The dawn of automatisation in the administrative procedural law of the Czech Republic
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https://doi.org/10.46282/bpf.2025.07Keywords:
automatisation, administrative proceedings, Artificial Intelligence, modern administrative lawAbstract
In November 2024, a proposal for a new Article 15a of the Code of Administrative Proceedings was submitted by a group of deputies in the Chamber of Representatives of the Czech Parliament. The newly proposed article aimed to introduce the possibility of automated decision-making into the administrative proceedings in the Czech Republic. The proposed legislation aims to facilitate the acceleration and increase the efficiency of administrative proceedings. The fact is, however, that this proposal does not represent an isolated effort by Czech legislators. On the contrary, the proposal is part of a broader pan-European trend towards adopting legal rules that enable the substitution of human work (i.e., work performed by human officials) with work done by AI. The advent of AI is a phenomenon that transcends specific jurisdictions, possessing a transnational character. Thus, this article discusses the content of the newly proposed Article 15a in the context of other national legal frameworks (Spain, Federal Republic of Germany, and Estonia), which were recently adopted in Europe. In this respect, the article argues that the introduction of automatisation into the Czech administrative procedural law is inevitable. It is part of a broader trend and represents an integral part of modern administrative law in Europe. The question is not whether to automate administrative proceedings in the Czech Republic, but rather what rules and limits should be provided for such a future deployment of AI.
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