Act No. 331 / 2025 Coll.
Act amending Act No. 252 / 1997 Coll., on Agriculture, as amended, and other related laws
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THE LAW
of 23 July 2025
amending Act No. 252 / 1997 Coll., on Agriculture, as amended, and other related laws
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:
Amendment to the Agriculture Act
Act No. 2 / 1997 Coll., on Agriculture, as amended by Act No. 62 / 2000 Coll., Act No. 441 / 2005 Coll., Act No. 444 / 2005 Coll., Act No. 64 / 2014 Coll., Act No. 179 / 2014 Coll., Act No. 267 / 2006 Coll., Act No. 157 / 2009 Coll., Act No. 409 / 2006 Coll., Act No. 73 / 2011 Coll., Act No. 95 / 2009 Coll.
1. The following Sections 2j to 2p are inserted after Section 2i, including the headings and footnotes 88 and 89:
Family farming
(1) Family farming in this Act means:
(a) an agricultural entrepreneur registered in accordance with Article 2f, who is a legal person with a family farm status;
(b) a company under the Civil Code 88), whose members are only agricultural entrepreneurs registered under Paragraph 2f, who are natural persons with the status of member of the family farm.
Family farming helps to meet public interest in the development and sustainability of rural areas and local food production.
(2) The Fund will, by decision, grant to an agricultural entrepreneur who is a legal person the status of a family holding in respect of a commercial corporation,
(a) which has its head office in a municipality in whose territory at least part of the area of the part of the soil block registered in the land use register or in a municipality adjacent to it is situated;
(b) which, by itself or through its members, manages the maximum area of land registered to it in the land use register established by the Ministry by the Decree;
(c) which is a micro-enterprise under Commission Recommendation 2003 / 361 / EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (89);
(d) whose members, members of the statutory body or the supervisory body are only natural persons and in which more than 50% of the voting and property rights belong directly to members of one family and at least one member of that family is a member of its statutory body, or whose sole member is also a member of the statutory body of a commercial corporation and at least one other member of the family from which that sole member originates is a member of its statutory body, of its procuritor or of its supervisory body; and
(e) in which at least one member of the family referred to in (d) who is a member of the statutory body of that commercial corporation has the address of the place of residence in the municipality in whose territory or in the territory of the municipality with that neighbouring territory, at least part of the area of the part of the land block registered in its land use register is located.
(3) The shareholder or member of the cooperative shall also be considered to be a member of the partnership referred to in paragraph 2 (d).
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(a) are members of a single family, or, if more than 50% of such natural persons are members of a single family, which also holds more than 50% of the votes in decisions on matters within the company and have a share of more than 50% of the assets acquired during the company's life, profit and loss;
(b) are agricultural entrepreneurs;
(c) they shall farm, in total, the maximum area of land registered to them in the land use register established in accordance with paragraph 2 (b);
(d) jointly meet the definition of micro-enterprise as laid down in Commission Recommendation 2003 / 361 / EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (89); and
(e) entrust one of the members of the family as referred to in (a) with the management of common matters relating to the family holding (hereinafter referred to as "the manager of the family holding"); the family farm manager shall have the address of the place of residence in the municipality in whose territory or in the territory of the municipality with that territory neighbouring it, at least part of the area of the part of the land block registered in one of the members of that company shall be located in the land use register.
(5) Members of one family shall be deemed to be:
(a) spouses, partners or registered partners, or at least one of the spouses, partners or registered partners of their relatives up to the fourth degree or persons married to the third degree;
(b) persons related to a direct line; or
(c) persons related to a secondary line up to the fourth stage.
(6) A natural person as a partner, a member of a statutory body, a procurer, a member of a supervisory authority or a member of a family holding may participate in only one family holding.
Right to use the designation of the family farm
Only a person with the status of a family farm or a manager of a family farm may use the designation of the family farm and its derivatives in the name, on his product, in advertising or in a description of his activity.
Granting of the status of a family farm or of a member of a family farm
(1) The application of the legal person referred to in Article 2j (2) to grant the status of a family holding, in addition to the general requirements laid down in the administrative rules, contains:
(a) details of the natural persons who are members of the statutory body, the procurer and the members of the supervisory authority of that legal person, indicating their name and surname, nationality, address of residence, birth number, and, if not allocated, the date of birth and the proportion of those natural persons who are members of the same family to the voting and property rights in that legal person; and
(b) documents demonstrating compliance with the conditions for granting the status of the family holding referred to in Article 2j (2) and (5).
