Act No. 115 / 2001 Coll.

Law on the promotion of sport

Valid Law Effective from 30.03.2001
115
THE LAW
of 28 February 2001
on promoting sport
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:
§ 1
Subject matter
This law defines the status of sport in society as a public service activity provided in the social interest and sets out the tasks of ministries, other administrative offices and the responsibilities of local authorities in promoting sport.
§ 1a
Priorities in the field of sport
(1) The main importance of promoting sport and tourism is to improve the quality of life of citizens and their health in all age groups.
(2) The main priorities in the field of sport are the promotion of sport of children and youth and their trainers and the promotion of sports representatives of the Czech Republic.
§ 2
Basic concepts
(1) For the purposes of this Act, sport is any form of physical activity which, through organised and non-organised participation, aims at the harmonious development of physical and mental condition, the development of social relations, the consolidation of health and the pursuit of sports performance on a recreational basis or in competitions of all levels, individually or jointly.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a sports organisation shall be a legal person established for purposes other than the acquisition of profits, where the subject matter of the activity of that legal person includes a sport activity.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a sportsman shall be any natural person who, in a given calendar year, actually carries out the sporting activity for which he is registered with a sports organisation.
(4) Sports for all means organised and disorganized sport and recreational movements for the broad population.
(5) School and university sports means a sport organised or provided by a school or a school establishment, including a school education and accommodation establishment or a school establishment for interest education, under the school law, a sport organised or provided by a natural or legal person, although different from a school or a school establishment, but organised or provided for a school or educational establishment for the pursuit of their activities under the school law, and a sport organised or provided by a university or a part of it, including a special purpose for cultural and sporting activities, under the law on universities.
(6) Sports equipment is an object, land, water area, building or their ensemble used solely or principally for the operation of sport.
(7) An important sporting event for the purposes of this Act is an international event taking place in the Czech Republic, in particular the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships or World Cup.
(8) An important sporting event of particular importance for the purposes of this Act shall be the action referred to in paragraph 6, the organisation of which shall be subject to the organisation allocating its organisation at international level by a declaration from the State in whose territory the action is to take place to ensure that the conditions for such an event are established.
§ 3
National Sports Agency
(1) A National Sports Agency is hereby established as a central administrative office in matters relating to the promotion of sport, tourism and state representation (hereinafter referred to as the Agency).
(2) The Agency is an organisational component of the State and the entity.
(3) The seat of the Agency is Prague.
(4) The Agency is headed by the Board of the Agency (hereinafter referred to as the Board), composed of the President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency and a member of the Board. The President of the Agency shall act externally on behalf of the Agency. Another body of the Agency is the Supervisory Commission of the Agency (the Supervisory Commission).
§ 3a
Scope of the Agency
(1) Agency
(a) draw up a draft State policy plan in sport (hereinafter referred to as the "plan"), which includes in particular the definition of target groups of athletes, target groups of sports organisations and target groups of areas of sport targeted by the aid, including allocation of funds for each target group, and presents it to the Government for approval;
(b) coordinate the implementation of a government-approved plan;
(c) provide financial support for sport from the state budget through the programmes it has announced for the development and promotion of sport, tourism and sports representation of the state;
(d) checks the use of sport aid from the State budget for beneficiaries and persons to whom the aid was granted in accordance with the conditions for the use of the aid;
e) creates conditions for the sport of children and youth and their trainers, for adult sport, for the development of sport for all, for the sport of disabled citizens and for sports representatives of the Czech Republic, including participation of representatives at sports events in the Czech Republic and abroad,
(f) establish a contribution organisation for the purpose of fulfilling commitments under the International Convention against Doping in Sports (4); The Agency may also decide to amend the contribution organisation of which it is the founder under this Act. The measure by which the Agency decides to change the contribution organisation shall include an addition to the instrument of incorporation or, where appropriate, the instrument of incorporation of the newly created contribution organisation,
(g) ensures that the anti-doping programme is implemented through the contribution organisation referred to in point (f);
(h) organise and control the implementation of the anti-doping programme;
(i) issue a programme to prevent the effects of sports competitions and other negative phenomena in sport, in particular the manifestations of racism, all types and forms of discrimination, doping and violence;
j) coordinate the activities of the Department Sports Centres of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs;
(k) keep in electronic form a register of sports organisations and other persons applying for aid under Article 6b, athletes, coaches and sports establishments for whose activities aid is requested (hereinafter referred to as the register);
(l) ensure the promotion of sport;
(m) cooperate with sport organisations in the international field of sport and the national sports representation; and
(n) draw up a draft action plan for the promotion of sport for a calendar year (hereinafter referred to as the "Action plan for the promotion of sport") which contains specific measures relating to the promotion of sport, submits it to the Government no later than 30 June of the immediately preceding calendar year for approval and implements and coordinates the implementation of the government-approved action plan for the promotion of sport.
