| 3rd Quarter JULY - SEPTEMBER 2004 |
RATING |
Quality |
Importance |
Measures Ranked by Rating Values
(i.e. Contribution to the Economic and Social Development) |
[-300;300] |
[ -3; 3 ] |
% |
| 1.
|
Convergence
Program of Slovakia for the 2004 -2010 Period (Medium- and Long-Term
Economic Policy Objectives of the Slovak Republic)
|
127,1
|
1,92
|
66,2
|
| 2.
|
Liberating Investment
Rules of Pension Fund Management Companies within Fully-funded Pension
Scheme (Lowering Obligatory Limit for Investment on Domestic Capital
Market from 50% to 30%, Lowering Minimal Obligatory Rate of Return
of Pension Funds, Amendment to the Act on Old Age Pension Savings)
|
110,2
|
1,77
|
62,3
|
| 3.
|
Amendment to
the Act on Trade Licensing (Cutting Time Limits for the Trade License
Registration, for the Income Tax Registration and for the Value
Added Tax Registration)
|
108,6
|
2,23
|
48,7
|
| 4.
|
Parliament Resolution
Requiring Slovak Government to Disclose Investment Agreements with
Kia-Hyundai and PSA Peugeot Citroën, as well as other Investment
and Privatisation Contracts since 2001 pursuant to the Act on Free
Access to Information
|
103,0
|
2,03
|
50,7
|
| 5.
|
Amendment to
the Act on Municipalities (Adjustment of Internal Inspection within
Municipalities and Higher Territorial Units, Allowing Entrance of
Public into Legislative Process of Local Governments)
|
100,2
|
1,87
|
53,7
|
| 6.
|
Draft Act on
Student Loans (Payment of Tuition Introduced, State-Regulated Student
Loans, More Social Scholarship Recipients, Abolishing Salary Grades
for Remuneration of Teachers and Raising their Salaries, Equal Rights
for Private and Public Universities)
|
93,2
|
1,39
|
67,2
|
| 7.
|
Constitutional
Act on Conflict of Interests (Notification Duty, Including Property
Return, so-called After-Employement Restrictions, Stricter Sanctions,
Enforcing Law on Self-Government as well)
|
86,1
|
1,55
|
55,7
|
| 8.
|
Optimising Judicial
System of the Slovak Republic (New Three-Grade Framework, 10 County
Courts Abolished, 8 Regional Courts Kept, Paperwork Moved to Courts
of the First-Degree, Specialised Courts Established; Act on Seats
and Districts of Courts)
|
77,7
|
1,57
|
49,5
|
| 9.
|
Transformation
of the State Enterprise Slovak Post into State Owned Joint-Stock
Company (Untying Rules for Property Handling, Creation of New Business
Activities Enabled, Definition of so-called Priority Capital Property
- always State-Owned Property)
|
60,6
|
1,60
|
37,9
|
| 10.
|
New Act on Value
Added Tax (Harmonisation with EU Law, Range of VAT Payers Enlarged)
|
57,9
|
1,05
|
54,9
|
| 11.
|
Act on Mediation
(Performance of Mediation Formalised)
|
52,6
|
1,55
|
33,9
|
| 12.
|
Amendment to
the Act on Municipal Charges (Abolishing Municipal Charges for Alcohol
and Tobacco Products, Admission, Advertising, Accommodation Capacity)
|
52,0
|
1,29
|
40,3
|
| 13.
|
Act on Pain
Compensation and Compensation of Social Consequences of Disability
(Higher Compensation and its Automatic Valorisation, Maximal Compensation
of SKK 3.1m Introduced, Compensation Raising by Court Restricted
to at most 50% above Legal Limit)
|
44,2
|
1,49
|
29,7
|
| 14.
|
Constitutional
Act on the Co-operation between National Council of the Slovak Republic
(Parliament) and Government of Slovak Republic in European Union
Affairs (Restricted Mandate of Government Members at the Meetings
of Council of the EU, Binding Position of the Parliament)
|
37,8
|
0,81
|
46,6
|
| 15.
|
Proposal to
Take Over the Balance of Cancelled Bearer Saving Books from Commercial
Banks to the State from the year 2007, Forfeiture of Saving Books
in favour of State from the 2012 instead of their Forfeiture in
favour of Banks from the 2007
|
20,1
|
0,80
|
25,3
|
| 16.
|
Reduction of
Interest Rates by the National Bank of Slovakia (Two Times by 0.5
Percentage Points) and Direct Interventions against SKK Exchange
Rate Appreciation
|
14,4
|
0,26
|
54,6
|
| 17.
|
Act on the Pay
of European Parliament Members (Seting-up Salary at SKK 86 200 -
Twice the Salary of the Member of the Slovak Parliament)
|
11,5
|
0,66
|
17,4
|
| 18.
|
Proposal to
Freeze Salaries of the Certain Constitutional Officials (at the
Same Level as in the years 2002 and 2003)
|
3,7
|
0,14
|
25,9
|
| 19.
|
Act on Substitute
Alimony (Reinstatement of the State Paid Substitute Alimony)
|
-4,4
|
-0,15
|
30,0
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
RATING of the
2nd QUARTER 2004 (passed measures)
|
57,7
|
|
|
| |
RATING of the
1st QUARTER 2004 (passed measures)
|
41,6
|
|
|
| Measures of EU |
| 1. |
New EU Directive on Investment Services (Allowing Providing Services EU-Wide on the Basis of Approval in Home Country, Minimal Qualification Standards for National Financial Market Supervisory Authorities, Stricter Rules to Provide Investment Services, Allowing Securities Trading Outside the Stock Exchange) |
89,9 |
1,81 |
49,7 |
| 2. |
EU Directive on the Eforcement of Industrial and Intellectual Property Rigths (Bolstering Fight against those Breaking Copyright Law and against Pirate and Counterfeit Goods and Services) |
61,1 |
1,44 |
43,1 |
| 3. |
Proposal for Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions (Simplified Pateting, 20 Years Validity Period) |
26,2 |
0,71 |
36,9 |
| 4. |
European Commission Measures to Match Supply and Demand for Translation Services (Extent of Translated Texts Restricted, Making Translation Services more Efficient) |
15,9 |
0,88 |
18,1 |
| 5. |
Authorisation of European Commission for Import of Genetically Modified Maize |
13,0 |
0,36 |
36,4 |
| 6. |
EC Proposal for Implementing the Principle of Equal Treatment Between both Genders in the Access to Goods and Services (e.g. Insurance Services) |
-17,9 |
-0,44 |
40,3 |