(2) The application of a natural person referred to in Article 2j (4) to grant the status of a member of a family holding in addition to the general requirements laid down in the administrative rules
(a) the names and surnames of the natural persons who are members of the company pursuant to Article 2j (4) and their identification numbers under which they are registered in the register of the agricultural operator;
(b) a contract for association to a company pursuant to Paragraph 2j (4), including an inventory of the contributions of shareholders, where the association of assets has been negotiated; the association contract to the company pursuant to Paragraph 2j (4) shall include the determination of the number of votes of each member when deciding on matters within the company and the determination of each member's share of the assets acquired in the company's life, profit and loss,
(c) an indication of which person is to be manager of the family holding; and
(d) documents proving compliance with the conditions for granting the status of member of the family holding pursuant to Article 2j (4) and (5).
(3) The application referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 shall be submitted to the Fund exclusively in electronic form through the information system referred to in Article 2o (1).
(4) The members of the company referred to in Article 2j (4) who apply for the status of member of the family holding shall submit the application in accordance with paragraph 2 together. In the application procedure referred to in the first sentence, the person to be manager of the family holding shall be the common representative of all applicants.
Change in family farming
(1) A legal person having the status of a family holding, a manager of a family holding, or at a time when a family holding does not have a manager, another member of a family holding, is obliged to notify the Fund of:
(a) an amendment to the data kept in the register of family farms referred to in Article 2o (3) and (4);
(b) the amendment of the association agreement to the company pursuant to Paragraph 2j (4), including changes to the inventories of the contributions of shareholders, where the asset pool has been negotiated; and
(c) an amendment affecting compliance with the conditions necessary for the granting of the status of the family holding or of a member of the family holding;
within 15 days of the date of the change.
(2) When notifying a change in the person of the AIFM, the approval of all members of the family holding with the change shall be provided.
(3) Paragraph 2l (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the notification of amendments referred to in paragraph 1.
Termination and cancellation of the status of family farming or of a member of family farming
(1) The status of the family holding ceases to exist by the disappearance of the legal person to whom that status has been granted.
(2) The status of a member of the family holding ceases to exist either by the disappearance of the family holding or by the membership of a member of the family holding on the family holding.
(3) The Fund shall abolish the status of the family holding
(a) a legal person who is a family farm and who requests the cancellation of the status of the family farm; or
(b) ex officio where the legal person who is a family farm
1. does not fulfil any of the conditions laid down in Article 2j (2) or (6), the nature of which does not allow the Fund to impose measures to remedy this deficiency under Article 4a (11); or
2. fails to comply with the designated measure imposed by the Fund within the time limit laid down in Article 4a (11).
(4) The Fund shall abolish the status of member of the family holding
(a) a member of the family holding who requests the cancellation of the status of member of the family holding; or
(b) ex officio where the family holding or member of the family holding:
1. does not fulfil any of the conditions laid down in § 2j (4) or (6), the nature of which does not allow the Fund to impose measures to remedy this deficiency under § 4a (11); or
2. fails to comply with the designated measure imposed by the Fund within the time limit laid down in Article 4a (11).
Records of family farms
(1) The records of the family farms are kept in the information system of the public administration of the family farms, the administrator of which is the Ministry and user15) the Fund is to the extent provided for by this Act.
(2) The Fund shall enter the family holding in the records of the family holding without delay, and no later than 5 working days after the date on which the decision to grant the status of the family holding or the status of member of the family holding becomes final.
(3) The records of family holdings shall include, in the case of a legal person having the status of family holdings,
(a) the name of the legal person; and
(b) the identification number under which the legal person is registered in the records of the agricultural operator.
(4) The records of family holdings shall include, in the case of a natural person who has the status of member of the family holding,
(a) the name and surname of the natural person and his identification number under which he is registered in the register of the agricultural operator;
(b) the names and surnames of all natural persons who, together with the person referred to in point (a), are members of the same family holding and their identification numbers under which they are registered in the records of the agricultural operator; and
(c) an indication of which of the natural persons referred to in (a) or (b) is the manager of the family holding.
(5) The current data in the records of the family holdings referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 are public.
