Announcement

• Act on Electronic Communications entered into force on January 2004.
• National Policy on Electronic Communications

• Act No. 610 of 3 December 2003 on Electronic Communications as amended by Act No. 716/2004 Coll., Act No. 69/2005 Coll. and Act No. 117/2006 Coll. enter into force on 1 April 2006, apart from provisions of Section 32, Subsection 22 and 23, which shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.

• Act No. 654/2007 of 19 December 2007, amending the Act No 610/2003 Coll. on  Electronic Communications and on Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended

 

Along with it, the Act No. 110/1964 Coll. on telecommunications, version of the Act No. 150/1992 Coll., of the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No.96/1993 Coll. and of the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No.212/1995 Coll. have been cancelled together with relating regulations.

Act on Electronic Communications - Act entered into force on 1^st January 2004.

According to the law:

State administration authorities in the area of electronic communications are as follows:

1. Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic,
2. Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic.

The Office is the national regulatory authority and pricing authority in the area of electronic communications which, pursuant to this Act

1. Performs regulation,
2. Provides for international relations in the field of electronic communications at the level of regulatory authorities,
3. Co-operates with the Ministry in elaboration of the proposal of the national frequency spectrum table and administers the frequency spectrum,
4. Protects the interests of end users with regard to quality and prices of services,
5. Fulfils obligations supporting competition, development of common market of the European Union, interests of all persons of the European Union member states in the territory of the Slovak Republic, access to networks, interoperability of networks and services and protects freedom of carrier selection applying technical standards,
6. Issues generally binding legal regulations within the limits of this Act,
7. Publishes the Bulletin of the Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter as “Bulletin“),
8. Provides for its information obligations toward the National Council of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter as “the National Council) and the European Commission,
9. Sets payments,
10. Leads out-of court dispute resolution,
11. Provides information to end users related services, performs users researches, publishes them and uses them in its activities,
12. Fulfils tasks related to limitation of proprietary rights to real estates in respect of using of real estates for the purposes of service provisioning and tasks related to limitation of proprietary rights to movable assets by limitation or ban on using transmitting telecommunications facilities and lines in times of war or belligerency,
13. Executes supervision and imposes sanctions,
14. Executes other activities.