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WASTE COLLECTION FEE

All foreign citizens staying in Brno for more than 3 months must pay the waste tax, just like Czech citizens. The tax is 900 CZK per person per year and must be paid by May 31 2025. If arriving later in the year, you must pay within 15 days of arrival, with the amount adjusted according to the number of months remaining.

The easiest way is to pay the fee online. Create customer profile at brnoid.cz/en to find out more. 

  • Address change? Report it via email to odpady@brno.cz.

  • Leaving Brno?  Do not forget to log out! Fill in an online form: fill in the form within 15 days of your departure (in addition, you can request a refund for the overpayment if it resulted from the termination of your stay). If you arranged your residence permit at a relevant office and have an official document about it, remember to also cancel your residence there; otherwise, your residence – as well as the obligation to pay for the waste tax – will still exist.


How to Pay the Waste Tax?

Step 1: Register (if new)
Go to BrnoID.cz and select Waste Tax.
Create an account and fill in the online form for foreign residents (no Czech ID number needed).
Already registered? Skip this step unless you have changed your address.

Step 2: Payment Options

  • Online via BrnoID e-shop

  • Bank transfer to account: 111220022/0800

    • Use your ID number or date of birth (ddmmyyyy) as the variable symbol

  • In person at Šumavská 35, Building C, 3rd floor (during office hours)

More about waste collection fee : here


DRIVING LICENCE

EU nationals

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA/Switzerland and hold a valid EU driving licence and are resident in the Czech Republic, you can drive in the Czech Republic with your national licence for the duration of your driving licence. At the same time, you may (but do not have to) apply to the competent authority for a driving licence to substitute your EU licence.

Nationals of non-EU countries

A holder of a valid driving licence issued by a foreign country may drive in the Czech Republic with:

  • A foreign driving licence pursuant to Convention on Road Traffic (Vienna 1968) or pursuant to Convention on Road Traffic (Geneva 1949) for the period of its validity only. A foreign national residing in the territory of the Czech Republic for a period longer than 1 year is obliged to apply at the relevant drivers authority for a driving licence replacing his/her driving licence issued by a foreign country, doing so within 3 months of the day when the permanent or temporary residence for a period longer than 1 year is permitted to him/her.
  • An international driving licence issued in addition to the foreign national driving licence in case this is not in accordance with the Convention on Road Traffic (Vienna 1968) or Convention on Road Traffic (Geneva 1949). The only limit here is the validity of the international driving licence. If the drivers authority has doubts about the validity of a driving licence issued by a foreign country, it shall check its validity with an embassy of the country that issued this driving licence.
  • A driving licence issued by a foreign country can be replaced by a driving licence of the Czech Republic only if the driving licence issued by a foreign country corresponds to the Convention on Road Traffic (Vienna 1968) or to the Convention on Road Traffic (Geneva 1949). Licences that do not correspond to the Conventions cannot be replaced and their owners must enter a driving school and take a theoretical and practical examination in vehicle driving. If you want to have your licence recognised, send it to the drivers authority.