(2) The resort sports centre ensures the creation of the necessary assumptions for the preparation of sports talents and for the sporting representation of the state.
3. (j) by the Government. The draft rules are processed by the Agency in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and submitted to the Government for approval.
(4) The Agency shall cooperate with sport organisations while respecting their autonomy. The Agency shall communicate on an ongoing and regular basis with sports organisations, municipalities, counties and legal persons established by them representing the interests of municipalities and councils, ministries and other central government bodies, and shall actively identify and evaluate their feedback on the sport, the Agency's activities and the optimisation of the Agency's activities; to that end, the Agency shall be required to establish appropriate mechanisms.
(5) The Agency issues an ethical code governing staff and other representatives of the Agency in their activities. The Code also includes rules of contact between staff and representatives of the Agency and representatives of sports organisations and other sports actors. A conscious serious breach of the Code of Ethics shall be regarded as a breach of the service of a civil servant and a serious breach of the obligation of the employee.
§ 3b
President of the Agency, Vice-President of the Agency and Council
(1) The Council has three members. The Chairman of the Agency shall be a member of the Board and its Chairman. The Vice-President of the Agency shall be a member of the Board and its Vice-President.
(2) The President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency and a member of the Board shall be appointed and dismissed by the Government on a proposal from the Prime Minister. The term of office of the President of the Agency, Vice-President of the Agency and member of the Board shall be 5 years. The President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency and a member of the Board may be re-appointed for a maximum of two consecutive terms of office.
(3) The President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board may be appointed as a person whose knowledge, experience and moral qualities are a precondition for him to hold his office properly and who:
a) is a national of the Czech Republic,
(b) reach the age of 30 years;
(c) is fully competent;
(d) is fair; for the purposes of this Act, a natural person who has been convicted of a criminal offence in a final manner shall not be deemed to be righteous unless he is treated as if he were not convicted,
(e) has a university degree obtained by study in the Master's study programme;
(f) has at least 5 years of experience in the management function; and
(g) has experience in the organisation and administration of sport.
(4) The function of the President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board is incompatible with that of the President of the Republic, a Member or a Senator, a Member of the European Parliament, a Member of the Government, a Member of the Supreme Audit Office, a member of the Banking Board of the Czech National Bank, the Ombudsman and a member of the Authority of the Authority, with the exception of the function of a non-authorised member of the representative. The President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board shall not serve as a political party or political movement.
(5) The function of the President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board is incompatible with the exercise of the duties of a member of the managing, supervisory or supervisory body of entrepreneurs, the exercise of any function in a sports organisation and the pursuit of business, advisory or brokering activities and other gainful activities in the field of sport, with the exception of that of scientific, publicity or pedagogical activities. The participation of the President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board in a company engaged in sport shall be excluded.
(6) The function of the President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board is hereby terminated
(a) the expiry of the term of office;
(b) appeals; the appeal must be justified,
(c) giving up the function; or
(d) death or declaration of death.
(7) The President of the Agency shall be regarded as Head of Staff and as a Service Authority under the Civil Service Act; Decisions on civil service matters, with the exception of decisions on admission to service, appointment to the post of superior, removal from the post of representative or termination of service, may be delegated to the Vice-President of the Agency. The President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board shall be entitled to give orders to a civil servant under the Civil Service Act. The President of the Agency or Vice-President of the Agency shall act on behalf of the State in employment relations.
(8) The functions of the President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board are public functions7); remuneration is governed by special legislation8). The President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board may not work for the Agency in a fundamental employment relationship.
§ 3c
Activities of the Board
(1) The President of the Agency shall convene and manage the meetings of the Board. The President of the Agency or Vice-President of the Agency shall convene a meeting of the Board without undue delay even if at least two members of the Board or Supervisory Committee so request by their resolution.
(2) The Council is quorum if all members participate. The Council shall act by a majority of its members.
