Regulation on Inspection Books

(Regulation of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Slovak Republic No. 322/2001 Coll. on Inspection Books)

Based on Sec. 30 para. 6 of the Act No. 455/1991 Coll., the Trade Licensing Act, as amended the regulation defines the term "inspection book" as a document of  entrepreneur into which the trade licensing authorities or other authorities authorised by special regulations enter records on findings of performed inspections on  compliance with duties and conditions stated by generally binding legal regulations. In addition to the above, also proposed or imposed sanctions are entered into the inspection book, as well as periods for remedy of deficiencies found by the inspection.

The inspection book has to be bounded and its sheets must be numbered in a progressive manner. Furthermore, the regulation stipulates requisites which must be contained in the inspection book.

Authorisation of inspection books is performed by the relevant trade licensing office after notification of establishment of a business operation unit or an associated operation unit, or a unit located in the premises having a common building evidence number and orientation number, or following the notification of market place or if an authorised inspection book needs to be replaced.

Entrepreneurs shall be liable to keep inspection books, into which it is not possible to make further records, during a period of three years following the last record.

This regulation has cancelled of the Ministry of the Regulation Interior Affairs of the Slovak Republic No. 133/1994 Coll. on Inspection Books.

This regulation came into effect on 1st September 2001.

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