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There is no specific legal standard that regulates this area. Act No. 148/1949 Coll. establishes the National Gallery in Prague under the Ministry of Culture.

The Act on Establishing Ministries and other Central Administrative Bodies, dating from 1969, clarifies the responsibilities of the Ministry of Culture (see also 1.2.2). Regulations were created to apply to the field of culture in general, and not to focus specifically on one discipline, and were introduced under Act No. 203/2006 Coll. on Some Kinds of Cultural Support and Amendments to Related Regulations. This Act defines the term ‘public cultural service’ and it covers some kinds of state support; for example, it specifies the newly introduced term ‘contribution for creative and study purposes’, which enables selection procedures for scholarships for... read more →

On 1 January 2014 the new Civil Code (Act No. 89/2012 Coll.), long in preparation, came into effect. This Civil Code signifies a recodification of an entire range of legislative measures in the areas of both private and public law. The status of legal persons will change and numerous pieces of current legislation will be fundamentally amended (see also chapter 4.3). The Criminal Code (Act No. 40/2009 Coll.) makes several references to culture; for example, in connection with the prohibition of admission to cultural events, the persecution of groups of the population on a cultural basis, attacks on historical or... read more →

Act No. 500/2004 Coll., the Code of Administrative Procedure, declares the Czech language as the language of use in administrative communication, while a participant in an administrative procedure may also use the Slovak language in spoken and written communication. Citizens of the CR who belong to a recognised ethnic minority may also use the language of their minority in spoken and written communication. Anyone who claims to have an insufficient command of the language in which the procedure is taking place has the right to an interpreter. In an application procedure, an applicant who is not a citizen of the... read more →

From 2000 to 2009 the Act on the Protection of Personal Data (the full name is Act No. 101/2000 Coll., on the Protection of Personal Data and on Changes to Some Laws) was the primary legislation regulating the protection of personal data and the work of the Office for the Protection of Personal Data. The Act was amended in 2004 in conformity with Directive No. 95/46/ES after the Czech Republic became a member of the European Union. The purpose of the Act on the Protection of Personal Data was to implement the principles of the Charter of Basic Human Rights... read more →

The CR essentially adheres to the standard continental model of copyright regulation (the droit d’auteur tradition). As regards moral rights, the Ministry of Culture has not registered any debate on this in recent years in the CR. In conformity with binding international and EC regulations the Copyright Act establishes a number of exceptions and limitations to copyright and copyright-related rights on the condition that the rules of the three-step test are adhered to. In the year 2000 a significant change was made to copyright legislation in response to technological developments when Copyright Act No. 121/2000 Coll. was introduced. This Act... read more →

Employer-employee relations in the cultural sector are regulated under the Labour Code – Act No. 262/2006 Coll. This new Labour Code came into force on 1 January 2007 to immediate criticism. Thus, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs prepared technical amendments to the Labour Code No. 362/2007, which eliminated any problematic issues or errors. On 1 January 2014 additional changes to the Labour Code came into effect, notably in relation to the adoption of the new Civil Code. In addition to technical changes in response to new terms used in the Civil Code some important practical changes were also... read more →

There are currently no tax incentives for investment in the field of culture in the Czech Republic (CR). The only case is the incentives for the film industry that are part of the ‘Programme for the Support of the Film Industry’. According to this Programme, the stakeholder is entitled to claim up to 20% of expenses paid after fulfilling all the stipulated conditions. According to Act No. 586/1992 Coll. on Income Tax, individuals can deduct the value of a donation for cultural purposes from their tax base if the total amount of donations exceeds 2% of their tax base or... read more →

Artists who are employed are entitled to social security like every other employee. This means that they pay health and social insurance (e.g. maternity benefits are consequently paid from social insurance) as well as pension insurance. In the case of unemployment, the unemployment benefits are paid to the person from insurance contributions. Artists, authors, self-employed persons (who are not employees) must pay health and social insurance from a fixed amount of income. Social insurance is divided into two payments: sickness and pension insurance. Sickness insurance is voluntary and the artist can pay for it, but it is not compulsory. Those... read more →

Act No. 218/2000 Coll. on Budget Rules (the most recent changes to the legislation came into effect on 1 January 2022) regulates the allocation of funds by central bodies to organisations that are centrally managed and the allocation of funds to other legal entities or individuals. Providing grants from the state budget through central bodies, i.e. through the Ministry of Culture, is regulated by other norms such as the ‘Main Areas of State Grant Policy for NGOs’ or the ‘Government Principles for Providing Grants from the State Budget of the CR for Non-governmental Non-profit Organisations by the Central Bodies of... read more →