Slovak Republic Regulations on Personal Protective Equipment

The following legal regulation applies to personal protective equipment as of April 21, 2018:

Title
No. (EU) 2016/425	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC // supplemented by Amendment No. (EU) 2024/2748, as amended by Corrigendum (EU) 2025/90332, effective as of May 29, 2026

The following regulations applied to personal protective equipment until April 21, 2018:

Designation	Title
No. 56/2018 Coll. current version	Act on Product Conformity Assessment, Making a Product Available on the Market, and on Amendments to Certain Acts / April 1, 2018 repeals Act No. 264/1999 Coll. on technical requirements for products and on conformity assessment / amendment by Act No. 351/2022 Coll. applies from June 28, 2025
No. 117/2018 Coll.	Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic repealing Regulation of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 35/2008 Coll., laying down details on technical requirements and conformity assessment procedures for personal protective equipment// This Government Regulation implements the legally binding acts of the European Union: Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC// April 21, 2018 repeals and replaces Government Regulation No. 35/2008 Coll.