Banking Regulation

Czech Legislation

Banks

• Act No 21/1992 Coll. on Banks – version valid until 2014; version in force is available in Czech only

Credit Unions

• Act No 87/1995 Coll. on Credit Unions – version valid until 2011; version in force is available in Czech only

Building Savings

• Act No 96/1993 Coll. on Building Savings – available in Czech only

Other related Legislation

• Act No. 6/1993 Coll. on the Czech National Bank, as amended
• Act No. 253/2008 Coll. on Selected Measures against Legitimisation of Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism – version valid until 2013; version in force is available in Czech only
• Act No. 374/2015 Coll. on Recovery and Resolution in the Financial Market – version valid until 2017; version in force is available in Czech only
• Decree No. 164/2017 Coll. implementing certain provisions of Act No. 96/1993 Coll., on building savings and state support for building savings – available in Czech only
• Decree No. 71/2011 Coll. on the form, structure and method of keeping and providing data that a bank and a third country branch must keep, and which must be provided to the Financial Market Guarantee System – available in Czech only

EU Legislation

Directive (select the current consolidated version for the version in force)

• Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC (CRD)

Regulation (select the current consolidated version for the version in force)

• Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (CRR)

Further information on legislation regulating the activities of credit institutions is available on the Czech National Bank's website.