Last updated: 25 June 2026
Published: 29 March 2018
According to the interpretative opinion of the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak RepublicOpens in a new window (MIRRI), joint authorization must not be used to “combine” multiple documents into a single document (i.e. into one signature container, such as ASiC-E). The only exceptions are cases expressly provided for by the e-Government Act:
Authorization (signature) must be linked to a specific legal act and is required whenever the relevant act, submission or attachment requires a signature. Maintaining the link between a submission and its attachments must not be based on joint authorization. Consequently, where attachments are submitted together with a submission – for example, where a power of attorney is accompanied by scanned documents – it is incorrect to authorize those attachments jointly with the power of attorney.
We would like to inform you about the functions and documents provided by NASES in connection with the rules governing the joint authorization of electronic official documents in cases involving the procedure under § 28(3), or an attestation clause relating to guaranteed conversion under § 36 of the e-Government Act, as well as electronic official documents under the former § 28(6), which was in force until 31 October 2022.Opens in a new window
1. Joint authorization functionality
The joint authorization functionality, intended for employees of public authorities, can be used in the following ways:
In the user interface of the slovensko.sk portal, this functionality is available for all electronic forms assigned to services for which the National Agency for Network and Electronic Services (NASES) has enabled this functionality on the slovensko.sk portal. For newly registered electronic forms (with a new identifier) submitted from 22 September 2018 onwards, NASES has automatically enabled this option in all cases. For older forms, a specific request must be submitted to the National Agency for Network and Electronic Services (NASES) to enable joint authorization. Instructions for the joint authorization of electronic documents by public authorities are available on the slovensko.sk portal.
Joint authorization does not require any modifications to existing electronic forms or the registration of new electronic forms. When integrating with the Central Electronic Registry, any electronic form can be jointly authorized together with other electronic documents, provided that their formats are supported.
2. Integration Manual for the Central Electronic Registry
An Integration Manual for the Central Electronic RegistryOpens in a new window is available on the Partner Framework Portal. It contains specifications and examples relating to joint authorization in the ASiC-E XAdES format using the "DITEC_CEP_PODPISANIE_DOKUMENTOV2" service of the Central Electronic Registry. The joint authorization functionality has been available in the Central Electronic Registry since the beginning of 2017.
3. Central Electronic Registry documentation
Documentation for the Central Electronic Registry is published on the Central Government Portal. It provides an overview of the formats that can currently be repeatedly or jointly authorized, as well as information about planned support for additional formats, which is scheduled for the coming months.
4. Displaying jointly authorized documents
5. Endorsement of legal force and enforceability
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investments and Informatization prepared new endorsements of legal force and enforceability, which are published in the electronic forms module under the following identifiers:
Since October 2019, the endorsement form has also been accessible via the green "Mark Endorsement" button directly in sent electronic official messages containing electronic official documents, i.e. messages with the EGOV_DOCUMENT class (decisions). It was also added in bulk to the forms available through the "Create Notification/Request" function, which every public authority (OVM) has in its electronic mailbox (in the upper-left corner).
In accordance with the amendment to the e-Government Act, effective from 1 August 2019, public authorities can correctly create an endorsement not only through joint authorization but also by attaching the entire decision as an attachment. If a decision is attached to an electronic official message, the electronic official document must also be clearly and unambiguously identified in the endorsement itself. If the electronic official document was created through the joint authorization of a PDF document and data from an electronic form, the attachment to the endorsement of legal force must contain the entire original electronic official document. This means that the attachment must include a file containing all parts of the electronic official document (e.g. an ASiC container containing a PDF jointly authorized with the form data). Attachments that do not constitute electronic official documents must not, according to the interpretation of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investments and Informatization, be jointly authorized with the electronic official document or the endorsement.
