Act No 222 / 2016 Coll.

Law on the Collection of Laws and International Treaties and on the drafting of laws published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties (Act on the Collection of Laws and International Treaties)

Valid Law Effective from 01.01.2024
222
THE LAW
of 15 June 2016
concerning the Collection of Laws and International Treaties and the drafting of legislation published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties (Law on Laws and International Treaties)
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:

ČÁST PRVNÍ

COLLECTION OF LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS
§ 1
(1) A collection of laws and international treaties is an official document declaring a binding text of a law, an international treaty or other act provided for by this or another law.
(2) The collection of laws and international treaties is carried out in electronic form.
(3) The Ministry of the Interior is the publisher of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties (hereinafter referred to as "publisher").
Legislation, international treaties and other acts published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties
§ 2
(1) The Collection of Laws and International Treaties is hereby established
(a) constitutional law;
(b) the law;
(c) statutory measures by the Senate;
(d) a government order;
(e) an implementing legislation issued by the Ministry, another central administration or the Czech National Bank, unless another legislation provides for another procedure for its publication.
(2) The implementing legislation issued by the Ministry, other central administration or the Czech National Bank, which is published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, is entitled "Decree."
§ 3
(1) In the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, a communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declares
(a) the international treaty in force to which the Czech Republic is bound or the international treaty to which the Czech Republic is bound and which is to be applied, in whole or in part, provisionally before its entry into force, in a version which is binding on the Czech Republic, including the reservations made by the Czech Republic; the international treaty, which is at the same time negotiated by the European Union and the Czech Republic, shall be published by reference to the amount of the Official Journal of the European Union in which it was published,
(b) notification of the termination of the international agreement referred to in (a) and of other relevant elements for the implementation of the international agreement referred to in (a);
(c) the correction of the Czech translation of the international agreement referred to in (a).
(2) The Collection of Laws and International Treaties does not declare an international treaty to which the Czech Republic is bound, which is negotiated by the European Union and which is not a party to the Czech Republic.
§ 4
In the Collection of Laws and International Treaties are further announced
(a) the finding of the Constitutional Court, if any,
(b) a communication from the Constitutional Court, if the Constitutional Court decides to declare it,
(c) a resolution by the Chamber of Deputies on its persistence in the law returned by the President of the Republic;
(d) a resolution by the Chamber of Deputies on the statutory measure of the Senate, or a communication by the President of the Chamber of Deputies, that the Chamber of Deputies did not agree at its first meeting on the statutory measure of the Senate,
(e) the decision of the President of the Senate and, if the office of President of the Senate is not filled, the President of the Chamber of Deputies to declare the election of the President of the Republic,
(f) a decision by the President of the Republic, a resolution by the Chamber of Parliament and a resolution by the Government, where other law so provides, or where the State body which made it decides that it is to be declared,
(g) the Prime Minister's decision to declare an emergency situation;
(h) a communication from the Ministry, another Central Administrative Office, the Czech National Bank, the State Election Commission or the National Budget Council on the facts or decisions taken, if otherwise provided for by another law;
(i) the Communication from the Ministry of the Interior on the correction of the error (hereinafter referred to as the "Communication on the correction of the error").
§ 5
Protection of name and citation
(1) The title "Collection of Laws and International Treaties" is permitted only for the Collection of Laws and International Contracts and the Electronic System of Laws and International Contracts under this Act.
(2) The abbreviation "Coll." shall be used when quoting acts declared in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties.
§ 6
Electronic system Collection of laws and international treaties
(1) The electronic system of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties is an information system for public administration. The Ministry of the Interior is the administrator of the electronic system of the Collection of Laws and International Contracts.
(2) Through the electronic system of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties,
(a) a collection of laws and international treaties in electronic form and made available to the public in a way that allows remote access;
(b) the database of information on acts and shall be made available to the public in a way that allows remote access.
(3) The collection of laws and international treaties and the database of information on acts are also made available as open data within the meaning of the Specific Act (2).
(4) The database of information on acts contains certified texts by the publisher in particular:
(a) the laws in force and the acts of international law published in the Collection of Laws or in the Collection of International Treaties or in a previous similar collection, the legislation which amended the legislation in force and the legislation amended by the legislation in force;
(b) legislation which expired and was published after 4 April 1945 in the Collection of Laws or in a previous similar collection;
(c) other acts declared after 4 April 1945 in the Collection of Laws or in the Collection of International Treaties or in a previous similar collection;
(d) the legislation referred to in (a) and (b) in all their time versions;
(e) the copies of the Collection of Laws or of previous similar collections issued after 4 April 1945 and of the Collection of International Treaties.
§ 7
Management of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties
(1) The collection of laws and international treaties is conducted in amounts. Each amount shall contain one declared act. Where an amendment to the legislation is declared by an act, the text of the legislation as amended shall be given in the annex to the amount; the text of the legislation as amended is also a binding text. Where, in the light of amendments which have not yet come into effect, more than one of the texts in force in the legislation, all those texts in force together with an indication of the effectiveness of each of them shall be included in the text of the law as amended.
(2) Acts shall be marked with Arabic numbers in a continuous series from the beginning of the calendar year, which shall be closed at the end of each calendar year.
(3) The parties to each amount are numbered separately. If the amount contains an annex, the parties to the Annex shall be numbered separately.
(4) The heading of the amount shall include the text "Collection of laws and international agreements', a large national character and the designation of an act referred to in paragraph 2. The heading of the amount shall also include:
(a) the date on which the amount is made available in the electronic system of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties; or
(b) the date on which the amount is distributed in paper form and the notification that the amount is issued in accordance with Article 11.
(5) The signature of the signatory shall be replaced by the abbreviation "v. r. 'after the name of that person.
(6) The publisher shall keep one copy of the amount in paper form for a period of 25 years from the date of publication of the act therein; after this period, the copy shall be selected as archival.
(7) Where, in exceptional cases, the technical nature of the act or part thereof does not allow for publication in full in the paper form provided for in Article 11, the amount to be published in the abbreviated version shall be indicated in what form the act can be read in full.
§ 8
Language of acts declared in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties
(1) Acts pursuant to Sections 2 and 4 are declared in the Czech language.
(2) The act referred to in Article 3 shall be indicated in the wording applicable under international law to its interpretation. If the text is not authentic under international law for its interpretation in the Czech language, the act referred to in Article 3 shall be translated into the Czech language at the same time.
(3) If the act referred to in Article 3 has more than one text in the languages relevant to its interpretation, it shall be indicated in the amount in only one of them; If the text is in the Czech language, the act of international law shall be indicated in that language, unless the text is in the Czech language and the text is in the English language, the act referred to in Article 3 shall be indicated in the English language. Taking into account the nature of the act referred to in Article 3, it may also be given in the version of another language relevant to its interpretation.
(4) The Act pursuant to § 3 is translated into the Czech language from a text which is relevant to its interpretation under international law.
(5) In the case of the difference between translation into the Czech language and the text which is applicable under international law for the interpretation of an act under § 3, the wording of the act under § 3 applicable under international law for its interpretation shall prevail.
§ 9
Validity and effectiveness of the legislation published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties
(1) The legislation published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties is in force by virtue of Article 10.
(2) Unless otherwise specified, the legislation published in the Collection of Laws and International Contracts shall become effective on 1 January or 1 July of the calendar year.
(3) Where an urgent general interest so requires, an earlier effective date than that provided for in paragraph 2 may be laid down in special exceptional cases, but not earlier than the beginning of the day following the date of publication of the legislation. Where an emergency situation, a state of danger or a state of war is declared, or a law relating to it is issued, or a legislative procedure in a state of legislative emergency (3), it may be provided that the legislation will become effective by means of a declaration. If the legislation published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties is not effective, the legislation shall become effective as of 1 January or as of 1 July of the calendar year.
(4) Where the date of entry into force is fixed, prior to the date of publication of the legislation published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, the legislation published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties shall take effect as from 1 January or as from 1 July of the calendar year; This does not apply to the State Budget Act and to the Act amending the State Budget Act, which takes effect on the day following their publication.
(5) The legislation referred to in Article 2 (1) (d) or (e) or any other act referred to in Article 4 may be declared at the earliest at the same time as the publication of the law for which it is issued or on the basis of which it is issued and may take effect at the earliest at the same time as the entry into force of that law.
Announcement of the Act in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties
§ 10
(1) The publication of an act in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties means making the amount in which the act is contained available using the electronic system of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties.
