All products, including footwear, must be safe—that is, they must not endanger human health and safety or the environment—and must comply with general legal regulations. The primary regulation in the Czech Republic is now the new Act No. 387/2024 Coll., which repeals and replaces Act No. 102/2001 Coll. on general product safety. Council Directive No. 2001/95/EC was repealed on December 13, 2024, and replaced by Regulation (EU) 2023/988 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The related implementing regulation concerns hazardous substances and prohibits the placing on the market of products containing the biocide dimethyl fumarate (see Chapter 3.2 for details).
Market surveillance in the Czech Republic is further supplemented by Act No. 634/1992 Coll., on Consumer Protection, and Act No. 64/1986 Coll., on the Czech Trade Inspection Authority. An overview of the most important consumer protection documents falling under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade can be found on the MIT website here.
Supervisory authorities (e.g., the Czech Trade Inspection Authority) are required to notify the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the occurrence of a dangerous non-food product, which the Ministry then submits to the
Safety Gate system—a new European Union rapid information exchange system for dangerous products that has replaced the previous RAPEX system.
Damage caused by a product defect is now addressed by the Civil Code, Act No. 89/2012 Coll., Section 2939.Newly Enacted Legislation
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No. 387/2024 Coll.
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Act on General Product Safety, on Requirements for Certain Products, and on Amendments to Certain Related Acts
// implements Regulation (EU) 2023/988 of the European Parliament and of the Council on general product safety, which is fully applicable as of December 13, 2024, repeals and replaces Act No. 102/2001 Coll
. // the implementing regulation concerning labeling requirements for footwear remains in
effect for the time being // amends the Consumer Protection Act and the Act on Market Surveillance of Products
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In preparation:
draft regulation
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Draft government regulation establishing requirements for the labeling of footwear with information on the materials used in its main parts
// following the approval of Act No. 387/2024 Coll. on general safety, Decree of the Ministry of Industry and Trade No. 265/2000 Coll., which sets out details on the method of labeling footwear with information on the materials used in its main parts, should have been repealed; however, it remains in force
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Decree No. 265/2000 Coll. of the Ministry of Industry and Trade sets forth details regarding the labeling of footwear with information on the materials used in its main parts; footwear (at least one shoe from a pair) must be labeled on its main parts (upper, lining, and insole, outsole). Commission Regulation (EU) No. 412/2012 amends Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation—it adds item No. 61, Dimethyl fumarate (DMF), to Annex XVI:
- It must not be used in articles or in any parts thereof in concentrations exceeding 0.1 mg/kg.
- Articles or parts thereof containing DMF in concentrations exceeding 0.1 mg/kg shall not be placed on the market.
Commission Regulation (EU) No. 301/2014 amends Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation—effective May 1, 2015—by adding three additional paragraphs to entry 47 of Annex XVII concerning hexavalent chromium compounds, which limit the content of hexavalent chromium in leather products; for articles containing leather parts that come into contact with human skin, the concentration of hexavalent chromium in the total dry weight of the leather must not be 3 mg/kg or higher (0.0003% by weight). Relevant regulations
must also be followed if the footwear is classified as:
