Slovakia

1. LEGAL GAZETTE

1.1. Overview

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 252442845
Fax +421 252442853
E-mail: ms.sec.sek@justice.sk
Website: http://www.justice.gov.sk

Official journal/ legal gazette	The Zbierka zákonov Slovenskej republiky contains legal notices and other official texts; see point 1.2 for details.
First edition	January 1993
First online edition	There is not yet an official online edition of the Zbierka zákonov Slovenskej republiky. A project is under way. A private sector service is available (http://www.zbierka.sk), see point 3.3.

Paper edition	Online edition	CD/DVD edition
Zbierka zákonov Slovenskej republiky Price Approximately EUR 335/year A deposit must be paid in advance. Legally binding	1. Private sector services http://www.zakony.sk http://www.zbierka.sk (For details, see point 3.3) Access and price Free 2. Public sector service Texts in database format http://jaspi.justice.gov.sk Available texts Earliest act available: Act No 11/1918 Access and price Free (For other details see point 1.3.)	No CD/DVD edition

Annex 1 - Comparative table 1a: Types, media and financing

1.2. Details on the legal gazette in general

Content	Zbierka zákonov (Z.z.) contains: Constitution, constitutional laws 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 1/1993 Coll. on the Collection of Laws of the Slovak Republic (zákon č. 1/1993 Z. z. o Zbierke zákonov Slovenskej republiky)
Legally binding	Paper 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.

Annex 1 - Comparative table 1a: Types, media and financing

1.3. Details on the online edition

http://jaspi.justice.gov.sk
Currently, no official online edition exists but the texts of the legal acts are available online in database format, see also point 3.2. Access to an online edition is offered free of charge by private sector services, see point 1.1.

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.
Archiving	No special legislation for archiving electronic documents, but there are standards on backing up information (decree of the Ministry of Finance No MF/013261/-2008-132 of 8 September 2008). Archiving actually concerns only the paper (legally binding) edition of the Zbierka zákonov. All parts of the Zbierka zákonov are archived together with all documents which arise from the editorial processing of a specific legal rule. Archiving is carried out by the Office of the Collection of Laws, part of sekcia edičných činností (Editorial Activities Department).

Annex 1 - Comparative table 3: Online access to legislation

1.4. Details on the publishing institution

Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky
(Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic)
For contact details, please refer to point 1.1

Form and nature	Public body (ministry)
Basic tasks	Pre-press: yes Printing: carried out by a private company Dissemination/distribution: carried out by a private company Legal gazette online: no Legislation database: yes Consolidation: yes
Other services off ered	Information concerning individual parts of the Zbierka zákonov or information concerning the activity of the department itself

Annex 1 - Comparative table 1b: Publishing institutions

1.5. Drafting and publishing procedures

Text processing system	Special software (Editor) is used for drafting legislation. Editor is used by legislative workers and allows for creating draft acts in structured form (XML). Identical systems are used for primary and secondary legislation. Corel Ventura is used during final data processing (for publication in the Zbierka zákonov). The use of special software is under consideration for the automatic conversion of Editor outputs to the final official layout. Corel Ventura is used during final data processing (for publication in the Zbierka zákonov). During the updating of the JASPI WEB (electronic system of information) these files are converted into HTML.
Workflow	The Portál právnych predpisov (Portal of Legal Acts) ensures electronic exchange of legislative materials specific to the individual legislative process. This portal is a web application on a secure server, accessible at https://lt.justice.gov.sk.
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 1/1993 Coll. on the Zbierka zákonov). Paper and electronic editions are derived from the same file.

2. COLLECTIONS OF CONSOLIDATED LEGISLATION

JASPI WEB
http://jaspi.justice.gov.sk
For more details see point 3.2

Body carrying out consolidation	Jednotný automatizovaný systém právnych informácií — JASPI (United Automated System of Legal Information unit — JASPI) Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic
Status of the consolidated texts	Consolidation is for information purposes only.
Access	Free of charge
Deadline for consolidation	There is no specific deadline for consolidation, but consolidation takes place continuously, usually texts are updated within several days.

Annex 1 - Comparative table 2: Systematic consolidation

3. LEGISLATIVE PORTALS AND ONLINE DATABASES

3.1. Official portals

Portál právnych predpisov
(Portal of Legal Acts)
https://lt.justice.gov.sk

Organisation responsible	Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky

Organisation
responsible

Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky

3.2. Official databases

JASPI WEB
Jednotný automatizovaný systém právnych informácií — Web
(United Automated System of Legal Information — Web)
http://jaspi.justice.gov.sk

Organisation responsible	Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky JASPI Unit
Content	JASPI WEB is an electronic information system on laws. It contains primary and secondary legislation in force in nonconsolidated and consolidated form, judicial decisions and opinions of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic which are published in the Journal of Judicial Decisions of the Supreme Court, judicial decisions, opinions and reports of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, selected judicial decisions of regional and district courts and data concerning court experts, interpreters and translators.
Access	Free of charge
Access via N-Lex (see Annex 2)	Yes