Act No.347/1990 on the organisation of ministries and other central bodies of state administration

Article 1 In the Slovak Republic there are active the following central bodies of state administration headed by a member of Slovak government: a) Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic b) Ministry of Finance of SR c) Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of SR d) Ministry of Environment of SR e) Ministry for the Administration and Privatisation of National Property f) Ministry of Transportation, Post and Telecommunications of SR g) Ministry of Soil Management of SR h) Ministry of Education of SR ch) Ministry of Culture of SR i) Ministry of Health of SR j) Ministry of the Interior of SR k) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of SR l) Ministry of Justice of SR m) Ministry of Defence of SR n) Ministry of Construction and Public Works of SR (1) A ministry is governed by a Cabinet Minister who is responsible for its activities. (2) The Minister is deputised during his absence in the scope of his rights and duties by a State Secretary. The Minister can authorise also in other cases the State Secretary to deputise him in the scope of his rights and duties. The State Secretaries are appointed and removed by the Government of the Slovak Republic at the proposal of competent ministers. In grounded cases the Slovak government can determine that there are two active state secretaries at the ministry, the minister decides the issue and priorities where the state secretaries are deputising him. (3) The tasks related to professional, organisational and technical provision of the ministry operation is executed by the office of ministry. There is a manager at the head of ministry office who is appointed and removed by the Slovak government at the proposal of competent minister. (4) The salary of state secretaries and of office manager are decided by the minister according to a special regulations .1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Act no. 143/1992 Coll. on the salary and remuneration for work readiness in budgetary organisations and in some of other organisations and bodies in wording of later regulations.

Article 2a (1) The Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic governs the activities of government, he calls and chairs its meetings. Limited areas of Slovak government´s functions are co-ordinated by its Deputy Prime Ministers who are also fulfilling tasks the Slovak government or the Prime Minister assigned them. During the absence of Slovak Prime Minister he is deputised by a Deputy Prime Minister of Slovak government. The deputising Deputy Prime Minister calls and chairs the government meetings of the Slovak Republic. (2) The salary, bonuses for function and lump sum compensations are the further dues of Slovak government members that are determined by the government in compliance with a special regulation. 2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Article 12 up to 15 of Slovak National Council's Act no. 120/1993 Coll. about the salaries of some constitutional officials of the Slovak Republic.

Article 2b (1) The Slovak Government can appoint for special types of functions its commissioners who act on government's authorisation. The range of commissioner's authorisation is set by the Slovak government when it appoints the commissioner. (2) The Slovak Government can constitute its advisory and co-ordinating bodies (boards, committees, commissions) for some fields of its activities. The Slovak government can also constitute agencies to support its functions. (3) The main tasks, composition and working methods of these bodies are stipulated by articles that are approved by the Slovak government.

Article 3 Ministry of Economy (1) The Slovak Ministry of Economy is a central body of the Slovak state administration for a) industry with the exception of food industry b) power industry including management of nuclear fuels and storing of radioactive waste c) heat industry and gas industry d) mining and treatment of solid fuels, mining of crude oil and natural gas, mining of ores and searching and surveying of radioactive raw materials and their mining e) metallurgy f) domestic and foreign trade, tourist industry and consumer protection g) protection and utilisation of natural resources, including the main supervision over the protection and utilisation of mineral deposits h) the main supervision over health safety and health protection in labour and safety of operation in mining activities, in activities performed by mining way and when explosives are used ch) hallmarking and testing of precious metals i) co-ordination and methodological directing of the fulfilment of the tasks of economic mobilisation. (2) The Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic is a superior body of: a) the Slovak Energy Inspection b) the Slovak Trade Inspection c) the Subdistrict mining offices.

