Centrálny depozitár cenných papierov SR

Centrálny depozitár cenných papierov SR, a.s. (CDCP SR) is the central securities depository (CSD) of Slovakia, headquartered in Bratislava. It is a joint-stock company (a.s.) that operates under a licence granted in accordance with European legislation, and it describes itself as having provided comprehensive securities services for 33 years. Its core activities include registering securities issues, maintaining accounts on which securities are recorded, assigning codes in line with international standards, and operating the system for settling securities transactions. The depository serves a broad range of participants in the Slovak capital market: issuers and their issues, holders of securities, and entities requiring registration of security rights. Its public-facing services include account existence verification for natural persons, a register of shareholders (including for joint-stock companies), a register of security rights (záložné práva), and a list of issues with information about issuers. It also publishes operational rules, a fee schedule and a fee calculator, and issues Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) in accordance with international standards. As a market infrastructure institution, CDCP SR operates within the European regulatory framework for central securities depositories and settlement. Its website publishes monthly statistics on selected data, and it updates its operating rules (Prevádzkový poriadok) periodically. The company is registered in the Commercial Register of the Bratislava III District Court, section Sa, insert no. 493/B, with company identification number (IČO) 31 338 976, and holds LEI code 097900BEFH0000000217. CDCP SR is a key piece of Slovakia's financial market infrastructure, linking issuers, investors and intermediaries, and supporting the safe recording and transfer of securities. Its services are aimed at both institutional participants and individual holders of securities, and its operations are conducted under European legislation governing central depositories.

Centrálny depozitár cenných papierov SR, a.s. (CDCP SR) is the central securities depository of Slovakia, based in Bratislava. According to its own website, it has been providing comprehensive securities services for 33 years, which places its origins in the early 1990s, around the period when Slovakia's capital market was being established after the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The depository operates under a licence granted in accordance with European legislation, reflecting the harmonised regulatory framework for central securities depositories in the European Union. Over its history, CDCP SR has built its role around core market infrastructure functions: registering securities issues, maintaining accounts that record securities, assigning codes in accordance with international standards, and operating the system for settling securities transactions. These functions make it a central hub connecting issuers, investors and intermediaries in the Slovak market. Its service portfolio has expanded to include ancillary registers and identifiers. The depository maintains a register of shareholders, including for joint-stock companies, and a register of security rights (záložné práva), and it issues Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) in line with international standards. It also provides verification of the existence of accounts for natural persons. These services support both institutional participants and individual holders of securities. CDCP SR is registered in the Commercial Register of the Bratislava III District Court, section Sa, insert no. 493/B, under company identification number (IČO) 31 338 976, and holds LEI code 097900BEFH0000000217. It publishes operational documentation, including its Operating Rules (Prevádzkový poriadok), a fee schedule and a fee calculator, and it releases monthly statistics on selected data. The depository continues to update its rules and reporting, as shown by the approval of a new wording of its Operating Rules in July 2026 and the publication of monthly statistics for July and August 2026.

• CDCP SR approved a new wording of its Operating Rules.

• CDCP SR published monthly statistics for July 2026.

• CDCP SR published monthly statistics for August 2026.

Slovakia's national central securities depository, operating under a European-legislation licence and providing market infrastructure for securities registration, custody and settlement.

• Securities issue registration

  Registration of securities issues and maintenance of related records.

• Securities accounts

  Maintenance of accounts on which securities are recorded.

• International code assignment

  Assignment of codes in accordance with international standards.

• Securities settlement system

  Operation of the system for settling securities transactions.

• LEI issuance

  Issuance of Legal Entity Identifiers in accordance with international standards.

• Shareholder register

  Register of shareholders, including for joint-stock companies.

• Register of security rights

  Register of security rights (záložné práva) and information from it.

• Account existence verification

  Verification of the existence of an account for natural persons.

1. 1Domov < CENTRÁLNY DEPOZITÁR CENNÝCH PAPIEROV SR, a.s.cdcp.sk
2. 2Centrálny depozitár cenných papierov SR – Wikidatawikidata.org