Czechia and the Netherlands at a glance
- Stamp
- Apostille, Hague Convention in force for Czechia since 16 March 1999
- Issued by
- Since October 2021, notarised documents, including powers of attorney, have been apostilled by the Notářská komora ČR (Notarial Chamber, seven regional offices)
- Language
- Czech, sworn translation
- Register
- Obchodní rejstřík (Commercial Register) (online)
- Tax treaty
- Signed 1974, in force 1974 (Rijksoverheid, 1 October 2026)
- EU trade
- EU single market and customs union
- In the Netherlands
- 50 companies controlled from Czechia in 2024, 40 in 2021 (+25%), about 1,000 jobs (CBS, 9 October 2026)
- Moving here
- EU free movement
Documents from Czechia
Passport copy, certified by a notary in Czechia.
Proof of address in Czechia, at most three months old.
Power of attorney. Sign the power of attorney before a Czech notář.
Ownership statement, one page from us.
The apostille. Since October 2021, notarised documents, including powers of attorney, have been apostilled by the Notářská komora ČR (Notarial Chamber, seven regional offices). Court-issued documents are apostilled by the Ministry of Justice. Administrative documents are apostilled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The apostille costs about 100 Czech crowns (CZK) per document and is often ready while you wait.
Good to know. A register extract from a CzechPOINT counter is valid only inside the Czech Republic. Get it from a notary (apostille via the Notarial Chamber) or from the court (apostille via the Ministry of Justice).
If a company from Czechia becomes a shareholder
Register extract, at most three months old: Obchodní rejstřík (Commercial Register). For use abroad, order the extract through a notary or the court. Extracts from a CzechPOINT counter at the post office are for use in the Czech Republic only. Plus articles, signing authority and ownership chart.
Czechia: business register and trade
Czechia's business register is one of the public registers, together with the Register of Associations. Registration is carried out by a registry court or by a notary, and the register has been kept in electronic form since 1 January 1997.
Searches are free of charge via the web-based public-registers application, and a certified copy can be obtained free of charge from its website.
Paper copies are requested at the registry court where the entity is registered. In October 2026 the portal listed their fee as 70 Czech koruna for each page or part-page. Sending extracts in electronic form to a data box or by email is also charged.
In 2025, the Netherlands exported goods worth €9.3 billion to Czechia and imported goods worth €7.9 billion from Czechia, according to provisional figures.
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