Industrial Real Estate
Exposure limit, subsistence minimum and tariff: July 2026
An operator of an industrial site in Slovakia received three new figures at once in July 2026: the asbestos exposure limit, the…
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Nearshoring & FDI
Investment aid from April 2026: zones, forms and time limits
From 1 April 2026 the forms of regional investment aid narrowed from four to three and one provider dropped out. The rest…
ESG & Compliance
The authorised CBAM declarant: who must be one and what they file
The CBAM transitional period ended on 31 December 2025 and with it the regime of quarterly reports. From January 2026 an authorisation…
Industrial Real Estate
Building Act 25/2025: the deadlines before an industrial build
The 2022 Construction Act never entered into force and was repealed. Preparing an industrial building today runs on Building Act 25/2025 Coll.…
Nearshoring & FDI
The minimum wage: how § 8 of Act 663/2007 Coll. determines it
The minimum wage is not negotiated from scratch: Act 663/2007 Coll. carries a formula with a named numerator and denominator for the…
Market Entry
The NBS forecast for 2025 against the outturn, component by component
The NBS forecast of June 2025 expected GDP growth of 1,2 % for 2025; the outturn was 0,8 %. Nominal wages meanwhile beat the…
Market Entry
Slovakia’s transaction tax in 2026: whom Act 279/2024 still binds
Amending Act 272/2025 Coll. removed the sole trader from Slovakia's financial transaction tax. It did not remove the legal entity, and foreign…
ESG & Compliance
CSRD and ESG reporting: which Slovak suppliers report, and from when
A delayed obligation is not delayed pressure. Which Slovak suppliers must report on sustainability and from when, how the CSRD entered Slovak…
Market Entry
Slovakia’s investment incentives and FDI: how SARIO and the state-aid map change the case
Where a new plant lands is decided less by the size of a grant than by the regional state-aid map. An analysis…
Industrial Real Estate
Green Industrial Parks: Why BREEAM Became an Investor Criterion, Not a Premium
BREEAM and LEED certification has stopped being a premium add-on on the Slovak industrial and logistics market and is becoming a ticket…