Month: September 2018

(Prague, August 30, 2018) In the second quarter of this year, the Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out 105 inspections, focusing also on law that puts obligation traders to properly identify their clients. The situation slightly worsened when compared with the second quarter of 2017, as inspectors reported violations of such law in 15 cases, which was by 10 cases more than in the same period last year. "We can say, however, that traders have observed the limitations of night time opening hours, i.e. from 22.00 to 06.00, when the buy-out...

(Prague, September 26, 2018) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority alerts consumers about the changes of the opening hours of the Information and Advisory Service. As from October 1, 2018, personal visits to the premises of the seats of individual CTIA inspectorates will be possible during the following opening hours within two week days: Monday 8 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday 8 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. The change doesn’t affect the Středočeský and Prague Inspectorate where the opening ours for the consumer public remain the same. ...

(Ústí nad Labem, September 26, 2018) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority of the Ústí Region and Liberec Region carried out inspections at the exhibition Zahrada Čech in Litoměřice. It carried out 12 inspections and detected violations of law in case of only one seller who didn’t inform consumers about prices of offered products and didn’t issue any bill of purchase.

(Ostrava, September 20, 2018) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority carries out annual inspections on NATO Days aimed at compliance with the Act on Consumer Protection. This year, deficiencies were detected in 4 of 10 inspections.

(České Budějovice, September 9, 2018) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority carried out 19 inspections of stand sale at the exhibition Země živitelka 2018. Inspectors found to breaches of law in 12 of them, which was 63 %.

(Prague, September 7, 2018) Seasonal clearance sales and special offers in supermarkets are a great attraction for many Czech consumers. The Czech Trade Inspection Authority continuously monitors compliance with the Consumer Protection Act, which regulates, among other things, the fairness of sale of products. In the second quarter of 2018, 1,308 inspections were carried out and violations of legal regulations were detected in more than 50 percent of cases. “Individual CTIA inspectorates often use submissions from consumers who experience incor...

(Prague, August 17, 2018) E-commerce via e-shops, social media and auction portals is still on increase and represents increasingly more significant field of trade and services. The Czech Trade Inspection Authority pays long-term attention to this area and carried out inspections aimed at e-shops in the second quarter of 2018 as well. It detected breaches of legal regulations within 218 of the total number of 260 inspections, which represented almost 85%. “The situation hasn’t changed in comparison with the same period of last year. Results sho...

(Liberec, September 4, 2018) The Czech Trade Inspection Authority of the Ústí nad Labem Region and the Liberec Region carried out an extraordinary inspection aimed at selling alcohol to minors in Liberec. CTIA officers found that some entrepreneurs sell alcohol to persons under the age of 18. In three of the four inspections, "hard" alcohol was sold to teenage figurant of the Czech Trade Inspection Authority.