(3) The Council approves the resolution
(a) the draft plan referred to in Article 3a (1) (a);
(b) the draft action plan for the promotion of sport referred to in Article 3a (1) (n);
(c) the draft budget of the Agency and the Agency's final account;
(d) financial instruments for promoting sport, in particular subsidy programmes and calls for subsidies from the State budget and rules for contributions from the State budget, under the conditions laid down in the budget rules and in accordance with the chapter and budget of the Agency chapter in the State budget;
(e) the Rules of Procedure of the Council;
(f) the Agency's code of ethics; and
(g) other documents if they reserve it; This shall be without prejudice to the decision of the Agency in the procedure for granting or withdrawing the subsidy.
(4) The Council is empowered by resolution to impose tasks on the President of the Agency within the scope of the Agency under Article 3a, with the exception of decisions by the Agency in the procedure for granting or withdrawing the subsidy.
(5) The Council is responsible for carrying out the duties of the State's organisational body and the Chapter Manager in accordance with the budget regular 9).
(6) Minutes shall be taken from the Board meeting, which shall clearly show the votes of each member.
§ 3d
Supervisory Board
(1) The Supervisory Committee has 10 members. The Supervisory Committee shall elect a chairman and two Vice-Presidents from among its members.
(2) Half of the members of the Supervisory Committee are elected and withdrawn by the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic; Half of the members of the Supervisory Committee are elected and withdrawn by the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The term of office of a member of the Supervisory Committee shall be 4 years.
(3) A member of the Supervisory Committee may be appointed a person who:
a) is a national of the Czech Republic,
(b) is fully arbitrary; and
(c) is fair; for the purposes of this Act, a natural person who has been convicted of a criminal offence in a final manner shall not be considered to be righteous unless he or she is regarded as not being convicted.
(4) Membership of the Supervisory Committee is incompatible with the function of President of the Agency, Vice-President of the Agency or member of the Board. A member of the Supervisory Committee may not work for the Agency in a fundamental employment relationship or in a service relationship.
(5) The function of a member of the Supervisory Board is hereby terminated
(a) the expiry of the term of office;
(b) appeals; the appeal must be justified,
(c) giving up the function; or
(d) death or declaration of death.
(6) Membership of the Supervisory Board is a public function performed free of charge; the member of the Supervisory Board shall be entitled to reimbursement of travel expenses related to the performance of his duties, to the same extent as the staff member, and the place of permanent residence of the member of the Supervisory Board shall be deemed to be a regular place of work for the purposes of travel compensation.
§ 3e
Activities of the Supervisory Commission
(1) The Supervisory Committee shall monitor the Agency's activities and management; the other bodies of the Agency provide it with synergies. Members of the Supervisory Committee shall be entitled to consult all documents and records of the Agency.
(2) The Chairman of the Supervisory Board shall convene and manage the meetings of the Supervisory Board. In his absence, he shall be represented by the Vice-President of the Supervisory Commission. The meetings of the Supervisory Committee shall be held at least four times a year. The Chairman of the Supervisory Committee or Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Committee shall convene a meeting of the Supervisory Committee without undue delay even if at least five members of the Supervisory Committee so request.
(3) The Supervisory Committee shall decide by a majority of its members.
(4) The Supervisory Committee shall approve its Rules of Procedure.
(5) The chairman and vice-chairmen of the Supervisory Committee are entitled to attend the meetings of the Board.
(6) The President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board is required to appear in person at a meeting of the Supervisory Board if the Supervisory Board so requests, unless serious reasons prevent it from doing so, and to provide the information and explanations requested, provided that the provision of such information does not obstruct legal reasons.
(7) When identifying deficiencies in the Agency's activities or management, the Supervisory Committee shall adopt a resolution on the deficiencies. The Chairman of the Supervisory Committee shall inform the Council and the Prime Minister of the adoption of the resolution and its reasons without undue delay.
(8) The Supervisory Committee may adopt a resolution on the complaint to appeal the President of the Agency, the Vice-President of the Agency or a member of the Board. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board shall, without undue delay, initiate a reasoned appeal to the Prime Minister.
§ 3f
Register
(1) The register is a public administration information system for the management of data on sports organisations, sports organisations, sports facilities and other persons pursuant to § 6b. The registry administrator shall be the Agency. The register shall be private; an indication of the number of athletes and coaches associated with the sports organisation and the list of sports facilities registered in the register shall be made publicly available, including in a way that allows remote access.
