18th meeting of the HSR SR | 18 August 2025

Information, agenda, comments and positions of APZD from the meeting of the Economic and Social Council of the Slovak Republic of 18 August 2025.

Meeting agenda

1. Discussion of the amount of the monthly minimum wage for 2026 (under § 7 par. 3 of Act No. 663/2007 Coll. on the minimum wage: „If representatives of employers and representatives of employees do not agree on the determination of the amount of the monthly minimum wage by 15 July, it shall be discussed by the Economic and Social Council of the Slovak Republic by 31 August.”)
2. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 280/2017 Coll. on the provision of support and subsidies in agriculture and rural development and on the amendment of Act No. 292/2014 Coll. on the contribution provided from the European structural and investment funds and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts as amended, as amended, and amending Act No. 247/2024 Coll. on contributions provided from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts
3. Draft act on the register of usufruct relationships to land and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts
4. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 504/2003 Coll. on the lease of agricultural land, agricultural enterprise and forest land and on the amendment of certain acts as amended, and amending and supplementing certain acts
5. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 39/2007 Coll. on veterinary care as amended, and amending and supplementing certain acts
6. Draft regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic amending and supplementing Government Regulation of the Slovak Republic No. 165/2023 Coll., which establishes the rules for providing support for the implementation of measures of the Strategic Plan of the common agricultural policy in selected agricultural sectors, as amended by Government Regulation of the Slovak Republic No. 256/2024 Coll.
7. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 452/2021 Coll. on electronic communications as amended
8. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 24/2006 Coll. on environmental impact assessment and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts as amended
9. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 351/2012 Coll. on environmental verification and registration of organisations in the European Union scheme for environmental management and audit and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts
10. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 56/2018 Coll. on conformity assessment of products, making a designated product available on the market and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts as amended by certain regulations, and amending and supplementing certain acts
11. Draft regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic amending and supplementing Government Regulation of the Slovak Republic No. 296/2010 Coll. on professional competence for the performance of a healthcare profession, the manner of further education of healthcare workers, the system of specialisation fields and the system of certified work activities, as amended
12. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 153/2013 Coll. on the national healthcare information system and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts as amended, and amending and supplementing certain acts
13. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 138/2019 Coll. on pedagogical staff and professional staff and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts as amended, and amending and supplementing certain acts
14. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 61/2015 Coll. on vocational education and training and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts as amended
15. Draft act on the financing of schools and school facilities
16. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 245/2008 Coll. on upbringing and education (the School Act) and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts as amended, and amending and supplementing certain acts
17. Draft act on school administration and on the amendment of certain acts
18. Draft act amending and supplementing Act No. 282/2008 Coll. on the support of work with youth and on the amendment and supplementation of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on universities and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts as amended, as amended
19. Draft act on universities and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts
20. Draft act on ensuring the protection of natural persons in the processing of personal data and on the amendment and supplementation of certain acts (the Personal Data Protection Act)
21. Various:
    
    • Submission of information on the drawing of funds from the Recovery Plan and the Slovakia Programme for Q2 2025 (fulfilment of a task from the government meeting of 4.11.2024)
    • Submission of information on the current state of the number of civil servants and employees in the public service and its development since 2020 (fulfilment of a task from the government meeting of 4.11.2024 and 13.1.2025)
    • State of preparation of the Action Plan in accordance with the EC Directive on adequate minimum wages (KOZ SR)
    • Information on the manner of dealing with the conclusions of the Committee on the Application of Standards at the International Labour Organisation in relation to ILO Convention No. 144 on tripartite consultations (the case of Slovakia discussed at the most recent International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2025) (KOZ SR)
    • Information on the preparation of consolidation measures for 2026 (KOZ SR)
    • Information on measures aimed at the consolidation of public finances (the so-called consolidation package) (RÚZ)
    • Reform of the financing of social services and its impacts on territorial self-government (ZMOS)
    • Preparation of the public administration budget for 2026 and the impact of consolidation measures and tax forecasts on the financing of territorial self-government (ZMOS)
    • Change of the methodology for settling the deviation through a change of the operating rules of SEPS, a.s. and OKTE, a.s. (APZD)

SOURCE: APZD