Background information

On 9 August 2023, the government approved Resolution No. 389/2023 on the reimbursement of expenses related to rescue work during the emergency situation in the years 2021 to 2023 in the territorial jurisdiction of 21 district offices within the entire territory of Slovakia. The relevant funds were transferred from the General treasury management chapter to the budget chapter of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic and subsequently transferred to the budgets of selected authorities according to the verification of expenses for rescue work.

Content of measure

The validity, correctness and adequacy of the submitted requirements were verified by the district authorities in accordance with the Act on Civil Protection, Decree of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic No. 523/2006 Coll. on details for ensuring rescue work and organizing civil protection units and Decree of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic no. 599/2006 Coll., which establishes details of expenditures for civil protection of the population from the state budget. These were the extraordinary events:

• ecological accident in the Prešov district (€5,481.60);
• the threat of an environmental accident in the district of Brezno (€297,648.85);
• lack of drinking water in the districts of Levoča, Rimavská Sobota, Rožňava and Spišská Nová Ves (€72,703.77);
• fires in the districts of Liptovský Mikuláš, Nitra, Poprad, Prešov, Spišská Nová Ves and Žilina (€312,814.40);
• torrential rains in the districts of Liptovský Mikuláš and Rožňava (€10,125.96);
• snow disaster in the districts of Bytča, Čadca, Dolný Kubín, Kežmarok, Kysucké Nové Mesto, Liptovský Mikuláš, Námestovo, Poprad, Rožňava, Ružomberok, Tvrdošín and Žilina (€1,889,341.96);
• slope deformation in Bratislava and Stará Ľubovňa districts (€19,567.20);
• windstorm in Levoča, Pezinok, Poprad districts (€7,524.41);
• pollution of the source of drinking water in the Levoča district (€4,328.04).

Use of measure

Funds spent on rescue work during the emergency were approved in the amount of €2,619,536.19.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Does not apply to businesses	Other groups of citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government Local / regional government	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Consulted	Consulted
Form	Any other form of consultation, institutionalised (as stable working groups or committees) or informal	Any other form of consultation, institutionalised (as stable working groups or committees) or informal

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• Social partners jointly
• Main level of involvement: Regional or local level

Involvement

Social partners were able to comment on the government's proposals as part of the Interdepartmental comment procedure. However, they did not express any comments.

Views and reactions

Social partners did not express any views on the measure.

Sources

• 09 August 2023: Uznesenie vlády č. 389/2023 o preplatenie výdavkov súvisiacich so záchrannými prácami počas mimoriadnej situácie (rokovania.gov.sk)