What is changing in rules and obligations — summarised from official sources, with a link to the source on every item.
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September 2026
Regulation: 117/1995 Sb.
117/1995 Sb.
What is changing: A higher education study allowance is being added among state social support benefits (§ 2). The materials state that a dependent child is entitled to it if they are a student for at least part of a calendar month within the standard period of study extended by one year in a bachelor's, master's or doctoral study programme provided by a university in the Czech Republic, if the decisive family income in the decisive period did not exceed the product of the family's subsistence minimum amount and coefficient 2 (§ 35 odst. 1). Entitlement does not arise in the months of July and August or during any interruption of studies, it arises no earlier than in the month when the application is submitted, and the amount of the allowance is monthly one quarter of the monthly minimum wage (§ 35 odst. 2 and 3, § 36). The materials also regulate the decisive income and decisive period for this benefit, continuation of entitlement from the month of October, its payment, and the ways of making submissions in matters concerning this benefit (§ 4, § 6, § 51 odst. 4, § 57 odst. 1, § 68 odst. 1).
Who this affects: It concerns a dependent child who is a university student in the Czech Republic in a bachelor's, master's or doctoral study programme under the conditions set out in § 35 odst. 1 to 4. For the higher education study allowance, a family means members of the household under the Act on the state social assistance benefit (§ 7a).
What is not yet certain: The materials contain only selected provisions of the new wording, so it is not possible to fully assess from them everything that is changing compared with the previous situation in other parts of the legislation as well.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 127/2026 Sb.
127/2026 Sb.
What is changing: The regulation sets out essential services in the individual sectors or subsectors and the significance criteria for including a provider of an essential service on the list of critical infrastructure entities. It provides that the essential services and the significance criteria are set out in the annex to this regulation. At the same time, Government Regulations No. 432/2010 Sb., No. 315/2014 Sb., No. 154/2020 Sb. and No. 61/2022 Sb. are repealed.
Who this affects: The text concerns providers of an essential service and critical infrastructure entities. It also applies to the individual sectors or subsectors in which essential services are provided.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only general provisions and do not include the annex, so they do not make it possible to state the specific essential services or the specific significance criteria.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 137/2026 Sb.
137/2026 Sb.
What is changing: The decree provides that, in schools and school facilities established by the Ministry of the Interior, selected provisions of other school decrees are to be applied accordingly. According to the source materials, this concerns, for example, the education of pupils with special educational needs and gifted pupils, admissions procedures, the organisation of the school year, practical instruction involving dangerous substances, school meals, counselling services, assessment of educational results, final examinations, the school-leaving examination (maturita), and higher vocational education. The decree also lays down the types of schools for the purposes of their designation, the content and publication of the annual report on the school's activities, and the minimum and maximum numbers of pupils and students in a school, class, or study group. According to § 4 odst. 4 až 6, it also regulates the procedure of the school head if the number of pupils or students falls below the prescribed minimum.
Who this affects: It concerns schools and school facilities established by the Ministry of the Interior, including secondary police schools, higher police schools, secondary fire protection vocational schools, and higher vocational fire protection schools. The source materials also expressly mention the school head, pupils, students, and the ministry.
What is not yet certain: The source materials are abbreviated and contain only selected provisions of the new wording, so it is not possible to determine reliably from them the full scope of the changes or always compare what has specifically changed compared with the previous regulation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 15/1998 Sb.
15/1998 Sb.
What is changing: § 14(6) newly provides that the Czech National Bank will make available, in the European single access point under Art. 5 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council, a decision under paragraph 1 if it concerns the imposition of an administrative penalty for an offence, a remedial measure, or another measure in relation to a breach of the listed directives or Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The decision is to be made available in a format from which the data under Art. 2 point 3 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council can be obtained. At the same time, it is to be accompanied by at least the following metadata: identification details of the person concerned, unless the decision is to be published without them under paragraph 2, the legal entity identifier, if one has been assigned to it, the type of information under the directly applicable European Union legislation, and a note stating whether the decision contains personal data.
Who this affects: This concerns the Czech National Bank and the person concerned named in a decision under § 14(1). It applies to decisions in relation to a breach of provisions implementing the listed directives or Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only the new wording of § 14(6), so it is not possible to determine directly from them what has changed compared with the previous state.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 361/2007 Sb.
361/2007 Sb.
What is changing: The provisions regulate hygiene limits and the method of measuring inhalation exposure to chemical substances, dusts, lead and asbestos in the workplace. The new wording sets, among other things, rules for monitoring plumbemia in an employee, conditions for repeated assessment of health risk, and minimum measures when removing asbestos or material containing asbestos. It also regulates regular training of employees exposed to asbestos, the content of the certificate of this training, and requirements for sanitary facilities, including a hygiene loop, for the listed types of work.