(2) Sports organisations applying for support from the State Budget pursuant to Article 6b (1) (a) are required to register the following information and amendments thereto without undue delay:
(a) the name, registered office and identification number of the person of the sports organisation, the subject matter of its principal activity and the subject matter of the sport activity or, where applicable, membership of another sports organisation;
(b) the cessation and date of sports organisation activities;
(c) the name and, where appropriate, the name, surname and birth number of athletes and coaches registered in a sports organisation; in the case of foreigners, also the date of birth, the address of the residence (5) and citizenship,
(d) the date from which the athlete or coach began to carry out the activity for which the sports organisation was registered in the calendar year in question;
(e) the date from which the athlete or coach ceased to carry out the activity referred to in (d);
(f) sports equipment which the applicant regularly and in the long term uses for its activities.
(3) The details of the scope of the additional information on the sports organisation referred to in paragraph 2 and the manner in which they are registered shall be laid down by the Agency by decree.
(4) Applicants for State budget support pursuant to Article 6b (1) (b) and (c) are required to register the data and changes thereto without undue delay to the extent and in the manner laid down by the Regulation by the Agency.
(5) A sports organisation has access in the register to the information on athletes and coaches registered and sports organisations in the register.
(6) The Agency shall verify the accuracy, completeness and accuracy of the data in the register. The Agency shall make continuous efforts to register the data entered in the register and to develop the register in a transparent manner.
§ 3g
National Arbitration Court for Sport
(1) The Agency establishes a National Arbitration Court for Sport (hereinafter referred to as "the Court"). The seat of the Tribunal shall be that of the Agency. The Court of First Instance shall perform the tasks entrusted to it independently of the Agency and shall not be bound by the Agency's instructions.
(2) The Court of First Instance shall have jurisdiction in disputes relating to doping as well as in disputes relating to disciplinary offences of sportsmen or members of sports organisations, provided that they so request, in accordance with their internal rules. The Statute of the Court of First Instance (hereinafter referred to as the Statute) sets out the details.
(3) The Bureau of the Court of First Instance, composed of five members, shall be the President of the Court of First Instance, the First and Second Vice-President of the Court of First Instance and the two members of the Bureau of the Court of First Instance, hereinafter referred to as "the Bureau of the Court of First Instance '. The office of a member of the Bureau of the Court of First Instance shall be an honorary and unpaid office. The term of office of all the members of the Bureau of the Tribunal shall be six years.
(4) The members of the Bureau of the Court of First Instance are appointed by the Board of the Agency. A member of the Bureau of the Court of First Instance must have completed a university degree in the Master's study programme in the field of law and practice in the field of sports law of at least 3 years.
(5) The members of the Bureau of the Court of First Instance are independent in the performance of their duties and their impartiality must not be jeopardised. Members of the Bureau of the Court of First Instance may not be dismissed against their will except for a serious breach of the Statute. All members of the Bureau of the Tribunal may be reappointed.
(6) The procedure before the Court of First Instance is not an arbitration procedure within the meaning of Act No. 216 / 1994 Coll., on arbitration and on the enforcement of arbitration findings, as amended. At the same time, the Court of First Instance is not a permanent arbitral tribunal within the meaning of Article 13 of Act No. 216 / 1994 Coll., on Arbitration and on the Enforcement of Arbitration Findings, as amended, and the proceedings before the institutions of the Court of First Instance are not in the nature of decisions of the Arbitration Commission of the Association.
(7) The Court of First Instance is not a separate entity, does not keep separate accounts and does not manage separately. All accounts relating to the activities of the Court of First Instance shall be managed by the Agency.
§ 4
Tasks of other public authorities
(1) The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in their competence create the conditions for the development of sport, for the preparation of state sports representation and for the preparation of sports talent, establish their department sports centres and ensure their activities.
(2) The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports supports and creates conditions for its development and provides financial support from the state budget, including subsidies, and controls its use. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports draws up a draft national policy plan for school and university sport and submits it to the Government for approval. The financial support for school and higher education sport from the state budget under this paragraph shall be without prejudice to the obligation of municipalities, municipalities and regions to provide for the expenditure of legal persons engaged in the activities of schools and educational establishments they establish (in particular the investment expenditure of schools and educational establishments, including construction, extension, superstructure, construction, reconstruction or modernisation of sports facilities of schools and educational establishments), pursuant to § 177 to 182 of the Education Act.
