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Within the special inspection activity ‘Alcohol, Drugs and Youth 2026’, CTIA uncovered 154 cases of the sale or serving of alcohol to minors
(Prague, 29 September 2026) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority has assessed the results of the special inspection activity ‘Alcohol, Drugs and Young People 2026’. In cooperation with other state administration, municipal and public health authorities, primarily the Czech Police, it carried out a total of 355 inspections within three months as part of the inspection activity and identified breaches of legal regulations in 189 of these inspections. Within the inspection activity, individuals under the age of 18 were enlisted as test customers i...
CTIA inspected products to ensure compliance with the Act on End-of-Life Products. It found breaches in more than a third of the 2,927 inspections carried out
(Prague, 15 September 2026) In 2025, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority focused on inspecting compliance with Act No. 542/2020 Coll., on end-of-life products. In total, it carried out 2,927 inspections last year and found infringements of one of the provisions of the Act on End-of-Life Products within 1,040 inspections (i.e. 35.53% of the total number of inspections carried out).
CTIA inspected sellers’ obligations when accepting card payments. It found instances of unauthorised rounding up and charging of card fees
(Prague, 10 September 2026) From mid-March to mid-July this year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (ČOI) carried out an inspection activity focused on inspecting retailers’ obligations in connection with accepting payments from consumers for purchased goods or services. Of the total of 140 inspections carried out, 42 (30 per cent) revealed breaches of legal regulations within the CTIA’s surveillance scope; of these, 12 (8.57 per cent) demonstrated a breach of one of the obligations arising from the legal regulations relating to the focus of...
CTIA identified other cases of suspected discrimination against consumers in 2Q of this year
(Prague, 3 September 2026) During the second quarter of this year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority inspected vendors to see whether they discriminate against consumers. It carried out a total of 14 inspections. Of these, 5 inspections (i.e. 35.71 per cent) revealed breaches of legal regulations within the CTIA’s scope, whilst in 2 inspections, there were grounds to suspect some form of discriminatory conduct.
CTIA inspected sellers’ obligations related to offering discounts on product prices. In the second quarter, it found breaches of sellers’ obligations in more than half of the inspections
(Prague, 31 August 2026) In the second quarter of this year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority again focused on sellers’ compliance with their obligations under Act No. 634/1992 Coll., on Consumer Protection, in relation to the provision of discounts when offering and selling goods and services. Within this inspection activity, it carried out a total of 239 inspections; breaches of legal regulations were identified in 122 of these, representing 51.05 per cent of the total number of inspections carried out.
In the second quarter of this year, the CTIA carried out inspections of second-hand shops and pawnshops. It found breaches of legal regulations in more than 40 per cent of the inspections carried out
(Prague, 18 August 2026) As part of an inspection activity in the second quarter of this year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out 67 inspections of second-hand shops, pawnshops and antique shops. It found breaches of legal regulations falling within the CTIA’s surveillance scope in 28 inspections (i.e. 41.79 per cent of the inspections carried out).
CTIA inspected compliance with the ban on the sale of alcohol and tobacco to minors: in almost half of the inspections with underage hired under-aged purchasers, alcohol was sold or served to a person under the age of eighteen
(Prague, 14 August 2026) During the second quarter of this year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority continued its inspection activity to verify whether retailers comply with Act No. 65/2017 Coll., on Health Protection against the Harmful Effects of Drugs, Act No. 353/2003 Coll., on Excise Duties, Act No. 307/2013 Coll., on the Mandatory Labelling of Alcohol, and other legal requirements within the scope of its remit. A total of 1,902 inspections were carried out, with irregularities found in 819 of them (i.e. 43.06% of the inspections carried...
CTIA carried out 103 inspections of e-shops in the second quarter, finding breaches of legal regulations in 94 of them
(Prague, 12 August 2026) In the second quarter of this year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority continued its inspections of e-shops, focusing on those suspected of failing to comply with their legal obligations. Between 1 April and 30 June 2026, a total of 103 inspections were carried out to verify compliance with the obligations arising from Act No. 634/1992 Coll., on Consumer Protection, and other legal regulations. Breaches of legal regulations were identified in 94 inspections, i.e. 91.26 per cent of those carried out.
2Q: CTIA seized 14,354 counterfeit items worth nearly 54 million crowns
(Prague, July 30, 2026) In the second quarter of this year, the CTIA continued its inspections to ensure compliance with the ban on offering, selling, and storing products infringing certain intellectual property rights. It carried out 204 inspections and found violations of the ban on offering, selling, and storing products infringing certain intellectual property rights in 111 of those inspections (54.41%).
In the first quarter this year, the CTIA seized 2,404 items of counterfeit merchandise priced at nearly 5 million crowns
(Prague, July 20, 2026) In the first quarter of this year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority continued to monitor compliance with the ban on offering, selling, and storing products infringing certain intellectual property rights. It carried out 99 inspections and found breaches of the prohibition on offering for sale, selling, and storing products infringing certain intellectual property rights in 23 of those inspections, representing 23.23% of the inspections conducted.