Article 4 Ministry of Finance (1) Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the area of finance, customs and prices. (2) The Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic provides: a) the creation and execution of financial, custom and price policy including creation and realisation of state budget, administration of state financial assets and liabilities of the Slovak Republic, capital market, tax policy and charges as well as of financial and economic tools in the field of business and financial inspection. b) the execution of state administration in the matters of unified accounting and accounting statements c) the execution of state administration in the matters of banking, savings and insurance, foreign exchange management and foreign exchange inspection, inspection of spirit production and circulation, of tobacco, tobacco products, salt, lottery and other similar games, in the matter of state property administration in the non-profit and non-entrepreneurial area and in the matters of investment funds and companies.

Article 5 Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (1) The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for labour and legal relations, employment, collective bargaining, wages and other remuneration for work, social security, social and legal protection of children and youth, family care and other issues of social policy. (2) The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family is a superior body of the Centre for international legal protection of children and youth.

Article 6 Ministry of Environment (1) The Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the creation and protection of environment including a) nature protection b) protection of the quality and quantity of water and their rational utilisation c) air protection d) spatial planning and building order e) waste management f) provision of unified information system on environment and area monitoring g) geological research and survey (2) The Ministry of Environment is a superior body of: a) The Slovak Environmental Inspection . Through the Inspection the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic fulfils the functions of the main supervision body in environmental issues. b) The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institution.

Article 7 Ministry for the Administration and Privatisation of National Property The Ministry for the Administration and Privatisation of National Property of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the denationalisation and privatisation of national property and for the administration of national property in entrepreneurial area if a special regulation does not stipulate it otherwise.

Article 8 Ministry of Transportation, Post and Telecommunications. (1) The Ministry of Transportation, Post and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for: a) railway transportation, railways and railway sidings b) road and city transportation, municipal routes and special purpose routes c) road communications and motorways d) inland and sea navigation and ports e) civil aviation f) armed corps in transport industry and railway forces g) railway health services h) post offices and telecommunications. (2) The Ministry of Transportation, Post and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic executes the function of a marine office, Slovak naval register and aviation office. (4) The Ministry of Transportation, Post and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic executes state professional technical supervision in the matters of all railroads, road and municipal transportation, civil aviation, inland and sea navigation and facilities of unified telecommunication network. (5) The Ministry of Transportation, Post and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic is a superior body of: a) The State Administration of Navigation b) The Telecommunication Office of the Slovak Republic c) The State Aviation Inspection

Article 9 Ministry of Agriculture (1) The Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for soil management, forestry, water management with the exception of competencies given in Article 6 par. 1 letter b), fishery, hunting and for food industry. (2) The Ministry of Agriculture is a superior body of : a) The State Veterinary Administration of the Slovak Republic b) The Slovak Agricultural and Food Inspection.

Article 10 Ministry of Construction and Public Works The Ministry of Construction and Public Works of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for: a) public works b) public tenders c) state housing policy and management of flats d) building manufacture and production of building materials e) investment construction f) export of construction works.

Article 11 Abrogated from 25th September 1992

Article 12 Abrogated from 25th September 1992

Article 12a Abrogated from 25th September 1992

Article 13 Ministry of Education The Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for basic and secondary schools as well as for colleges and universities, for school facilities, all-life education, for science and for the public care for youth and sport.

Article 14 Ministry of Culture The Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for art, state language and literature, for the landscape and monuments, for local and individual culture including churches, religious societies and minority culture, for public information, for the enforcement of copyright and related rights and for the production and trade in the area of culture.

Article 15 Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for medical care, health protection, medical schools, further education of medical workers, natural healing spas, natural healing resources and natural resources of mineral waters.

Article 16 Ministry of Interior The Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for: a) the protection of constitutional state system of republic, public order, safety of individuals and of property, state border, safety and fluency of traffic, issues of arms and ammunition, entry to the republic and the stay of foreigners in the territory of country, identification cards, travels documents and permits authorising driving of motor vehicles, issues of refuges and emigrants, registers of citizens, register of road motor vehicles and of trailers, protection of official secrets and cipher service, civil protection of the population, fire protection and the complex rescue system, b) general internal administration, issues of territorial and administrative division of the Slovak Republic, marking, maintenance and administration of state borders, state symbols of the Slovak Republic, state citizenship, register issues, issues of assembly and consorting, organisational arrangement of elections for the National Council of the Slovak Republic and bodies of territorial local government and of referendum, automated information system of local state administration, issues of organisations with international elements, archives, c) trade business d) control of Police Corps and Forces of Ministry of Interior e) control and provision of the operation of telecommunication networks except the unified telecommunication network.

