Establishment of the electronic mailbox for foreigners

An electronic mailbox shall be established for a subject of international law, a legal entity that does not have its registered office in the territory of the Slovak Republic, or a natural person who is not a citizen of the Slovak Republic and does not have a place of business in the Slovak Republic, upon submission of an application, within five working days of the date on which the application is received.

The application must be submitted using the designated function of the central government portal and must be authenticated by the applicant. It may also be submitted in paper form to the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic (the mailing address is provided directly in the application), bearing the applicant’s officially certified signature.

An electronic mailbox is established free of charge for every applicant.

For each mailbox, its owner has access to information and records concerning:

• the electronic mailbox identifier;
• the identifier of the person/mailbox owner;
• the date and time of the mailbox’s establishment, activation, deactivation and cancellation;
• the date and time of each access to the mailbox;
• the date and time of any change to the access rights associated with the mailbox;
• the date and time of each electronic message sent and received, together with the identifier of the person who logged into the mailbox or sent the message;
• any person who is or has been authorised, in addition to the mailbox owner, to access and manage the mailbox, including the scope of their authorisation.