Country information: Slovak Republic

General information

Primary legislation:
Act on Elctronic Signature (Act No. 215/2002 Coll. on electronic signature and on amendment of certain acts as amended)
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Secondary legislation:
ordinance of the National Security Authority of 8 April 2009 No. 131/2009 Coll. on the format, content and administration of certificates and qualified certificates and the format, periodicity and method of issuing a list of revoked qualified certificates (on certificates and qualified certificates), ordinance of the National Security Authority of 8 April 2009 No. 132/2009 Coll. on the conditions for providing accredited certification services and requirements for an audit, the extent of an audit and the qualification of the auditors, ordinance of the National Security Authority of 8 April 2009 No. 133/2009 Coll. on the content and extent of operational documentation kept by the certification authority and on the security rules for the execution of certification activities, ordinance of the National Security Authority of 8 April 2002 No. 134/2009 Coll. stipulating the details on requirements for secure devices for the creation of time stamps and requirements on products for the electronic signature (on electronic signature products), ordinance of the National Security Authority of 8 April 2009 No. 135/2009 Coll. on the format and method of creating the qualified electronic signature, the method of publishing the public key of the National Security Authority, the conditions of validity for the qualified electronic signature, procedure during the verification and verification conditions of the qualified electronic signature, format of the time stamp and method of creating it, requirements on the source of time data and requirements for keeping time stamp documentation (on the creation and verification of the electronic signature and time stamp), ordinance of the National Security Authority of 8 April 2009 No. 136/2009 Coll. on the method and procedure of using the electronic signature in business and administrative relations
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Obligatory technical documents:
Qualified Certificates Formats, Qualified Electronic Signatures Formats, Formats of Qualified Certificates Revocation List, Signature Policies
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Body responsible for supervision (Art. 17 of Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014)

Národný bezpecnostný úrad
National Security Authority
Budatinska 30, P.O. BOX 16 850 07 Bratislava
Tel: +421-2-68692114
Fax: +421-2-68691701
Member of FESA: yes
Associate member of FESA: no

National accreditation body

Slovak National Accreditation Service
Member of FESA: no
Associate member of FESA: no