(6) The non-public part of the register of family farms contains:
(a) the date of expiry or the date on which the decision on the abolition of the status of the family holding or the status of a member of the family holding becomes final, indicating whether the cancellation of the status took place on request or ex officio and on what grounds;
(b) the non-current information referred to in paragraph 3 or 4 and the information referred to in paragraph 3 or 4 after the removal of the family holding or member of the family holding from the register; and
(c) a collection of documents containing:
1. a request to grant or revoke the status of the family holding or of the member of the family holding;
2. the agreement on the association to the company pursuant to § 2j (4) and its amendments, including changes to the inventory of the contributions of shareholders, where the association of assets has been negotiated; and
3. the decision to grant or revoke the status of the family holding or of the member of the family holding.
(7) The Ministry shall publish the information contained in the publicly available part of the register of family farms on its website.
Removal from records of family farms
(1) The Fund shall without delay, within 5 working days of the date on which the decision on the abolition of the status of the family holding or the status of a member of the family holding becomes final, delete data from the public part of the register of the family holding or from the date on which it becomes aware of the disappearance of that status.
(2) Data on the family holding or member of the family holding shall be kept in the private part of the register for a period of 10 years from the date on which the status of the family holding or the status of a member of the family holding or the acquisition of legal authority of the decision on the revocation of the status has ceased.
88) § 2716 et seq. of Act No. 89 / 2012 Coll., Civil Code, as amended.
89) Communication from the Ministry of Industry and Trade No 7 / 2024 Coll., on the publication of the Czech version of Commission Recommendation 2003 / 361 / EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. '
2. In Paragraph 4a, paragraphs 10 and 11 are added:
"(10) The Fund shall carry out checks on whether a legal person who has been granted family farming status or a natural person who has been granted family farming status in accordance with Article 2j (2), (4) or (6). Paragraphs 1 to 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
(11) If a legal or natural person does not fulfil any of the conditions for granting status under Paragraph 2j (2), (4) or (6) and the nature of that condition so permits, the Fund shall impose on him measures to remedy that deficiency within a reasonable period which it shall at the same time lay down and shall not be less than 2 months.
3. In Article 5 (1), the word "or 'shall be deleted at the end of the text of point (f).
4. In Article 5, the following points (h) and (i) are added at the end of paragraph 1:
"(h) in contravention of § 2k, use the designation" family farming "or its derivatives, or
(i) give false or incorrect information in the application referred to in Article 2l (1) or (2). "
5. in Article 5 (2) (b), "(a) or (b)" shall be replaced by "(a), (b), (h) or (i)."
6. Paragraph 5a (1) reads as follows:
"(1) In addition, a legal or business natural person commits an offence by not reporting as an agricultural entrepreneur:
(a) changes in the information relating to the registration of an agricultural operator pursuant to Article 2fa (5); or
(b) changes concerning the family farming referred to in Article 2m (1). "
7. in § 5b (1) (a), the text "(a)" shall be added after the text "§ 5a (1)."
8. In Article 5b (1), the words ", (h) and (i) or in accordance with Article 5a (1) (b) 'shall be added at the end of the text of point (b).
Amendment of the Act on the State Agricultural Intervention Fund
Act No. 256 / 2000 Coll., on the State Agricultural Intervention Fund and on the amendment of certain other laws (Act on the State Agricultural Intervention Fund), as amended by Act No. 128 / 2003 Coll., Act No. 41 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 85 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 128 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 24 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 482 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 441 / 2005 Coll., Act No. 130 / 2006 Coll., Act No. 179 / 2014 Coll., Act No. 250 / 2014 Coll., Act No. 128 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 18 / 2012 Coll.
1. in Paragraph 1 (2) (x), "a" is replaced by a comma.
2. In Article 1, at the end of paragraph 2, the dot is replaced by "a 'and the following point (aa) is added:
"(aa) carry out activities relating to the recognition of the status of the family farm and the status of member of the family farm, with entries in the register of the family farm, updating that register, withdrawing the status of the family farm and the status of member of the family farm and the deletion of the family farm and member of the family farm from the register of the family farm under the Agriculture Act.";
Amendment of veterinary law
Act No. 20 / 20, Act No. 16 / 2011 Coll., Act No. 16 / 2011 Coll., Act No. 459 / 2013 Coll., Act No. 48 / 2006 Coll., Act No. 291 / 2009 Coll., Act No. 31 / 2009 Coll., Act No. 21 / 2000 Coll., Act No. 21 / 1999 Coll., Act No. 70 / 1999 Coll., Act No. 76 / 2002 Coll.