Article 17 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the area of foreign policy and for relations of the Slovak Republic to other states and international organisations. (2) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides: a) the protection of rights and interests of the Slovak Republic and its citizens in foreign countries b) control of diplomatic missions of the Slovak Republic in foreign countries c) contacts with authorities and representatives of foreign countries in the Slovak Republic and in abroad d) management and handling with Slovak Republic property in foreign countries e) co-ordination of the preparation and inland negotiations, settlement, announcement and execution of international treaties.

Article 18 Ministry of Justice (1) The Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for courts and prisons and in relation to notaries it performs a state supervision. (2) The Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic provides representation of the Slovak Republic in the European Committee for Human Rights and at the European Court for Human Rights.

Article 19 Ministry of Defence The Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic to secure the defence of the Slovak Republic, the construction and control of Slovak Army, co-ordination of the activities of state administration bodies, bodies of territorial local governments and of legal entities in the preparation of the Slovak Republic's defence, securing the integrity of the Slovak Republic's air-space and the co-ordination of military aviation and for the administration of military districts and military forests and civil service. THE SECOND PART Other central bodies of state administration

Article 20 (1) There are active in Slovak Republic the following other central bodies of state administration: a) The Government Office of the Slovak Republic b) The Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic c) The Office for Nuclear Supervision d) The Office for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadaster of the Slovak Republic e) The Slovak Antimonopoly Office f) The Slovak Office for Standardisation, Metrology and Testing g) The Office of Industrial Ownership of the Slovak Republic h) The Administration of State Material Reserves ch)The Office for Work Safety of the Slovak Republic i) The Office for Strategy of the Development of the Society, Science and Technology. (2) There is a manager at the head of Government Office of the Slovak Republic who is responsible for the execution of his functions to the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic . The issues of Slovak Government Office manager's salary are determined by the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic according to a special regulation. 1) (3) There is a chairman at the head of other central bodies of state administration of the Slovak Republic given in par. 1 letter b) up to i) and he is appointed and removed by the Government of the Slovak Republic. The chairman is responsible for the execution of his function to the Slovak Government . The issues of chairman's salary are determined by the Slovak Government according to a special regulation . 1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Act No. 143/1992 Coll. on the salary and remuneration for working readiness in budgetary and in some other organisations and bodies in wording of later regulations.

Article 20 a Office of the Government (1) The Office of Slovak Government is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the supervision over the fulfilment of tasks of state administration and management with means assigned to fulfil the tasks of state administration as well as the settlement of petitions, complaints, notifications and initiatives. (2) The Office of Slovak Government fulfils the tasks related to professional, organisational and technical provision of the Slovak Government´s functions. (3) The Office of Slovak Government can from his budget or by other way approved by the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic to establish or constitute some other entity than a budgetary organisation or non-profit organisation. (4) The Manager of the Office of Slovak Government is appointed and removed by the Slovak Government.

Article 20 b The Office for Strategy of the Development of the Society, Science and Technology The Office for Strategy of the Development of the Society, Science and Technology is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the programming of the strategy of development of society, science and technology and for regional development.

Article 21 Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic The Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the area of state statistics and for the area of informatics.

