Mineral waters in Slovakia, Legislation and their use

Slovak spas legislation in current conditions has great history. Since the establishment of the Slovak Republic until 2006, a separate law is in effect that regulates the conditions for recognized sources. There have been set out the conditions for the recognition of sources, such as natural healing sources and natural mineral sources. Natural healing waters are preferably used for a spa treatment. Natural mineral water is packed in consumer packaging. Since water is mineral wealth of the state, the Act sets out the obligations of the user towards the state. At present, Slovakia there are registered 21 existing statutes for spa locations with 31 licenses issued for the operation of natural health spas. (authors)