Slovenia has fallen behind in implementing its EU membership obligations in two fields: veterinary standards and taxes, Deputy Director of the Government European Affairs Office Andrej Engelman announced after he led a delegation to the final round of talks with the European Commission on Slovenia's readiness for EU membership. To fulfil its obligations in the field of taxes, Slovenia must adopt new legislation on personal and corporate income tax. The European Commission is not pleased that the adoption of these two documents before May is not looking good, Engelman said. The EU could impose measures against Slovenia for failing to meet its obligations concerning new income tax regulations, Engelman explained. He also noted that Slovenia still has to adopt some 70 sublaws in the field of veterinary standards. All in all, however, Engelman said he was happy with the results of the meeting, since the situation "has not reached critical proportions in any field, and so we have nothing to fear". Due to the delays, the government has announced it will hold consultations with individual ministries and try to convince deputy groups to hold an extraordinary session of parliament in March. The Ministry of Finance has said it will double its efforts to pass the appropriate legislation in time.