Mining Act No. 44/1988. Country/Territory Slovakia Document type Legislation Date 1988 (1991) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Mineral resources Keyword Basic legislation Management/conservation Mining Exploration Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries Abstract This Act concerns mining activities in the Slovak Republic, as stated under article 1, purpose of the Act is to establish principles of protection and rational utilisation of mineral resources, mainly in prospecting, exploration, development, preparation and mining of deposits of minerals. The Act consists of 45 articles and is divided in the following parts: basic provisions; exploration of deposits and management of reserves of exclusive deposits; protection of mineral wealth; construction of mines and quarries; mining of exclusive deposits; other interventions into the Earth’s crust; mining damages; common provisions; transient and final provisions. Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Regulation 86/1988 of 16 May 1988 on procedure for searching and surveying exclusive deposits. Legislation | Slovakia | 1988 (1992) Keyword: Exploration, Data collection/reporting, Certification, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX Governmental Order on payment for mining reservation and on payment for mined minerals. Legislation | Slovakia | 1994 Keyword: Royalties/fees, Mining Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation of 1 September 1993 on designing, carrying on and evaluating of geological works. Legislation | Slovakia | 1993 Keyword: Exploration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation 9/1989 Coll. of 15 December 1988 on the registration of geological works, handing-over and accessing of old mining works and administering their register. Legislation | Slovakia | 1988 (1992) Keyword: Exploration, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Soil rehabilitation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation No. 78/1988 Coll. on deposit reservation and mining areas. Legislation | Slovakia | 1988 (1991) Keyword: Management/conservation, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Zoning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation 89/1988 on rational use of the exclusive deposits and on permission and reporting of mining activity and on reporting of the activity carried out bu the mining manner. Legislation | Slovakia | 1988 (1992) Keyword: Management/conservation, Authorization/permit, Data collection/reporting, Mining Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree implementing certain provisions on Mining Act. Legislation | Slovakia | 2015 Keyword: Mining, Exploration, Management/conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Act amending and supplementing the Mining Act. Legislation | Slovakia | 2010 Keyword: Minerals, Mining, Exploration, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Act amending and supplementing the Act on foodstuffs and amending and supplementing the Mining Act. Legislation | Slovakia | 2010 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Internal trade, Offences/penalties, Minerals, Mining, Exploration, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Act amending Mining Act. Legislation | Slovakia | 2014 Keyword: Mining, Exploration, Management/conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX