Act No. 309 / 1999 Coll.
Law on the Collection of Laws and the Collection of International Treaties
Valid
Law
Effective from 01.01.2000
309
THE LAW
of 11 November 1999
on the Collection of Laws and the Collection of International Treaties
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:
Collection of laws
Legislation published in the Collection of Laws
(1) In the Collection of Laws they are announced by the publication of their full text
(a) constitutional laws;
(b) the laws,
(c) statutory measures by the Senate;
(d) a government order;
(e) legislation issued by ministries and other central administrations; legislation of other administrative offices and legal persons, where they issue national legislation under a special law
("the legislation ').
(2) The legislation referred to in paragraph 1 (e) is renumbered "Order."
Other acts of state bodies declared in the Collection of Laws
(1) The Collection of Laws further declares:
(a) the findings of the Constitutional Court and the judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court, if the law so provides, 1)
(b) a communication from the Constitutional Court, if the Constitutional Court decides to declare them,
(c) 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 pass at its first meeting on the statutory measure of the Senate,
(d) the decision of the President of the Republic, the announcement of the President of the Republic on the outcome of the referendum, the resolutions of Parliament's chambers and the resolutions of the Government, if a special law so provides or if the institutions decide on their publication;
(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 communication from ministries, other central administrative offices, the State Election Commission, the Czech National Bank or the National Budget Board on facts and decisions taken, where the obligation to declare them in the Collection of Laws provides for a special law;
(g) the full text of the constitutional laws and laws, empowering the Constitutional Law or the Law to declare their full text as Prime Minister;
("other legal acts').
(2) A communication from the Ministry of the Interior on the correction of a press error is also announced in the Collection of Laws (§ 11).
Validity and effectiveness of legislation
(1) The legislation is in force on the day of its publication in the Collection of Laws.
(2) The date of publication of the law shall be the date of dispatch of the corresponding amount of the Collection of Laws, as indicated in the heading.
(3) Unless otherwise specified, the legislation shall become effective on 1 January or 1 July of the calendar year.
(4) Where an urgent general interest so requires, an earlier date of entry into force than provided for in paragraph 3 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 is declared, a state of danger or a state of war or a law is issued in relation to it or a legislative procedure is in a legislative emergency (4), it may be provided that the legislation will become effective by declaration. If the legislation published in the Collection of Laws is not effective, the legislation shall become effective as of 1 January or as of 1 July of the calendar year.
(5) The legislation referred to in Article 1 (1) (d) and (e) may be published at the earliest on the date on which the law in respect of which it is issued is published. they may become effective at the earliest on the date on which the law on which they are issued takes effect.
(6) Where the date of entry into force is fixed, which shall be the date of publication of the legislation in the Collection of Laws, the legislation published in the Collection of Laws shall take effect as from 1 January or as from 1 July of the calendar year.
The legislation referred to in § 1 (1) (e) shall be signed by the competent minister, the head of another central administrative office, the Chairman of the Energy Regulatory Board or the Governor of the Czech National Bank.
Collection of international treaties
Announcement of international treaties, other matters relevant to their implementation and decisions of international bodies and organisations
(1) In the Collection of International Treaties are announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(a) the international agreements in force by which the Czech Republic is bound (hereinafter referred to as "international agreements");
(b) notification of termination of international agreements and of other matters relevant to the implementation of individual international agreements;
(c) decisions taken by international bodies and bodies of international organisations bound by the Czech Republic (hereinafter referred to as "decisions of international bodies and organisations").
(2) International treaties shall be published in full. International treaties which are not approved by Parliament and which concern only a small number of natural and legal persons may be published without the publication of the full text of their annexes; in this case, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall also list in the communication the annexes to the international agreement and indicate where copies and extracts can be consulted and obtained from them.
(3) Decisions of international bodies and organisations are published in full. Where the decision of the international authorities and organisations concerns only a small number of natural and legal persons, the full text of the decision shall not be published and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall only indicate in the communication the name of the decision, including the designation of the authority which issued it, the date on which it was issued and, where applicable, the date on which it came into force, and an indication of where it can be consulted and obtained copies and extracts thereof.
(4) In the Collection of International Treaties, the Ministry of the Interior also announced a communication on the correction of a print error or the correction of translation into the Czech language (§ 11).
Language in which international treaties and decisions of international bodies and organisations are declared
(1) International treaties are always published in the Collection of International Treaties in the version applicable under international law for their interpretation and, at the same time, in translation into the Czech language, unless the text of the International Treaty is applicable under international law for the interpretation of the International Treaty.
(2) If the international treaty has more texts in foreign languages which are relevant for its interpretation, it shall be published only in one of them, and if they include the English version, the international treaty shall be published in that language. If the text of the international treaty is authentic in the Czech language under international law for the interpretation of the international agreement, the international treaty shall be published only in that language.
(3) The translation into the Czech language is obtained from the wording of an international treaty which, under international law, is responsible for its interpretation.
(4) In the event of a distinction between translation into the Czech language and the text which is applicable under international law for its interpretation, this text shall prevail.
(5) The provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis to the language in which decisions of international bodies and organisations are made.
The date of the announcement of the international agreement, the notification of the termination of the international agreement and of other matters relevant to the implementation of individual international agreements or decisions of international bodies and organisations (Section 5 (1)) shall be the date of the distribution of the relevant amount of the Collection of International Treaties referred to in its heading.
Issue of Collection of Laws and Issue of Collection of International Treaties
Rules on the issue of the Collection of Laws and the Collection of International Treaties
(1) Each of the amounts of the Collection of Laws and of the Collection of International Contracts contains in the header, in addition to the title of the appropriate means of publication, in particular the large State emblem, (2) the calendar year in which it is issued and the date on which it is distributed.
