Focus of the controls:
The objective of the controls is to check whether products are sold that could damage children’s heath as a consequence of their unsuitable mechanical and physical features, bad construction, insufficient or incorrect warning and other information required to fulfil basic safety requirements.
In the first trimester, totally 20 controls were carried out on the territory of the Czech Republic:
In the first trimester, totally 20 controls were carried out on the territory of the Czech Republic:
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Inspectorate
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Number of controlled units / importers
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Number of findings
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Středočeský and Prague
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3
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1
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Plzeňský and Karlovarský
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1
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0
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Ústecký and Liberecký
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1
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0
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Jihočeský and Vysočina
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5
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0
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Královéhradecký and Pardubický
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3
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1
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Jihomoravský and Zlínský
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6
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3
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Moravskoslezský and Olomoucký
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1
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0
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Total
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20
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5
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Deficiencies found:
- sale of toys with information provided only in a foreign language
Actions taken:
Actions taken:
- administrative proceedings is processed with three checked persons due to their failures to meet information obligations (infringements of the section 9 par. 1, section 11 of the Act No. 634/1992 on consumer protection)
- 2 controlled persons were issued to remedy the detected defects
Conclusion:
Conclusion:
Partial results of the controls of toys from vendors (25% of findings) proved that professional sellers’ care for products is still inefficient. Among the controlled products belonged for example: small rubber balls “Hopík” and plastic eggs containing various little cars, beetles, pendants, figures and animals.
CTIA controls will continue so that products are withdrawn from the market that could harm children for who they are designed.
CTIA controls will continue so that products are withdrawn from the market that could harm children for who they are designed.