Source document
Zákon č. 187/2021 Z. z. o ochrane hospodárskej súťaže
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What the document holds
Slovak Act No. 187/2021 on the protection of competition (version 1 Jun 2021-29 Feb 2024, 46 pp.): prohibited agreements, dominance, mergers, procedure, inspections, fines (up to 10% of turnover), leniency (§ 51), settlement, § 53 reward for the first natural person to deliver decisive evidence of a horizontal agreement: entitlement on request once the decision is final and the fine paid (or after court review); 1% of all fines, max EUR 100,000; 50% (max EUR 10,000) if fines unpaid within 100 days; entrepreneurs and staff of earlier leniency applicants excluded; reward decision not published, no appeal; identity protected on request; Act 54/2019 does not apply; amendments to other acts; in force 1 Jun 2021. No statistics. Rate, unpaid-fine cap, entitlement flag and entry-into-force event were already in the data; added the EUR 100,000 cap, the 50% partial rule, the exclusion and the identity rule. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
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Reward rules (8)
- Anonymous reports allowedreward: identity protected on request, not anonymousNoSince 1 Jun 2021 · Slov-Lex 2021Slovakia · Slovak Antimonopoly Office reward for cartel evidence
- Award is discretionaryreward on request once decision final and fine paidNoSince 1 Jun 2021 · Slov-Lex 2021Slovakia · Slovak Antimonopoly Office reward for cartel evidence
- Maximum awardper reward (fines paid)EUR 100,000Since 1 Jun 2021 · Slov-Lex 2021Slovakia · Slovak Antimonopoly Office reward for cartel evidence
- Maximum awardfines not paid (50% of the reward)EUR 10,000Since 1 Jul 2014 · Slov-Lex 2021Slovakia · Slovak Antimonopoly Office reward for cartel evidence
- Maximum award sharesum of fines on all cartel parties1%Since 1 Jul 2014 · Slov-Lex 2021Slovakia · Slovak Antimonopoly Office reward for cartel evidence
- Minimum award sharesum of fines on all cartel parties1%Since 1 Jul 2014 · Slov-Lex 2021Slovakia · Slovak Antimonopoly Office reward for cartel evidence
- Share of award that may be withheld until recovery startsfines not paid within 100 days of the decision becoming enforceable (or of the final court judgment upholding or reducing them): the whistleblower gets 50% of the reward, max EUR 10,00050%Since 1 Jun 2021 · Slov-Lex 2021Slovakia · Slovak Antimonopoly Office reward for cartel evidence
- Staff of leniency applicants excluded from rewardsentrepreneurs, and employees of a leniency applicant that applied before the informant gave the evidenceYesSince 1 Jun 2021 · Slov-Lex 2021Slovakia · Slovak Antimonopoly Office reward for cartel evidence
About the document
What it covers § 53: reward for the first person to give the Antimonopoly Office decisive evidence of a cartel: 1% of fines, max EUR 100,000 (50%, max EUR 10,000, if fines unpaid). In force 1 June 2021.
Source id svk-zz-2021-187-competition-act · accessed 5 Oct 2026