Automation of administrative proceedings in the Czech Republic: Critical reflections on the draft "ADM amendment" to the administrative procedure code

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=3nVXBAI.Uv" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=3nVXBAI.Uv</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33542/SIC2025-S-11" target="_blank" >10.33542/SIC2025-S-11</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Automation of administrative proceedings in the Czech Republic: Critical reflections on the draft "ADM amendment" to the administrative procedure code

Original language description

This article examines the emerging regulation of automated administrative decision-making in the Czech Republic, with a focus on the recent proposal to introduce a new Section 15a into the Administrative Procedure Code. While the initiative reflects broader European efforts to digitalize public administration, it also exposes serious deficiencies in legislative technique, legal safeguards, and compliance with European law. The analysis situates the Czech debate against the background of existing domestic practices, such as algorithmic processing in tax administration and simplified enforcement mechanisms in traffic law, none of which presently authorize fully automated decisions. Using doctrinal analysis, critical regulatory assessment, and a targeted comparative perspective drawing on Sweden, Germany, and France, the article demonstrates that the Czech proposal fails to provide the necessary clarity, safeguards, and systemic preparation. It concludes that a responsible framework must be comprehensive, government-led, and accompanied by explicit criteria, robust safeguards, and institutional adaptation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

STUDIA IURIDICA Cassoviensia

ISSN

1339-3995

e-ISSN

1339-3995

Volume of the periodical

13.2025

Issue of the periodical within the volume

SPECIAL ISSUE

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

170-188

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105030123846