The new Act on Actions for the Protection of the Collective
Interests of Consumers and on Amendments and Additions to Certain
Acts (the "Act") was adopted by the
Slovak Parliament on 21 June 2023 and will enter into force on 25
July 2023, with the exception of some special and temporary
provisions, which enter into force on the date of the Act's
publication in the Collection of Legislative Acts. The Act, which
transposes the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828,
introduces a new legal proceeding—class
actions—into Slovak legislation.
The most significant elements of the new Act include:
- The introduction of two types of actions / proceedings
available under the Act:
- a proceeding for the issue of a redress
measure—an action for the protection of the
collective interests of consumers, in which the court may impose
one or more remedies on the trader, such as damage compensation,
repair, replacement, price reduction, contract termination
