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Register of legal persons

The register of legal persons is a basic register according to Act No. 111/2009 Coll., on basic registers, which records reference data. The administrator of the register of persons is the Czech Statistical Office. The primary editors are authorities and institutions that are already legally obliged to register persons. These include the Commercial Register, the Trade Register, registers or information systems of selected ministries and central government bodies, professional chambers, municipalities, regions, etc. The Ministry of the Interior with the Data Box System (ISDS) is the secondary editor.

The subjects of the data kept in the register of persons are:

  • legal entity,
  • organisational unit and organisational unit of a legal person,
  • organisational unit of the State,
  • an internal organisational unit of an organisational unit of the State, if this internal organisational unit is entrusted by law with its own competence,
  • an entrepreneurial natural person,
  • a foreign person and an organisational unit of a foreign person,
  • a trust fund, if they are entered in the register pursuant to this Act or another legal regulation.

The reference data on legal persons are:

  • business name or designation or name, if applicable, and surname, if the natural person engaged in business is not registered in the Commercial Register,
  • the name or, where applicable, the first and last names of the natural person engaged in business or of the foreign person and the organisational unit of the foreign person; if the person is entered in the population register, this data shall be kept in the form of a reference link (agency identifier of the natural person) to the reference entry in the population register,
  • the agenda identifier of the natural person for the agenda of the register of persons,
  • person identification number,
  • date of creation or date of registration under other legislation,
  • date of termination or date of deletion from the register under other legislation,
  • legal form,
  • type of data box and identifier of the data box, if this data box is accessible,
  • the statutory body, expressed by reference to the population register or the register of persons or by the name, surname and residence of a natural person or the name and registered office of a legal person, if these persons are not entered in the population register or the register of persons,
  • the liquidator, expressed by reference to the population register or the register of persons, or by reference to the name, surname and residence of a natural person, if applicable, or to the name and registered office of a legal person, if these persons are not entered in the population register or the register of persons,
  • the guardian of a legal person, expressed by reference to the population register or the register of persons, or by reference to the name, surname and residence of a natural person, if applicable, or to the name and registered office of a legal person, if these persons are not entered in the population register or the register of persons,
  • the insolvency administrator, expressed by reference to the population register or the register of persons, or the name, surname and residence of a natural person or the name and registered office of a legal person, where these persons are not entered in the population register or the register of persons,
  • a receiver expressed by reference to the population register or by the name, surname and residence, where applicable, of the person concerned, if that person is not entered in the population register,
  • legal status,
  • the address of the person's registered office; if the building is a building recorded in the territorial identification register, this information shall be recorded in the form of a reference link (address location code) to the address reference in the territorial identification register,
  • date of commencement of the activity at the establishment,
  • the identification number of the establishment,
  • the date of cessation of the activity at the establishment,
  • the address of the place of establishment; where the building is a building recorded in the territorial identification register, this information shall be entered in the form of a reference link (address place code) to the address reference in the territorial identification register,
  • the address of the place of residence in the Czech Republic in the form of a reference link (address place code) to the reference data on the address in the register of territorial identification, or the residence abroad of a natural person, a foreign person and an organisational unit of a foreign person; in the case of persons entered in the register of residents, the address of the place of residence in the form of a reference link (code of the agency identifier of a natural person) to the reference data on the natural person in the register of residents,
  • interruption or suspension of activities under another legal provision; in the case of activities corresponding to one agenda, the interruption of all such activities.

Non-reference data on legal persons shall also be kept in the register of persons:

  • a telephone number for the public mobile telephone network or an e-mail address for sending a selected range of information.

Operational data shall also be kept in the register of persons:

  • agenda code,
  • editor's personal identification number,
  • date of initial entry in the register of persons,
  • date of the last change to the data recorded in the register of persons,
  • record of the use of the data from the register of persons.

Data editors are:

Person Name Person TypeAgenda^ROS Editor
Attorneys FO A8 Czech Bar Association
Employment Agencies FO A531 Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Accredited person under the Consumer Credit Act FO A11 Czech National Bank
Auditors FO A6 Chamber of Auditors of the Czech Republic
Road Safety Auditors FO A1381 Ministry of Transport
Authorized Architects FO A54 Czech Chamber of Architects
Authorised Engineers and Technicians FO A54 Czech Chamber of Chartered Engineers and Technicians active in Construction
Churches and religious societies PO A5 Ministry of Culture
Czech National Bank, Czech Television, Czech Radio, Regional Council of the Cohesion Region, General Health Insurance Company PO A325 Ministry of the Interior
Tax Advisers FO A7 Chamber of Tax Advisers of the Czech Republic
Voluntary associations of municipalities PO A343 Locally competent regional authority or the Municipality of the capital city Prague
License holders for business in energy sectors FO A684 Energy Regulatory Authority
European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation PO A561 Ministry for Regional Development
Natural Persons - Operators of Postal Services FO A926 Czech Telecommunications Office
Persons operating a trade (sole traders) FO A121 Locally competent trade licensing authority
Private associations PO A943 Locally competent municipality with extended competence, Ministry of Agriculture
Insolvency practitioners FO A1901 Ministry of Justice
Investment intermediaries FO A11 Czech National Bank
Communal Contributory Organisations PO A388 Counties, Municipalities
Mediators FO A1461 Ministry of Justice
International military organisations established on the basis of an international treaty PO A5517 Ministry of Defence
Foundations and endowments PO A120 Registrar's court with local jurisdiction
Notaries FO A484 Notary Chamber of the Czech Republic
Public Benefit Corporations PO A120 Local Registry Court
Commercial companies; cooperatives, business units, other persons registered in the Commercial Register PO A120 Locally competent court of registration
Trade unions and employers' organizations, affiliated trade unions and employers' organizations, international trade unions, international employers' organizations, affiliated international trade unions, affiliated international employers' organizations PO A120 Locally competent court of registration
Organizational units of the State PO A325 Ministry of the Interior
Persons handling high-risk biological agents and toxins FO A914 State Office for Nuclear Safety
Persons carrying out mining and mining-related activities FO A4293 Czech Mining Authority
Persons involved in the production and distribution of pharmaceuticals FO A1243 State Institute for Drug Control
Persons authorised for exchange and foreign exchange activities FO A11 Czech National Bank
Persons using nuclear energy and ionizing radiation FO A3905 State Office for Nuclear Safety
Patent Attorneys FO A31 Chamber of Patent Attorneys of the Czech Republic
Entrepreneurs in Electronic Communications FO A304 Czech Telecommunications Office
Insurance intermediaries FO A11 Czech National Bank
Political Parties and Political Movements PO A3 Ministry of the Interior
Audiovisual Media Service Providers FO A1138 Radio and Television Broadcasting Council
Providers of small-scale payment services FO A11 Czech National Bank
Healthcare service providers FO A1086 Locally competent regional authority or the Capital City Municipality Prague
Providers of social services FO A530 Locally competent regional authority or the Municipality of Prague Prague
Aircraft work operators and airport operators FO A575 Civil Aviation Authority
Operators of professional veterinary activities FO A1044 State Veterinary Administration
Radio and Television Broadcasting Operators FO A453 Radio and Television Broadcasting Council
Operators of emission measurement stations FO A998 Locally competent municipality with extended competence
Operators of technical inspection stations FO A998 Locally competent regional authority or Capital City Council Prague
Zoo operators FO A696 Ministry of the Environment
Restaurators FO A434 Ministry of Culture
Separate insurance claims adjusters FO A11 Czech National Bank
Separate consumer credit intermediary FO A11 Czech National Bank
Court Executors FO A479 Executors' Chamber of the Czech Republic
Court Experts and Interpreters FO A481 County Courts, City Court Prague
Community of unit owners PO A120 Locally competent registration court
Clubs (formerly civic associations), affiliated associations (formerly an organisational unit of a civic association) PO A120 Registration court with local jurisdiction
State Funds PO A325 Ministry of the Interior
State Contributory Organisations PO A24 Ministries and other Central Administrative Authorities
Trust Funds PO A4047 Locally competent court of registration
School legal entities PO A676 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Institute PO A120 Locally competent court of registration
Consumer Credit Act tied representative FO A11 Czech National Bank
Public and State Universities PO A325 Ministry of the Interior
Public research institutions PO A4 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Public corporations - region, municipality, capital city of Prague PO A325 Ministry of the Interior
Veterinarians authorized to perform veterinary medical and preventive activities FO A636 Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons of the Czech Republic
Foreign legal entity, branch plant of a foreign legal entity, branch plant of a foreign natural person PO A120 Locally competent registration court
Foreign association, foreign branch association PO A120 Locally competent registry court
Interest association of legal persons PO A120 Locally competent court of registration
Representative Office of a Foreign Bank PO A11 Czech National Bank
Agricultural Entrepreneurs FO A944 Ministry of Agriculture
Consumer credit intermediary FO A11 Czech National Bank
Special organization for representation of Czech interests in international NGOs, organizational unit of special organization for representation of Czech interests in international NGOs, international NGO, organizational unit of international NGOPO A120 Locally competent court of registration

For non-referential data, the editor is the Czech Statistical Office.

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