Car Dealer Compliance in Slovakia

The rules for car adverts in Slovakia

4 rules decide what a dealer in Slovakia has to show on the car, in adverts and in financing examples. Each one, and what it asks of you:

NV č. 384/2004 Z. z.
Government Regulation on the availability of consumer information on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in the sale and leasing of new passenger cars
Authority Slovak Trade Inspection (Slovenská obchodná inšpekcia, SOI)
The dealer puts an A4 label clearly and visibly on each new car at the point of sale, with the model, the fuel type, consumption in l/100 km to one decimal, CO2 in whole g/km and two fixed sentences. A poster of at least 70 x 50 cm or a screen of at least 25 x 32 cm lists every new model of the make, grouped by fuel and sorted by rising CO2, updated every six months on paper or every three months on screen. Printed advertising shows the values no less prominently than its main message.
Zákon č. 108/2024 Z. z.
Consumer Protection Act
Authority Slovak Trade Inspection (SOI)
Information that a special regulation requires counts as material in any commercial communication, advertising included, so an advert without the consumption and CO2 values can be a misleading omission. Fines range from 200 euros up to 2 % of the previous year's turnover, at most 200,000 euros. Separately, the SOI can order a fix and stop sales until it is made.
Zákon č. 129/2010 Z. z.
Act on consumer credit and other credit and loans for consumers (applies until 19 November 2026)
Authority National Bank of Slovakia (Národná banka Slovenska, NBS)
An advert that names a borrowing rate or any cost figure gives a representative example: rate fixed or variable, fees in the total cost, total credit amount, RPMN, term, cash price and down payment, total amount, instalment and number of instalments. The dealer as intermediary states whether he works with one or several lenders. Costs may not exceed twice the average RPMN of banks for the same type of credit.
Zákon č. 312/2025 Z. z.
New consumer credit act transposing Directive (EU) 2023/2225, core parts in force from 20 November 2026
Authority National Bank of Slovakia (NBS)
From 20 November 2026 every credit advert and offer carries the statutory warning that borrowing money costs money, clearly and in the same size as the example. The example must be concise and easy to read, and only the cash price and total amount may move behind a click when there is no room. Claims such as easy credit are banned.

Car dealer compliance in Slovakia is the dealer's own task: Government Regulation No. 384/2004 Coll. names the predajca, the business that presents or offers new passenger cars for sale or leasing, as the one who puts a label on every new car, hangs a poster or runs a screen for each make, and prints the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in his advertising literature. The Consumer Protection Act of 2024 makes these values material in any commercial communication, so Vehicle Hub treats your website as covered too. In finance adverts the RPMN and a representative example apply, and from 20 November 2026 a new statutory warning sentence joins them. Vehicle Hub keeps the values on the car and prints the label and the exposé from them; the mandatory information feature shows which value a car still lacks.

Slovakia is one of 33 markets in Vehicle Hub, each with its own rule set, all listed on the car labelling directive by country page. The regulation has stood unchanged since October 2004 and gives no template, so Vehicle Hub builds the label from its annex: model, fuel type, normovaná spotreba paliva, normované špecifické emisie CO2 and the two fixed sentences. Demonstrators stay new until they are sold to an end customer, and leasing counts like a sale. Your car pages, built with the Vehicle Hub widgets, show the same labelled values.

What the Slovak label under NV 384/2004 looks like

The regulation's annex lists the elements without a template. Vehicle Hub prints them on an A4 sheet in portrait: Model with make and trade name, Typ paliva, Normovaná spotreba paliva in l/100 km and Normované špecifické emisie CO2 in g/km, then the two fixed sentences about the free guide and the influence of driving style, word for word as published. There are no classes.