Article 21a The Office for Nuclear Supervision (1) The Office for Nuclear Supervision of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the area of nuclear supervision. (2) The Office for Nuclear Supervision of the Slovak Republic provides the execution of state supervision over nuclear safety of nuclear facilities including supervision over the handling with radioactive waste, burnt fuel and other phases of fuel cycles as well as over nuclear material including their inspection and registration. It provides assessment of the goals of the programme of nuclear energy utilisation and the quality of selected facilities and instruments of nuclear technology and obligations of the Slovak Republic that follow from international treaties related to nuclear safety of nuclear facilities and handling with nuclear materials.

Article 22 The Slovak Office for Geodesy , Cartography and Cadaster The Slovak Office for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadaster is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for geodesy, cartography and Cadaster of fixed properties.

Article 23 Slovak Antimonopoly Office The Slovak Antimonopoly Office is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the protection and support of economic competition.

Article 24 The Office for Standardisation, Metrology and Testing. The Office for Standardisation, metrology and testing of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the area of technical standardisation, metrology and testing. (2) The Office for Standardisation, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic works out the conception of state policy, executes the methodology and supervises the fulfilment of tasks in the area of technical standardisation, metrology and testing.

Article 25 The Office of Industrial Ownership (1) The Office of Industrial Ownership of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the area of industrial ownership. (2) The Office of Industrial Ownership of the Slovak Republic makes decisions on the provision of protection for inventions, industrial designs, utility designs and topography of semi-conductor products, trade marks and markings of product's origin.

Article 26 The Administration of State Material Reserves The Administration of State Material Reserves of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for finance, exchange, replacement, loans, relief, storing, protection and control of state material reserves and also their generation according to the requirements of the systems of crisis plans.

Article 26a Office for Work Safety The Office for Work Safety of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for the state professional supervision over the safety and protection of health at work, over the safety of technical facilities and over the observation of stipulated working conditions with the exception of scope given in Article 3 par. 1 letter ch). THE THIRD PART Common Provisions

Article 27 (1) The ministries and other central bodies of state administration of the Slovak Republic (further on referred to only as "ministries") are contributing in the creation of uniform state policy of the Slovak Republic, they execute in the scope of the competence the state administration a they fulfil also other tasks set by Acts and other generally binding legal regulations. (2) The ministries are responsible in the range of set competence also for the tasks related to the defence and creation of conditions to carry out the requirements to provide preparations for defence and protection.

Article 28 The ministries are investigating the issues in matters that are in their competence, they analyse the achieved results and they take measures to solve topical issues. The process the conception of development in the assigned areas and the solution of basic issues that are submitted to the Slovak government.

Article 29 The ministries take care of the appropriate legal form of issues that belong to the their competence, they prepare proposals of Acts and other generally binding legal regulations, they care for the observation of Act and order in the area of its competence.

Article 30 (1) The ministries closely co-operate with each other when fulfilling their tasks. They exchange the necessary information and working materials, as well as they discuss with other ministries the measures related to them. (2) The ministries make use of the initiatives and experience of local government bodies. (3) The ministries make use of the knowledge of scientific institutions and research working sites, they involve them mainly in works to solve the issues of conception character. (4) The ministries fulfil their tasks in co-ordination with competent trade union bodies, they discuss with them especially the notions of significant measures related standard of living, social and cultural needs of workers, they act in co-ordination with organisations of employers.

Article 31 abrogated

Article 32 (1) The activities of ministries and other central bodies of state administration of the Slovak Republic is controlled, unified and supervised by the Slovak government. (2) The head offices of ministries and other central bodies of state administration of the Slovak Republic are located in Bratislava, the headquarters of the Office of Industrial Ownership of the Slovak Republic is situated in Banská Bystrica.

Article 33 There are abrogated: 1. Article 1 par. 1 letter a) and Article 3 up to 9, including the common heading, Slovak National Council's Act no. 418/1991 Coll. on state inspection 2. Article 6 par. 2 of Slovak National Council's (SNR) Act no. 61/1993 Coll. on the organisation of Railway Police of the Slovak Republic.

