| 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.
|
Health Care
Reform - Act on the Scope of Healthcare Covered by Public Health
Insurance and on Payments for Services Related to the Provision of
Health Care (reducing basic package of the health care - priority
diagnoses; non-priority diagnoses - patients' co-payment to be set
by the Government; categorisation of drugs; enlarging the area of
people exempted from lump sum fees)
|
150,1
|
1,80
|
83,3
|
| 2.
|
Fiscal Decentralisation
- Act on the Budgetary Rules for Local and Regional Self-Governments
(multi-annual budget introduced; hard budget constraints; stricter
budgetary rules and management supervision)
|
140,2
|
2,18
|
64,3
|
| 3.
|
Act on Budgetary
Rules for Public Administration (introduction of hard budget constraints
for the whole public administration; restriction of guarantees and
taking a bank loan; program and multi-annual budgeting; construction
of the public administration budget according to ESA 95 methodology;
dissolution of certain budgetary chapters; stricter control; moderate
sanctions; provisional budget to be based on the budget from the
previous year, not on the budget proposed by the Government)
|
137,1
|
2,09
|
65,5
|
| 4.
|
Fiscal Decentralisation
- Act on Budgetary Determination of Income Tax Revenues for Local
and Regional Self-Governments (Municipalities - 70.3%, Higher Territorial
Units - 23.5%; criteria for distribution of tax revenue to be set
by Government; at least SKK 33.4bn for the year 2005 stipulated by
the law)
|
130,9
|
1,92
|
68,2
|
| 5.
|
Health Care
Reform - Act on Healthcare Providers, Healthcare Workers and Professional
Healthcare Organisations (transformation of medical facilities into
joint-stock companies; allowing licensed providers to enter the health
care market; minimal public net; evaluating quality system of providers
according to governmental regulation; voluntary membership in professional
chambers established by the law; dissolution of 4 chambers, one new
established; strengthening decisions taking power of chambers - licence
issuing), Act on Emergency Health Service (defining minimal number
of ambulancies, placement, tenders, coordination - Ministry of Health)
|
106,1
|
1,41
|
75,4
|
| 6.
|
Health Care
Reform - Act on Health Insurance (division of health insurance
into public and individual; increasing payroll tax burden; increasing
assessment base; annual balancing of premium payments; 85,5% redistribution
of prescribed premium between health insurance companies; penalties;
rights and obligations of health insurance companies and policyholders)
|
105,9
|
1,35
|
78,5
|
| 7.
|
Health Care
Reform - Act on Health Insurance Companies and Surveillance Authority
Act (transformation of health insurance companies into joint-stock
companies; introduction of strict budgetary restrictions; patient
management system; waiting lists; quality indicators of health care
suppliers issued by the Governement; regulated competition of insurance
companies on the side of purchasing health services; licensed insurance
companies allowed to enter the health care market; establishing the
Surveillance Authority; controll; penalties)
|
101,4
|
1,29
|
78,5
|
| 8.
|
Fiscal Decentralisation
- Act on Local Taxes and Municipal Charges for Municipal Waste
and Minor Construction Waste (facultative local taxes; discretionary
assesment of rates by municipalities and Higher Territorial Units;
compulsory municipal charge for municipal waste and minor construction
waste)
|
99,8
|
1,57
|
63,6
|
| 9.
|
Dissolution
of the Tripartite Social Partnership Act (Establishing Government´s
advisory body - Board of Economic Partnership and Social Partnership
of the Slovak Republic; voluntary social dialogue; Amendment to the
Devolution Act)
|
70,9
|
1,48
|
48,0
|
| 10.
|
Amendment to
the Act on the Subsidy for Establishment of Industrial Zones (simplified
establishment of industrial zone; zone establishment for only one
strategic investor enabled; lower minimum financial participation
of the municipality; positive discrimination favoring regions with
higher unemployment rate)
|
64,5
|
1,43
|
45,1
|
| 11.
|
Amendment to
the Act on Land Adjustments (shortening the preparation process
of land adjustments - faster consolidation and separation of the
plots; land adjustments inside, as well as outside the simple cadastral
area; settlement of state seized lands; financial reimbursement within
land adjustments restricted to small plots)
|
64,1
|
1,49
|
43,1
|
| 12.
|
Concept for
Further Steps in the Privatisation and Final Privatisation of Strategic
Enterprises and Other Organisations (final privatisation of 51% of
shares in 3 electricity distribution companies, Slovak Airlines and
2 airports; privatisation of 51% of shares in heating companies,
66% of shares in Slovak Electricity Company, privatisation of newly-established
Railway Company Cargo (carrying goods); state-owned shares in other
companies will not be privatised in the meantime)
|
49,9
|
0,89
|
56,3
|
| 13.
|
Amendment to
the Act on Retail Chains (extent of regulation reduced; exact definitions
of economic power and abuse of this power by retail chains replaced
with broad definitions)
|
39,4
|
1,13
|
35,0
|
| 14.
|
Act on Emission
Allowance Trading (Trading within European Union; registry and
allocation of allowances for 5 years - Ministry of the Environment
of the Slovak Republic; obligation to buy free quotas in case of
exceeded allowances, else sanctions will be applied)
|
38,6
|
1,02
|
37,7
|
| 15.
|
Privatisation
of the Slovak Electricity Company (Slovenské Elektrárne, a.s.)
(66% share for SKK 33.6bn (EUR 840m) to the Italian energy holding
company ENEL)
|
18,0
|
0,31
|
57,2
|
| 16.
|
Minimum wage
increase to SKK 6 500 (by 6,9 per cent, SKK 420)
|
4,7
|
0,14
|
34,3
|
| 17.
|
Decision to
Acquire Remaining Unbought Land Intended for the Construction of
the Kia/Hyundai Car Plant by Means of Expropriation Proceedings
|
-9,1
|
-0,22
|
42,3
|
| 18.
|
Act on Environmental
Fund (Environmental Fund established; not financed through the
State Budget)
|
-45,3
|
-1,29
|
35,0
|
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|
|
|
|
| |
RATING/Quality/Importance
of the 3rd QUARTER 2004 (passed measures)
|
72,2
|
1,26
|
51,8
|
| |
RATING/Quality/Importance
of the 2nd QUARTER 2004 (passed measures)
|
57,7
|
1,19
|
45,8
|
