When Tesla's Full Self-Driving takes the wheel on a Slovenian road, the law will keep its eyes firmly on the driver. On 7 September 2026, Slovenia recognised the Dutch provisional approval of the system, and now State Secretary Marko Dvornik has spelled out what that means in practice. His message to anyone tempted to lean back and let the software do the work: "They remain fully responsible."
"Slovenia supports the introduction of advanced driver-assistance technologies, with road safety as our main priority," Dvornik said in an interview published by Tesla Mag. It is a deliberately balanced stance — embrace the technology, but anchor accountability to the human behind the wheel. In a policy area where Europe's rulebook is still being written line by line, Ljubljana has chosen clarity over ambiguity.
The mechanics of the decision matter as much as the message. By recognising the Dutch provisional approval rather than waiting to draft its own regime from scratch, Slovenia has shown how nimbly a smaller EU market can plug into an existing framework — and, given the approval's provisional character, how much room remains for revision as real-world data accumulates. For Tesla, every such recognition adds another market to its European rollout map; for fleet buyers and insurers across the CEE region, it is the kind of regulatory certainty they can actually plan around.