(2) The publication of an act in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties pursuant to Article 11 shall mean the distribution in paper form of the amount in which the act is contained.
(3) The date and time of the publication of an act in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, with an accuracy of one second, together with the corresponding amount made available in the electronic system of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties; If the act is not declared in accordance with Paragraph 11, the date of publication of the act in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties shall be indicated in the paper form in the heading of the amount. If the act is declared in accordance with Article 11, the date of dispatch shall be indicated in the paper form.
§ 11
(1) If an obstacle to the publication of an act pursuant to Article 10 (1) and if an act needs to be published immediately in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, the publisher shall publish a notice of the existence of an obstacle to the publication of an act pursuant to Article 10 (1) on his official record and shall notify that fact in the mass media.
(2) For the duration of the obstacle to the publication of an act referred to in Article 10 (1), amounts shall be issued in paper form; during that period, those amounts shall have electronic effects in paper form. The publisher ensures the distribution of sums to ministries, other central administration offices, the Office of the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate Office, the President's Office, the Czech National Bank, the Supreme Audit Office, the Constitutional Court, the Regional Authorities and the City of Prague.
(3) Without prejudice to the publication of an act pursuant to Paragraph 10 (1), the publisher shall publish a notice of that fact on his official record and shall notify the mass media thereof.
(4) The publisher shall ensure, without delay, that the amounts which have been issued in paper form are made available in the electronic system of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties have been removed from the publication of an act under Paragraph 10 (1); As soon as such amounts are made available in the electronic system of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, the legally binding text of the act becomes its electronic form.
Procedure for declaring acts in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties
§ 12
(1) The Act in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties will be published by the publisher on the basis of a request made by an authorised person
(a) by means of an electronic legal system; or
(b) in electronic form, without recourse to the electronic legal system and, if this is not possible, in paper form, if applicable
1. the State Budget Act or the Act amending the State Budget Act; or
2. an act pursuant to Paragraph 4 declaring an emergency situation, a state of danger or a state of war or which is issued in connection with them.
(2) The authorised person referred to in paragraph 1 shall:
(a) the Constitutional and Law President of the Chamber of Deputies; If the office of President of the Chamber of Deputies is not filled due to the termination of the session of the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Senate shall be entitled to hold the seat of the President of the Chamber of Deputies at the opening meeting of the next session of the Chamber of Deputies, and if the office of President of the Senate is not filled, he who is entitled to exercise the powers of the President of the Senate,
(b) the statutory measure of the Senate by the President of the Senate; If the office of President of the Senate is not filled, the authorised person shall be the person entitled to exercise the powers of President of the Senate,
(c) Government Decree Prime Minister,
(d) Act pursuant to § 3 of the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
(e) other acts of a person designated under Paragraph 22 to sign them.
(3) The Act referred to in paragraph 2 (d) shall be published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through an electronic legal system, by a State body whose competence is mainly concerned.
(4) The person referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 may delegate, through an electronic legal system, and in the case of an act referred to in paragraph 1 (b). (b) electronically without the use of an electronic legal system and, if this is not possible, in paper form, another person to make a requirement to declare an act.
(5) The requirement for the publication of an act shall specify the name of the person intended to carry out the correction of the act declared and the amendments to its text made in the framework of the correction; the proofreading is carried out by the publisher in cooperation with the designated person.
(6) The requirement to declare an act in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties includes:
(a) the text of the declared act;
(b) the text of the act declared as amended if the act declared is an amendment to the legislation;
(c) a description of the facts relevant to the publication of the act, where necessary with regard to the date of entry into force, the date of publication of the act or the procedure for publication of the act; This does not apply if it contains a statement of reasons in accordance with § 20 (1) (h) or § 20 (2) (e).
(7) The correctness of the text of the act submitted for publication in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties is ensured by the state body which transmitted it to the publisher. The correctness of the text of the Act referred to in Article 3 submitted for publication in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, as well as the correctness of its translation into the Czech language, is ensured by the state authority which forwarded it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall ensure the accuracy of the communication declaring an act pursuant to Article 3.
(8) The requirement to declare an act in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties shall be made at least 30 days before the date on which the legislation is to become effective or the act referred to in Article 3 or 4 is to be declared; This does not apply if the requirement for the publication of an act is justified by an overriding general interest in the earlier publication of an act or if it contains a reasoned statement of reasons pursuant to Article 20 (1) (h) or Article 20 (2) (e).