Who this affects: It concerns employees, employers and providers of occupational health services in the cases stated in the text. It expressly applies to employees exposed to chemical substances, dusts, lead or asbestos and to workplaces where work with lead, asbestos, substances listed in § 16, or deliberate activity involving biological agents of groups 2, 3 or 4 is carried out.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only selected provisions of the new wording, so it does not follow from them exactly what has changed compared with the previous regulation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 48/2005 Sb.
48/2005 Sb.
What is changing: § 3a regulates the organisation and course of enrolment for compulsory school attendance. Enrolment may include an informal part if the child's legal guardian agrees; this part is aimed at motivating the child for school attendance and familiarising the child with the school environment and lasts no more than 30 minutes. Before enrolment begins, the school must publish, in a way that allows remote access, information on the organisation and course of enrolment, including the criteria for admitting pupils, the number of pupils that can be admitted, the deadline for submitting the application, and a description of the informal part of enrolment, if it takes place. A school not established by the state, a region, a municipality or an association of municipalities may set, in the admission criteria for pupils, a requirement that the child be present at enrolment.
Who this affects: This concerns schools in the organisation and course of enrolment for compulsory school attendance. The text also expressly mentions the child's legal guardian and the child, and separately a school not established by the state, a region, a municipality or an association of municipalities.
What is not yet certain: The materials contain only the new wording of § 3a and do not show the previous state, so it is not possible to determine from them what exactly has changed compared with the previous regulation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 64/2005 Sb.
64/2005 Sb.
What is changing: The decree regulates the keeping of an accident logbook and provides that all accidents involving children, pupils and students during activities referred to in § 29 odst. 2 of the Education Act are recorded in it, as a rule no later than by the end of the school day following the day on which the school or school facility learns of the accident. It also lays down what information is entered in the accident logbook. It further determines when the school or school facility draws up an accident record, when it updates it, to whom it hands it over or sends it, and that the accident record and its updates are submitted to the Czech School Inspectorate electronically through its information system.
Who this affects: It applies to legal entities carrying out the activities of a school or school facility, referred to as a “school or school facility”. It also applies to children, pupils and students whose accidents are recorded under the decree, and in some cases to an adult pupil or the legal representative of a minor pupil.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only selected provisions of the new wording, so it is not possible to determine reliably from them exactly what has changed compared with the previous regulation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 99/1963 Sb.
99/1963 Sb.
What is changing: § 317 para. 2 sets out which benefits and allowances are not subject to enforcement of a decision. These include, for example, benefits under the Act on the Provision of Benefits to Persons with Disabilities, care allowance, maintenance allowance, benefit in material need assistance, substitute maintenance for a dependent child, tax bonus and a state social support benefit. It also states that, from state social support benefits, support for a student parent and the higher-education study allowance are not subject to enforcement of a decision, as well as certain pension supplements, the special pension supplement, the listed one-off compensation payments, and one-off paid state social support and foster care benefits.
Who this affects: This affects recipients of the benefits and allowances listed in § 317 para. 2. It also affects benefits and payments for which the text expressly states that they are not subject to enforcement of a decision.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only the wording of § 317 para. 2, so they do not show what specifically changed compared with the previous wording.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 123/2018 Sb.
123/2018 Sb.
What is changing: The text regulates the maximum weekly number of teaching hours provided alongside the teacher by a teaching assistant, funded from the state budget, per 1 class in an educational programme providing basic education. Under § 5b odst. 2, this number is set out in Annex No. 2 to the regulation and depends on the number of first-year pupils in basic education in the class. Under § 5b odst. 2, this rule does not apply to a class established under § 16 odst. 9 of the Education Act, a basic school established under § 16 odst. 9 of the Education Act, a basic school at an educational facility for institutional or protective education, and a basic school at a healthcare facility. Under § 5b odst. 3, § 1 odst. 3 and 4 and § 5 odst. 1 apply accordingly to determine the resulting maximum number of these hours.
Who this affects: It concerns classes in an educational programme providing basic education and teaching provided alongside the teacher by a teaching assistant funded from the state budget. It also expressly mentions classes and schools under § 16 odst. 9 of the Education Act, basic schools at an educational facility for institutional or protective education, and basic schools at a healthcare facility.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only the new wording of § 5b odst. 2 and 3, so they do not directly show what changed compared with the previous wording, or what specific values are set out in Annex No. 2.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 240/2013 Sb.
240/2013 Sb.
