Glossary
Glossary
Official terms you'll run into in the situations, in one sentence each, with a link to the paragraph the definition comes from. Same rule as the rest of Vyřídíš to: no definition is invented, it only paraphrases the primary text of the law.
- administrative fee
- An administrative fee is a payment for a specific act by an authority, such as issuing a document or a permit, and its amount is set by the schedule in the annex to the Administrative Fees Act.
- Where this comes from: § 2 odst. 1, Act No. 634/2004 Coll., on administrative fees: what fees apply to
- assessment base (vyměřovací základ)
- The assessment base is the total of your gross income over the decisive period, from which insurance contributions or benefits, such as sickness benefit, are calculated.
- Where this comes from: § 18 odst. 2, Act No. 187/2006 Coll., on sickness insurance: the assessment base of an employee and a self-employed person
- building notification
- Building notification used to be a simpler procedure for smaller structures instead of a building permit, but since 1 July 2024 the Building Act abolished it as a separate institute, and such structures today either need no permit at all (minor structures) or go through the unified intent permit.
- Where this comes from: § 171, Building Act No. 283/2021 Coll.: an intent requires a permit
- building permit
- A building permit used to be a separate type of construction permit, but since 1 July 2024 the Building Act merged it with other earlier institutes into a unified intent permit, which today is required for every intent except minor structures and some land-use changes.
- Where this comes from: § 171, Building Act No. 283/2021 Coll.: an intent requires a permit
- cadastral entry by deposit (vklad)
- An entry by deposit is a type of entry by which the real estate cadastre records, for instance, the creation or transfer of ownership of a property, and the legal effects arise already on the day the application reached the office.
- Where this comes from: § 11 odst. 1, Cadastral Act No. 256/2013 Coll.: what is recorded by deposit
- civil registry document
- A civil registry document is the official umbrella term for a birth, marriage, or death certificate, and a document of registered partnership, issued by the civil registry office (matrika).
- Where this comes from: § 4 odst. 2, Act No. 301/2000 Coll., on civil registry offices: what a civil registry document is
- community property of spouses (SJM)
- Under the statutory regime, community property of spouses is everything of financial value that either or both spouses acquired during the marriage, except items for personal use or things acquired by only one of them as a gift or inheritance.
- Where this comes from: § 709 odst. 1, Civil Code No. 89/2012 Coll.: what falls into the spouses' community property
- Czech POINT
- Czech POINT is a network of public administration contact points (for instance at a post office, a notary, or a municipal authority) through which you can submit applications and get extracts from public registers.
- Where this comes from: § 8a odst. 1, Act No. 365/2000 Coll., on public administration information systems: public administration contact points (Czech POINT)
- daily assessment base (DVZ)
- The daily assessment base is your average daily earnings over the decisive period, used to calculate sickness, maternity, or paternity benefit.
- Where this comes from: § 18 odst. 1, Act No. 187/2006 Coll., on sickness insurance: calculating the daily assessment base
- data box
- A data box is an electronic storage address through which authorities deliver documents with legal effect, as if it were registered mail delivered into one's own hands.
- Where this comes from: § 3 odst. 1, Act No. 300/2008 Coll.: a data box for an individual on request
- dependent child
- A dependent child is a child until the end of compulsory schooling and then, at the latest, until age 26, as long as they are systematically preparing for a future occupation or are prevented from doing so by illness or their health condition.
- Where this comes from: § 11 odst. 1, Act No. 117/1995 Coll., on state social support: who counts as a dependent child
- easement (služebnost)
- An easement is a right in rem burdening a plot of land or another thing so that its owner must tolerate or refrain from something for someone else's benefit, for instance allowing passage across the land.
- Where this comes from: § 1257 odst. 1, Civil Code No. 89/2012 Coll.: what an easement is
- enforcement title
- An enforcement title is an enforceable court or arbitrator decision, another authority's decision, a notarial deed with consent to enforceability, or another document on the basis of which enforcement (exekuce) can be ordered.
- Where this comes from: § 40 odst. 1, Act No. 120/2001 Coll., on court bailiffs and enforcement activity (Enforcement Code): what is an enforcement title
- final occupancy approval
- Final occupancy approval is a decision of the building authority on the basis of which you may start using a structure that requires a permit, and only for the purpose the decision sets.
- Where this comes from: § 230 odst. 1, Building Act No. 283/2021 Coll.: when final occupancy approval is needed
- identified person
- An identified person is a company or entrepreneur who isn't a VAT payer, but who must declare and pay VAT on a specific cross-border transaction, for instance buying goods from another EU state.