(9) The publisher shall declare an act in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties without delay after the requirement to declare an act has been made, taking into account the date of its entry into force or the date of its publication, but not later than 30 days after the requirement to declare an act.
§ 13
(1) The publisher will provide legislative technical regulation of the text of the law and the text of the law as amended for publication in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, which results from the laws and findings of the Constitutional Court published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties and which do not substantially alter the content of the law or the content of the law as amended.
(2) The text of the law and the text of the law as amended by the publisher in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be submitted for verification to the person who is entitled to make a request for publication of the act. That person may entrust verification to another person through an electronic legal system.
§ 14
Error correction
(1) Where the publisher finds the difference between the text of the act as amended by the corrections made in the framework of the correction and the published text of the act, he shall declare the correction by means of an error correction communication without delay after that finding. The text of the act as amended by the corrections made under the correction shall be published in the Annex to the error correction notice. Where an amendment to the legislation is declared by an act, the text of the law as amended and the corrections made in the framework of the correction shall be included in the annex to the communication on the correction of errors.
(2) The publisher shall act mutatis mutandis in accordance with paragraph 1,
(a) if the amount is erroneously indicated as the date on which the amount is made available in the electronic system of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties,
(b) if, in the case of the issue of an amount pursuant to Article 11, it is not stated that the amount was issued pursuant to Article 11, or
(c) if, in the case of the issue of an amount referred to in Article 11, the date on which the amount is distributed in paper form is erroneously stated.
(3) The issuer shall act mutatis mutandis in accordance with paragraph 1 if he finds that the text of the legislation, as amended in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, does not comply with the adopted amendment to the legislation or the previous version of the legislation in force; where the text of the legislation as amended does not correspond to the text of the legislative amendment adopted, the text of the legislative amendment adopted shall prevail.
(4) The notification of the correction of the error shall be submitted for verification to the person who has been authorised to make a request for publication of the act. That person may, by means of an electronic legal system and, in the case of an act referred to in Article 12 (1) (b), by electronic means without recourse to an electronic legal system and, if this is not possible, in paper form, entrust verification to another person.
§ 15
Obligations of the authorities of the local authorities in the section of the Collection of Laws and International Treaties and the Official Journal of the European Union
(1) The Municipal Office, the City District Office or the Urban District of the Territorial Territory of the Statutory City, the Office of the City of the City of Prague, the Regional Office and the Municipality of the City of Prague will allow free access to the Collection of Laws and International Contracts in electronic form in official hours.
(2) The Regional Office and the Municipality of the City of Prague will, for the duration of the obstacle to the publication of acts pursuant to Section 11, allow free access to the amounts in paper form which have been issued during the duration of the obstacle.
(3) The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the inspection of the Official Journal of the European Union where the directly applicable European Union law governing the publication of the Official Journal of the European Union (1) does not provide that only the printed edition of the Official Journal of the European Union is authentic.

ČÁST DRUHÁ

CERTAIN RULES OF LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES FOR LEGISLATIVE LAWS ISSUED IN A COLLECTION OF LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS
§ 16
Use of the electronic legal system
(1) The drafting of a draft law published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, its presentation for consideration, the signature of a law published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, its presentation for publication in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, the modification of the text of the legislation referred to in Article 13 (1), the adaptation provided for in Article 21 (2) and the submission of the amended text of the law for verification pursuant to Articles 13 (2) and 14 (4) shall take place through an electronic legal system. Where a different information system is used for the part of the consideration of a draft law published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, the legislation published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties shall be submitted at the time of adoption of that proposal in another information system.
(2) The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the formation and presentation of an opinion, comment or amendment on the draft law published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties.
(3) The electronic legal system is a public administration information system. The administration of the electronic legal system is the Ministry of the Interior.
(4) The administrator of the electronic legal system shall be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the text of the law and the text of the law, as amended, on which the law published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties is based and for providing continuous information on their changes to the law and findings of the Constitutional Court, as published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties.
(5) The information published in the electronic legal system is provided as open data within the meaning of the Specific Act (2).
(6) The administrator of the electronic legal system shall make available the electronic legal system in a way that allows remote access so that the public can use it to draft legislation, opinions, comments or amendments. The instruments of the system used to draft legislation, opinions, comments or amendments shall be made publicly available free of charge for full work without connection to the computer network.
