Act No. 455/1991 Coll.

The Trade Licensing Act in plain language

A complete walkthrough of the Trade Licensing Act section by section — what each part means in practice. 17 topics from the definition of a trade through qualifications and notification all the way to inspections and penalties.

What Is a Trade and What Is Not (Section 2 and Section 3)

We explain the statutory definition of a trade under Section 2 of Act No. 455/1991 Coll. and provide a clear overview of...

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General Conditions for Operating a Trade (Section 5 and Section 6)

Who may operate a trade and what the general conditions under Section 6 of the Trade Licensing Act mean. We explain full...

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Professional qualification under Section 7 of the Trade Licensing Act

What are the special conditions for operating a trade under Section 7 of Act No. 455/1991 Coll. We explain professional...

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Obstacles to Operating a Trade (Section 8 and Section 8a)

Overview of obstacles to operating a trade under Section 8 and Section 8a of the Trade Licensing Act: bankruptcy, insolv...

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Types of trades under the Trade Licensing Act

A clear explanation of Sections 9 and 19–27 of the Trade Licensing Act: the division of trades into notifiable (unqualif...

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Responsible representative under the Trade Licensing Act (Section 11)

Who the responsible representative is, what conditions they must meet, why they can represent at most 4 entrepreneurs, a...

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Creation and Scope of a Trade Licence (Sections 10, 13, 28)

When a trade licence arises for notifiable and licensed (concession) trades, how to continue a trade after the death of...

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Business premises and their labelling under Section 17 of the Trade Licensing Act

What business premises are, how you are required to label them, when and how to notify them to the Trade Licensing Offic...

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Craft Trades and Professional Qualification under Sections 21 and 22

What evidence of professional qualification the Trade Licensing Act requires for craft trades and how to prove it by alt...

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Regulated and Licensed (Concession) Trades (Sections 23–27)

An explanation of regulated and licensed (concession) trades under the Trade Licensing Act: professional qualification f...

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Notifying a Trade Step by Step (Section 45-49)

What a notification of a notifiable trade must contain, how the Unified Registration Form works, when the trade licence...

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Concession proceedings under Sections 50–56 of the Trade Licensing Act

How concession proceedings work: the application, opinions of the bodies concerned, the decision granting the concession...

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Obligations of the entrepreneur under Section 31 of the Trade Licensing Act

A clear explanation of Section 31 of Act No. 455/1991 Coll.: identification of the entrepreneur, proof of how goods were...

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Trade Inspection and Penalties (Sections 60a-62 of the Trade Licensing Act)

Who carries out trade inspections, what offences threaten both entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs, and how high a fine...

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Termination and suspension of a trade: Sections 57, 58 and 31(11)

When a trade licence terminates, when the office cancels or suspends it, and how to correctly notify the suspension of t...

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The Trade Register under Section 60 of the Trade Licensing Act

What the Trade Register contains, how its public and non-public parts differ, what extracts you can obtain from it, and...

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Annexes 1 to 4 of the Trade Licensing Act: an overview of trades

Annexes 1 to 4 of Act No. 455/1991 Coll. divide trades into craft trades, regulated trades, licensed (concession) trades...

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Looking for a specific trade licence?

Browse the catalogue of all 177 trade licences — for each one you will find the legal conditions, the notification procedure, and links to the relevant sections.