Appeal against administrative decisions of the CEIThe CEI, as a state administration body, issues decisions of a punitive nature (fines, restriction or cessation of harmful activity, removal of illegally held specimens, etc.) and remedial decisions…
Submission of initiatives, petitions and complaints
The Czech Environmental Inspectorate handles initiatives about damage to or endangering the environment, complaints against inappropriate behavior of officials or against the procedure of an...
What the CEI will help you with:
If you notice the felling of forest stands with suspicion of its illegality, afforestation of clearings or unremedied consequences of natural disasters in the forest and excessive damage to forest roads and...
What the CEI will help you with:
If you notice the destruction of the landscape, for example the destruction of protected areas, a memorial tree, illegal felling of trees growing outside the forest, etc., file a complaint with the CEI.
The...
What the CEI will help you with:
The CEI’s inspectors deal with requests for classification, labeling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures.
We check the content of restricted substances in products (e.g. heavy metals in...
What the CEI will help you with: - waste management - only the activities of business entities:
The loading of waste to places not designated for this purpose - in particular, construction debris, waste soil and other waste, for example on...
What the CEI will help you with:
In the case of an obviously visually polluted and smelly water surface, e.g. unnatural color, large amount of foam, floating substances on the surface, death of fish, etc. - contact the CEI.
If a legal or...
What the CEI will help you with:
If you are bothered by smoke, dust or odors coming from larger establishments and enterprises that are subject to legal limits based on the size of production, submit a complaint to the CEI.
Complaints to the…
In this section, you will find basic instructions in which cases you can turn to the Czech Environmental Inspectorate and, conversely, when you must turn to other public administration bodies.
For clarity, the listed basic model situations are...
Control
The main control body for CITES in the Czech Republic is the Czech Environmental Inspectorate, which controls compliance with laws in the field of CITES, can impose measures and ascertain the identity of persons.
Transport of CITES specimens between EU member countries is not considered import and export and therefore import and export permits are not required.
However, some new restrictions apply within the EU:
Commercial use is prohibited
It is...
In connection with the legislation of the European Union valid in the Czech Republic since May 1, 2004, the rules for the import and export of CITES specimens have changed.
Import from countries outside the EU
To import specimens from Annexes…
Categories according to the CITES Convention
According to the level of threat, specimens are divided into three categories:
CITES I
It includes 630 species of animals and 300 species of plants that are in immediate danger of extinction.
The CEI carries out control activities in the field of dealing with genetically modified organisms based on Section 31 of Act No. 78/2004 Coll. as amended.
The CEI publishes notices on the initiation of proceedings in accordance with the provisions of Section 8, Paragraph 5 of Act No. 167/2008 Coll., on the prevention of ecological damage and its correction, and on the amendment of certain laws on the…
If the operator commits an administrative offense by:
failing to take preventive measures in accordance with Section 6, Paragraph 1 or in accordance with Section 6, Paragraph 4, first sentence, they risk the imposition of a fine of up to CZK...
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control is the regulation of industrial and agricultural activities in relation to the environment, in an advanced way, overcoming the principle of a component approach to the protection of the environment and the…
Act No. 167/2008 Coll., on the prevention of ecological damage and its correction and on the amendment of certain laws.
On August 17, 2008, Act No. 167/2008 Coll., on the prevention of ecological damage and its correction and on the amendment of…