Person with a national background

A person with a state background is a natural person who performs or has performed important functions of public authority, as well as the family members and close associates of such person. A person with a national background shall not be deemed to be a person who, at the date of the transaction, has not performed essential functions of public authority for at least one year or the family members and close associates of such person.
For the purposes of this Act, a person performing essential functions of public authority is:
1. the head of state, head of government, minister, deputy minister and assistant minister; member of the parliament;
2. a judge of the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court and any other higher court whose decisions may be appealed only in exceptional cases;
3. a member of the supervisory board of the state supervisory authority and the central bank;
4. the ambassador, the charge d'affaires and the senior officers of the Defense Forces;
5. a member of the management, supervisory or administrative body of a state company.
The provisions of subsections (2) 1) to 5) include posts of the European Union and other international organizations.
A family member of the person with national background is:
1. his or her spouse;
2. a partner equivalent to the spouse in accordance with the law of the state of residence of the person or a person who has had a joint household with the person for at least one year as of the date of conclusion of the transaction;
3. his or her children and their spouses or partners within the meaning of clause 2);
4. his or her parent.
A close associate of a person with national background is:
1. a natural person who has a close business relationship with a performer of essential functions of public authority or with whom the person with national background has a joint actual beneficiary of a legal person or a contractual legal entity;
2. a person who, as the beneficial owner, wholly owns a legal person or a contractual legal entity which is known to be established for the benefit of a person with national background.