Category: Press Releases

(Karlovy Vary, 10 October 2024) Staff of the CTIA Inspectorate for the Pilsen and Karlovy Vary Regions, carried out an inspection operation in eight pre-selected sales areas of the "Asia Dragon Bazar" market in Svatý Kříž near Cheb at the beginning of October. They seized a total of 5,626 items of counterfeit goods, illegally bearing the trademarks of renowned manufacturers. The value of these products, calculated at the price of the originals, amounts to CZK 19,855,400.

(Prague, 7 October 2024) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority has found that a product in the market poses a serious environmental risk. It is a battery-operated toy called 'Rybolov (Fish it Out a music fishing game)'. It found multiple exceedances of lead and cadmium in the soldered joint inside the toy.

(Prague, 4 October 2024) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority has found that a product in the internal market poses a serious environmental risk. It is a battery-operated toy "BIO vařič KITCHEN TOYS". CTIA detected multiple exceedances of lead and cadmium in the soldered joint inside the toy.

(Prague, 26 September 2024) The Act on Retail and Whole Sale Opening Hours, which prohibits sales on certain public holidays, also applies to the Czech National Day on Saturday, 28 September 2024. However, retail outlets over 200 square metres can remain open in the areas where the state of danger has been declared in connection with the floods.

(Prague, 18 September 2024) This year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out a total of 124 inspections of bazaars and pawnshops between 15 April and 19 July. Breaches of legal regulations within its surveillance scope were found in 68 inspections (54.84%).

(Prague, 17 September 2024) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority monitored the quality of fuels in the month of August 2024. It took a total of 226 samples at filling stations in the Czech Republic, including 86 samples of automotive petrol, 112 samples of diesel, 24 samples of LPG and 4 samples of CNG. Two of the samples tested did not meet the specified quality requirements.

Dear consumers, Due to the consequences of the floods, the headquarters of the Regional Inspectorate of the CTIA in Ostrava has been closed since the beginning of the week. The e-mail connection /ostrava@coi.gov.cz/ and the e-filing service are fully operational, as well as the data box for registered mail, while the landline phone connection doesn't work. In important cases it is possible to contact the RI office in Olomouc by phone. The advisory and information service for in-person visits on the premises is not be available in Ostrava unt...