Czechia

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🇨🇿 Czechia

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Company Identifiers

• IČO (ICO): Primary registration number — 8 digits (e.g., 21110365).
  • Spaces are tolerated in inputs (e.g., 19188 889 → 19188889).
• DIČ: Tax identifier assigned by the Czech tax authority.
  • Always returned as identifiers.dic (normalized with CZ prefix).
• VAT number (DPH): Present only for VAT-registered entities (plátce DPH).
  • Format: CZ + 8–10 digits (e.g., CZ21110365).
  • Companies/legal entities typically have VAT = CZ{IČO} (8 digits).
  • Sole traders/individuals may have 9–10 digits; VAT can differ from IČO.
  • Nonprofits may or may not be VAT-registered; returned only when applicable.
  • Sourcing: We set identifiers.vat to the same value as identifiers.dic only when ARES indicates active DPH status; we do not query the DPH registry or synthesize VAT from IČO.

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Search Capabilities

• By IČO (8 digits, with or without spaces): search("19188889") or search("19188 889")
• By company name (contains/partial match): search("PalmApp Tech s.r.o.")
• Inputs must be either IČO or name. DIČ/VAT are not supported as search inputs.
• Supports both companies and sole traders.

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Data Sources and Orchestration

• ARES (Administrative Register of Economic Subjects) is used for search and the initial company profile.
• ARES indicates a primary source per entity:
  • vr → Commercial Register (justice.cz)
  • rzp → Trade Licensing Register
• Orchestration strategy:
  • Start from ARES for discovery and base attributes.
  • Fetch from the indicated primary source and merge into the profile.
  • If no primary is indicated or a fetch fails, query both VR and RZP and merge available data.
  • For overlapping attributes, the primary source takes precedence over ARES.
• Final profiles may be enriched (activities, standardized legal form, status) via AI parsers for consistency.

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Company Status

• Active
• In Liquidation (treated as active)
• Under Insolvency Proceedings
• Dissolved/Closed
• Unknown

• Signals are taken from the Commercial Register (VR), the Trade Licensing Register (RZP), and ARES.
• If any official register shows the entity as active, status is Active. Entities explicitly in liquidation are labeled In Liquidation and remain active.
• When registers indicate insolvency proceedings, status is Under Insolvency Proceedings (reflects proceedings, not outcome).
• If a register shows deletion/dissolution or provides a cessation date, status is Dissolved/Closed and a closure date is included when available. When present in source texts, a closure reason may be provided (e.g., bankruptcy, merger, acquisition by sole shareholder, court order).

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Legal Forms

• The local legal form (Právní forma) is preserved from registries and then standardized.
• We map to ISO 20275 when possible and provide English translations.
• Available legal forms (from ARES_LEGAL_FORM_MAPPING):

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Legal Representatives

• Extracted from the Commercial Register under Statutární orgán.
• Role names are kept locally and standardized; e.g., Jednatel → Managing Director.
• Start/end dates of functions are captured where available.

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Shareholders

• Extracted from the Commercial Register under Společníci.
• If a shareholder has multiple entries/shares, we sum them into a single aggregate stake.
• Nominal contribution (Vklad) in CZK is included when available.