Month: April 2014

(Ostrava, April 25, 2013) Ester time is the first year period within which consumers spend larger sums of money purchasing various foods as well as candies for carollers or presents for their relatives and friends. Thus, Easter becomes a “little Christmas” for vendors. This is why inspectors of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority focused on retail market concerning Easter assortment in Moravskoslezský and Olomoucký Regions. They detected shortcomings in more than a half of more than forty inspected entities and imposed 11 on-the-spot fines as ...

(Final report of 2013)(Prague, April 25, 2014) CTIA inspectors inspect offering, selling and storage of tobacco products anywhere they find such assortment within their activities. In 2013, within 3,363 inspections they detected breaches of obligations stipulated in the Act on Excise Duties in the total of 35 cases. Besides prohibited sale of individual cigarettes from a packaging, they detected sale for lower or higher price than displayed on the tobacco stamp as well as sale of cigarettes without marking or with damaged stamps. However, inspe...

(Prague, April 22, 2014) Mobile light intended for direct plug in can be used in any household – it is practical, small and operative. However, it is necessary to check whether it meets all required safety standards and whether it is equipped with all obligatory information and data. The Czech Trade Inspection Authority found out that it is not the case with plug light SAHARA. Therefore we warn consumers that the product which is offered in the internal market poses serious risk of injury by electric current. With regard to the danger, the ligh...

(Final report of the project of 2013) (Prague, April 15, 2014) Inspections of playgrounds and play elements are not carried out throughout the whole year, but in the months when they are used by children. Last year, due to cold weather the inspection action was launched on April 2 and lasted till the end of August. Defects were detected in 30 cases of the total of 119 inspections. CTIA inspectors inspected more than 350 installed play articles. The major aim of surveillance concerning equipment of playgrounds is to minimize risks of children’s...

(Monitoring of fuel quality in March 2014)(Prague, April 17, 2014) Workers of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority continued in monitoring of quality of fuels offered at filling stations. 5 of the total of 242 motor fuel samples taken in the market and handed over to laboratory assessment failed the requirements of technical standards. So called operational deviations resulting from negligence were detected in two petrol samples. Excessive limit of sulphur content detected within two LPG samples and oxidation instability of a petrol sample were...

(Ústí nad Labem, April 8, 2014) Have you selected a radio controlled car, plane or boat for your child? Then you should know that such toy can become very expensive indeed. Unexpected extra costs can be caused by the seller failing to meet obligations stipulated for such products in legal regulations. If the remote control operates on a different frequency than permitted, such entertainment can end up in a high fine to the user by the Czech Telecommunication Office. Inspections repeatedly carried out by the Inspectorate of the Czech Trade Inspe...

(Final report from international surveillance action concerning child care articles)(Prague, April 10, 2013) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority was involved in an international action focused on safety of child care articles, namely pushchairs and baths and baths with stands. The aim was to consider the situation in the market and check whether currently offered pushchairs and baths meet safety requirements as stipulated in applicable legal regulations or how significant potential shortcomings are. Laboratory analysis of collected samples mos...

(Final report of 2013)(Prague, March 28, 2014) In 2013, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority focused on safety of toys in the Czech market. It detected breaches of obligations stipulated in applicable legal regulations in more than a half of the total of 1,200 inspections. Inspectors imposed 548 fines amounting to about 3.2 million CZK and banned selling of 4,650 toys in the overall price of 343,543 CZK.  Special attention was paid e.g. to scooters and similar products with high risk as well as toys intended to be used by the most vulnerable co...