This page gives state of play of the implementation of the Geo-blocking in Slovakia, and the local points of contact.
Enforcement Body
Slovenská obchodná inšpekcia (Slovak Trade Inspection)
Postal Address: Slovenská obchodná inšpekcia
P.O. Box 29
Bajkalská 21/A
827 99 Bratislava 27
Slovakia
Phone: +421 2 58 27 21 60
E-mail: info@soi.sk
Assistance to Consumer Bodies
Európske spotrebiteľské centrum v SR (European Consumer Centre in the Slovak Republic)
Postal Address: Európske spotrebiteľské centrum v SR
Ministerstvo hospodárstva SR
Mlynské nivy 44/a
827 15 Bratislava 212
Slovakia
Phone: +421 905 528 477
E-mail: ECCNET-SK@ec.europa.eu
Measures applicable to infringements
- Act on surveillance and assistance in cases of unjustified geographic discrimination of customers in the internal market and on the amendment of Act No. 128/2002 Coll. on state control of the internal market in consumer protection matters and on amending and supplementing certain acts
• § 2 (enforcement body)
• § 3 (penalties in case of infringement of the Regulation) - State Control of the Internal Market in Consumer Protection Matters Act
- Competences and procedures of the enforcement body in B2C cases: § 6 and § 9 (penalties in cases of infringements)
- Consumer Protection Act
- Protection and infringements in B2C cases only: § 20a, § 21 and § 24 (sanctions and penalties in cases of infringements
- Services in the Internal Market Act
- § 10 (ban of geo-discrimination in B2C and B2B cases),
- § 17 (enforcement body also for § 10)
- § 18 (fines in case of infringement of § 10)
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The Commission put an end to unjustified geo-blocking rules, which undermine online shopping and cross-border sales in the EU.