1. Complete an application form. A link is provided under "Documents to Use" section which you can use to download the form. Make sure that you fill out the form correctly and you provide all required information.
2. Submit your application to the nearest Trade Licensing Office where the business is located (for legal entities) or residential address (for natural person). For a foreign natural or legal person the appropriate Trade Licensing Office is in the seat of the region of the address of place of business of the foreign person or the address of place of business of the organisational unit of a foreign person.

You may use the contact information below to get in touch with the Trade Licensing Office to inquire about supporting documents that you must submit together with your application.

Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic
Division of Public Administration
Department of Entrepreneurship
Drie?ov 22
826 86 Bratislava 29

Tel.: 00421-2-48592401
Fax: 00421-2-43334726
E-mail: ozp.svs@mvsr.vs.sk

Trade Licensing Offices

• Natural person or legal entity
• Applicant for a Certificate of Trade Authorisation has to meet all general conditions for trading set in Article 6 of Trade Licensing Act (minimum age of 18 years, legal capacity and integrity), or if required by the Act, also special conditions for carrying on trade (professional or other qualification).
• A person can carry on trade in the Slovak Republic in two different legal statuses either as a Slovak person or as a foreign person. In general, every foreign person can carry on trade under the same conditions as every Slovak person.

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You must submit your application for a license to the Trade Licensing Office where the business is located (for legal entities) or residential address (for natural person). For a foreign natural or legal person the appropriate Trade Licensing Office is in the seat of the region of the address of place of business of the foreign person or the address of place of business of the organisational unit of a foreign person.

• Data necessary for requesting an extract from the criminal record
• Data necessary for registration in the system of mandatory health insurance (in case that this person is not yet registered in the system of mandatory health insurance in any of the EU Member States, Member State of the European Economic Area or Swiss Confederation)
• Data required for registration with the tax administrator

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