The new Scale of Fees of Centrálny depozitár cenných papierov SR, a. s. (CDCP) will be effective from 1 January 2026. Its amendment responds to the long-term requirements of market participants and pursues two main goals – to support the further development of the Slovak capital market and at the same time to ensure the stability and sustainable development of the depository itself.
When preparing the new price list, CDCP took into account not only the needs of the domestic market, but also the practices of comparable European central depositories with a similar market size and scope of services. The changes also take into account the development of inflation in recent years, which has not been reflected in CDCP fees so far.
The new scale of fees also introduces new items related to depository participants, namely the fee for access to the CDCP information system according to the type of connectivity used. This fee reflects the growing share of electronic services and the related costs – especially in the area of cybersecurity, network services, support in resolving connectivity and authentication issues, operation of test environments or CDCP’s involvement in Eurosystem projects. These are costs that are not directly linked to individual services, but to the overall functioning of the modern digital environment.
The new scale of fees also includes several pro-market measures. CDCP reduced the fees for registering issues of debt securities with a maturity of up to 10 years and at the same time reduced the maximum price for their registration. For shares and other equity securities, a fixed price was introduced for registering an issue up to EUR 29,999.99. Support for the secondary market was also reflected in the reduction of fees for processing securities transfers, both with and without cash settlement.
CDCP believes that the new fee setting will contribute to greater interest in registering issues, support securities trading and create stable conditions for the further development of the capital market in Slovakia. The complete text of the new scale of fees is available on the CDCP website.
Author: Dagmar Kopuncová
