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Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2025) 1051
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Notification: 2025/0204/CZ
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MSG: 20251051.EN
1. MSG 001 IND 2025 0204 CZ EN 09-04-2025 CZ NOTIF
2. Czechia
3A. Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví
Biskupský dvůr 1148/5
110 00 Praha 1
tel: 221 802 216
e-mail: eu9834@unmz.cz
3B. Oddělení Legislativa správy daní a celnictví
Odbor Daňová legislativa
Ministerstvo financí
Letenská 15, 118 10 Praha 1
4. 2025/0204/CZ - C60A - Labelling
5. Draft Decree amending Decree No 334/2013 implementing certain provisions of the Act on the compulsory marking of alcohol, as amended by Decree No 610/2020.
6. Marking of alcohol on consumer packaging
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8. The amendment to Decree No 334/2013 toward the implementation of certain provisions of the Act on the compulsory marking of alcohol, as amended by Decree No 610/2020, follows on from the statutory authorisation under § 75 of Act No 307/2013 on the compulsory marking of alcohol, as amended (hereinafter the 'Act on the compulsory marking of alcohol').
In relation to amendments made to the Act on the compulsory marking of alcohol implemented in the draft Act amending certain acts in the field of tax administration and the competence of the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic, the Decree will, in particular, address the following issued:
• modification of the method of ordering, receiving and selling inspection stamps [§ 75(d) of the Act on the compulsory marking of alcohol];
• stipulation of the selling price of inspection stamps [§ 75(j) of the Act on the compulsory marking of alcohol].
The change in the method of ordering, accepting and selling inspection stamps is that persons required to mark alcohol will be able to take delivery of the inspection stamps in person or via a person in the register of postal service operators. They themselves shall propose the method for taking delivery of inspection stamps.
The draft decree will also amend the stipulation of the price of inspection stamps, which is based on the change in authority in the Act on the compulsory marking of alcohol, whereby the decree can stipulate the selling price of inspection stamps directly, or now also the manner in which this selling price shall be stipulated.
Basic text: Act No 307/2013 on the compulsory marking of alcohol
Decree No 334/2013 toward the implementation of certain provisions of the Act on the compulsory marking of alcohol
Prior notifications: 2020/0529/CZ
2024/0443/CZ
Keywords: inspection stamp
9. Under the existing legislation, the Ministry of Finance, the authorities of the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic and the professional community have identified some shortcomings of a material and legislative nature, resulting in amendment of the draft act amending certain acts in the area of tax administration and the competence of the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic. This amendment resulted in the concentration of authority related to the ordering, sale or return of inspection stamps only to the Customs Office for the Central Bohemian Region (the designated tax administrator). The draft decree then specifies the method for ordering, receiving and selling inspection stamps. A person obliged to mark alcohol will be able to take delivery of inspection stamps in person or through a person listed in the register of postal service operators pursuant to Act No 212/2013 amending Act No 29/2000 on postal services and amending certain acts (the Postal Services Act), as amended, and the person obliged to mark alcohol will themselves propose the method for taking delivery of inspection stamps. Today, this option only exists for postal licence holders, hence it applies to a more limited range of entities.
The current legislation stipulates the price of inspection stamps by numerically expressing a specific amount. The draft legislation assumes that the selling price of inspection stamps will correspond to the sum of the costs associated with their production and the costs associated with their transport before they are handed over to the customer. The costs of the authorised tax administrator delivering inspection stamps to a person obliged to mark alcohol through the postal licence holder pursuant to the Act governing postal services shall be added to the selling price. This price will thus better correspond to the real costs associated with the production and distribution of inspection stamps.
10. Reference(s) to basic text(s): 2020/0529/CZ, 2024/0443/CZ
The basic texts were forwarded with an earlier notification:
2020/0529/CZ
2024/0443/CZ
11. No
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13. No
14. Yes
15. No
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TBT aspects: No
SPS aspects: No
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European Commission
Contact point Directive (EU) 2015/1535
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