Article 34 The Slovak Government approves a) the articles of ministries and other central bodies of state administration of the Slovak Republic that particularly set their tasks, principles of their functions and internal organisation. b) the limits for the number of workers at the ministries and other central bodies of state administration of the Slovak Republic c) foreign travels of the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, deputy prime ministers of the Slovak government, of the ministers, state secretaries and chairmen's of other central bodies of Slovak state administration and the manager of the Slovak Government Office . THE FOURTH PART Preliminary and Final Provisions

Article 35 There are cancelled: a) The Slovak Committee for Planning and Scientific and Technological Development b) The Board of Public Inspection of the Slovak Republic c) The Slovak Committee for Scientific Degrees.

Article 36 (1) The hitherto competence set out by Acts and other generally binding legal regulations are transferred a) from The Slovak Committee for Planning and Scientific and Technological Development 1. in the matters of strategy creation of economic and social development to the Ministry for Economic Strategy of the Slovak Republic 2. in the matters of the realisation of economic strategy of economic and social development , including state expertise of investments and in the matters of the realisation of state economic policy in assigned branches to the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic. b) from the Ministry of Finance and prices of the Slovak Republic 1) in the matters of state property administration in the entrepreneurial area, its de-nationalisation and its privatisation to the Ministry for the Administration and Privatisation of the Slovak Republic's National Property. 2) in other matters to the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic c) from the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic in the matters of pharmaceutical industry to the Ministry of Industry of the Slovak Republic d) from the Committee of National Inspection of the Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Inspection of the Slovak Republic e) from the Slovak Committee for Scientific Degrees to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Slovak Republic. (2) The hitherto functions of the Ministry of Trade and Tourism of the Slovak republic and minister of trade and tourism of the Slovak Republic in relation to Slovak Trade Inspection 1a) are transferred to the Ministry of Inspection of the Slovak Republic and minister of inspection of the Slovak Republic. (3) In relation with the transfer of competence according to par. 1 the same way are transferred the rights and duties that follow from labour, legal and other relations. The particulars about the transfers of these rights and duties in the matters given in par. 1 letter a) up to c) will be modified by an agreement where will be set mainly the type and range of transferred property and obligations and will be determined which workers will be transferred to be employed at a to specific ministry. (4) In the case when in hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations is used the name of Ministry of Forestry and Water Management and Wood Processing Industry of the Slovak Republic, it is meant by that the Ministry of Forestry and Water Management of the Slovak Republic. (5) In the case when in hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations is used the name of Ministry of Education, Youth and Physical Training of the Slovak Republic, it is meant by that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Slovak Republic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1a) The Act of SNR (Slovak National Council) no. 71/1986 Coll. on Slovak Trade Inspection.

Article 37 There are abrogated 1. Article1 up to 12 and Article 14 and 15 of SNR Act no. 207/1968 Coll. on the organisation of ministries and other central bodies of state administration of the Slovak Socialist Republic in wording of SNR Act no. 70/1969 Coll. , SNR Act no. 150/1970 Coll., SNR Act no. 121/1971 Coll.,, SNR Act no. 41/1972 Coll., SNR Act no. 39/1973 Coll. , SNR Act no. 121/1983 Coll., SNR Act no. 50/1988 Coll., SNR Act no. 96/1990 Coll. and SNR Act no. 195/1990 Coll. 2. SNR Act no. 33/1971 Coll. on the assignment of central body of state administration in the matters of transportation in the scope of Slovak Socialist Republic 3. articles I, III up to V of SNR Act no. 96/1990 Coll. on the organisation of Slovak Commission for Environment and on the alteration in the scope of ministries of the Slovak Republic 4. article I., III up to V of SNR Act no. 195/1990 Coll. on the measures in the system of ministries and other central bodies of state administration . 5. Article I, points 1, 2, 4 up to 10 of SNR Act no. 298/1991 Coll. by which is altered and supplemented the SNR Act no.347/1990 Coll. on the organisation ministries and other central bodies of state administration of the Slovak Republic in wording of SNR Act no. 197/1991 Coll. 7. Article 20 par. 1 and 2 of SNR Act no. 494/1991 Coll. on state administration in waste management 8. Article 14 of SNR Act no. 294/1992 Coll. on the Board of the Slovak Republic for Radio and Television Broadcasting. 9. Article 50 of SNR Act (Slovak National Council Act) no. 322/1992 Coll. on state statistics.

