Category: Press Releases

(Prague, September 4, 2013) When monitoring electronic products in the retail market, CTIA inspectors detected sale of dangerous electric keyboards SHAN DOU, SD-4901A. “Proportions of the flat electric cord plug don’t comply with the stipulated model and a user can get injured by electric current when plugging it in. Besides the mentioned threat, instructions for safe use in Czech were missing and the product was not properly labelled. Therefore the sale of the keyboards was immediately banned. The product will be notified into the database of ...

(Report on special action within UEFA Super Cup in Prague)(Prague, September 3, 2013) Incorrect amounts, failure to inform about prices, overcharged bills and uncertified measuring tools were the most frequent shortcomings that inspectors of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority detected within inspections related to the football match UEFA Super Cup 2013 in Prague. While football teams and fans were preparing for the football feast, inspectors were punishing “fouls” in restaurants, shops with groceries, souvenirs, and textile goods. In the peri...

(Results of inspections of fuel quality in July 2013)(Prague, September 3, 2013) Monitoring and inspection of fuels at filling stations continued in July. Out of the total number of 225 collected samples, 8 samples – i.e. 3.6% - failed the stipulated quality requirements. “The rate of noncompliant fuel samples is almost the same, but higher proportion of serious deviations from quality standards is disturbing and suggests potential manipulation with fuels or production defects. Significance of the breaches will be taken into account by inspecto...

(Ústí nad Labem, August 28, 2013) Some smokers who don’t want to give up their pleasure seek for less harmful alternatives among which electronic cigarettes have played major part in recent years. However as the number of buyers increases, so does the number of suggestions to controls submitted to the Czech Trade Inspection Authority. “Electronic cigarettes are mostly purchased in e-shops that often don’t comply with binding legal regulations. Therefore the CTIA recommends consumers to properly check labelling of liquid fillings, so called e-l...

(Prague, August 27, 2013) Scooters still are among popular toys and the offer in the market is wide. The Czech Trade Inspection Authority continuously checks whether these products are also safe for their users. “Inspectors checked 44 types of children scooters in total within an inspection action in which 85 business entities were inspected. They detected shortcomings in 16 models – e.g. CE marking of conformity was missing, information about manufacturer, importer or distributor as well as obligatory information and warnings for consumers wer...

(Interim report for the second quarter of 2013)(Prague, August 29, 2013) Inspections of procurement centres continued in the second quarter of 2013 when the number of shortcomings increased by 20% in comparison with the previous period. “Half of inspected operators had problems abiding with applicable laws when procuring secondary raw materials. Besides breaches of fairness of sale, inspectors proved failures to inform about prices of procured secondary raw materials, use of uncertified measuring tools as well as shortcomings in obligatory regi...

(Interim report of 2nd quarter of 2013)(Prague, August 22, 2013) Controls of tour operators and travel agencies continued in 2nd quarter of 2013. In 40 cases of a total of almost a hundred inspections, one or more breaches of obligations stipulated by the Act on Consumer Protection were detected. “Inspections of the second quarter didn’t confirm the improvement within tourism services that was detected in the previous period – the results are worse by 11%,” the Director General of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority said. “I consider the high ...

(Interim report from second quarter of 2013)(Prague, August 20, 2013) Before the start of the summer season both major and minor vendors traditionally try to attract consumers to purchase within special offers and seasonal clearance sales of winter and spring goods. Attractive offers can be found in almost every shop window and some even make the impression that offered goods is almost free-of-charge. However, the opposite is true as not only consumers but also inspectors of the CTIA have learned. “In the second quarter of 2013, in total 250 fi...

(Prague, August 19, 2013) Expressive designed toy chests serve as deposit toy containers and practical equipment of many children’s rooms. With regard to the fact that especially children use them, these products must meet specific safety requirements. Inspectors of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority found several products that are offed in the market, but present a serious risk to children users. “In a catalogue of a mail order store, mobile chests intended for storing toys or cloths are offered, despite a child of preschool age easily fits ...

(Interim report of second quarter of 2013) (Prague, August 15, 2013) The same as in the previous years, CTIA inspectors monitor touristic areas and supervise whether especially occasional (seasonal) sellers and services providers harm interests of consumers and breach laws. “Unfortunately, we find the same ills and the situation has not improved during the summer,” the Director General of the CTIA Vladimír Velčovský said. “Every third inspected subject breached law – most frequently by incorrect billing and failures to respect other principles...