The Slovak Resolution Council (, ) is Slovakia's designated national authority for bank resolution, and as such, is the Slovak member of the Single Resolution Mechanism. It is hosted by the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) in Bratislava, but operates under an autonomous governance framework, and thus counts as a separate authority. Overview. The Resolution Council was established on . While the Council makes its own decisions, the implementation of such decisions is delegated to the Crisis Resolution Department of the NBS Regulation Department. In addition to its role as bank resolution authority, the Resolution Council was designated as national resolution authority for central counterparties with effect at . The same 2022 legislation granted the Council additional authority to impose financial penalties.