Slovak national accreditation service is the public institution and manages its assets on a non-profit basis.

The revision of the SNAS service price list (hereinafter referred to as the "price list") responds to the situation when the inflation rate in Slovakia reaches double-digit values for the second year in a row, which also results in a significant increase in the costs of the accreditation system in the Slovak Republic and the costs of intermediary services. The hourly rate stated in the previous price list was introduced in 2019. From 2019 to 2024, cumulative inflation will reach (according to the current IFP MF SR forecast) almost 35%. Over the same period, the increase in the average wage in the national economy will reach 42%.

The authorities of the Slovak National Accreditation Service dealt with the situation, the supervisory board at its meeting deliberated the principles of determining the amount of payment for the services provided by the Slovak National Accreditation Service and the proposal for a new price list, and it was decided to adjust the price list so that in the next periods balanced economy will be achieved in accordance with the Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Act no. 53/2023 Coll. on the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies. The most significant modification of the price list concerns the change of the hourly rate from € 49 to € 61. Based on this change, the basic rates for accreditation, reaccreditation, surveillance for individual areas of accreditation were recalculated. The annual fee for maintaining accreditation remains unchanged.

Other changes of the price list include:

• Addition of new accreditation schemes:

- Attestation / verification of the fulfilment of notification/authorization requirements in accordance with Act 146/2023 Coll. on air protection and amendments to some laws

- Management system of contractors of special constructions

- Sector-specific schemes in the field of greenhouse gas verifiers

• Changing the method of calculating the payment for the extension of accreditation - according to the time required for assessment
• Harmonization of terminology with the Act on Accreditation
• Other minor amendments (e.g. specification of costs for cross-border accreditation, supplementary assessment of requirements according to a different standard, ...).