(Prague, January 25, 2012) At the start of the year 2011, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority promised to increase the number of fuel controls and to provide more detailed information in the respective field. The objective was both to increase the protection of consumers as well as fair entrepreneurs and companies and both to use new inspection mechanisms to increase discipline of entrepreneurs in the fuel market. Regarding the information about controls’ unsatisfactory results, as from April 20 the CTIA has published legitimate decisions about detected defects and amounts of sanctions on its website. The CTIA headquarters also kept its promise to increase the number of taken fuel samples in the rate of at least 20%. Totally 2,303 fuel samples were taken – which is 437 more (23.4%) than in 2010. Also a mobile laboratory joined the inspection activities and examined 113 samples. On the grounds of its 11 findings, selling of 102 poor quality fuel samples was banned at the spot. During 2011, totally 102 nonconforming fuel samples were found, i.e. 4.4% of all the checked fuel samples. “The complex of the actions taken has brought its positive results as the rate of nonconforming fuel samples decreased in terms of 3.5% when compared with the previous year 2010,” said Jan Štěpánek, the Director General of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority.