IP/N/1/SVK/7  
IP/N/1/SVK/G/5  
 
13 March  2024 
(24-2290)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
SLOVAK REPUBLIC : ACT NO. 469/2003 COLL. ON DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN FOR A PRODUCT 
AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR A PRODUCT AND ON ALTERATIONS OF  
AND ADDITIONS TO CERTAIN LAWS, AS AMENDED  
Notifying Member  SLOVAK REPUBLIC  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Act No. 469/2003 Coll. on designations of origin for a product and 
geographical indications for a product and on alterations of and additions to 
certain laws, as amended  
Subject matter  Geographical indications  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2024/IP/SVK/24_01620_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/SVK/G/4  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Amendment: Act No. 84/2007 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
Amendment: Act No. 279/2007 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
Amendment: Act No. 395/2009 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
Amendment: Act No. 125/2016 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
Amendment: Act No. 83/2021 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
Amendment: Act No. 337/2022 Coll. of Laws of the Slovak Rep.  
 
The Slovak law on designations of origin and geographical indications has been amended various 
times since 2003. These amendments are based in particular on the implementation of the EU law, 
particularly taking into account the exclusive competency of the EU in the field of agricultural  
geographical indications.  
 
The 2007 amendment was based on the transposition of the Directive (EC) 2004/48 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.  
 
The version of the Act in force in 2024 is a  mixture of implementing provisions completing the EU 
provisions on agricultural geographical indications (protection on EU level only) and provisions 
dealing with the national protection of non -agricultural geographical indications.  IP/N/1/SVK/7 • IP/N/1/SVK/G/5  
 
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  Following the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products 
and amending Regulations (EU)  2017/1001 and (EU)  2019/1753, wh ich create a  new EU title for the 
protection of craft and industrial geographical indications (non -agricultural geographical indications), 
a future amendment to the Act is planned. From December 2025 no national protection title for craft 
and industrial pr oducts is available.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 November 2022  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  18 January 2024  
Other information  IP/N/1/EEC/E/4  
(Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights)  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic  
Švermova  43 
974 04 Banská Bystrica  
 
Email:  infocentrum@indprop.gov.sk  
 
 
 
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