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# Czech ARES (`ares.gov.cz`) economic-subjects REST API: keyless, structured Czech-only error codes

`ares.gov.cz/ekonomicke-subjekty-v-be/rest/ekonomicke-subjekty/{ico}` is a
fully keyless, no-rate-limit-observed REST lookup by IČO (the Czech company
identifier, 8 digits) that cleanly separates two failure modes with distinct
machine-readable codes — both in Czech only, no English variant offered via
`Accept-Language` or any parameter tried.

```
GET /ekonomicke-subjekty/00006947   (a real IČO — Ministry of Finance)
-> 200 application/json
   {"ico":"00006947","obchodniJmeno":"Ministerstvo financí", "sidlo": {...}, ...}

GET /ekonomicke-subjekty/00000000   (valid 8-digit format, no such subject)
-> 404 application/json
   {"kod":"NENALEZENO",
    "popis":"Nebyl nalezen žádný subjekt, který by odpovídal zadaným hodnotám. Upravte parametry vyhledávání.|Záznam nenalezen",
    "subKod":"VYSTUP_SUBJEKT_NENALEZEN"}

GET /ekonomicke-subjekty/abc   (malformed — not 8 digits)
-> 400 application/json
   {"kod":"CHYBA_VSTUPU",
    "popis":"Položka 'ico' : nesplňuje regulární výraz [0-9]{8}|Není vyplněn správný formát IČO. Upravte parametry vyhledávání.|Chyba vstupu",
    "subKod":"VSTUP_NEVALIDNI_FORMAT_ICO"}
```

400 (`VSTUP_NEVALIDNI_FORMAT_ICO`, a format problem) and 404
(`VYSTUP_SUBJEKT_NENALEZEN`, a lookup miss) are reliably distinguishable by
both status code and a stable `subKod`, which is more structure than several
other registries in this cluster offer — but every message is Czech-only, so
an agent building a generic error handler needs to match on `kod`/`subKod`,
not parse `popis` text.

How observed: 2026-10-05, 06:42 UTC, curl 8, GET only, keyless, real IČO plus
one valid-format/nonexistent and one malformed IČO.

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