Slovak Financial Law News 2002

February 2003

Editor-in-Chief of the Slovak Financial Law News:
2002 - Denisa Vékonyová, partner of Cechová & Partners law firm

Contributors in 2002:
Zuzana Petrášová, Michaela Jurková, Tomáš Rybár, Veronika Uzáková, associates of Cechová & Partners law firm

• Preface
• Contents
• January 2002
  • Decree on Contents of the Investment Services Intermediators' Examination
  • Act on Approximation Orders of the Slovak Government
  • Amendment to the Executions Act
  • Decree on Conditions of Issue of the Permission to Provide Investment Services
  • Decree on Requisites of Application for Prior Approval of the Office for Financial Market
  • New Foundations Act and Amendment to the Civil Code
  • Other significant legal regulations
  
  
• February 2002
  • New Act on Residence of Foreigners
  • Amendment to the Act on Ground Communications Traffic
  • Decree on Property Value Determination
  • Permission for Incorporation and Acting as a Central Depository
  • Decree of Prerequisites of the Application for Grant of Prior Approval pursuant to Sec. 102 para. 1 of Act No. 566/2001 Coll. on Securities and Investment Services
  • New Insurance Act
  • New Act on Securities and Investment Services
    • Investment Services
    • Contracts on Securities and Securing of Obligations by Securities
    • Securities Dealers
    • Investment Services Agent
    • Investment Guarantee Fund
    • Central Depository
    • Protection of Financial Market
      • Takeover Bid
      • Public Bid of Securities
    • Supervision
    • Sanctions
    • Decrees on Execution of the Act
  • Other significant legal regulations
  
  
• March 2002
  • Act on Supervision over Financial Market
  • Act on State Supervision over Internal Market Related to Consumer Protection
  • New Act on Higher Educational Institutions
  • Act on Science and Technics
  • Decree on Professional Examination of Insurance Broker, Insurance Agent and Actuary
  • License for Performance of Insurance Activities
  • Other significant legal regulations
  
  
• April 2002
  • Amendment to the Act on Tax Authorities
  • Act on Judical Council of the Slovak Republic
  • Amendment to the Act on Issue of Approximation Regulations
  • Hague Convention on Abolishment of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents
  • Act on Electronic Signature
  • Amendment to the Act on Minimum Wage and the Governmental Order on Amount of the Minimum Wage
  • Other significant legal regulations
  
  
• May 2002
  • Act on Arbitration
  • Amendment to the Civil Procedure Code
  • Amendment to the Act on Taxes and Fees Administration
  • Amendment to the Act on Income Taxes
  • Order on Prerequisites of an Application for Provision of Investment Incentives
  • Act on Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents
  • Other significant legal regulations
  
  
• June 2002
  • Act on State Treasury
  • Contents of an Annual Report on the Activity of Internal Auditor
  • Act on Travelling Refunds
  • Amendment to Act on Slovak Chamber of Small Traders
  • Decision on Declaration of Elections into the National Council
  • Amendment to the Act on Collection of Laws
  • New Act on Parental Allowance
  • New Act on Child Benefit
  • Decree on Adjustment of Amounts of Life Minimum
  • Other significant legal regulations
  
  
• July 2002
  • Decree on Actuary's Report Requisites
  • Act on State Debt and State Guarantees
  • Order on Compensation for Loss on Income
  • Amendment to Patent Act
  • Amendment to Act on Energetics
  • Act on Social Insurance
  • Amendment to Act on Criminal Registry
  • Amendment to Cadastral Act
  • Amendment to Criminal Code
  • Amendment to Criminal Procedure Code
  • Amendment to Civil Procedure Code
  • Act on Higher Court Officers
  • Amendment to Commercial Code
  • Act on Personal Data Protection
  • Other significant legal regulations
  
  
• August 2002
  • New Act on Designs
  • New Stock Exchange Act
  • New Act on Accounting
  • Amendment to the Act on Collective Investment
  • Act on Auditors and the Slovak Chamber of Auditors
  • Amendment to Act on Protection against Money Laundering
  • Amendment to Act on Bonds
  • Amendment to Foreign Exchange Act
  • Decree on Rules of Secure Operation of Banks and Branch Offices of Foreign Banks at Trading in Foreign Exchange Financial Means, Gold and Financial Instruments
  • Decree on Liquidity of Banks and Branch Offices of Foreign Banks
  • Decree on Rules of Prudent Performance of Business Activities of Banks
  • Order on Manner of Calculation and Demonstrability of Solvency of Insurance Company and a Branch Office of Foreign Insurance Company
  • Act on System of Payments
  • Order on Details and Manner of Evidencing of Fulfilment of Requirements for Granting a Licence for the Establishment and Performance of Activities of a Stock Exchange
  • Order on Requisites of the Application for Granting a Prior Approval under the Stock Exchange Act
  • Other significant legal regulations
  
  
• September 2002
  • Amendment to the Civil Code
  • Act on Voluntary Auctions
  • Amendment to the Act on Public Procurement
  • Act on Nation's Memory
  • Governmental Decree on Minimum Wage
  • Amendment to the Act on State-Owned Enterprise
  • Decree on the Manner of Proving Conformity with Requirements for Establishment of an Asset Management Company
  • Other significant legal regulations
  
  
• October 2002
  • Decree on Reports of Securities Brokers
  • Decree on Adequacy of Own Funds of Securities Brokers
  • Decree on Requisites of the Application for a Prior Approval Granted to an Asset Management Company
  • Amendment to the Decree on Concentration Notifications
  • Compatibility of the Patent Act with Treaty on Patent Cooperation
  • Decision on Regulated Price of Drinking Water, Supplies and Treatment of Sewage Water
  • Decree on Central Registry of Pledges
  • Other significant legal regulations
  
  
• November 2002
  • Amendment to the Value Added Tax
  • Execution of the Act on Designs
  • Reports and other Information of Insurance or Financial Consolidated Unit
  • Decree stipulating Details of Submission of Reports, Statements and Reviews of Legal Entities included in Consolidated Units of Securities Broker and Central Depository
  • Amendment to the Act on Excise Tax on Tobacco and Tobacco Products
  • Civil Procedure Code and Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
  • Other significant legal Regulations
  
  
• December 2002
  • Act on Block Exemptions and Amendment of the Competition Act
    • Changes Relating to the Control of Concentrations
      • New Notification Thresholds
      • Ancillary Restrictions Notification
      • Simplified Procedure for Treatment of Certain Concentrations
    • Block Exemptions
      • Vertical Agreements
      • Motor Vehicle Distribution and Servicing Agreements
      • Licensing Agreements for the Provision of Technology
      • Specialisation Agreements
      • Research and Development Agreements
      • Agreements Restricting Competition in the Insurance Sector
  • Act on State Budget for 2003
  • Amendment to the Decree on Import and Export Licences
  • Decree on Air Quality
  • Amendment to the Decree Executing the Act on Trademarks
  • Decree for Assurance of Safety and Protection of Health at Work
  • Amendment to the Governmental Regulation on the Publication of Notices of Invitation to Public Procurement
  • Decree on Contents of Notices in Public Procurement
  • Other significant Legal Regulations
  
  
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