(3) The Ministry of Health organises health services provided to national sports representatives and sports talents, creates organizational assumptions enabling specific access of sports representatives to clinical care and, in order to promote a healthy way of life, creates conditions to support preventive, dispensary and assessment health care in the field of sport.
(4) The Ministry of Local Development creates conditions for the development of sport infrastructure under tourism care programmes.
(5) Other ministries create conditions for promoting sport and developing sport infrastructure within their respective competences.
§ 5
Tasks of the regions
The regions in their own competence create conditions for sport, in particular:
(a) ensure the development of sport for all and the preparation of sport talent, including disabled citizens;
(b) ensure the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of their sports facilities;
(c) provide financial support for sport from their budget;
(d) develop a plan for the development of sport in the region and ensure its implementation.
§ 6
Tasks of municipalities
The municipalities in their own competence create conditions for sport, in particular:
(a) ensure the development of sport for all, in particular for youth;
(b) ensure the preparation of sports talents, including disabled citizens;
(c) ensure the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of their sports facilities and provide them for the sport activities of citizens;
(d) control the efficient use of their sports facilities;
(e) provide financial support for sport from their budget.
§ 6a
Sports plans
(1) The plan identifies the objectives of national policy in the field of sport, the means necessary to achieve those objectives, and defines the priorities and criteria for supporting sport from the state budget, with the exception of school and university sport. The plan also includes measures against the illegal influencing of sports results and measures to promote education and the continuing professional use of sports representatives during and after the sports career. The plan shall be drawn up for a period of 5 years. The plan is based on an action plan to support sport. The government approves the plan and action plan.
(2) The national policy plan for school and university sport sets out the objectives of national policy in the field of school and university sport, the means necessary to achieve these objectives and defines the priorities and criteria for supporting school and university sport from the State budget. The national policy plan for school and university sport shall be drawn up for a period of 5 years. The government approves the State policy plan for school and university sport.
(3) The plan for the development of sport in the region contains in particular the definition of areas of sport support, the setting of priorities in the various areas of sport support and measures to ensure the availability of sport facilities for citizens of the region. The plan shall also include the identification of the regional budget necessary to implement the plan.
§ 6b
Support for sport from the state budget
(1) The Agency provides support for sport, with the exception of school and university sports, in the form of grants from the State budget
(a) sports organisations in support of sport, in particular for the promotion of sport of children and youth, adult sport, sport for all, sports of disabled persons, and for the promotion of successful sports representatives of the Czech Republic, including expenditure on the provision of sports organisations, the acquisition or technical evaluation of tangible and intangible fixed assets, and the organisation of major sports events and major sports events of exceptional importance pursuant to § 6c;
(b) persons who are not a sports organisation for the acquisition or technical evaluation of tangible and intangible fixed assets;
(c) persons who are not a sports organisation for the organisation of major sporting events of exceptional importance under § 6c.
(2) Aid for sport referred to in paragraph 1 may be granted only to applicants registered in the register. The Agency shall not grant support to sport as referred to in paragraph 1 where:
(a) the information provided by the applicant in the register does not correspond to the facts;
(b) applicant in the past 3 years
1. has repeatedly or seriously infringed the conditions for the use of aid granted from the State budget under this Law;
2. has repeatedly or seriously infringed the rules on the fight against doping;
3. seriously jeopardised the implementation of the prevention programme for influencing the results of sport competitions; or
(c) the applicant or an existing member of his statutory body has been convicted of an offence committed in connection with an activity in the field of sport or an act of grant fraud, unless it is regarded as not being convicted.
(3) The Agency may conclude a contract with a sports organisation or a memorandum on long-term cooperation to implement a multiannual project; This is without prejudice to Article 14 (1) of the budgetary rules.
(4) The scope of the beneficiaries and the conditions for granting the aid referred to in paragraph 1, including the duration of the period for which the programme is designated, are laid down by the Agency. The Agency shall not be entitled to exclude the possibility of granting the aid to final beneficiaries in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 5 when setting the conditions for aid.
(5) The sports organisation receiving the sport aid referred to in paragraph 1 may, in accordance with the conditions for its application set out in the programme, also grant such aid to the sports organisation which is associated with it (6) as the final beneficiary of the aid. The beneficiary of the sport aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall indicate in the application for sport aid referred to in paragraph 1 all final beneficiaries and the purpose for which such aid is to be granted to each final beneficiary; it is also obliged to commit the final beneficiary to fulfil the conditions of the aid granted. The beneficiary of the sport aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall be responsible for fulfilling the conditions of support granted to the Agency. The final beneficiary shall provide the Agency with cooperation in the control referred to in Article 3a (1) (d).
