Besides the EU AI Act, there is no specific national regulation of AI in Czech Republic.
Proposed amendment of Act on Police of the Czech Republic and Other Acts can be found here.
The legislative proposal aims to regulate use of AI for biometric identification at international airports for security purposes. The proposal is currently before Parliament.
National AI Strategy (NAIS) of the Czech Republic 2030
The NAIS 2030 was adopted by the Government on 24 July 2024 and follows up on the previous NAIS adopted in 2019. It serves as a strategy outline for public policy on the Czech AI ecosystem. It maps out 7 core areas of AI development and use and contains an annually updated action plan for fulfilling policy aims. Policies on AI are coordinated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Preparations for the implementation of the AI Act are underway.
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The Czech Republic has not yet designated the competent authorities.
However, Ministry of Industry and Trade (Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu – MPO) proposed the Czech Telecommunications Office (ČTÚ) to serve as the market surveillance authority, the Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing (ÚNMZ) to serve as the notifying authority, and the Czech Metrology Institute (CMI) to serve the notifed body. ČTÚ already indicated its willingness to accept such role.
Further, according to the Digital Czech Republic government website, the national public authorities supervising the fundamental rights in relation to the use of high-risk AI systems referred to in Annex III are the Office for the Protection of Personal Data (ÚOOÚ) and the Public Defender of Rights (VOP - Ombudsman).
Decision of Prague Municipal Court of 11 October 2023, case no. 10 C 13/2023
The court ruled on the copyright protectability of AI generated output, concluding that it cannot be protected, as copyright can only extend to works created by a human author.
Czech Bar Association published an opinion on the use of AI for providing legal services.
*Information is accurate up to 30 April 2025