From January 2013, there will be new requirements for depositing financial statements published by companies operating in the Slovak Republic.

In 2003 the government approved a project to restructure, decentralize and optimize state-owned airports and their administration.

Act 510/2002 on Payment Systems took effect on January 1 2003. It is the first domestic law to regulate payment transactions and was drafted to ensure compliance with EU law.

In July 2011, the Slovak Competition Authority ("SCA") launched a public consultation concerning changes in the Slovak merger control regime.

A new amendment to the Slovak Commercial Code (Act No. 9/2013 Coll.) has been passed by the Slovak legislator (the "CC Amendment").

A form of criminal liability for companies and other legal entities has been introduced into Slovak law.

From May 2004, ten countries will accede to the European Union: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The current European Union is already the biggest single market in the world. In its enlarged state, it will draw over 19% of world trade and will represent around 46 – 50% of world outward FDI and 20 - 24% of inward FDI.

Slovakia has become one of only four EU Member States to implement the Pay Transparency Directive ahead of schedule, but questions remain about how the new legislation will work in practice.