Prague has banned pyrotechnics in the center on New Year’s Eve
Violation of the decree is subject to an administrative penalty, and in administrative proceedings a fine of up to 100,000 crowns can be imposed.
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Prague published decree regarding New Year’s celebrations, which prohibits the use of pyrotechnics in a wide range of public places. According to the city, the ordinance does not apply to professional fireworks, which are subject to a permit requirement under the Pyrotechnics Act. The Municipal Police of Prague and the Police of the Czech Republic will supervise the regulation of the decree and impose a fine of up to 10,000 crowns on the spot for any police officers. Violation of the decree is, however, subject to an administrative penalty and in administrative proceedings it is possible to impose a fine of up to 100,000 crowns.
The decree is based on negative experiences with the use of pyrotechnic products in sensitive parts of Prague, especially in the city center, on the waterfront, in parks and near hospitals and other facilities, such as homes for the elderly.
Free pyrotechnics will be prohibited everywhere.
a) in a conservation area in the capital city of Prague;
b) on waterways, on islands in these waterways and on land adjacent to the bed of waterways, within a width of up to 50 meters from the shore lines;
c) within a radius of 250 meters from facilities providing medical inpatient care or from homes for the elderly or from homes for persons with disabilities;
d) on dams, dykes, water reservoirs, weirs and reservoirs and at a distance of up to 50 meters from them;
e) in specially protected areas and at a distance of up to 50 meters from these areas;
f) in natural parks and at a distance of up to 50 meters from these parks;
g) at a distance of up to 250 meters from the premises of the Zoological Garden of the Capital City of Prague, animal shelters and facilities providing veterinary emergency services.
Furthermore, also, in the conservation area, on waterways, on islands in these waterways and on land adjacent to the bed of waterways, within a width of up to 50 meters from shorelines, within a radius of 250 meters from facilities providing medical inpatient care or from homes for the elderly or from homes for people with disabilities, on dams, dykes, water reservoirs, dams and reservoirs and within 50 meters of them, in specially protected areas and within 50 meters of these areas, in natural parks and in at a distance of up to 50 meters from these parks, at a distance of up to 250 meters from the premises of the Zoological Garden of the Capital City of Prague, shelters for animals and facilities providing veterinary emergency services.
Strict ban on lanterns
In the entire territory of the capital city of Prague, it is forbidden to use products that use heated air or hot exhaust gases from a flame combustion generator for their uncontrolled flight, such as products under the name lucky lanterns, flying lanterns, flying luck, flying wishes. Two years ago, for example, these lanterns killed more than 30 animals at the zoo in Krefeld, Germany, which burned because of them.
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