Course detail

Building Law

FAST-BYA014-AAcad. year: 2026/2027

Not applicable.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Richard Bartes, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Aims

Students will gain professional knowledge in the field of the legal system in the Czech Republic and the EU, they will gain detailed insight into the legal regulations in the building industry and the competence of the authorities in spatial planning and building regulations. They will be able to practically use spatial planning tools, be familiar with the building permit processes of the building regulations, including the JES, EIA and SEA processes, and they will be able to prevent offences. They will be familiar with professional activities in construction and the conditions for their performance, and the authorisation process. They will be able to analyse the technical requirements for structures and be aware of the technical requirements for construction products. They will be familiar with the process of expropriation as a means of promoting the public interest. They will gain an overview of the possibilities of carrying out professional activities in the construction field as authorised persons in an employment relationship, both under the Trade Licensing Act and within companies. Students will gain a general overview of the binding legal regulations for the responsible exercise of their future profession and the future authorisation examination.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Act No. 100/2001 Coll., on Environmental Impact Assessment, as amended. (EN)
Act No. 102/2001 Coll., on General Product Safety, as amended. (EN)
Act No. 1/1993 Coll., the Constitution of the Czech Republic, as amended. (EN)
Act No. 148/2023 Coll., on the Uniform Environmental Opinion, as amended. (EN)
Act No. 22/1997 Coll., on Technical Requirements for Products, as amended. (EN)
Act No. 250/2016 Coll., on Liability for Offences and Offence Proceedings (Offence Act), as amended. (EN)
Act No. 251/2016 Coll., on Certain Offences, as amended. (EN)
Act No. 262/2006 Coll., the Labour Code, as amended. (EN)
Act No. 283/2021 Coll., the Building Act, as amended, including implementing and related legal regulations. (EN)
Act No. 455/1991 Coll., on Trade Licensing (the Trade Licensing Act), as amended. (EN)
Act No. 500/2004 Coll., the Code of Administrative Procedure, as amended. (EN)
Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code, as amended. (EN)
Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Business Corporations, as amended. (EN)
Act No. 90/2016 Coll., on the Conformity Assessment of Specified Products when Made Available on the Market, as amended. (EN)
Current Collection of Laws, including the Building Act (PowerPoint Presentations) (EN)
Decree No. 130/2024 Coll., on the Establishment of Municipal Building Authorities, as amended. (EN)
Decree No. 131/2024 Coll., on Building Documentation, as amended. (EN)
Decree No. 146/2024 Coll., on Construction Requirements, as amended. (EN)
Decree No. 149/2024 Coll., on Implementing Certain Provisions of the Building Act, as amended. (EN)
Decree No. 157/2024 Coll., on Spatial Analytical Documents, Spatial Planning Documentation, and Unified Standards, as amended. (EN)
Decree No. 190/2024 Coll., on Details of the Operation of Certain Information Systems in Building Administration, as amended. (EN)
Decree No. 227/2024 Coll., on the Scope and Content of Project Documentation for Transport Infrastructure Structures, as amended. (EN)
Government Regulation No. 163/2002 Coll., laying down Technical Requirements for Selected Construction Products, as amended. (EN)
Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, laying down Harmonised Conditions for the Marketing of Construction Products, as amended. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPA-SIS Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Richard Bartes, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to Czech and EU law in relation to Building Law. Basic concepts. Classification of Building Law in the system of law.
  2. Building Act, its content, principles, and concepts. Implementing decrees to the Building Act. Competence of authorities in the field of spatial planning and building regulations.
  3. Spatial planning, spatial planning tools.
  4. Uniform environmental opinion, Environmental Impact Assessment EIA.
  5. Substantive building law.
  6. Building regulations, building permit process, building proceeding.
  7. Structure implementation, use and removal of structures.
  8. Authorisation under Act No. 360/1992 Coll., on the exercise of the profession of authorised architects and on the exercise of the profession of authorised engineers and technicians active in construction.
  9. Offences. Expropriation.
  10. Technical requirements for construction products.
  11. Basic employment relations, employment contract requirements.
  12. Trade Licensing Act. Commercial corporations, their basic features, and categories.
  13. Business corporations, their basic features, and categories.

Self-study

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Richard Bartes, Ph.D.