Article 38 The herein Act comes into force by the date of its announcement. SNR Act no. 197/1001 Coll. came into force on 30th May 1991 SNR Act no. 298/1991 Coll. came into force on 1st August 1991 SNR Act no. 494/1991 Coll. came into force on 11th December 1991 SNR Act no. 294/1002 Coll. came into force on 11th June 1992 SNR Act no. 322/1992 Coll. came into force on 26th June 1992 SNR Act no. 453/1992 Coll. came into force on 25th September 1992 SNR Act no. 2/1993 Coll. came into force on 1st January 1993 SNR Act no. 61/1993 Coll. came into force on 17th March 1993 SNR Act no. 83/1994 Coll. came into force on 15th April 1994 SNR Act no. 74/1995 Coll. came into force on 18th April 1995 SNR Act no.207/1995 Coll. came into force on 4th October 1995 F. Mikloško sign manual V. Mečiar sign manual

Article 1 (implemented by SNR Act no. 197/1991 Coll.) In the case the Act of the Federal Assembly is not assigning the execution in the matters given in

Article 3 par. 3 to federal central bodies of state administration, the herein execution belongs to the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic . 2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Article 28b par. 2 of the constitutional Act no. 556/1990 Coll.

Article 2 (implemented by an SNR Act no. 29/1991 Coll.) (1) The hitherto competence set out by Acts and other generally binding regulations a) in the matters of structural policy it is transferred from the Ministry for Economic Strategy of the Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic. b) in the matters of science and scientific-technological development it is transferred from the Ministry for Economic Strategy of The Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Slovak Republic. c) in the matters of informatics it is transferred from the Ministry for Economic of the Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic. d) in the matters of transportation and telecommunications it is transferred from the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic. (2) In connection with the transfer of competence according to par. 1 in a same way are transferred the rights and duties that follow from labour and legal as well as other relations. The particulars about the transfer of herein rights and duties will be modified by agreements where are stipulated first of all the types and range of transferred property and obligations and the assigned workers which will be transferred to specific ministries as their employees. (3) the property rights and duties as well as the rights and duties that follow from labour and legal as well as other relations where par.s 1 and 2 are not related to, they are transferred from the Ministry for Economic Strategy of the Slovak Republic to the Slovak Government Office. (4) In the case when the Acts and other generally binding regulations assign the competence to the Federal Ministry of Foreign Trade, then the herein competence in the range that belong to the Slovak Republic is executed by the Ministry of Trade and Tourism of the Slovak Republic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Article 28b par. 2 of the constitutional Act no. 556/1990 Coll.

Article 3 (implemented by SNR Act no. 453/1992 Coll.) (1) The hitherto competence set out by Acts and other generally binding legal regulations is transferred a) from the Ministry of Industry of the Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Economic of the Slovak Republic b) in the matters of building production and production of building materials from the Ministry of Construction and Building Industry of the Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic c) in the matters of wood an furniture industries, cellulose and paper industries of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Management of the Slovak Republic from the herein ministry to the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic d) from the Ministry of Economy and Tourism of the Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic e) from the Slovak Mining Office to the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic f) from the Slovak Geological Office to the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic g) in the matters of investment development from the Ministry of Construction and Building Industry of the Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Transportation, Telecommunications and Public Works of the Slovak Republic h) in the matters of informatics from the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic to the Slovak Statistical Office ch) in the matters of forestry, water management and hunting from the Ministry of forestry, water management of the Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Soil Management of the Slovak Republic i) in the matters of state inspection for the area of state administration with the exception of inspections on the management of Slovak Republic's budgetary means and in the matters of complaints settlement, notifications, initiatives, petitions from the Ministry of Inspection of the Slovak Republic to the Slovak Government Office. j) from the Slovak Office of Work Safety to the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic. (2) The hitherto competence of the Ministry of Inspection of the Slovak Republic and of the minister of inspection of the Slovak Republic in relation to the Slovak Trade Inspection is transferred to the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic and the minister of economy of the Slovak Republic. (3) In connection with the transfer of competence in compliance with par. 1 in the same way are also transferred the rights and duties that follow from labour and legal as well as other relations. The particulars about the transfer of herein rights and duties will be modified by agreements where will be stipulated first of all the type and range of transferred property and obligations and will be determined which workers are transferred to some specific ministry as their employee. (4) In the case when in hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations have used an expression "Ministry of Labour and Social Matters of the Slovak Republic", then it is meant as the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic. 5) In the case when in hitherto Acts and other generally binding have used an expression "Slovak Commission for Environment" then it is meant as the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic. (6) In the case when in hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations have used an expression :Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition of the Slovak Republic" then it is meant as the Ministry of Soil Management of the Slovak Republic. (7) In the case when in hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations have used an expression "Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic", then it is meant as the Ministry of Transportation, Telecommunication and Public Works of the Slovak Republic (8) In the case when the hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations have used an expression "Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Slovak Republic" then it is meant as the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic. (9) In the case when the hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations have used an expression "Ministry of International Relations of the Slovak Republic" then it is meant as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. (10) In the case when the hitherto Acts and generally binding legal regulations have used an expression "Ministry of Inspection of the Slovak Republic then it is meant as the Slovak Government Office. (11) In the case when the hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations have used an expression "Slovak Office for Geodesy and Cartography then it is meant as the Slovak Office of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadaster. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) The SNR (Slovak National Council i.e. Parliament) Act no. 417/1991 Coll. by which is amended and supplemented the SNR Act no. 71/1986 Coll. about the Slovak Trade Inspection.

Article 4 (implemented by SNR (Slovak National Council) Act no. 2/1993 Coll. To the Office of Nuclear Supervision of the Slovak Republic are transferred the rights and duties that follow from labour and legal relations in the Czechoslovak Commission for Nuclear Energy related to inspectors at the sites of nuclear power stations in the Slovak Republic.

Article 5 (implemented by SNR Act no. 2/1993 Coll.) (1) In the case when the hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations have used the expression "Czechoslovak Commission for Nuclear Energy" then it is meant by that in the Slovak Republic the Office of Nuclear Supervision of the Slovak Republic. (2) In the case when the hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations have used the expression "The Federal Office for Standardisation and Measurement" then it is meant by that in the Slovak Republic the Office for Standardisation, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic. (3) In the case when the hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations have used the expression "Federal Office for Inventions" then it is meant by that in the Slovak Republic the Office of Industrial Ownership in the Slovak Republic. (4) In the case when the hitherto Acts and other generally binding legal regulations have used the expression "The Administration of Federal Material Reserves" then it is meant by that in the Slovak Republic "The Administration of State Material Reserves in the Slovak Republic".

Article 6 (implemented by SNR Act no. 74/1995 Coll.) In connection with the transfer of hitherto competence of the Ministry of Transportation, Telecommunications and Public Works of the Slovak Republic and Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic to the Ministry of Construction and Public Works of the Slovak Republic, from the Ministry of Interior of The Slovak Republic to the Slovak Government Office and form the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic to the Office for the Strategy of Society, Science and Technology Development of the Slovak Republic and in the same way are transferred also the rights and duties that follow from labour legal and other relations. The particulars about the transfer of herein Acts and duties are regulated by an agreement where will be stipulated mainly the type and range of transferred property and obligations and will also determined the workers who will be employed at the specified central body of state administration.