparation, implementation and coordination of evaluation when it comes to biocidal products, and providing evaluators of biocidal products,
• cooperation and implementation of rules pertaining to residues of pesticides and plant protection products, as well as for granting and withdrawing consensus for registration of plant protection products,
• coordination of monitoring of chemicals, POPs and biocidal products as well as monitoring of their degradation products and traces in the environment and living organisms,
• giving due attention to implementing rules on POPs as well as the national implementing plan for persistent organic pollutants,
• collection and management of information on databases of national and international contractors, as well as putting into place support tools (modules) and data (scenarios) for evaluating of chemicals, biocidal products, POPs and plant protection products,
• giving due attention to continual harmonization and transposition of EU regulations into the national legislation, and cooperation with the EU on biocidal products and their evaluation, as well as POPs monitoring, 
• professional formulation of relevant rules,
•  upravnih postopkov in operativnih nalog, ki se nanašajo na delovno področje sektorja,
• implementing relevant administrative procedures and operational tasks, cooperation with other line ministries, NGOs and industry on relevant professional and administrative issues
• cooperation with other countries, EU institutions and international organizations on relevant administrative and professional issues, and participation in international expert and other bodies, projects and programmes.

Sector for Risk Asssessment

Sector for Risk Assessment is responsible for:

• providing expert and technical support to various governmental sectors, companies liable to abide by relevant legislation, and other contractors, inlcluding by offering draft risk analyses and draft contingency measures,
• risk assessment based on valid rules of the National Chemicals Bureau (biocidal products with active substances, chemicals, cosmetic products etc.)

• review od chemicals risk assessment based on expert guidelines and by examining risk assessment and studies that have already been performed,

• counselling on risk and exposure reduction and risk reduction measures,

• participation in national and international expert working bodies and cooperation with experts and other competent authorities responsible for assessment ranging from chemistry, toxicology, ecotoxicology, environmental fate and impact, to exposure, efficinacy relating to protection of human health and the environment,

• expert exhange of opinion and provison of expert support,

• providing expert and technical support to various governmental sectors, companies liable to abide by relevant legislation, and other contractors, inlcluding by offering draft risk analyses and draft contingency measures,

• formulation of relevant rules,

• relevant education and training and facilitating expert support within the sector. 

Sector for Quality Assurance and Informatics

Head of Sector: Alojz Zupanc, MSc
Undersecretary 
telephone: 01 478 62 86
e-mail: alojz.zupanc(at)gov.si

Sectors for Quality Assurance and Informatics is responsible for:
• controlling good laboratory practice in testing laboratories carrying out non-clinical safety studies on chemicals,
• dealing with reports on chemicals and managing a list of chemicals placed on the market of the RS,
• exchange and processing of data on chemicals together with other competent authorities, organizations and international organizations,
• cooperation in the field of  chemicals, biocidal products, cosmetic products and  detergents on quality assurance systems and requirements that analytical and testing laboratories are liable to meet,
• focusing on in-house quality assurance system, and planning, monitoring, analyses and improvements,
• upkeep and upgrade of local NCB computer network, Information System for Chemicals, and NCB’s websites,
• expert drafting of relevant rules,
• implementing relevant administrative procedures and operational tasks, cooperation with other line ministries, NGOs and industry on relevant professional and administrative issues
• cooperation with other countries, EU institutions and international organizations on relevant issues.

Chemicals Inspection

Head of Sector: Mojca Jeraj Pezdir,
Inspector Advisor,
telephone: 01 478 62 56
e-mail: mojca.jeraj-pezdir(at)gov.si

Chemicals inspection is in charge of:
• inspection in compliance with its powers, including management and decision taking on inspection procedures, fast-tract procedure for minor general offences,
• lodging criminal complaints for criminal acts,
• putting forward recommendations, policies and measures to increase chemical safety,
• cooperation in efforts to draw up rules relating to NCB’s working areas,
• cooperation with other inspection authorities, customs authorities, the police and the judiciary,
• cooperation with other countries, EU institutions and international organizations NCB’s working areas related issues.