- Where this comes from: § 6g, Act No. 235/2004 Coll., on VAT: when a person becomes an identified person
- limitation (promlčení)
- Limitation means that when a creditor didn't enforce their right within the limitation period, the debtor no longer has to fulfil it, provided the debtor themselves invokes the limitation.
- Where this comes from: § 609, Civil Code No. 89/2012 Coll.: the effects of limitation
- minor structure
- A minor structure is a small structure next to a family house or recreational cabin that the Building Act lists in its annex (typically up to 40 m² and 5 m tall) and that only needs to be reported, not permitted.
- Where this comes from: Příloha č. 1, Building Act No. 283/2021 Coll.: list of minor structures
- municipality with extended powers (ORP)
- A municipality with extended powers is a larger municipality whose authority, besides its own matters, also handles agenda for its entire administrative district that the law entrusts only to this type of authority, for instance ID cards or passports.
- Where this comes from: § 66 odst. 1, Act No. 128/2000 Coll., on municipalities: the municipal authority of a municipality with extended powers
- OSSZ (district social security administration)
- OSSZ is the established abbreviation for the locally competent district social security administration, the office that, together with the Czech Social Security Administration, handles sickness benefits, pensions, and paying insurance contributions.
- Where this comes from: § 3 odst. 3 písm. c), Act No. 582/1991 Coll., on the organisation and implementation of social security: district administrations as a social security authority
- participation in insurance
- Participation in insurance means that, as an employee, you're covered by sickness insurance because you're employed in the Czech Republic and your agreed income reaches the amount decisive for participation.
- Where this comes from: § 6 odst. 1, Act No. 187/2006 Coll., on sickness insurance: conditions of employees' participation in insurance
- power of attorney
- A power of attorney is a document by which the grantor authorises someone else in writing to represent them in official dealings, to the extent it states.
- Where this comes from: § 441 odst. 2, Civil Code No. 89/2012 Coll.: what a power of attorney is and when it must be in writing
- public document (veřejná listina)
- A public document is a document issued by a public authority within the limits of its powers (for instance a notarial deed or an authority's decision), which is trusted at face value until proven otherwise.
- Where this comes from: § 567, Civil Code No. 89/2012 Coll.: what a public document is
- public register (veřejný seznam)
- A public register is a record in which rights to things are entered so that they're valid towards everyone; the main example is the real estate cadastre, in which ownership is acquired by the entry itself.
- Where this comes from: § 1105, Civil Code No. 89/2012 Coll.: ownership of an immovable thing is acquired by entry into a public register
- real estate cadastre
- The real estate cadastre is a public register in which land, structures, and rights to them, such as ownership or a lien, are recorded.
- Where this comes from: § 1 odst. 1, Cadastral Act No. 256/2013 Coll.: what the real estate cadastre is
- simple structure
- A simple structure is a structure listed in the Building Act's annex (somewhat bigger than a minor structure) for which, apart from exceptions for housing and recreation, you don't need a final occupancy approval.
- Where this comes from: § 230 odst. 2, Building Act No. 283/2021 Coll.: final occupancy approval isn't required for simple structures
- subsistence minimum
- The subsistence minimum is the legally set minimum income threshold meant to ensure a person's nutrition and basic personal needs, but it doesn't include housing costs.
- Where this comes from: § 1 odst. 1, Act No. 110/2006 Coll., on the subsistence and existence minimum: what the subsistence minimum is
- support period
- The support period is the length of time during which sickness benefit is owed to you during illness; it starts on the 15th day of incapacity for work and lasts at most 380 calendar days.
- Where this comes from: § 26 odst. 1, Act No. 187/2006 Coll., on sickness insurance: the support period for sickness benefit
- tax period
- For VAT, the tax period is the span of time for which a payer files a tax return, standardly a calendar month, or a calendar quarter for smaller payers once conditions are met.
- Where this comes from: § 99, Act No. 235/2004 Coll., on VAT: the tax period
- trade licence
- A trade licence is the right to run a trade, which for notifiable trades arises on the day of notifying the trade licensing office, and for licensed trades only on the day the decision granting the licence becomes final.
- Where this comes from: § 10 odst. 1, Trade Licensing Act No. 455/1991 Coll.: when a trade licence arises
- VAT payer
- A VAT payer is a company or entrepreneur who has registered for value added tax, either compulsorily or voluntarily, and must declare and pay it.
- Where this comes from: § 6 odst. 1, Act No. 235/2004 Coll., on VAT: becoming a payer based on turnover
- zoning consent (územní souhlas)
- Zoning consent used to be a simplified statement from the building authority on placing a simple structure instead of a zoning decision, but since 1 July 2024 the Building Act abolished it as a separate institute, and placing an intent today goes through the same unified intent permit.
- Where this comes from: § 171, Building Act No. 283/2021 Coll.: an intent requires a permit