Approved and Effective Acts29/10/09 / cata_tax-news

Act No. 288/2009, Coll., amending Act No. 185/2004, Coll., on the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic; approval of the act on support of economic growth

  • Act No. 288/2009, Coll., amending Act No. 185/2004, Coll., on the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic, regulates information exchange between the EU member states and extends the powers of the customs administration to provide necessary information from day-to-day searches to the relevant enforcing authorities of other EU member states, such as police, customs or other bodies that are entitled to prevent, as well as disclose, criminal acts. The act became effective from 1 October 2009.
  • The Chamber of Deputies outvoted the President’s veto and approved the act on support of economic growth. The act was published under Act No. 326/2009.Coll. and became effective on the date of publication (for the contents of this regulation see Tax News No. 6/2009). The car scrappage allowance introduced by the act on support of economic growth via the Waste Act can only be applied after the government approves the relevant implementation regulations.