Category: Press Releases

Due to the ongoing relocation of the General Inspectorate of the CTIA and the Inspectorate of Central Bohemian Region and the City of Prague to the new headquarters in Gorazdova/Dittrichova Street in Prague, the operation of the CTIA will be substantially limited from 18 March 2024 to 28 March 2024. From 22 March 2024 to 25 March 2024 (inclusive), the CTIA's filing office will not be available, nor will the possibility of submitting applications for out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes within our online services. We therefore recommend...

(Prague, 14 March 2024) Last year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority inspected whether traders in the domestic market complied with Act No. 65/2017 Coll., on Health Protection against the Harmful Effects of Drugs, Act No. 353/2003 Coll., on Excise Duties, and Act No. 634/1992 Coll., on Consumer Protection. It carried out a total of 6,732 inspections and found non-compliance with obligations in this area in 3,464 inspections (51.46%).

(Prague, 12 March 2024) At the end of last year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out a regular inspection campaign focusing on the offer, sale and storage of pyrotechnic products. In the period from 13 November to 31 December 2023, its regional inspectorates carried out a total of 159 inspections, finding deficiencies in 78 of them (49.06%).

(Prague, 5 March 2024) Two dozen inspectors of the CTIA Inspectorate of the Central Bohemian Region and the City of Prague were deployed to inspect the SAPA. They focused on inspecting the compliance with the ban on offer, sale and storage of products infringing certain intellectual property rights. Representatives of the owners of the trademark rights also took part in the inspection action.  The inspectors of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority together with customs officers inspected a total of six selected storage containers, in which th...

(Prague, 1 March 2024) Last year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority inspected whether the basic requirements for the safety of toys for children are met and whether toys placed and made available on the market comply with technical and administrative requirements. 859 inspections were carried out, of which 511 found a breach of a legal regulation. 1,997 toy models were inspected and 1,117 models were found to have mainly administrative deficiencies. Three toys recalled on the domestic market were reported to the international alert system "S...

(České Budějovice, 21 February 2024) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority, Inspectorate of South Bohemia and Vysočina, carried out an extraordinary inspection action at the 54th World Biathlon Championships in Nové Město na Moravě. Five of ten detected violations concerned sale of alcohol to persons under 18 years of age.

(Prague, 6 February 2024) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority monitored the quality of fuels in December last year. It took 174 samples, all of which complied with the established quality requirements.

(Prague, 6 February) Influencers target the young generation with advertising, but social media sales are not always entirely transparent. Ads can be unintentionally hidden, offers unfair, product presentations distorted. That’s why today, on the global Safer Internet Day, the European Consumer Centres Network is calling on influencers to help protect the rights and health of their customers by being responsible – by following the rules on informing them of their rights when buying, by labelling advertising clearly and by verifying the safety o...

(Prague, January 17, 2024) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority (CTIA) responds to public inquiries: stating prices in hellers is no breach of any regulation surveilled by the CTIA.

(Prague, 10 January 2024) Before the Christmas holidays, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority informed the consumer public about the behaviour of the company Hezké oblečení, s.r.o., which operates the profile Létej Levně on social networks. At the end of the year, CTIA received a number of submissions from consumers and in consequence, launched an investigation into the company conduct.