The Czech Republic

The Government holds the main legislative initiative in the Czech Republic and particular legislative acts in the policy process are further scrutinised and evaluated in the two Chambers of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The general overseeing function over the implementation process of the EU law into the Czech legislation and responsibility is assigned to the Government. In the Governmental Legislation Guidelines are specified the rules for assessment of the compatibility and impacts of the EU legislative acts in the Czech law.

But there is no specific implementation process adopted for the EU law and the regional actors do not play particular important role given the size of the country and its internal administration process in this case.

In general, the EU law, after transposition into the Czech legal system is handled in the same way as the Czech law. In this respect, the judiciary system of the Czech Republic also plays a role - as means of enforcement of the law.

## The National Actors in the Implementation Process

The Ministries of the Government of the Czech republic and the **Office of the Government** as the central administration apparatus are responsible for the implementation of the EU law in the Czech legislation. The legislative bodies specialized in EU affairs further elaborate detailed analysis on the position of the Czech Republic on the individual acts in the EU and on the implementation of the adopted measures. These bodies include:

- European Policies Coordination Deparment which oversees the work of the Committe for the EU and provides coordination on the EU Politics in an administrative and policy expertize way

- The Office of the Minister for European Affairs. With the arrival of the government of Petr Fiala in 2021, a new ministerial position dealing with CZ PRES and the agenda of the EU in general was established.

Formal coordination and consultation:

- The Department for the Compatibility of the Government which serves as the contact and advise centre for the transposition and implementation of the EU law. It launches the ISAP (Information System for the Approximation of Law) that collects all the necessary information for other bodies in the whole Public Administration. The Department consists of three units:

The Analytical-consultative unit
The Unit for Assessment of the Compatibility of the EU Law
The Unit for the EU Legislative Process
ISAP (Information System for the Approximation of Law) is a database system that helps monitor all activities of the Ministries and other central bodies of the state administration and the Parliament that pertain to fulfilling the legislative obligations of the EU. It is a platform for communication between the Government, both chambers of the Parliament and the resorts responsible for the formation and transposition of EU legislation. Furthermore, it serves as an instrument for information exchange about the EU law from its inception all the way to the completion of the implementation process in Czechia.
The Parliament and its specialized committees for the European Affairs further proceed with EU legislation. Each chamber of the Parliament has its own Comittee on European Affairs. However the cooperation between the chambers is not extensive. The Senate (when compared with The Chamber of Deputies) puts more emphasis on the European affairs as it requires a yearly report from the Government. Some criticise the possibility of members of The Chamber of Deputies to propose their own legislative proposals. These proposals don't have to be checked for compliance with the European law (there is no check by the governmental Department for the Compatibility and the like) and they are sometimes adopted.

## The Relationships between Actors

The transposition of the EU directives is done through the adjustment of one or more legislative acts, issuing the Decrees of the Ministries or the Regulations of the Government. The main role on national and regional level has the Government.

Sources

https://isap.vlada.cz/homepage.nsf/esduvod3

http://www.psp.cz/sqw/snem.sqw?f1=8&f2=6&l=cz&id=1122

https://www.vlada.cz/en/evropske-zalezitosti/organizace-utvaru/koordinace-evr-politik/european-policies-coordination-department-78987/

https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/zzp/detail/99934/