(7) The controller of the electronic legal system ensures the privacy of the system users. The electronic system of law-making must enable users to work fully with and without connection to the computer network when drafting legislative, opinions, comments or amendments, until the proposal, opinion or comments are submitted, and in such a way that information on the use of the system's instruments is not further processed, processed or processed and is not detectable by the system administrator.
§ 17
(1) The drafting of a draft law published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, which is an amendment to the legislation, is carried out by indicating amendments to the existing version of the legislation which is amended; Paragraph 21 (1) (b) shall apply mutatis mutandis. The electronic legal system shall, following the choice of the way in which the marked changes are reflected, transfer the marked changes to the text of the draft amendment.
(2) In the event of a distinction between the text of the draft amendment and the indication of amendments to the valid version of the legislation which is amended, the text of the draft amendment shall prevail.
§ 18
(1) If an obstacle to the use of the electronic legal system is established, the provisions of Article 16 (1) and (2) shall not apply and the procedure provided for in Article 16 (1) and (2) shall be carried out electronically without recourse to the electronic legal system and, if this is not possible, in paper form.
(2) Without prejudice to the use of the electronic legal system, the administrator of the electronic legal transcription system shall insert a law or a proposal thereof, including documents relating to the negotiation of the draft legislation, only to the extent necessary for its further consideration, into the electronic legal system in cooperation with the person referred to in paragraph 3.
(3) The administrators of the electronic legal system shall, when entering a law or its proposal and documents related to the discussion of a draft law in the electronic legal system referred to in paragraph 2, provide synergies
(a) in the case of a constitutional law or its proposal:
1. the competent member of the Government or the Head of another Central Administrative Office, pending the submission of a draft Constitutional Law to the Government;
2. the Prime Minister, since the submission of the draft Constitutional Law to the Government, until its submission to the Chamber of Deputies,
3. President of the Chamber of Deputies since the submission of the draft constitutional law The Chamber of Deputies of the Chamber of Deputies of the Chamber of Deputies, of its referral to the Senate, of its return with amendments by the Senate or of its referral by the Chamber of Deputies, in a version different from that approved by the Chamber of Deputies to the referral of the Constitutional Law of the President of the Republic or of the Senate and from the referral of the Constitutional Law of the President of the Republic to the presentation of the Constitutional Act to its publication in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties,
4. the President of the Senate, from the submission of the draft Constitutional Law of the Senate by the Senator, the Senate Committee or the Senate Commissions to its submission to the Chamber of Deputies and from the referral of the draft Constitutional Law of the Senate by the Chamber of Deputies to the end of the Senate negotiations on the draft Constitutional Law,
5. the President of the Republic from the referral of the Constitutional Law to the President of the Republic to its signature by the President of the Republic,
(b) in the case of a law or its proposal:
1. the competent member of the Government or the Head of another Central Administrative Office, pending the submission of the draft law to the Government;
2. the Prime Minister, since the submission of the bill to the Government, until its submission to the Chamber of Deputies,
3. President of the Chamber of Deputies since the presentation of the bill The Chamber of Deputies of the Chamber of Deputies to its referral to the Senate, since its rejection by the Senate, since its return with amendments by the Senate, or, if it is a bill requiring the agreement of the two chambers, since its referral by the Senate in a text different from the text approved by the Chamber of Deputies to the Act of the President of the Republic or of the Senate, and since the Act was returned by the President of the Republic, pending the submission of the law to its publication in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties,
4. the President of the Senate, from the submission of the Senate Bill by the Senator, the Senate Committee or the Senate Commission, to its submission to the Chamber of Deputies and from the referral of the Senate Bill by the Chamber of Deputies to the end of the Senate negotiations on the Bill,
5. the President of the Republic, since the transfer of the law to the President of the Republic until his signature by the President of the Republic or his return to the Chamber of Deputies,
(c) in the case of legal action by the Senate or its proposal,
1. the competent member of the Government or the Head of another Central Administrative Office, pending the submission of a draft legislative measure to the Government of the Senate;
2. the Prime Minister, from the submission of a draft legal measure to the Government of the Senate, until its submission to the Senate,
3. the President of the Senate, from the submission by the Senate of a draft legislative measure by the Government of the Senate to the submission by the Senate of a legal measure by the President of the Republic and from the referral by the Senate of a legal measure by the President of the Republic to the submission by the Senate of a statutory measure by the Senate of a declaration in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties,