(6) Expenditure on the operation of sports organisations is not a project. The conditions for granting the subsidy to cover the costs of securing the activities of sports organisations shall be laid down by the Agency in the Programme. The Agency may grant a grant to ensure the activities of a sports organisation according to predetermined criteria.
(7) The Agency shall make ongoing efforts to launch legislative and non-legislative proposals as well as financial instruments for promoting sport, other than subsidies from the State Budget under paragraphs 1 to 6; any prepared reasoned proposal shall be submitted by the Agency to the Prime Minister.
§ 6c
Support for major sporting events
(1) According to the Government's approval, central government authorities create the conditions for major sporting events. The request for government approval shall be made by the person who intends to hold the event via the Agency.
(2) The request referred to in paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by a forecast budget of the action and a feasibility study taking into account the financial, material, personnel and legal provision of the action. It must be clear from the feasibility study what measures by public authorities, especially in the areas of safety, life and health, the residence of foreigners in the Czech Republic and the accessibility of transport, will be necessary for the organisation of the event. In addition, the feasibility study shall include information on whether and to what extent the granting of aid from the State budget is necessary for the organisation of the action, respecting the principles of economic, efficient and efficient management of public funds, and on the sustainability of the operation of the sport and other facilities for which aid is to be granted after the end of the action.
(3) Support for major sporting events of exceptional importance from the State budget for which the Government has given its consent under paragraph 1 is provided in particular by the Agency.
(4) Support from the State budget for major sporting events not referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted on the basis of the programme referred to in Section 6b.
(5) On the basis of cooperation with sports organisations pursuant to Articles 3a (1) (m) and 3a (4), the Agency shall develop and keep up-to-date the outlook for major sporting events, including major sporting events, of particular importance which, according to the information provided by the sports organisations of the Agency, should take place within the territory of the Czech Republic for the next 3 years (hereinafter referred to as the "outlook '). The view shall include at least an item list of major sporting events and, for each individual major sporting event in the list, the name of the major sporting event, the planned date and the planned venue of the major sporting event, the type of major sporting event from the perspective of its international sporting importance, the name, seat and identification number of the person of the Czech sports organisation intending to arrange a major sporting event, a qualified estimate of the necessary and effective overall costs of the organisation of the event, a qualified estimate of any financial support of a major sporting event from the state budget for which the Czech sports organisation intends to provide a significant sporting event. The Agency shall submit the outlook to the Government for information twice a year, no later than 30 June and no later than 31 December of the calendar year.
§ 6d
Coordination of the granting of aid
(1) The Agency coordinates the granting of aid under this Act with the Competition Authority.
(2) The aid shall not be granted if its granting would be contrary to the conditions for granting public aid laid down by European Union law or decisions of the European Commission under them.
§ 7
Compensation for expropriation
If, under the conditions laid down by the specific legislation of m2, sports equipment (building, land, their ensemble or other objects set up or reserved for the operation of sport) is to be expropriated, the owner of the sports equipment may be compensated in kind to a comparable extent and quality.
§ 7a
Obligations of the owner or operator of the sports equipment
(1) The owner of a sports facility (hereinafter referred to as the owner) or the person authorised by the owner to use a sports facility for the organisation of a sports undertaking (hereinafter referred to as the operator) are obliged, if necessary for the safety of persons and property in a sports facility, to take the necessary measures to ensure order during the sport establishment and to issue and publish a visiting order in which, under local conditions, it lays down, in particular, rules for the entry of visitors and persons directly carrying out the sports service.
(2) If the safety of persons or property in a sports establishment is seriously threatened and, despite all the measures taken by the owner or operator, there is no restoration of a peaceful state, the owner and operator are obliged to initiate an interruption or termination of an ongoing sport undertaking and to request cooperation from the police of the Czech Republic without undue delay.
(3) If there is a serious threat to the safety of persons or property in a sports facility as a result of the fact that the owner or operator has not taken all measures and the peaceful state is forced to restore the Police of the Czech Republic, the reimbursement of the costs incurred by the Police of the Czech Republic is due.

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CitationAct No. 115 / 2001 Coll., on the promotion of sport
Regulation TypeLaw
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation30.03.2001
Effective from30.03.2001
Effective until-
Status Valid
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