This page contains information on statutory alcohol marketing regulations in the Slovak Republic (table 1); a description of the restrictions per medium (table 2); labelling information (table 3); information on non-statutory alcohol marketing regulations (table 4); the complaints procedure; and lastly a summary about the Slovak regulations on alcohol marketing, including exhaustive, downloadable documents from the ELSA & FASE research projects.
Table 1 | Statutory Alcohol marketing regulations in the Slovak Republic | Coverage |
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Zákon o reklame a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov 147/2001 (Advertising Act) | Advertising of alcoholic beverages: spirits/liquors, wine, beer and other beverages which contains more than 0,75% Alcohol by Volume |
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498/2009 Z.z. ZÁKON, ktorým sa mení a dopĺňa zákon č. 308/2000 Z.z. o vysielaní a retransmisii a o zmene zákona č. 195/2000 Z.z. o telekomunikáciách v znení neskorších predpisov a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov (Act on Broadcasting and retransmission) | Broadcasting (tv, radio: advertising, teleshoping, sponsoring etc.) in relation to all alcoholic beverages. This Act implements the AVMSD. |
Table 3 Labelling information | Description | Legally binding or self-regulation | |
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Health warnings: | No | ||
Ingredients/nutritional information | Potravinový kódex - Tretia časť 25. hlava - Nápoje (Food Codex regulating labelling of beer (alcohol volume, sugar content, energy information, protein info, fenylalanin info)) | Self-regulation |
Table 4 Non-statutory Alcohol marketing regulations in the Slovak Republic | Coverage |
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Ethical principles of advertising practice by the Slovak Advertising Standards Council (Chapter 3 Advertising of alcohol beverages) | Advertisement promoting any specific alcoholic beverage, as well as an advertisement containing a general presentation of alcoholic beverages, use of alcohol or any other claim or the consumption of alcoholic beverages (Article 27 Ethical principles of advertising practice) |
For more (but older) information on alcohol marketing regulations in the Slovak Republic, please take a look at Slovak Republic’s appendix to the 2007 ELSA (Enforcement of national Laws and Self-regulation on advertising and marketing of Alcohol) report.