RESOURCE: WCO/Financial Directorate
25.03.2020
Financial Administration of the Slovak republic adopted on 16th of March 2020 the following
measures:
obligation for all employees to wear a mask or other protective equipment (shawl, scarf,
etc.);
prohibition of clients entering offices without a mask or other means of protection;
introduction of temporary regime of service, enabling home office when its applicable;
compulsory quarantine for all employees and persons living in the same household for
14 days after returning from abroad, in this case, the obligation to contact the doctor by
telephone and then to notify the employer;
obligation to wash hands or use an alcohol-based hand disinfectant especially after
handling client documents;
prohibition of clients entering the office premises outside of the premises reserved for
the public (mail room, client center);
recommendation to use telephone, electronic and written communications preferably,
except in justified cases;
to conduct personal meetings at the offices only in exceptional cases, in agreement with
the client, in the designated areas;
consider the use of disposable gloves when handling documents and documents from
citizens and, after work, re-wash hands in the prescribed manner;
to regulate the number of clients in client centers;
to prohibit the entry of clients with symptoms of respiratory diseases to the workplaces;
restrict the entry of clients with children to financial administration workplaces;
keep a minimum distance of two meters between the negotiators during personal
meetings if the workplace does not have a protective compartment;
to shorten client handling in personal contact to a maximum of 15 minutes;
recommendation to all employees to restrict private journeys to coronavirus-confirmed
countries;
ordering that the place of stay of employees must be known when applying for a leave
from work;
calls for frequent ventilation of the offices and other premises;
cancelling all educational activities;
cancelling the participation on foreign business trips with immediate effect and prohibits
the reception of foreign delegations;
in the case of care for a child under the age of 10, because the childcare institution or
school has been closed pursuant to the regulations of the competent authorities,
absence of employees will be justified.
Please find attached bellow useful links to our national Authorities concerning the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak:
Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic
http://www.uvzsr.sk/en/
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
https://www.mzv.sk/web/en/covid-19
IOM Migration Information Centre, Slovak Republic
https://www.mic.iom.sk/en/news/637-covid-19-measures.html
Suspension of international rail transport and reduced domestic rail transport (12.03.2020)
From 7:00 am on Friday, 13 March 2020, all passenger trains were canceled at all cross-border railway sections. If these trains also provided carrier national transport, the trains remained functional in the territory of the Slovak Republic. From 14 March 2020 all domestic trains are operated according to the regular schedule for a Saturday.
Start date: 13.03.2020
End date: not available
Further information: https://korona.gov.sk/obmedzenia-v-doprave/
Suspension of all international bus lines and international bus transport through Slovakia (12.03.2020)
Following a decision of the Slovak Republic dated 12 March 2020, a ban was introduced on the operation of all international bus lines and the ban on international bus transport through the territory of the Slovak Republic from 07.00 hrs. on March 13, 2020 pending appeal. During this period no international bus transport through the territory of the Slovak Republic shall be operated.
Start date: 13.03.2020
End date: not available
Further information: https://korona.gov.sk/obmedzenia-v-doprave/
Temporary and limited relaxation of the enforcement of driving and rest times for the drivers involved in domestic and international delivery of goods.
Slovakia notifed a temporary and limited relaxation of the enforcement of driving and rest times for the drivers involved in domestic and international delivery of goods. This relaxation is granted pursuant to Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Start date: 19.03.2020
End date: 17.04.2020
Further information: https://ec.europa.eu/transport/sites/transport/files/temporary-relaxatio...