Category: Press Releases

(Prague, 21 May 2024) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority monitored the quality of fuels in April 2024. 250 samples were taken, three samples failed to meet the specified quality requirements, which represents 1.2% of the total number of failed samples.

(Prague, 9 May 2024) Last year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority focused on inspections of compliance with the ban on the offer, sale and storage of products infringing certain intellectual property rights. It carried out 803 inspections and found breaches of the ban on offering, selling and storing products infringing certain intellectual property rights in 360 inspections (44.8%).

(Prague, 7 May 2024) In 2023, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority focused on monitoring the compliance with Act No. 542/2020 Coll., on End-of-Life Products. It carried out a total of 1,398 inspections and found breaches of provisions of the End-of-Life Products Act in 640 cases. Most often, the final seller, distributor and manufacturer did not disclose the costs of the take-back, processing, recovery and disposal of waste electrical equipment separately from the price when selling new electrical equipment.

(Prague, 29 April 2024) The provision of the Retail Sales Hours Act prohibiting sales on certain public holidays in establishments larger than 200 square metres and other establishments applies to the Victory Day on 8 May 2024.

(Prague, 26 April 2024) Last year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out 994 inspections focused on compliance with obligations stemming from generally binding legal regulations relating to the offer and sale of products via the means of distance communication. Infringements were detected in 866 inspections.

(Prague, 25 April 2024) During the past year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority inspected whether traders discriminated against consumers. It carried out a total of 136 inspections, 50 of which found violations of legal regulations and in 8 cases suspected some form of discriminatory behaviour.

(Prague, 17 April 2024) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority monitored the quality of fuels in February 2024. 171 samples were taken, including 5 samples that failed the specified quality requirements. In the overall assessment, this represented 2.9% of the non-compliant samples.