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History

The first chambers of commerce and industry in the territory of Slovakia were established in Košice and Bratislava in 1850 with an important mission in business affairs. After World War II the government decree No. 306/1948 closed all chambers of commerce and industry in Czechoslovakia. Their only successor was the Czechoslovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Prague (ČSOPK). In 1987 a branch office of ČSOPK came into being in Bratislava, which later on received the status of the regional head office. In 1991, after a break of almost 50 years, the original structure of chambers of commerce and industry was renewed over the whole territory of the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic. The Chamber of Košice started its activities in March of the same year.

On 3rd December 1991 the National Council of Slovakia (Parliament) passed Act No. 9/1992 concerning chambers of commerce and industry. The text of the Act itself takes into account the experience and legislation concerning chambers of commerce and industry in countries with developed market economies, and is harmonised with the legislature of countries of the European Union. On the basis of this Act, on 1st July 1992 the former ČSOPK was transformed, and an independent legal subject – the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry residing in Bratislava - came into being in the territory of Slovakia. At present there are nine regional offices of this Chamber throughout Slovakia: Bratislava, Nitra, Trnava, Trenčín, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Lučenec, Košice and Prešov.

Provided activities and services

• Cooperation with commercial and industrial chambers abroad (organizing business missions, seminars, meetings on economic cooperation, publication of commercial promotions, seeking trading partners, exchange of commercial policy documents and other information),
• Consultancy on legal, financial, commercial and Customs issues,
• Customs and certification services (issue of ATA Carnets, authentication of certificates of origin of goods, commercial invoices, powers of attorney, ”force majeur”, contracts, letters of reference),
• Librarian and information services (contact data of foreign and domestic companies and other information concerning trade conditions and doing business in selected countries).
• Educational activities (organizing seminars, workshops and conferences on current issues of international trade, trade logistics and business.)
• Publication activities (specialized publications for support of business and reduction of trade risks, publication of current general standards in international trade, publications concerning technical, economic and legislative issues.)
• Facilitation in property disputes in international trade of domestic subjects at the Court of Arbitration of Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bratislava.
• Promotion of members of Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry through the network of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris and other information media in cooperation with chambers of commerce and industry abroad and branch offices of the World Trade Center.
• Mediation and publications of business opportunities, offers and other business information for foreign and domestic companies.
• Presentation and representation of members of the Chamber at domestic and foreign exhibitions and other events.
• Cooperation with representative offices of the Slovak Republic abroad.
• Cooperation with embassies of the Slovak Republic and their commercial sections.

Contact

Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry Košice
Floriánska 19
040 01 Košice
Slovak republic

Tel.: ++421 55 3101 151
Fax: ++421 55 3101 156
E-mail : sopkrkke@scci.sk
WWW: www.ke.sopk.sk

Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry Trenčín
Jilemnického 2
911 01 Trenčín
Slovak republic

Tel.: ++421 32 6523 834
Fax: ++421 32 6521 023
E-mail : sopkrktn@sopk.sk
WWW: www.komora.sk