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Water management activity

This activity constitutes a regulated trade.

In order to pursue a regulated trade, the person wishing to conduct the activity must obtain a certificate of trade authorisation issued by the relevant District (Trade Licence) office, acting as the Point of Single Contact (PSC), according to the place of residence of a natural person, registered office of a legal person, the address of a place of business of a foreign person’s undertaking or the address of a place of business of an organisational unit of a foreign person’s undertaking, based on a trade notification.

In order to obtain a certificate of trade authorisation, the applicant must comply with the general and specific conditions for the pursuit of the trade and must pay an administrative fee of € 22 (€ 11 in the event of electronic notification of the trade) per regulated trade.

On this page you can find information about:

  • General and specific conditions for the pursuit of the regulated trade
  • Additional information concerning the trade
  • Administrative fees
  • Notification of a regulated trade (how and where to notify a trade)

Once all the conditions have been fulfilled, natural persons with residence in an EU or OECD Member State, legal persons already registered in the Business Register and legal persons that are not subject to registration in the Business Register may start their business already on the day of trade notification. The PSC shall issue a trade licence within 3 business days of the date, when the trade notification and statements from the register of criminal records had been delivered to it.

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General and specific conditions for the pursuit of the regulated trade:

A natural person or legal person wishing to pursue a regulated trade must fulfil the general and specific conditions for the pursuit of the trade:

  • the general conditions for the pursuit of a regulated trade are the following:
       - age 18 and above;
       - full legal capacity;
       - clean criminal record (evidenced by a statement from the register of criminal records)
  • a specific condition for the pursuit of a regulated trade is the demonstration of professional aptitude

Note:
Fulfilment of general conditions by a Slovak legal person: the general conditions apply to the statutory body or responsible representative, if appointed; the specific conditions apply to the appointed responsible representative, unless otherwise stipulated in the Trades Act. In the event of a foreign person’s undertaking, the general conditions apply to the head of the foreign person’s undertaking and, in the case of an organisational unit of a foreign person’s undertaking, the head of that organisational unit.
Statements from the register of criminal records: natural persons with residence and legal persons with registered office in the Slovak Republic, to whom the condition of a clean criminal record applies, shall provide the data necessary for requesting a statement from the register of criminal records maintained by the General Prosecution of the Slovak Republic. Persons who are not Slovak nationals shall document their fulfilment of the condition of a clean criminal record by a statement from the register of criminal records issued in their home Member State or a natural person’s Member State of origin or, where such statements are not being issued, an equivalent document issued by the relevant court or administrative body or, where such documents are not issued within 2 months of request, an affidavit. The document may be dating back no more than 3 months and must be translated into the Slovak language.

Professional aptitude for the pursuit of the regulated trade of work health service is evidenced by the following:

  • an evidence of university education completed with a master’s degree in the field of engineering or natural sciences and at least three years of practical experience, or 
  • an evidence of complete vocational secondary education in the field of engineering and at least six years of practical experience, or
  • an evidence of university education completed with a bachelor’s degree in the field of engineering or natural sciences and at least four years of practical experience.

Additional information concerning the trade

The regulated trade involves water management activities. The obligations of a water manager include, in particular:
- monitoring and controlling compliance with generally applicable laws and regulations and conditions of the granted authorisation in specific water use and in handling harmful substances and substances of very high concern,
- keeping records of the results of controls, notifying the identified deficiencies to the statutory body or a person authorised by such statutory body, and proposing measures aimed at rectifying the identified deficiencies,
- requiring the use of appropriate technologies that do not adversely affect surface water or groundwater during specific water use, and proposing measures designed to reduce the amount of abstracted water, water losses and the quantity and harmfulness of waste water,
- instructing other employees on their responsibilities in specific water use and in handling harmful substances or substances of very high concern,
- commenting on the plans of changes in production and project documentation for structures in the case of alteration and reconstruction of structures and installations that may affect specific water use and handling of harmful substances or substances of very high concern.


An entrepreneur shall:

  • Set up an establishment (the establishment may also be set up after the date of trade notification), designate it and notify its setting up to the PSC no later than on the date of setting up. The establishment must be approved by the Regional Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic.
  • Demonstrate authorisation to use the real-estate property: a natural person shall demonstrate authorisation to use the real-estate property indicated as the place of business, if the address of the place of business is different from the address of residence; a foreign person shall demonstrate authorisation to use the real estate property indicated as the place of business of a foreign person’s undertaking or the place of business of an organisational unit of a foreign person’s undertaking. A legal person shall demonstrate authorisation to use the real-estate property indicated as its registered office, with the exception of legal persons that are subject to registration in the Business Register; a foreign person shall demonstrate authorisation to use the real estate property indicated as the place of business of a foreign person’s undertaking or the place of business of an organisational unit of a foreign person’s undertaking. 
  • Notify the scope of its business, the location and name of establishments, if set up, including the addresses, and the mailing address, if different from the registered office or place of business, to the Assay Office of the Slovak Republic in writing within 15 days of commencement of business activities.

Administrative fees

Issuance of a certificate of trade authorisation per regulated trade ......................................€ 22
Issuance of a certificate of trade authorisation per regulated trade submitted electronically......................................................................................................................€ 11

The fee may be paid:

  1. in the form of an e-stamp tax ("kiosk", Slovak Post Office);
  2. in the form of a cash or card payment to the relevant administrative authority;
  3. for electronic submission by a wire transfer from a bank account.

Notification of a regulated trade (how and where to notify a trade)

A regulated trade notification may be submitted:

- electronically via the Central Public Administration Portal of the Slovak Republic at this link  and press "Enter the portal" (instruction for sending electronic forms)

or

- in person at the relevant local PSC according to the address of permanent residence in the event of a natural person or registered office in the event of a legal person;  in the event of foreign persons, the relevant local PSC depends on the address of a place of business of a foreign person’s undertaking or the address of a place of business of an organisational unit of a foreign person’s undertaking

Note:
Where a trade is notified by a natural person, the PSC shall automatically handle registration with the Tax Office, registration in the mandatory health insurance system and, in the event of a Slovak natural person, also a statement from the register of criminal records free of charge. The use of these services is mandatory for natural persons. For legal persons, the PSC shall automatically provide a statement from the register of criminal records; other PSC services, such as registration in the Business Register, taxpayer registration and notification, and registration in the mandatory health insurance system are voluntary for legal persons.

Annexes to trade notification:

- document demonstrating professional aptitude of an entrepreneur or a responsible representative, if appointed (e.g. a document certifying completion of the relevant field of training or study, evidence of practical experience, etc.);
- authorisation to use the real estate property if the address of the place of business is different from the address of residence in the case of a natural person or from the registered office in the case of a legal person;
- a statement from the register of criminal records in the case of persons who are not Slovak nationals;
- responsible representative’s consent to his/her appointment, if appointed (form available for download)
- other documents
 

 

 

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Related legislation:

  • Act No. 455/1991 Coll. on Trade Licensing as amended
  • Act No. 364/2004 Coll. on water resources and on amendments to Act of the Slovak National Council No. 372/1990 Coll. on minor offences as amended (the Water Act)

Note:
The applicable wording of acts is available at: https://www.slov-lex.sk/domov

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