TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Továrenská 1, 810 06 Bratislava 16

The Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter  “Office”) as the pertinent body of the state administration pursuant to Article 6, Paragraph 1, Letter b), and Paragraph 3, Letter a) of Act No. 610/2003  Coll. on electronic communications (hereinafter “Electronic Communications Act”)

issues

pursuant to provisions of Articles 12 and 13 of the Electronic Communications Act this

General Authorisation
No. 1/2005
to provide electronic communication networks
and electronic communication services as amended by revision 1 on 27 September 2005 and by revision 2 on 1 April 2006.

This general authorisation (hereinafter “authorisation”) authorizes natural persons and juristic persons (hereinafter “an undertaking”) to provide on the territory of the Slovak Republic electronic communication networks (hereinafter “networks”), electronic communication services (hereinafter “services”) or networks and services provided that the conditions stipulated in this authorisation will be met.

With regard to the general character of this authorisation, individual provisions of this authorisation relate to a specific network or a specific service, if they relate to it with its substance.

Article 1

Conditions of a General Authorisation

1. An undertaking is obliged to pay administrative contributions in the following way
   1. the rate of 0,08 percent of the revenues generated from provided networks, services, or networks and services (min. 1000, - Sk),
   2. for settlements in period of the year 2005 the Office shall send invoice to undertaking issued following  its notification (annex No. 2 of this authorisation) and statements according to paragraph  c). Per incoming periods the Office shall issue a credit bill to undertaking after delivery of particular statement according to paragraph c).
   3. to enable control of the amount of administrative contributions, an operator that keeps its accounts using the double-entry bookkeeping has the duty to submit to the Office its profit and loss statement^[1] that will contain revenues related to exclusively providing of networks, services, or networks and services; an operator keeping its accounts using single-entry accounting is obliged to submit a statement of income and expenditures together with an annex that will contain revenues related to exclusively providing of networks, services, or networks and services.
2. An undertaking is obliged in the area of protection of personal data and privacy to respect duties ensuing for an undertaking from provisions of Articles 55 to 57, Article 59 to 62, and Articles 64 and 65 of the Electronic Communications Act.
3. An undertaking is obliged to ensure that the public network and associated installations comply with technical standards and technical specifications for networks and services, the list of which is published by the European Commission, recommendations of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and technical standards and specifications issued by the European Telecommunications and Standardization Institute (ETSI), in particular from the viewpoint of
   1. safety of network operation,
   2. maintaining integrity and inviolability of the network,
   3. functionality of services,
   4. connection of terminal equipment of networks,
   5. interconnection of networks.
4. An undertaking is obliged to ensure the installations for tapping and recording of  traffic in networks for a state body or body acting in criminal proccedings⁽²⁾

by provision of this facilities and their maintenance in continual operating conditions at the own costs. An undertaking is obliged to ensure connection of this facilities at its own costs. Technical specification according to Article 13 paragraph 2 letter j) of the Electronic Communications Act  shall be approved  by the Office.

Article 2

Notification Duty

1. An undertaking that wants to provide networks, services, or networks and services is obliged to notify the Office of this intention before it begins providing them. 
2. Notification duty also relates to changes or cancellation of providing a network, a service, or a network and a service, and changes according to § 14 ods. 2 Act on Electronic Communications.
3. Notification duty is not required when the operator provides a network exclusively for its own use, when the operator provides a service exclusively for its own use.
4. An undertaking fulfills its notification duty by delivering a subsequent and complete written notification pursuant to Annex No. 2 to the Office.
5. Based on a delivered subsequent and complete written notification the Office shall register the notifying party as an operator providing networks, services, or networks and services.
6. The Office shall return an incomplete notification to the notifying party for completion.
7. Per issue of acknowledgement on fulfilment of notification duty is undertaking obliged to cover administration fee according to Act No. 145/1995 Coll. on administration fees as amended. The fee is due after registration of application form.
8. The Office shall publish registration of a notification within one week on its web site http://www.teleoff.gov.sk/

Article 3

Transitional Provisions

1. The undertakings that were providing electronic communication networks and/or services according to General Authorisation No. 1/2004 (hereinafter only „GA 1/2004 „) are obliged for the year 2005 reimburse:

a) relevant amount of administration fee according to  GA 1/2004, Article 2, paragraph 5, letter  a); ( in case of multiple notification duties for one undertaking is that obliged to  reimburse only one settlement according to  GA No. 1/2004, article No. 2, paragraph. 5,  letter a), item1.),

                 b) relevant amount  0,08 % of turnover for provision of electronic  

                 communication networks and /or services in the year 2005 since the GA

                 No.1/2005 entered  into force.

2. The undertakings that were not have to fulfil notification duty in accordance with article 3 of General authorisation No. 1/2004 for provision of electronic communication networks and electronic communication services are obliged to meet notification duty according to this authorisation in 60 days since this authorisation entering into force.
3. Notifications registered according to General licence No. 1/2004 for provision of electronic communication networks and electronic communication services are considered as notifications according to this authorisation and as a achievement  of notification duty according to Electronic Communication Act.

Article 4

Cancellation Provisions

The following general licenses issued by the Office are herewith cancelled:

General license No. 1/2004 to provide electronic communication networks and electronic communication services.

Article 5

Effective Date

This general authorisation (license) becomes effective on 1 April 2006.

In Bratislava on 1 April 2006

                                                                         Ing. Milan Luknár
                                                                     president

[1] Act No. 431/2002 Z.z. on accounting in the wording of Act No. 562/2003 Z.z.

[2]  Section 2, Subsection 2 of Act No. 166/2003 Coll. on Protection of Privacy against Illegal Use of Information and Technical Means and on Change and Amendment of Some Acts (on Protection against Interception) and Section 12, Subsection 1 of Act No. 141/1961 Coll., Criminal Code.