Month: December 2017

(Prague, December 29, 2017) Last two weeks before Christmas, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority increased the number of inspections at Christmas markets. From December 11 to December 24, 2017, it carried out in total 431 inspections, including 103 cases in which breaches of legal regulations were detected (24%). Some vendors even served alcohol to youth under 18 years.

(Prague, December 28, 2017) In November 2017, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out an extraordinary inspection of fuels. Two of the total number of 240 fuel samples failed the quality requirements.

(České Budějovice, December 21, 2017) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority of the South Bohemian and Vysočina regions carried out an extraordinary inspection at the marketplace in Vyšší Brod and took 851 counterfeits for more than 4 million Czech crowns. The goods mostly consisted of textile products.

(Hradec Králové, December 19, 2017) A large extraordinary inspection was carried out by the Czech Trade Inspection Authority to see if vendors comply with law in the retail network – at public alimentation facilities and at filling stations – in the towns of Hořice and Lázně Bělohrad. Law was violated in almost half of 30 inspected workplaces.

(Prague, December 15, 2017) To traders, Christmas is the most important time of the year. Their products and services shall meet the requirements of law. Consumers should responsibly consider selection and purchases of goods that they decide to pay for. There are certain recommendations from the Czech Trade Inspection Authority based on which consumers could save both time and money.

(Prague, December 13, 2017) In the third quarter of 2017, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out inspections focused on counterfeits of goods offered and sold by some vendors as original branded products. CTIA collected 7,018 items of counterfeits amounting to almost CZK 13 million calculated in the prices of originals. “During the last two years situation in the area of counterfeited goods hasn’t changed much. Within regular inspections we detected that the ratio of counterfeited goods in the total number of inspected goods is always...

(Prague, December 8, 2017) The number of presentation sales events decreases. Unfair sellers leave the ordinary face-to-face contact and move to the online environment and also offer products on the phone. This is proven by the increased number of submissions from consumers relating to online and phone offers. In the third quarter 2017, CTIA carried out 16 inspections at presentation sales events and detected violations of laws in only 2 cases which has been the lowest number in the history of inspections. Last year, it carried out 46 inspectio...

(Prague, December 8, 2017) The number of sales presentation events decreases. Unfair sellers leave the ordinary face-to-face contact and move to the internet and offer products also on the phone. This is proven by the increased number of submissions from consumers relating to online and phone offers. In the third quarter 2017, CTIA carried out 16 inspections at presentation sales events and detected violations of laws in only 2 cases which is the lowest number in history of inspections. Last year, it carried out 46 inspections in the same perio...

(Prague, December 7, 2017) Within its inspection activities, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority focuses on compliance with legal regulations regulating buy-out of secondary raw materials. In the period from August 10 to September 30, 2017, it carried out 84 inspections on the whole territory of the Czech Republic and detected violations of law in almost 50% of cases. Vendors most frequently didn’t provide information about the buy-out prices, didn’t comply with fairness of sale and didn’t use certified measuring instruments.