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The Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic submitted to the MPK a draft law on certain obligations and authorizations in the field of crypto-assets . This bill is intended to implement Regulation no. 2023/1114 on crypto-asset markets (the ” MiCA Regulation “), which represents Europe’s first comprehensive harmonized framework for crypto-asset markets. Although the […]

As of 1 April, an amendment to the laws on administrative fees and court fees has been effective, the aim of which is to valorize the rates of collected fees. Since 1 February, an amendment to the Income Tax Act has been in force, which focused mainly on increasing the tax rate on profit shares […]

A new law on consumer protection, which is supposed to modernize the legislation and harmonize it with several EU directives, is headed for its second reading in the parliament. In recent days, the government draft law ( print 53 ) passed the first reading. This proposal will achieve the transposition of several directives related to consumer protection, which, however, […]

For several days now, “serious” information has been circulating in Slovakia that Marian Kočner, who was legally convicted, had a problem with the amount of flour, i.e. the thickness of the pancakes served in the prison, which happened to be prepared by another, well-known to the public, who was legally convicted – Mikuláš Černák. Does […]

Procurement Law – No Amendments in 2023 Since 2018, we have been publishing an annual update on amendments to the public procurement rules and system of remedies under Slovak procurement law. The appetite for changes to the procurement rules seems insatiable so there are now more than 20 amendments to the law, which was passed […]

On Friday, September 15, 2023 from 06:00 a.m. the emergency situation in connection with the disease COVID-19 ceased to apply. One of the most current topics, which the media, politicians and the general public are intensively focusing on these days, are illegal migrants and the issuance of a kind of “paperwork” that allows a third-country national to […]

Employers and payroll Accountants beware! From July 1, the amount of the basic compensation for the use of road motor vehicles for business trips will increase again. On June 27, the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic issued a new Measure no. 247 Coll., which after 3 months again increases […]

Has your company been registered originally in the Commercial Register of District Court Bratislava I or District Court Košice I? If so, you have most likely received a message in your data mailbox informing you of the change of the respective register court. We want to remind you and add that starting 01. 06. 2023, your contracts, business letters, orders, […]

After last year’s successful boost to the economy in the form of a massive investment by Volvo in eastern Slovakia, we had another opportunity to assist the Slovak Economy Ministry in securing another significant investment. This time, it was the German Winkelmann Group – a leader in metal forming technologies for a wide range of […]

Employers of insufficient professions in transport, beware! For the year 2023, the government approved the possibility to grant foreigners from selected third countries the so-called national visa, namely for bus and truck drivers, on the basis of which employers can more easily fill the shortage of labor in transport. You can learn more in Martina Poliačikova’s article here.

The European Union adopted further restrictive measures against the Russian Federation. Ján Azud and Matej Škultéty explain what the tenth package of sanctions contains. The latest package of anti-Russian sanctions, issued on the occasion of the first year since the outbreak of the armed conflict, introduces new restrictive measures in response to Russia’s continued actions […]

Starting from March 1st, a new law on the screening of foreign investments has taken effect, focusing primarily on the country’s security and protection of critical infrastructure. The state may prohibit investments and impose fines in the millions. In addition to the existing sanctions concerning business transactions with companies from Russia and Belarus, this is […]

On February 25, the European Union adopted further restrictive measures against the Russian Federation. Ján Azud and Matej Škultéty explain what the tenth package of sanctions contains. The latest package of anti-Russian sanctions, issued on the occasion of the first year since the outbreak of the armed conflict, introduces new restrictive measures in response to Russia’s […]

On 7 December 2022, the Slovak National Council passed a new act to amend and expand the provisions of the Labour Code. The recent amendment was published on 4 January 2023 in the Collection of Acts as Act No. 1/2023 Z. z. and comes into effect on 1 June 2023. This piece of legislation changes some provisions of […]

The fifth amendment to the Labour Code passed in 2022 (in the form of Act No. 350/2022 Coll. adopted by the Slovak National Council on 4 October 2022) has been so far the most extensive amendment this year. It comes into effect on 1 November 2022 and introduces several changes and new obligations for employers. […]