SLK PRL Securities Act Amendments


On Apr. 24, SLK PRL adopted bill amending the Securities Act.


  • SLK PRL adopted bill 131 amending Act 566/2001 coll. on securities and investment services and on the amendment of certain laws (Securities Act) as amended and amending certain laws, to align various national provisions with European provisions.
  • Purpose
  • Adopted bill implements art 18 of DLTR Regulation 2022/858 on the pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed transaction database technology.
  • Expansion of the set of financial instruments to include DLT financial instruments.
  • Termination of the right of pledge in the area of the right of redemption for certainty.
  • Stock exchange can trade in securities with a low risk profile that are not traded on a regulated market or a multilateral trading system organized by the stock exchange.
  • Effectiveness
  • Adopted bill was submitted to the editorial office; the law will enter into force on Jun. 1, 2024, except for article I, points 4, 35 which will enter into force on Jan. 1, 2025.

Regulators SLK PRL
Entity Types B/D; Bank; Depo; Exch; Inv Co; MSB
Reference Law 131, PR, 4/24/2024; DLTR Reg 2022/858
Functions Compliance; Financial; Legal; Operations; Reporting; Settlement; Technology; Trading; Treasury
Countries Slovakia
Category
State
Products Banking; Clearing; Cryptocurrency; Equity; Fund Mgt; Payments; Securities
Regions EMEA
Rule Type Final
Rule Date 4/24/2024
Effective Date 6/1/2024
Rule Id 209982
Linked to N/A
Reg. Last Update 4/24/2024
Report Section EU

Last substantive update on 04/30/2024