Specimen application forms and the content of their annexes and related applications are stipulated in Decree No. 233/2009 Coll. (see below). The requisites of applications, the specimen forms on which applications should be submitted, methodological and interpretation documents regarding certain provisions of these regulation are defined in the following implementing regulations and official information of the Czech National Bank.

Decrees

• Decree No. 233/2009 Coll. (pdf, 239 kB) on applications, approval of persons and the manner of proving professional qualifications, trustworthiness and experience of persons, and on the minimum amount of funds to be provided by a foreign bank to its branch, as amended by Decree No. 192/2011 Coll

Official information, methodological documents

• Official Information of 7 July 2008 (pdf, 145 kB, available in Czech only), announcing the practice of the Czech National Bank regarding extract or copy from the crime register

Application forms

• Application for a licence for a bank / authorisation for a cooperative savings association (credit union) (MS Word, 279 kB, pdf, 87 kB)
• Application for a consent to the acquisition of or increase in the qualifying holding of a regulated legal entity / to control a regulated legal entity (MS Word, 167 kB, pdf, 79 kB) - version valid until 15 July 2011, new version is available in Czech only

Questionnaire forms for the assessment of entities in compliance with the Act on Credit Unions:

• Questionnaire for assessment of professional qualifications, trustworthiness and experience of a senior officer of an investment intermediary or of a person proposed for an executive managerial position in a financial holding entity (MS Word, 117 kB, pdf, 27 kB)
• Questionnaire containing legal and other aspects relating to the acquisition of a qualifying holding (MS Word, 55 kB, pdf, 17 kB)