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Czech Republic - Domestic Account Number and IBAN

The following text is a section related to the Czech Republic in the original document TR201 (pdf, 1,3 MB) issued by the EPC. This document was replaced by the document IBAN Registry issued by SWIFT in 2007 (http://www.swift.com/solutions/messaging/information_products/directory_products/iban_format_registry/index.page?lang=en).

DOMESTIC ACCOUNT NUMBER

Account Number Structure

 

123456-1234567890/1234

19-2000145399/0800

 

 

Identifying

Min/max

Fills

Example

a1

 

123456

First part ( prefix)

0/6n

0

0…

a2

 

1234567890

Second part (basic)

2/10n

0

0…

b

 

1234

Bank code

4/4n

 

 

 

 

Total

6/20n

 

 


All characters in the account number structure are numeric.

The Czech National Bank provides the table with valid bank codes - AP0001 Bank identity codes.

National name(s)
 Číslo účtu

a1

 

123456

První část čísla účtu (předčíslí)

a2

 

1234567890

Druhá, základní část čísla účtu

b

 

1234

Kód banky



National usage

Financial institutions apply the standardised account number structure consistently. It is used for all products and payment instructions.

Electronic transmission

 

123456 1234567890 1234


There are always three separate fields:

  • First part (prefix)
  • Second part (basic)
  •  Bank code
Examples of written representation
Correct representation

Traditional representation

Account number only

000019-2000145399/0800

19-2000145399/0800

19-2000145399

000000-0145254386/2400

145254386/2400

145254386


The first and second parts of the account number are separated by a hyphen. The Bank code is preceded by a slash.

Check algorithm

A Modulus 11-check algorithm with weights is used to validate the account number structure. The weight table to be used for:

  • the first part (prefix) is 10, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1
  • the second part (basic) is 6, 3, 7, 9, 10, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1

To validate the first and second parts of the account number, the digits are multiplied by their respective weights, added up and divided by 11. The remainder must be zero.

Customer support

The number is indicated on:

Comments

Documents to customers

Mostly

 
Account statements

Always

 
Debit cards

Never

 
Cheques

Always

 
Commercial documents

Mostly

 
ATM receipts

Never

 


Alternative account number structure and validation

The Czech Republic does not offer alternative account numbering systems for routing payment instructions.

Use of the IBAN format is not expected at present.

Postgiro accounts

There are no specifically numbered postgiro accounts in the Czech Republic.

INTERNATIONAL BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER

 

1212 1234 1234 5612 3456 7890

CZ65 0800 0000 1920 0014 5399

 

 

Identifying

Length

Start position

d

 

12

ISO Country Code

2a

1

e

 

12

Check Digits (IBAN)

2n

3

b

 

1234

Bank code

4n

5

a1

 

123456

First part (prefix)

6n

9

a2

 

1234567890

Second part (basic)

10n

15

 

 

Total

24an

 



Presentation

The electronic format of the IBAN is composed of 24 contiguous alphanumeric characters.

The paper representation of the IBAN, which is composed of 24 alphanumeric characters, is structured in groups of 4 characters separated by blanks.

Examples
Electronic format

Paper format

CZ6508000000192000145399CZ65 0800 0000 1920 0014 5399
CZ0908000000000353497163CZ09 0800 0000 0003 5349 7163

CZ3208000000000000007894

CZ32 0800 0000 0000 0000 7894



Issuing start date

1 May 2004

Contact Point

Mr Ivan FENCL
Czech National Bank
Na Prikope 28
Praha 1

Tel:  +420 224 413 580
Fax:  +420 224 413 351
Email:  iban .info @cnb .cz