Legal Framework

Legal framework of transport of radioactive or fissile materials in the Czech Republic

  • Act No. 263/2016 Coll., atomic act 
  • Decree No. 358/2016 Coll., on requirements for assurance of quality and technical safety and assessment and verification of conformity of selected equipment
  • Decree No. 359/2016 Coll., on details of ensuring radiation extraordinary event management 
  • Decree No. 377/2016 Coll., on the requirements for the safe management of radioactive waste and on the decommissioning of nuclear installations or category III or IV workplaces
  • Decree No. 379/2016 Coll., concerning the approval of some products in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy and ionising radiation and the carriage of radioactive or fissile material
  • Decree No. 408/2016 Coll., on management system requirements
  • Decree No. 422/2016 Coll. on radiation protection and security of radionuclide source
  • Act No. 148/1998 Coll., on the protection of classified information and amendments to some acts
  • Government Order No. 246/1998 Coll., laying down the lists of classified information, as amended

Other legal documents regulating transport of dangerous goods

  • Act No. 111/1994 Coll., Road Traffic Act, as amended,
  • Decree No. 458/2000 Coll., implementing the Road Traffic Act, as amended,
  • Decree No. No. 64/1987 Coll. on the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), as amended, 
  • Act No. 226/1994 Coll., on the railway, as amended,
  • Government Directive No. 1/2000 Coll. on the Transport Policy of Public Railway Freight,
  • Act No. 8/1985 Coll. on the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF), as amended,
  • Act No. 114/1995 Coll., on Inland Navigation,  as amended,
  • Decree No. 222/1995 Coll., on the Waterways, Shipping Traffic in ports, Common Disaster and Transportation of Dangerous Goods,  as amended,  
  • Act No. 49/1997 Coll., on Civil Aviation, as amended,  
  • Decree No. 108/1997 Coll., on implementing Act No 49/1997 on Civil Aviation and Amending Act No 455/1991 Coll. on Trade Licensing (the Trade Licensing Act), as amended