Implementation of Amendment to CPPNM in Slovakia

Paper describes the implementation of Amendment to CPPNM into Slovakian national legislation. Main part of implementation had been done even before the amendment was ratified by our parliament and signed by president. Active participation of experts from Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (UJD) during meetings of "Open-ended Group of Legal and Technical Experts to prepare a draft amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material" (Group) has set very good starting position for the implementation. Therefore some principles have been implemented even in Atomic Act (Act No. 541/2004 Coll.) and in respective regulations (Regulation No. 51/2006 Coll. and Regulation No. 57/2006 Coll.). After the amendment was ratified UJD reassessed the recommendations and started activities with aim to implement as many recommendations as possible without significant changes of legislation. We decided to implement tree principles which have not been fully reflected in our nuclear security system. We focused our effort to strengthen mainly Nuclear Security Culture, Threat evaluation and Confidentiality. In 2013 to 2014 we will also prepare full implementation of the amendment as well as NSS document in Atomic Act and respective regulation. We hope the Amendment to CPPNM will enter into force soon. (author)