What is changing: § 244a on the publication of information on a standard fund or a comparable foreign fund in relation to the single European access point is added to the Act. The administrator of this fund must, at the same time as publication, submit the documents under § 222, § 228 odst. 2, § 233 odst. 1 and § 237 odst. 1, or comparable documents, to the Czech National Bank in the prescribed format and with the specified metadata; the administrator of a fund whose manager has its registered office and actual seat in the territory of the Czech Republic must obtain for the fund a legal entity identifier under § 244a odst. 2. The Czech National Bank must make these documents accessible in the single European access point, and details of the form and method of submission are to be laid down by a decree. At the same time, an administrative offence is added for the administrator's failure to send the Czech National Bank a document under § 244a odst. 1, and for this administrative offence the stated sanctions under § 605 odst. 7 and the possibility of publishing information under § 605 odst. 8 apply.
Who this affects: This concerns the administrator of a standard fund or a foreign investment fund comparable to a standard fund. The text also concerns the Czech National Bank.
What is not yet certain: The materials contain only the new or amended wording of selected provisions, so it is not always directly clear from them what exactly is changing compared with the previous situation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 244/2013 Sb.
244/2013 Sb.
What is changing: The new wording regulates the requirements for internal control, the supervisory body, the management body and compliance at the manager and administrator of a standard fund or a foreign standard fund. It provides, for example, for the independence of the internal audit function, the content of the activities of the supervisory body and the management body, and the rules for compliance policies and procedures under § 18 odst. 1 až 4. It also regulates the rules for performance fees in the fund rules of a qualified investor fund in § 30a, the content of a notification when another person is entrusted with carrying out individual activities in § 42b odst. 1 a 2, and the language in which key information communications are provided or published in § 46 odst. 1.
Who this affects: It concerns the manager and administrator of a standard fund or a foreign standard fund, as well as the manager of a qualified investor fund, the chief administrator and the administrator of an investment fund. Depending on the individual provisions, the text also applies to their management body and supervisory body.
What is not yet certain: Only the new or amended wording of selected provisions is available in the source materials, so it does not show what exactly changed compared with the previous situation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 246/2013 Sb.
246/2013 Sb.
What is changing: It defines what data are kept about the manager of a collective investment fund that is not a self-managed collective investment fund, including data on its registration, authorisation to carry on activity, members of its bodies, their functions outside the manager, and the website with the list of managed investment funds. It also sets out what supplementary information about the collective investment fund is to be stated for investors to make an informed assessment of the investment. This includes, for example, the designation of the fund according to the type of asset values, the characteristics of the typical investor, the method of decision-making on investments, information about the auditor, the main sponsor, the contact point, the tax regime, the publication of reports on operating results, and notices concerning the supervision of the Czech National Bank.
Who this affects: It concerns the manager of a collective investment fund that is not a self-managed collective investment fund, and the collective investment fund. The source materials also expressly work with investors and state supplementary information about the fund necessary for investors to make an informed assessment of the investment.
What is not yet certain: Only the new wording of selected provisions is available from the source materials, so they do not show what specifically changed compared with the previous situation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 27/2016 Sb.
27/2016 Sb.
What is changing: The new wording provides that if a teaching assistant under § 46 odst. 4 of the Act carries out direct pedagogical activity in the class, the school principal may use this teaching assistant to provide a pupil in the class with a support measure consisting in the use of a teaching assistant. It further provides that the school may provide a teaching assistant as a support measure, and in the case of the first year of basic education together with a teaching assistant under § 46 odst. 4 of the Act, in a total amount for 1 class of no more than an average weekly extent of 36 hours of direct pedagogical activity. This extent may be exceeded only in the cases stated in § 5 odst. 7 písm. a) or b). At the same time, § 5 odst. 8 provides that the average weekly extent of 36 hours is calculated for the period of the school year, or for a shorter period in which the condition under paragraph 7 písm. a) or b) is not met.
Who this affects: It concerns the school principal, the school, the teaching assistant and the pupil in the class. In § 5 odst. 7, the text also expressly applies to the first year of basic education and to classes with pupils granted a support measure of the third to fifth degree.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only the new wording of § 5 odst. 6 to 8, so they do not show what exactly changed compared with the previous regulation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 3/2015 Sb.
3/2015 Sb.
What is changing: The decree regulates endorsements on school reports in cases where a subject is taught in a foreign language on the basis of permission under § 13 odst. 3 of the Education Act. In such a case, an endorsement is stated on the reverse side of the school report, identifying the decision granting permission, listing the subjects taught in this way, and stating the foreign language in which they are taught. It also regulates the endorsement on the school-leaving examination certificate if education is completed in a different way on the basis of consent under § 81 odst. 9 of the Education Act. At the same time, it provides that an extract from a school report does not contain the endorsement under § 1a odst. 1 and must contain the details according to the model of the relevant form and the signature of the person who issued the extract.
