Update On Mandatory Electronic Mailboxes For Legal Entities

As of 1 August 2016, the Slovak Republic instituted the mandatory use of electronic mailboxes (accounts) (hereinafter the "emails") for legal entities. The obligation was introduced by Act No. 305/2013 Coll., on e-Government as amended (hereinafter the "Act on e-Government"), whereby the respective state authority was obliged to activate the emails by 1 August 2016 without any further conditions.

However, as neither the affected entities, nor the state authorities were sufficiently prepared for the activation of the emails, the deadline for the mandatory activation was rescheduled to 1 July 2017. To the extent an email has been activated, public authorities are required to deliver the documents to such activated emails already during the transition period between 1 August 2016 and 1 July 2017.