(Prague, October 18, 2011) Means of civic entertainment are sources of risk to safety of consumers who are not able to neither recognize nor defend such risks. When the products are used in a common way, the dangers concern especially children and persons with limited ability to move and with limited orientation. This is why after serious injuries, including 2 fatal cases, in 2009 and 2010 the CTIA management decided that controls will be carried out also at operators of means of civic entertainment in compliance with competencies given to the CTIA by the Act on General Safety of Products. Although only one case at the Matějská pouť (St. Mathew’s Fair) has been investigated this year, controls at 16 producers of various attractions were carried out until late September and defects were found in 15 cases. Other controls took place at 158 operators: 346 attractions were examined and breaches of obligations were found in 34 cases.