Changes in non-profit organization

The proposal for changes to the registered data is filed by:

• an authorized person – the chair of the board of trustees,
• the director (under a power of attorney),
• another person (under a power of attorney).

The change must be decided by the body specified in the statute, usually the board of trustees. A required attachment when filing the proposal is the minutes of the board of trustees meeting together with the attendance list.

You can prepare the changes:

• as an amendment to the statute, stating what is being changed,
• as a complete new wording of the statute.

Electronic submission
Fill in the electronic form Proposal to change the registered data – non-profit organization.Opens in a new window

The proposal must be signed with the qualified electronic signature of the authorized personOpens in a new window, or of an authorized person acting under a power of attorney, together with the other attachments.

Attach:

• the amendment to the statute or the complete wording of the statute,
• the minutes of the board of trustees meeting together with the attendance list (if required by the founding deed, also the founder’s written consent),
• the director’s details needed to request an extract from the criminal record register, or an extract from the criminal record register no older than 3 months (in the case of a change of director),
• the minutes of the board of trustees meeting together with the attendance list of the non-profit organization being dissolved (in the case of a change resulting from a merger),
• the minutes of the board of trustees meeting together with the attendance list of the successor non-profit organization or foundation (in the case of a change resulting from a merger),
• the merger agreement of the non-profit organizations, or of the non-profit organization with a foundation (containing the name, registered office, type of generally beneficial services, bodies, and assets of the dissolved non-profit organization that pass to the non-profit organization or foundation with which the dissolving non-profit organization merged).

How to proceed

1. Fill in the electronic form.
2. Attach all required attachments.
3. Sign the proposal with a qualified electronic signature (KEP).
4. Submit the form.
5. Pay the administrative fee based on the payment order, which will be delivered to your electronic mailbox after the proposal is sent.

Warning: To use the electronic service, you need eID (an ID card with a chip)Opens in a new window. When submitting, you must sign the document with a qualified electronic signature (KEP)Opens in a new window - without it, the electronic submission cannot be sent.

Signing the electronic form by multiple persons
If the proposal or its attachments are signed by more than one person, use the Sign by multiple persons function.
The signing procedure can be found in navode_na viacnasobne_podpisovanie.pdfOpens in a new window (multi-person signing guide).

Good to know: The administrative fee is reduced by half for an electronic submission, i.e. €12.50.

Paper submission
Deliver in person or by post to the district office in the region seat competent according to the registered office of the non-profit organization (hereinafter the “registration authority”), Department of General Internal Administration.

The proposal to register the change to the registered data is filed by the authorized person.

State in the proposal:

• the registered office and company identification number (IČO) of the non-profit organization concerned by the change,
• the designation of the body that decided on the change, stating the date the change was adopted,
• where relevant, the text of the change (amendment to the statute or complete wording of the statute).

Attach:

• the minutes of the board of trustees meeting together with the attendance list (if required by the founding deed, also the founder’s written consent),
• the director’s details needed to request an extract from the criminal record register, or an extract from the criminal record register no older than 3 months (in the case of a change of director),
• the minutes of the board of trustees meeting together with the attendance list of the non-profit organization being dissolved (in the case of a change resulting from a merger),
• the minutes of the board of trustees meeting together with the attendance list of the successor non-profit organization or foundation (in the case of a change resulting from a merger),
• the merger agreement of the non-profit organizations, or of the non-profit organization with a foundation (containing the name, registered office, type of generally beneficial services, bodies, and assets of the dissolved non-profit organization that pass to the non-profit organization or foundation with which the dissolving non-profit organization merged),
• confirmation of payment of the administrative fee in the amount of €25.

Good to know: You can purchase the fee at any branch of Slovenská pošta, a.s. as a Confirmation of payment of an administrative/court fee. More information can be found at eKolok - Slovenská pošta.Opens in a new window Alternatively, you can pay it at a self-service payment kiosk at the registration authority’s building.

After receiving the proposal, the registration authority checks whether it contains all the required data and attachments.

If the proposal is in order
The registration authority sends the authorized person:

• in paper form, one copy of the statute, or of the amendment to the statute, on which it marks that it takes note of the change to the statute and/or, in the case of a change of data recorded in the Register of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations,
• to the electronic mailbox, the decision on carrying out the change to the registered data.

If the proposal contains deficiencies
If the registration authority finds deficiencies, it sends the authorized person, to their electronic mailbox, within the period under Act No. 71/1967 Coll. on Administrative Proceedings (the Administrative Procedure Code), as amended, a request to remedy the deficiencies of the submission together with a decision to suspend the proceedings.