Who this affects: It concerns school reports, school-leaving examination certificates, and extracts from school reports in the cases described in § 1a odst. 1, § 1a odst. 2 and § 3 odst. 1 and 2. According to the text, it applies to situations where a subject is taught in a foreign language on the basis of permission or where education is completed in a different way on the basis of consent.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only selected provisions of the new wording, so it is not possible to determine reliably from them what exactly has changed compared with the previous wording.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 408/2015 Sb.
408/2015 Sb.
What is changing: § 9h para. 4 provides that if, under the Energy Act, a data centre is required to provide a supplier or a settlement entity under § 18 para. 2 letter a) or b) with some additional data under paragraph 1, it makes them accessible for each delivery point with an indicator of the possibility of providing flexibility. This concerns a delivery point to which the supplier supplies electricity or from which it takes electricity, or in which the settlement entity under § 18 para. 2 letter a) or b) is responsible for the imbalance.
Who this affects: The text concerns the data centre, the supplier and the settlement entity under § 18 para. 2 letter a) or b). It also applies to delivery points with an indicator of the possibility of providing flexibility.
What is not yet certain: Only the new wording of § 9h para. 4 is available in the source material, so it does not show what specifically changed compared with the previous regulation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 422/2023 Sb.
422/2023 Sb.
What is changing: The new wording regulates what is part of the application for education under § 3 odst. 1, including the applicant’s personal data and the personal data of the legal guardian or authorised representative, the required documents, and information about the chosen field of study, school, and the school last attended. It also lays down the procedure for evaluating the admissions procedure in § 19 odst. 2, under which the school headteacher or the conservatoire director will, within the set time limits, determine the ranking of applicants and submit it to the information system; multiple applicants must not share the same ranking. § 21a odst. 1 až 4 introduces special rules for the first round of the admissions procedure for education at a conservatoire, including the period for announcing it, the deadline for sending the application, and the dates of the school entrance examination, aptitude test, and their alternative dates. § 24 odst. 4 až 6 and § 26 odst. 1 regulate making the recommendation of the school counselling facility available in the information system, certain conditions for adapting examinations for applicants with special educational needs, and rules for an applicant who does not take the Czech language examination under § 20 odst. 4 of the Education Act.
Who this affects: This concerns applicants for education, including applicants to a conservatoire, applicants with special educational needs, and applicants who do not take the Czech language examination under § 20 odst. 4 of the Education Act. It also concerns school headteachers, conservatoire directors, legal guardians of minor applicants or authorised representatives, and school counselling facilities.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only selected parts of the new wording and do not show the previous state, so it is not always possible to determine from them what exactly has changed compared with the earlier regulation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 76/2026 Sb.
76/2026 Sb.
What is changing: For the purposes of redistribution, the decree for 2026 adjusts the method and deadline for the valuation of costs of health services provided in 2024 and 2025 and the method for settling health insurance companies’ comments on that valuation. The Institute of Health Information is to value the costs of health services submitted by health insurance companies to the National Register of Reimbursed Health Services by 30. April 2026 and, by 30. June 2026, provide each health insurance company with data on the valued costs. The decree also lays down valuation rules for individual types of health services for 2024 and 2025, including base rates, capitation amounts and point values. At the same time, Decree No. 65/2025 Sb., on the method of valuing the costs of health services for the purposes of redistribution of public health insurance premiums, is repealed.
Who this affects: It concerns the Institute of Health Information and health insurance companies. The text also works with healthcare providers in the stated fields and types of care when determining the method of valuation of costs.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only the new wording of the decree, so apart from the repeal of Decree No. 65/2025 Sb., they do not show exactly what changed compared with the previous regulation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
Regulation: 86/2024 Sb.
86/2024 Sb.
What is changing: § 6 sets out the details of the required contents of a notification by a non-performing credit servicer about the servicing of a non-performing credit in a host Member State. The notification must contain, among other things, the identification details of the non-performing credit servicer, a statement of the Member States under § 15 odst. 1 písm. a) of the Act, and the method of servicing the non-performing credit in the host Member State, including details of the branch or appointed person. It must also include the identification details of the senior person, an assessment of the suitability of the governance system from the point of view of compliance with the legal regulations of the host Member State, a draft of internal rules on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing, and a description of communication with the debtor in the designated language.
Who this affects: This concerns a non-performing credit servicer that submits a notification about the servicing of a non-performing credit in a host Member State. The text also mentions the senior person, the appointed person, and the debtor.
What is not yet certain: The source materials contain only the wording of § 6, so it is not clear from them what exactly has changed compared with the previous situation.
This is an automatically generated summary of a legislative change, provided for information only. It is not legal advice and does not replace the full text of the regulation or consultation with a lawyer. Only the wording promulgated in the Collection of Laws (Sbírka zákonů) is authoritative.
