Category: Press Releases

(Prague, October 6, 2017) In the 2nd quarter of 2017, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out inspections of bazaars and pawnshops and detected breaches of law in half of the cases. Vendors most frequently didn’t inform about claims conditions and in the bill of purchase they didn’t indicate that the product was already used or that it has defects. “The Czech Trade Inspection Authority will continue in these inspections because results confirmed shortcomings in a half of the inspected workplaces. However, there is a positive news – we ...

(Ústí nad Labem, October 2, 2017) An extraordinary inspection of the CTIA Inspectorate based in Ústí nad Labem was carried out at the exhibition Zahrada Čech in Litoměřice and violations of law were detected in 50% of cases. Legal regulations were violated in eight cases.

(Prague, September 29, 2017) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out 115 inspections relating to the Act No. 223/2016 Coll. on Retail and Wholesale Opening Hours on September 28. Breaches of prohibition of sale during state holidays were detected in three case (i.e. 2.6 %).

(Hradec Králové, September 25, 2017) Going for a trip on cycle routes is no problem nowadays. Sellers of refreshments and various consumer goods used the opportunity and sold their products right along the cycle routes. That’s why the CTIA Inspectorate for the Hradec Králové and Pardubice Regions carried out 18 inspections focused on retail sale and alimentation services in these locations. Violations of law were detected in 50% of cases.

(Prague, September 22, 2017) In the second quarter of 2017, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out inspections aimed at compliance with the provision of section 6 of the Act on Consumer Protection which determines that vendors shall not discriminate consumers within sale of products and provision of services. Suspicions of certain forms of discrimination were detected in 2 cases. In one case, consumers speaking a foreign language were billed higher prices in a restaurant than Czech speaking customers. In the other case, the company or...

(Prague, September 5, 2017) In the second quarter of 2017, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out inspections within which compliance with obligations stemming from the Act No. 634/1992 Coll. on Consumer Protection was inspected. It especially focused on the offer, sale and storage of products or provision of services infringing certain intellectual property rights. Violations of legal regulations were detected in 313 of 425 inspections, i.e. 73.65%, including 93 cases in which offer, sale or storage of counterfeits were detected, whi...

(Prague, August 30, 2017) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority saw a major increase of sampled fuels quality in July when compared with June 2017 – the increase was by almost 2.5%. Only two diesel samples failed.

(Brno, August 29, 2017) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority of the South Moravian and Zlín Regions carried out an extraordinary inspection at the ASIA BAZAR hate marketplace that was focused on sale, offer and storage of goods infringing certain intellectual property rights. CTIA carried out inspection of seven sellers and found breaches of obligations in all cases.

(Prague, August 25, 2017) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority compared fuels quality of the first quarters of 2016 and 2017. The comparisons showed a certain improvement. This year even saw the best result of the first 6 months in all the years in which the Czech Trade inspection Authority carried out inspections of fuels quality on the whole territory of the Czech Republic, namely the past 15 years.

(České Budějovice, August 23, 2017) The renaissance town of Telč had many visitors at the turn of July and August because the 34th music festival Prázdniny v Telči was held there. Many stands with refreshments and various goods were there besides the cultural programme. The Jihočeský and Vysočina Inspectorate of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out 8 inspections focused especially on fairness of provision of public alimentation services as well as sale of toys and souvenirs. Inspectors detected violations in 5 cases, which represent...