The petitioner shall: Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
Name of the petition:
-Petition STOP building 5G networks in Slovakia

Text: In order to protect the health of the inhabitants of the Slovak Republic, we urge the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Investment and Regional Development, the National Council of the Slovak Republic, the Office for the Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Investment and Informatics and the President of the Slovak Republic:

  1. take all appropriate measures to stop the expansion of 5G RF Þ EMF, until independent scientific institutions confirm that 5G technology and total radiation levels caused by RF – EMF are not harmful to citizens of the Slovak Republic, especially to infants, children and pregnant women, equally to the environment
  2. prefer and implement cable digital telecommunication connections instead of wireless connections
  3. we ask the citizens of the Slovak Republic, in particular doctors and teachers, to inform about the health risks caused by RF EMP.

It's quare: No.
Number of persons supporting the petition: over 14 000 who supported the petition electronically
Date of delivery: 10.06.2020
Date of equipment: 16.07.2020
Type of equipment: Paragraph 5 (6) of Law No 85/1990 Coll. on petition law in the wording of subsequent regulations " not evaluated
Reason for equipment:

On 10.06.2020, the letter of 10.06.2020, signed by the representative of the petition committee, was sent to the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as the Slovak Ministry of Health (hereinafter referred to as the Slovak Ministry of Health) on 10.06.2020. -Petition STOP building 5G networks in Slovakia together with printed petition sheets of 402 pcs with a list of more than 14 000 persons who electronically supported the petition in question and a specific letter of 9.6.2020 addressed to the Ministry of the Slovak Republic requesting admission. The Department of Control, Supervision and Complaints (hereinafter referred to as "ÚKDaS") as the organisational unit responsible for handling complaints and petitions in the material scope of the MZ SR received a petition, including its annexes, and after assessing its content as well as the formalities in the context of the provisions of Act No 85/1990 Coll. on petition law as amended (hereinafter referred to as "the Act on petition law") found that the filing complies with the mandatory requirements of the provisions of the Act on petition law and registered a petition in the Special Report of the Register, pp. Pet 2/2020, which has the nature of the application. The representative in the petition asks several contacted state institutions to take the measures defined in the petition in points 1, 2 and 3.As the ÚKDaS, after assessing the content of these points, did not consider that MZ SR was materially competent to act on all the points requested, it submitted a separate letter within the meaning of § 5 (3), the third sentence of the Act on petition law in part of point 2 and part of point 1 of the Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic. In accordance with the legislation in force, the DPAS also informed the representative by letter addressed to him, which he received on 17.06.2020.

After assessing the content of the petition, the ÚKDaS found that the petition was of the nature of the application and the MZ SR, as the competent public authority in the matter, is obliged to complete the petition in point 3 and in part of point 1 within the meaning of § 5 (6) of the Law on Petitions, in the sense that the public authority competent to handle the petition containing the application or proposal will assess its content and send a written reply together with the statement of reasons to the representative within the period referred to in paragraph 5, i.e. within 30 working days of the receipt of the petition in conjunction with § 5d (1) or (4) of the Law on Petitions, pursuant to which: If a petition is supported by at least 10 000 persons, it shall be discussed by the competent public authority with competence for the whole territory.e Slovak Republic with representative and petition committee. Body of Faith9. the power is not obliged to negotiate a petition if it fully complies with its content.

In accordance with § 5d (1) of the Act on petition law, a joint meeting was held at MZ SR on 7.7.2020 with the State Secretary II with the heads of employees of MZ SR, the Public Health Office of the Slovak Republic and a representative together with three members of the Petition Committee. Since the petition was submitted to several central government authorities and MZ SR considered the issue of petition to be cross-cutting, petitioners were asked to specify and specify their requirements in the petition in relation to the health sector at the meeting of the Slovak Ministry of Health on 7.7.2020. The petitioners at the working meeting in the MZ SR orally presented their requests, which are priority topics for them to eliminate the negative impacts of 5G networking in Slovakia on the health of citizens and after the end of the discussion, a member of the petition committee submitted written comments on the launch of 5G networks in Slovakia. Subsequently the representative delivered the MZ SR electronically document specifying the requirements of point No. 3 petitions in relation to the health sector.

In addition to the requests of the representative and members of the Petition Committee in relation to the health department of the Slovak Republic, he states that he will also propose to invite experts from civil initiatives and petition committee ("Stop building 5G networks in Slovakia") in the working groups dealing with the issue, and will also participate in the education and education of children and health professionals in particular regarding the safe use of electromagnetic radiation equipment. MZ SR will follow available scientific publications on this topic through critical evaluation. The MZ SR supports the research project to monitor the impact of 5G networks on the health status of the population and recommends that the Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic take into account the distance of 5G networks from schools and children's playgrounds.
By sending a written reply to the representative of MZ SR, he considers the petition to be equipped in accordance with § 5 (6) of the Act on petition law.

Place: Bratislava– Date:17 July 2020