Deadlines of EU rules: what applies when

10 December 2024

EU CRA Regulation (EU) 2024/2847

The Cyber Resilience Act entered into force. The main obligations for manufacturers of products with digital elements phase in during 2026–2027. The regulation applies directly, without a national act.

13 December 2024

EU GPSR Regulation (EU) 2023/988

The General Product Safety Regulation applies. Full obligations for online shops, manufacturers and importers of non-food products.

1 January 2025

SK NIS2 Act No. 69/2018 Coll. as amended by Act No. 366/2024 Coll.

The Slovak transposition of NIS2 takes effect: notification to the National Security Authority (NBÚ) within 60 days, security measures within 12 months, incident reporting. Entities already regulated before 2025 have a transitional period until 31 December 2026 (Section 34b(5)).

11 February 2025

EU PPWR Art. 71

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU) 2025/40 entered into force – the transitional periods started running.

1 May 2025

SK GPSR Act No. 83/2025 Coll.

The Slovak act on general product safety takes effect: instructions and safety information in Slovak (Section 2), supervision by the Slovak Trade Inspection (SOI), fines of up to €50,000 (Section 9).

28 June 2025

EU EAA Directive (EU) 2019/882

The European Accessibility Act applies: accessibility requirements for listed consumer products and services, such as online shops. Micro-enterprises providing services are exempt. Czech Republic: Act No. 424/2023 Coll.; Slovakia: Act No. 351/2022 Coll. (exemption for micro-enterprises providing services in Section 2(3), supervision by the SOI).

1 November 2025

CZ NIS2 Cybersecurity Act

The new Czech cybersecurity rules (transposition of NIS2) start to apply – obligations and incident reporting for regulated entities.

1 January 2026

EU CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956

The definitive CBAM period begins – obligations for importers of selected goods (iron, steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, electricity, hydrogen). The de minimis exemption does not apply to electricity and hydrogen. Competent authority in Slovakia: the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic.

30 May 2026

SK EAA Government Regulation No. 89/2026 Coll.

Government Regulation No. 89/2026 Coll. takes effect, replacing Government Regulation No. 282/2023 Coll. – the accessibility requirements for products (terminals, e-readers, hardware) have applied in Slovakia since 28 June 2025.

11 June 2026

EU CRA Art. 71(2)

The chapter on the notification of conformity assessment bodies (Art. 35–51) applies.

31 July 2026

SK R2R Act No. 310/2025 Coll. (Sections 13a and 13b of Act No. 108/2024 Coll.)

The right to repair applies in Slovakia: the manufacturer’s obligation to repair selected products and the European Repair Information Form. Contact point for the European platform: the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic.

12 August 2026

EU PPWR Art. 71

The Packaging Regulation applies. Among other things: PFAS limits in food-contact packaging and the heavy-metal limit (Art. 5), the EU declaration of conformity and technical documentation (Art. 15), and the obligations of importers and distributors (Art. 18 and 19). The recyclability criteria (grades A/B/C, Art. 6) phase in only from 2030; packaging minimisation under Art. 10 applies from 1 January 2030.

11 September 2026

EU CRA Art. 14, Art. 71(2)

Obligation to report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents (the early reporting obligations of the CRA). Authority for the CRA in Slovakia: the National Security Authority (NBÚ).

27 September 2026

SK EmpCo Act No. 310/2025 Coll.

The Slovak transposition of the EmpCo directive takes effect: a ban on misleading environmental claims, on generic environmental claims without specification where the trader cannot demonstrate recognised excellent environmental performance, and on climate-impact claims based on offsetting emissions. Supervision by the SOI; fines from €200 up to 2% of turnover, at most €200,000 (up to €400,000 for a repeated breach, up to 4% of turnover in a coordinated EU action). In the Czech Republic the transposing act is still in parliament.

30 December 2026

EU EUDR Art. 8; Art. 38(2) and (3)

Due diligence before placing relevant products on the market (wood, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soya, rubber, cattle) – for everyone except operators that are natural persons, micro-enterprises or small enterprises established by 31 December 2024 (they have a deferral until 30 June 2027, but not for timber and timber products listed in the annex to the EUTR). Downstream operators and traders fulfil their obligations from this date regardless of size. Supervision in Slovakia: the Slovak Forestry and Timber Inspection (Act No. 81/2025 Coll.).

31 December 2026

SK NIS2 Act No. 366/2024 Coll.

End of the transitional period of the amending Act No. 366/2024 Coll. for entities already regulated under the version of the Cybersecurity Act in force until 31 December 2024 (Section 34b(5)).

1 January 2027

EU CBAM Art. 22(2)

At the end of each quarter, the authorised CBAM declarant must hold certificates on its account for at least 50% of the emissions embedded in goods imported since the beginning of the year; after exceeding the 50-tonne threshold, it must meet this obligation by the end of the following quarter (Art. 22(2a)).

1 February 2027

EU CBAM Art. 20(1)

Sale of CBAM certificates on the common central platform.

12 February 2027

EU PPWR Art. 68

Member States lay down penalties for infringements of the PPWR (effective, proportionate and dissuasive).

28 February 2027

SK PPWR Section 27(4)(h) of Act No. 79/2015 Coll.

Reporting of packaging records for the previous year – every year by 28 February. It is submitted by a packaging producer fulfilling its obligations individually (also under the relief up to 100 kg) and, for the producers it represents, by the producer responsibility organisation; a producer in collective fulfilment supplies its data to the producer responsibility organisation.

30 June 2027

EU EUDR Art. 38

End of the deferral for operators that are natural persons, micro-enterprises or small enterprises established by 31 December 2024 – from this date due diligence applies to them too. The deferral does not cover timber and timber products listed in the annex to the EUTR; for them 30 December 2026 applies.

30 September 2027

EU CBAM Art. 6(1), Art. 22(1)

First annual CBAM declaration for 2026 and surrender of CBAM certificates corresponding to the declared embedded emissions; afterwards every year by 30 September for the previous year.

11 December 2027

EU CRA Art. 71(2)

Full application of the CRA – most obligations of manufacturers of products with digital elements (CE marking, technical documentation, security throughout the life cycle).

12 February 2028

EU PPWR Art. 24(4)

Empty space in sales packaging must be reduced to the minimum necessary.

12 August 2028

EU PPWR Art. 12

Harmonised labelling of packaging (material composition, sorting) – or 24 months after the implementing acts, whichever is later.

31 December 2029

EU EUDR Art. 37(3)

End of the transitional regime for timber and timber products within the meaning of the EUTR produced before 29 June 2023: if placed on the market from 31 December 2029, they must comply with Art. 3 of the EUDR; until then the EUTR continues to apply to them.

1 January 2030

EU PPWR Art. 6, Art. 7, Art. 10

Ban on placing on the market packaging that is not recyclable in grades A, B or C (or 24 months after the delegated acts enter into force, if later), minimum recycled content in plastic packaging (or 3 years after the implementing act, if later) – with the exemptions under Art. 6 and 7 – and packaging minimisation (Art. 10).