4. President of the Chamber of Deputies since the submission of the Senate's legal measure to the Chamber of Deputies for its consideration by the Chamber of Deputies,
5. the President of the Republic since the transfer of the statutory measure of the Senate to the President of the Republic until its signature by the President of the Republic,
(d) in the case of a government regulation or proposal thereof,
1. the competent member of the Government or the Head of another Central Administrative Office, pending the submission of a draft government regulation to the Government;
2. Prime Minister, from the submission of a draft government regulation to the Government, until the submission of a government regulation to be published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties,
(e) in the case of an order or its proposal:
1. the competent member of the government, the head of another central administration or governor of the Czech National Bank, pending the submission of a draft decree to be discussed by the body of the Legislative Council of the Government or by the Legislative Council of the Government or the Legislative Council of the Government, pending the submission of a decree to be published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties,
2. President of the Legislative Council of the Government since the submission of a draft decree to be discussed by the body of the Legislative Council of the Government or the Legislative Council of the Government until its discussion by the body of the Legislative Council of the Government or the Legislative Council of the Government.
§ 19
Components of the draft legislation and documents related to the draft legislation published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties
(1) The draft legislation published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties, which is presented to the Government, the Legislative Council of the Government or its body, to the Chamber of Deputies and, if the proposed legislation is a legal measure of the Senate, the text of the legislation as amended is the draft amendment, if it is a draft amendment of the legislation. The draft legislation shall be accompanied, for information purposes, by at least:
(a) the explanatory memorandum;
(b) a brief description of the content of the draft legislation; and
(c) an informative overview of public law obligations arising from draft legislation; the structure of the summary of public law obligations arising from the draft legislation is set out in the Annex to this law.
(2) The draft legislative act published in the Collection of Laws and International Treaties is also attached to the draft implementing act if the draft legislative act requires the issue of an implementing act and if the implementing act is to take effect at the same time as the draft legislative act.
§ 20
Reason report of draft legislation
(1) The explanatory memorandum shall contain at least:
(a) a description of the content of the draft legislation, stating the reasons for its submission, and a summary of the basic principles and the most important amendments it introduces against existing legislation;
(b) an assessment of the legal situation in force;
(c) an assessment of the compliance of the draft legislation with the constitutional order and other parts of the legal order of the Czech Republic;
(d) an assessment of the compliance of the draft legislation with the obligations arising for the Czech Republic from its membership of the European Union;
(e) an assessment of the compliance of the draft legislation with the international treaties by which the Czech Republic is bound;
(f) the projected economic and financial impact of the draft legislation on the state budget and other public budgets;
(g) a justification for any proposal that the Chamber of Deputies give its consent to the draft legislation at first reading;
(h) a justification for any proposal to bring the proposed legislation into force on a date other than 1 January or 1 July of the calendar year;
(i) the justification for the various provisions of the draft legislation; the justification shall include an explanation of their purpose and necessity, a description of the legal rules contained therein and the rights and obligations resulting therefrom,
(j) information under the lobbying regulation law, which is the name, name and surname, business name or name of the lobbyist who lobbied during the preparation, negotiation or approval of the draft legislation.
(2) The explanatory memorandum in the event that the draft law is submitted by the Government, the Ministry, another central administration or the Czech National Bank shall include at least:
(a) an assessment as to whether the draft legislation does not contain a provision which, by its nature, is a technical regulation under a legislation governing technical requirements for products and information on the fulfilment of the notification obligation under that legislation;
(b) information on the consultation of the draft legislative act with the European Central Bank and the outcome of the consultation where the draft legislative act is subject to such consultation;
(c) the anticipated impact of the draft legislation, in particular:
1. the impact on the rights and obligations of natural and legal persons,
2. impact on the business environment of the Czech Republic,

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Regulation Information

CitationAct No. 222 / 2016 Coll., on the Collection of Laws and International Treaties and on the Legislation of Laws and International Treaties (Act on the Collection of Laws and International Treaties)
Regulation TypeLaw
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation20.07.2016
Effective from01.01.2024
Effective until-
Status Valid
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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