(2) A collection of laws is issued in sequentially numbered amounts marked with serial numbers, the series of which is closed at the end of each calendar year. The numbering of the pages of the Collection of Laws shall be carried out from the beginning of the calendar year in a continuous series which shall be completed at the end of each calendar year. Similarly, the issue of the Collection of International Treaties is being carried out.
(3) Legislation and other legal acts are identified in the Collection of Laws from the beginning of the calendar year by serial numbers in a continuous series, which is closed at the end of each calendar year. Similarly, in the Collection of International Contracts the order numbers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (§ 5 (1)).
(4) The extensive annexes to the legislation may be published in separate annexes to the amounts of the Collection of Laws, issued at the same time as the corresponding amount in which the text of the legislation in question is published. The parties to these Annexes shall be numbered in a continuous series following the numbering of the parties to the amount to which they are annexed. Similarly, this applies to the publication of large-scale annexes to international treaties and decisions of international bodies and organisations in the Collection of International Treaties.
Protection of name and citation
(1) The title "Collection of Laws" is permitted only for the designation of the Collection of Laws under this Act. In citation of legislation (§ 1 (1)) and other legal acts (§ 2 (1)), published in the Collection of Laws, the abbreviation "Coll. 'is used.
(2) The title "Collection of International Contracts" is only allowed to be used to designate the Collection of International Contracts under this Act. In citation of international treaties, notice of termination of international agreements and decisions of international bodies and organisations (§ 5 (1)), published in the Collection of International Treaties, the abbreviation "Coll. m. s. 'is used.
(1) The Collection of Laws and the Collection of International Treaties is published, printed and distributed by the Ministry of Interior.
(2) Legislation (§ 1 (1)) and other legal acts (§ 2 (1)) shall be declared without delay and no later than 30 days from the date of their delivery to the Ministry of the Interior. The same period shall apply to the notification provided for in Article 5.
(3) For the correctness of the texts of legislation and other acts of state bodies submitted for publication in the Collection of Laws, it is the person who handed them over to the Ministry of Interior. The competent Ministry, other competent central administration or the Czech National Bank shall be responsible for the correctness of the texts of international treaties, notifications of termination of international treaties and other matters relevant to the implementation of individual international agreements or decisions of international bodies and organisations, as well as for the accuracy of their translation into the Czech language submitted for publication in the Collection of International Treaties.
Announcement of correction
(1) If the Ministry of the Interior finds the difference between the text of the legislation submitted for publication and the published text of such a regulation, it shall, after that finding, declare a correction of the print error at the nearest amount of the Collection of Laws. The Ministry of the Interior shall act mutatis mutandis in the event of a discrepancy between the text of an international agreement or the text of a decision of an international body and an organisation submitted for publication and the published text of such a contract or decision.
(2) The provisions of paragraph 1 also apply to the procedure of the Ministry of Interior in case of errors in the announced translation of the international treaty and decisions of international bodies and organisations into the Czech language. Before announcing translation corrections in the Collection of International Treaties, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will request an opinion.
(1) The Ministry of the Interior publishes a copy of the Collection of Laws issued after 4 May 1945 and of the Collections of International Treaties in a way enabling remote access.
(2) The same copy of the Collection of Laws and Collections of International Treaties referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be considered as the Collection of Laws and the Collection of International Treaties.
Common, transitional and final provisions
Common provision
(1) The regions and the capital of Prague are obliged to allow each visit to the Collection of Laws, the Collection of International Treaties and the Official Journal of the European Union on working days.
(2) Municipality, urban districts and urban areas of territorial subdivided statutory cities are obliged to allow access to the Collection of Laws under the same conditions as in paragraph 1.
(3) The obligation referred to in paragraph 2 shall always apply to the full amount, except for the Annexes referred to in Article 8 (4).
Transitional provisions
(1) In the Collection of Laws, measures of ministries, other central administrative offices and the Czech National Bank may be announced by 30 June 2002 at the latest, issued on the basis of mandates contained in special laws. Such measures shall be published in the Collection of Laws by publication of their full text or by notification of their publication, indicating the authority which issued them and indicating where they can be consulted. The measures announced in the Collection of Laws shall be marked by serial numbers on a separate number series from the beginning of the calendar year, concluded at the end of each calendar year.
(2) The measures referred to in paragraph 1 and similar measures of ministries, other central administrations and the Czech National Bank, published in the Collection of Laws by the publication of their full text or by the notification of their publication by the date of entry into force of this Act and by that date, will expire on 31 December 2003 at the latest.
(3) Legislation, findings of the Constitutional Court and of the International Treaty, as published in the Collection of Laws under the existing legislation and in force on the date of entry into force of this Act, are to be considered as legislation, findings of the Constitutional Court and of the International Treaty, which are declared under this Act.
Repeal
Act No. 545 / 1992 Coll., on Collection of Laws of the Czech Republic is hereby repealed.
Efficacy
This Act shall take effect on 1 January 2000.
Klaus v. r.
Havel v. r.
Zeman v. r.
1) § 57 et seq. of Act No. 182 / 1993 Coll., on the Constitutional Court.
2) § 2 paragraphs 1 and 2 and Annex 1 to Act No. 3 / 1993 Coll., on State Symbols of the Czech Republic. Act No. 68 / 1990 Coll., on the use of state emblem, state flag and other state symbols of the Czech Republic, as amended.
3) Paragraph 2 (2) of Act No. 106 / 1999 Coll., on Free Access to Information.
4) Article 99 of Act No. 90 / 1995 Coll., on Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Deputies, as amended.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 309 / 1999 Coll., on the Collection of Laws and on the Collection of International Contracts |
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| Regulation Type | Law |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 13.12.1999 |
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| Effective from | 01.01.2000 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
Legal Areas:
International law
International public law
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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