Category: Press Releases

(Ostrava, July 20, 2022) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority has inspected stand sales at the Colours of Ostrava festival. In total, it carried out 8 inspections and found deficiencies in 4 cases. "Although these were minor infringements, CTIA inspectors could not issue fines on the spot because the responsible persons were not present. Therefore, all the measures imposed will be dealt with in administrative proceedings," said Boris Stabryn, Director of the Regional Inspectorate of the CTIA, commenting on the results of the inspections.

(Prague, July 1, 2022) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority of the South Bohemia Region and the Vysočina Region carried out an extraordinary inspection at the end of the school year, focusing on the sale of alcohol and tobacco to juveniles. It carried out a total of 10 inspections and found violations of law in 5 cases.

(Prague, 24 June 2022) In the first quarter of 2022, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority inspected the supply, sale and storage of counterfeit goods. It carried out a total of 286 inspections and found 82 of them in breach of the ban on offering, selling and storing products infringing certain intellectual property rights. Furthermore, it took 2,600 items of counterfeit goods for CZK 4,912,862 when calculated in the prices of originals. In terms of product range, counterfeit toys, children's products and textile products were the most frequent...

(Prague, 16 June 2022) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority has evaluated inspections aimed at ensuring the compliance with the ban on consumer discrimination. In the first quarter of this year, it carried out 50 inspections and found suspicions of consumer discrimination in 2 cases.

(Hradec Králové, 6 June, 2022) The Královéhradecký and Pardubický Inspectorate of the CTIA, based on consumer complaints, carried out 33 inspections of the sale of alcohol and tobacco products to juveniles within an extraordinary action. In more than half of the cases, sellers sold alcohol or tobacco products to minors. The students taking part in the incpestion were 16 years of age.

(Prague, June 3, 2022) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority continued its inspections of e-shops, as e-commerce has become the major platform for consumer shopping. In the first quarter of this year, it carried out 254 inspections and found violations of legal regulations in 196 cases, which represented 77.2% of all inspected e-shops. Most often, traders failed to inform consumers about the possibility to claim products or used misleading commercial practices against them.

(Brno, 27 May 2022) At the ASIA BAZAR Hatě marketplace, CTIA officers took 5,859 items of counterfeit textile clothing, footwear and haberdashery with a value of CZK 27,728,134 calculated in the prices of originals. The extraordinary inspection action was carried out in cooperation with the Police of the Czech Republic, the Czech Telecommunication Office and the Fire Rescue Service.