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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Czechia and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: Format: “CZ” + IČO (e.g. CZ12345678) for VAT-registered entities; verifiable via EU VIES. Non-VAT entities have IČO only. Registration number: 8-digit number; assigned at OR entry; public via or.justice.cz. Also used as base for tax ID.

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Sector regulators

ČNB

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Download current extract (výpis) free at or.justice.cz; certified copy from Czech POINT (post offices, notaries) for official use.
  • Constitutive Documents: Notarised at formation; filed with OR; retrievable via or.justice.cz (sbírka listin).
  • Tax Registration: Issued by Finanční správa; DIČ = “CZ” + IČO. Entities below VAT threshold hold IČO only — request Finanční správa registration confirmation in that case.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by the Živnostenský úřad (Trade Licensing Office). Covers free, craft, and regulated trades; exempt for liberal professions.
  • Sector-Specific License: Required for banks, payment institutions, and insurance companies. All issued by ČNB.
  • Ownership Records: s.r.o.: members and shares recorded in OR and publicly accessible. a.s.: registered-share register held by company; bearer shares abolished in 2014.
  • Governance Records: Lists jednatel(é) (s.r.o.) or představenstvo / správní rada members (a.s.) with signing authority and prokura grants.
  • Signing Authority: Prokura registered in OR; single (jednatelská prokura) or joint. Ad-hoc POA by notarised plná moc.
  • Address: Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: Czech Republic is a Subsumed-by-extract jurisdiction; the dated certified Výpis z obchodního rejstříku (OR extract) serves as good-standing evidence — no separate certificate of good standing is issued.

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Notes

  • ESM public access removed 2025-12-17. Following CJEU WM/Sovim (C-37/20 & C-601/20, 2022-11-22) and Czech court rulings (Aug–Sept 2025), the Ministry of Justice closed public access to esm.justice.cz on 2025-12-17. Conduit, as an AML-obliged entity, should qualify for access but must demonstrate that status; a pending AMLD6 transposition amendment to Act 37/2021 Sb. (AMLD6 articles 11–13, 15 — deadline 2026-07-10) will formalise legitimate-interest rules — monitor for enactment.
  • IČO doubles as the VAT base. DIČ = “CZ” + IČO; entities not VAT-registered have an IČO but no DIČ. Collect both OR extract (IČO) and Finanční správa DIČ confirmation separately; do not assume VAT registration from IČO alone.
  • a.s. monistic structure: ředitel abolished 2021-01-01. The statutory director (statutární ředitel) was eliminated by the 2021 ZOK amendment; správní rada is now the sole monistic body with both executive and supervisory powers (ZOK §§456–461). OR extracts will show správní rada members only — no ředitel.
  • Bearer shares are abolished. ZOK (2014) prohibited new bearer shares; all remaining bearer shares had to be immobilised or converted by 2019. All a.s. shares must now be registered — verify in OR/shareholder register.
  • Živnostenský list is entity-level, not branch-level. A single trade license covers all branches of a Czech entity; there is no separate municipal operating-permit layer for standard commercial activities.