Yes. Every Czech joint-stock company must, without undue delay after coming into existence, publish on an internet site that is free of charge and easily accessible once the address is entered, the particulars it states on its business documents, together with the further particulars required by law on an ongoing basis. These are chiefly notices of general meetings and the financial statements. A Czech s.r.o. has no such duty unless it sets up a website of its own.
When a Czech joint-stock company is being formed, attention tends to focus on the articles of association, the capital and the notarial deed. As soon as the company comes into existence, however, it also becomes subject to a duty to publish particulars online. The Business Corporations Act (Act No. 90/2012 Sb.) requires every joint-stock company to maintain an internet site, regardless of its size, its number of shareholders or whether it trades externally at all. For a project or holding company that had not planned a website of its own, this duty needs to be taken into account as early as formation.
What the Act requires
A joint-stock company publishes on an internet site, without undue delay after coming into existence and on an ongoing basis thereafter, the particulars it is obliged to state on its business documents, together with the further particulars laid down by the Act (Section 7(2) of Act No. 90/2012 Sb.). The Act also describes the access the site must provide: remote access, free of charge to the public, and such that the information is easily accessible once the electronic address is entered. It does not expressly require a domain of the company’s own.
On its business documents an entrepreneur must state its name and registered office, and an entrepreneur entered in the Commercial Register must also state the particulars of the entry, including the section and file number, and the identification number assigned to it (Section 435(1) of Act No. 89/2012 Sb.). If the company also states the amount of its share capital, it may state only the subscribed and paid-up part (Section 7(1) of Act No. 90/2012 Sb.).
By comparison, a Czech s.r.o. has no duty to set up a website. If it does set one up, however, the same publication rules apply to it (Section 7(3)).
What is published on the website on an ongoing basis
The most important items are the documents connected with the general meeting. The convener publishes the notice of the meeting on the company’s internet site at least 30 days before the date of the general meeting and at the same time sends it to shareholders holding registered shares at the address in the list of shareholders, or to shareholders holding book-entry bearer shares at the address in the records; the articles of association may replace the sending with another method. The notice must remain on the website until the meeting is held (Section 406). If an amendment of the articles is on the agenda, the full text of the proposed amendment is published on the website together with the notice (Section 407(3)).
The second area is the financial statements. The board of directors publishes them on the internet site so that they are available for at least 30 days before the date of the general meeting and for 30 days from their approval or non-approval, together with the annual report or, where none is prepared, with the report on business activity and the state of the company’s assets (Section 436). In the monistic system the administrative board has the same duty (Sections 456(7) and (8)), and the articles of association may provide for another way of discharging it, provided it does not curtail shareholders’ right to information (Section 456(9)).
A sole shareholder and holding companies
In a company with a sole shareholder, that shareholder exercises the powers of the general meeting alone (Section 12(1)), so in practice no notices arise. The duty under Section 7(2) does not, however, distinguish by the number of shareholders. Even a subsidiary joint-stock company of a Slovak parent therefore needs an address at which its basic particulars are publicly available. The content of the page need not be extensive, but it must correspond to the current entry in the Commercial Register and be updated on an ongoing basis whenever the particulars change.
How to arrange it
When forming the company under our forming an a.s. in Czechia service, we will remind you what must be ready on the site immediately after registration, and we will set up the articles of association so that the publication of documents before the general meeting works without complications. We prepare notices, draft resolutions and minutes under our general meeting and shareholder decisions service. Further duties of a new company relate to its capital, addressed in our answer on the share capital of a Czech a.s. and paying it up, and to the choice of shares, addressed in our answer on registered or bearer shares in a Czech a.s..
This answer provides general information on the law as at 12 September 2026. It does not constitute legal services or replace an assessment of an individual case. The details of your situation may differ. Book a consultation to discuss them.
