Zbierka zákonov Slovenskej republiky
The Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic
Published by: Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky, sekcia edičných
činností
(Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic, Editorial Activities
Department)
Župné námestie 13 — 811 01 Bratislava
Slovakia
Tel. +421 288891131
E-mail: ms.sec.sek@justice.sk ; helpdesk@slovlex.sk
Website: https://www.justice.gov.sk/
Official journal / legal gazette
The Zbierka zákonov Slovenskej republiky (Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic) - paper edition Elektronická Zbierka zákonov Slovenskej republiky; eZbierka (Electronic Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic; e-Collection) available on SLOV-LEX portal - online edition
First edition
January 1993
First online edition
January 2016
Paper edition
Zbierka zákonov
Slovenskej republiky Price
Depends on the number of laws in the specific edition Legally binding
Laws passed by the National Council of the Slovak Republic (parliament)
Government ordinances
Generally binding legal regulations issued by ministries and other central bodies of the state administration
International agreements and treaties
Decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic
Legal notices
Legal basis
Act No 400/2015 Coll. on the Creation of Legal Acts and on the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic (zákon č. 400/2015 Z. z. o tvorbe právnych predpisov a o Zbierke zákonov Slovenskej republiky a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov)
Legally binding
Paper edition and online edition
Financing
The printing and distribution of Zbierka zákonov is carried out by a private company (legal person) on a contractual basis with the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic. All related costs are covered by the private company.
Other gazettes
Apart from the notices published in the Zbierka zákonov, there are also the following main official gazettes containing official notices and other legal announcements:
Obchodný vestník (Commercial Journal), published by the Ministry of Justice, Editorial Activities Department, contains data, decisions and notifications that must be published in the Commercial Journal if the Commercial Code and a specific law require it.
Vestník verejného obstarávania (Public Procurement Journal), published by the Office for Public Procurement, contains preliminary notifications, regular notifications, notifications concerning methods of public procurement and their results, list of businessmen.
Legally binding eZbierka (e-Collection) is available on SLOV-LEX (Legislative and Information Portal of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic) https://www.slov-lex.sk/ezz
Functionalities
Download (not available for all texts)
Hyperlinks (not available for all texts)
Format description
HTML
PDF (available only for texts difficult to convert into HTML)
Authenticity
Online texts are directly created from the sources (data) of the Ministry of Justice. The same data are used for the paper edition (legally binding) as well as for the online edition (legally binding)
Archiving
Archive on the SLOV-LEX portal containes a compressed file of the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic since 1918
The e-Collection module enables free access to the legal system of the Slovak Republic at any time, regardless of geographical location. It offers the following features:
fast and efficient search engine to find electronically signed PDF versions of legal acts with both informative and legally binding content
chronological register of legal acts as published in the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic
discussion on legal acts
archive - a compressed file of the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic since 1918
Workflow
The primary function of the e-Legislation module is to provide its users with access to the law-making process at any time, regardless of geographical location. It offers the following features:
fast and efficient search engine to find ongoing legislative processes and comments
discussion on legislative processes
preliminary information
Publishing
Following approval and signing, laws are delivered from the Office of the National Council (the parliament) directly to the Office of the Collection of Laws. As for secondary legislation, it is delivered from the proposer (e.g. government office) to the Office of the Collection of Laws.
Electronic editions are delivered via portal (mentioned above).
Legal regulations should be published at the latest 15 days after delivery to the Office of the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic (Act No 400/2015 Coll. on the Creation of Legal Acts and on the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic).
Paper and electronic editions are derived from the same file.
Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky
SLOV-LEX Unit
Content
SLOV-LEX portal provides professionals and general public with electronic access to applicable law and all the relevant information regarding law. It provides lawmakers with effective legislative tools too.
The portal also enables the public to acquaint itself with proposed bills and take an active role in the law-making process using commenting tools. One of the greatest advantages of the system, however, is publishing of set versions of legal enactments. This permits its users to get easily familiar with numerous changes and amendments. Moreover, this system allows one to display, print or otherwise process the content of a legal enactment in its subsequently amended forms.