Label printed by Vehicle Hub for a petrol Škoda Fabia: benzín, 5,6 l/100 km, 127 g/km

Mandatory details in Slovakia

Model (make and trade name) and fuel type
Fuel word: benzín, nafta, LPG, CNG, plug-in hybrid, elektrina
Normovaná spotreba paliva in l/100 km, one decimal (CNG in m³ or kg)
Normované emisie CO2 in whole g/km
Two fixed sentences, different wording on label and poster
Poster per make, by fuel and rising CO2, at least 70 x 50 cm
Values no less prominent than the main message
Values in online adverts
RPMN, representative example, intermediary sentence; warning from 20 November 2026

What you get

The Slovak label for each drive
Petrol, diesel, LPG, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and CNG cars each get an A4 label with the annex's wording, in portrait, ready for the windscreen.
Brand posters on paper or on screen
The regulation allows both. Vehicle Hub prints the 70 x 50 cm poster under the headings Benzín and Nafta with the lowest consumption on top, and the same list runs on a showroom screen.
Your website counts as advertising
Every car page shows the labelled normovaná spotreba and CO2 values, because Slovak consumer law treats them as material in any commercial communication.
The credit warning switches on by itself
From midnight on 20 November 2026, Bratislava time, the Loan Calculator adds the statutory warning to every Slovak finance example. You do not have to remember the date.
RPMN within the legal cap
The Loan Calculator asks you to confirm that the credit stays within the legal cap of twice the average RPMN published by the NBS, and prints the example with your intermediary sentence.

Print a Slovak label today

Set one branch to Slovakia, import your new cars and print a label and a brand poster. Vehicle Hub names any value the regulation still needs.

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How to get started

Set the branch's main market to Slovakia
Choose Slovakia for your branch in Vehicle Hub. Prices show in euros with 23 % DPH, and the Slovak rule set decides which cars need a label and what goes on it.
Bring in your stock
Import from mobile.de, your dealer system or a CSV or XML feed, or add a car with the creation assistant. The energy values travel with the import.
Check the values Slovakia asks for
Review consumption and CO2 for each new car, the weighted values for plug-in hybrids and the gas unit for CNG cars. Demonstrators not yet sold to an end customer still count as new.
Print the labels and publish
Print the labels and the brand poster, then publish the cars on your website. The exposé, the price sign and the car page all show the same values.

Pricing

The Slovak rule set, the labels, the brand poster, the exposé and the Loan Calculator are included in Vehicle Hub, from a fixed monthly price (see pricing) per dealership workspace. Sales staff and the colleague who prints the labels share that one workspace.

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Is it the right fit?

A good fit if

Slovak autosalóns and authorised dealers selling or leasing new cars
Autobazár dealers who also sell new cars or demonstrators not yet sold to an end customer
Dealers who show their brand list on a showroom screen instead of paper
Dealers who arrange car finance and need the new warning from 20 November 2026

Not the right fit if

Dealers who want Vehicle Hub to post their cars on Autobazar.EU or Bazoš.sk; Vehicle Hub publishes only to mobile.de, not to Autobazar.EU or Bazoš.sk
Dealers selling hydrogen cars, for which the Slovak regulation sets no unit and Vehicle Hub prints no label
Anyone seeking legal advice on a specific case; Vehicle Hub applies the rules, it is not a law firm
Dealers who only sell registered used cars that have already had an end customer

Frequently asked questions

Who carries car dealer compliance in Slovakia, the importer or the dealer?

The dealer. Regulation 384/2004 names the predajca who presents or offers new cars as the one who labels them, shows the poster and prints the values in his advertising. The manufacturer or importer must supply the values.

Does the label duty cover leasing and rental?

Sale and leasing are covered. Rental is not named in the regulation, so a pure rental fleet needs no label.

Are demonstrators new cars in Slovakia?

Yes, until they are sold to someone who does not buy for resale. Vehicle Hub treats a demonstrator as new and asks for its label values.

What changes in Slovak car finance adverts on 20 November 2026?

Act No. 312/2025 replaces the 2010 act. Every credit advert then carries the statutory warning that borrowing money costs money, next to a representative example with the RPMN. Vehicle Hub adds the warning automatically from that date in every Slovak finance example it shows.

Which authority handles personal data from my enquiries?

The Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic (Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov), under the GDPR. Leads from your website go to your workspace and CRM Business Hub, and you remain the controller.

What can the SOI do if a label is missing?

It can order you to fix it and stop the sale until you do, and under the Consumer Protection Act it can fine a misleading omission from 200 euros up to 2 % of turnover, capped at 200,000 euros.

Do I need to hand out a fuel guide?

Yes. The SOI compiles the guide, and you obtain it and keep it free of charge for buyers at every point of sale. Both fixed sentences on the label and the poster point to it.