1. In Paragraph 59a, at the end of paragraph 1, the dot is replaced by a comma and the following point (h) is added:
'( h) proficiency in at least two years as a member of a family farm 31c) livestock farming.
31c) § 2j et seq. of Act No. 252 / 1997 Coll., on Agriculture, as amended. '
2. in § 64b (2), the words "or (h)" shall be inserted after the words "§ 59a (1) (a) to (f)."
3. in § 64b (3), the words "or (h)" shall be inserted after the words "§ 59a (1) (a) to (f)."
Amendment to the Inland Navigation Act
Act No. 114 / 1995 Coll., on Inland Navigation, as amended by Act No. 358 / 1999 Coll., Act No. 254 / 2001 Coll., Act No. 320 / 2002 Coll., Act No. 118 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 307 / 2008 Coll., Act No. 152 / 2005 Coll., Act No. 187 / 2014 Coll., Act No. 250 / 2014 Coll., Act No. 183 / 2017 Coll., Act No. 225 / 2017 Coll., Act No. 202 / 2017 Coll., Act No. 135 / 2019 Coll.
1. In Paragraph 24a, the following paragraph 5 is inserted after paragraph 4:
"(5) In addition to the full authorisation to act as a leader of a vessel, the performance of the master of a ferry ship operating on the ferry route of the Czech Republic shall not exceed a distance of 1 000 m and shall not include the lock space, nor shall the full authorisation to perform the duties of a crew member of a vessel other than a leader accompanied by a narrow authorisation to perform the duties of a master. ';
Paragraphs 5 to 10 shall be renumbered paragraphs 6 to 11.
2. in Article 24a (10) (a), the words "paragraph 5 or on the applicable master licence referred to in paragraph 6" shall be replaced by the words "paragraph 6 or on the applicable master licence referred to in paragraph 7";
3. in § 24b (1) (b), § 24d (1) (b), § 24f (1) (a), § 24h (1) (a), § 24h (2) (a), § 24h (4) (a), § 24i (1), § 24j (2) and (3), § 24k (4), § 24l (3), § 24r (3), § 24z (1) (c), § 26a (4) (a) and in § 26b (3) (a), the text "§ 24a (5)" shall be replaced by "Article 24a (6)."
Transitional provisions
1. Special authorisation for the management of a radar vessel pursuant to § 24a (9) of Act No. 114 / 1995 Coll., as effective from the date of entry into force of this Act, may also be supported by a valid licence to conduct a radar vessel issued by the Navigation Authority pursuant to § 25 of Act No. 114 / 1995 Coll., as effective before 1 March 2023, if the holder of this licence is also the holder of a valid category B or C captain licence issued by the Navigation Authority pursuant to § 25 of Act No. 114 / 1995 Coll., as effective before 1 March 2023, or a similar valid document issued by another Member State of the European Union. If the navigational authority issues a European Union certificate of qualification as a master of a vessel or a master's licence in accordance with Article II (2) of Act No 372 / 2022 Coll., it shall indicate in that document a specific authorisation to conduct a vessel flying by radar; the holder of the original document shall, in such a case, forward the document to the office of departure within 15 days of the date of issue of the new document.
2. Applications by the holder of a valid category B or C captain licence issued by the navigational authority pursuant to Article 25 of Act No. 114 / 1995 Coll., as effective before 1 March 2023, for the grant of a special authorisation for the management of a vessel flying through a radar or providing for the movement of a craft pressurised assembly of at least 7 000 m2 pursuant to Article 24a (9) of Act No. 114 / 1995 Coll., as effective from the date of entry into force of this Act, may be granted only if, at the same time, a request for the issue of a European Union certificate on the qualification of a ship leader or a ship-led licence pursuant to Article II (2) of the law No 372 / 2022 Sb.
EFFECTIVE
This Act shall take effect on 1 January 2026.
Pekarová Adamová v. r.
Pavel v. r.
Fiala v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 331 / 2025 Coll., amending Act No. 252 / 1997 Coll., on Agriculture, as amended, and other related laws |
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| Regulation Type | Law |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 09.09.2025 |
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| Effective from | 01.01.2026 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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Paper No. 876
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