Since the accession of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union in 2004, only the points of entry provided for with the agreement establishing the membership of the Republic of Slovenia in the European Union shall be deemed to be points of entry where phytosanitary inspections are carried out. Consignments of plants, plant products and regulated articles, laid down in Annex V.B of Directive 2000/29/EC, which are liable to phytosanitary inspection, may be imported exclusively through the points of entry of the European Union. Slovenian NPPO is responsible for the following BIPs of the European Union: sea transport - Luka Koper; air transport - Airport Ljubljana - Brnik; postal consignments - Ljubljana Pošta.