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CZECH REPUBLIC: CZECH SENATE APPROVES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AHEAD OF EU ACCESSION.

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, October, 2001

The Senate on 18 October approved an amendment to the Czech Constitution that would make it possible to transfer some of the prerogatives of the Czech Republic to international organizations such as the EU, on the basis of an international agreement, CTK reported. The agreement must first be approved in a referendum or ratified by the parliament with a majority of three-fifths of present senators and at least 120 out of 200 deputies.

Fifty-four out of the 56 senators present voted in favor of the amendment and no one opposed it. Deputy Premier Pavel Rychetsky said that on the basis of the new legislation, every international agreement ratified by the Czech Republic will automatically become part of Czech law and will take precedence over it in the event of...

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