Provision § 27 par. 18: “The manufacturer of the reserved product, which does not have its registered office or place of business in the Slovak Republic, shall appoint an authorized representative, who is a legal or natural person – an entrepreneur, and who has its registered office or place of business in the Slovak Republic, to fulfill the obligations imposed by this law, by means of a power of attorney according to paragraph 19.”

Provision § 27 par. 19: “The power of attorney must be granted in written form and to the extent that ensures the entry of the authorized representative into all the rights and obligations of the manufacturer of the reserved product resulting from this law. The power of attorney is granted for at least one year”.

Provision § 27 par. 20: “On the basis of the authorization according to paragraph 19, the authorized representative acting in his own name is responsible for the fulfillment of all obligations of the manufacturer of the reserved product according to this law”.

Provision § 27 par. 1: “A reserved product is a product belonging to the group of products regulated in the second to eighth sections of this part of the law, which are subject to the extended responsibility of the manufacturer”.

Provision § 27 par. 2: “Producer of a reserved product means a manufacturer of electrical equipment (§ 32), a manufacturer of batteries and accumulators (§ 42), a manufacturer of packaging (§ 52), a manufacturer of vehicles (§ 60), a manufacturer of tires (§ 69), a manufacturer of non-packaged products (§ 73)”.

Provision § 27 par. 3: “Extended responsibility of the manufacturer is a summary of the obligations of the manufacturer of the reserved product, established in this part of the law or in a special regulation1), applicable to the product during all phases of its life cycle, the purpose of which is to prevent the generation of waste from the reserved product (hereinafter referred to as the “reserved waste stream”) and to strengthen the reuse, recycling or other recovery of this waste stream. The content of the producer’s extended responsibility consists of established requirements to ensure the material composition or construction of the reserved product, to be informed about its composition and the management of the reserved waste stream, to ensure the management of the reserved waste stream and to ensure the financial coverage of the listed activities”.

Act No. 529/2010 Coll. ecodesign)

Provision § 27 par. 4 of the Waste Act: “The producer of the reserved product is obliged
a) to register in the Register of producers of the reserved product and to notify changes to the registered data,
b) to appoint an authorized representative in accordance with paragraphs 18 to 20, if the producer of the reserved product is listed in paragraph 18,
c) to ensure the material composition of the reserved product, its construction and its labeling in accordance with the special section of this part of the law, as long as this obligation arises from it,
d) to fulfill the information obligation in relation to the public and to the processor of the reserved waste stream in accordance with the special section of this part of the law,
e) to ensure the fulfillment of the objectives established in Annex No. 3,
f) to ensure the management of the reserved waste stream to the extent and in the manner specified in the special section of this Act,
g) to ensure the recovery and recycling of the reserved waste stream at least in the amount of the binding goals and limits of recovery and recycling for the reserved waste stream, established in Annex No. 3,
h) to keep and keep records and report data from it to the Ministry in to the prescribed extent and store the reported data,
i) to fulfill the information obligation in relation to the end users of the reserved product in accordance with the special section of this part of the law and in the prescribed manner [§ 105(3)(i)],
j) to calculate their collection share and market share in accordance with the special section of this law, based on the data published by the Ministry on its website; the data necessary for the calculation of the market share will be published by the Ministry no later than March 20, and the data necessary for the calculation of the collection share will be published by the Ministry no later than July 15,
k) to ensure the removal of the entire amount of separately collected municipal waste belonging to the dedicated waste stream from the municipality in which it is responsible for the dedicated waste stream thus removed, the provisions of letters e) and g) are not affected,
l) to ensure the fulfillment of the collection goals established in Annex No. 3a”.

Provision § 27 par. 5: “The manufacturer of the reserved product shall bear all financial costs associated with the collection, transportation, preparation for reuse, evaluation, recycling, processing and disposal of separately collected waste belonging to the reserved waste stream, with the exception if these obligations are fulfilled by a person pursuant to § 37 paragraph 3, § 48 paragraph 3, § 56 paragraph 8, § 71 paragraph 2 and § 73, paragraph 10. If the said obligation is realized in the form of payment of costs to a person entitled to waste collection or waste recovery, the scope of this payment shall be reduced by the revenues of this person obtained from the paid management of the reserved waste stream. The expenses for the construction or construction of the waste collection facility, waste recovery facility, for the disposal of waste, including mobile equipment, as well as expenses for the procurement of equipment and technology for the implementation of the mentioned activities; the provision of § 81, paragraph 4, is not affected by this”.

Provision § 28 par. 1: “The producer responsibility organization is a legal entity based in the Slovak Republic founded, owned and operated exclusively by producers of reserved products located in one of the member states. The producer responsibility organization, in accordance with the authorization granted, ensures, on the basis of the contract on the fulfillment of reserved obligations, the fulfillment of reserved obligations on behalf of the producers of the reserved product. The purpose of the producer responsibility organization is not to make a profit”.