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18/03/2013
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Luiz Cláudio had to pay the price of four hours to 30 minutes Photo: Ana Paula Viana
Stop the car in parking lots of malls River is up to 83% more expensive than two years ago, when it took effect a state law determining the fractional recovery - where the customer pays for the time it actually stays in place. The high is even more striking when compared to the oficial inflation rate, measured by the National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of IBGE, from 13.69% in the period.
Plaintiff law and current secretary of state Consumer Protection Cidinha Campos criticizes values, but says there is no way to fight the increases:
- Prices in Brazil are free - Cidinha says.
The controversy of fractional charge in the malls resurfaced earlier this year when the Legislature River (Alerj) managed to overturn an injunction suspending the effects of the law since April 2011. Since then, teams of Procon-RJ started visiting establishments to enforce. But in some cases, the plan backfired. In NorteShopping, $ 7 at the closed period of three hours, in practice until last month, came to be charged by the fraction of an hour. To stay three hours, the value now $ 10 - 43% more.
The attorney-Sindepark Rio - body representing the parking lots - José Maquieira criticizes the law.
- When a vehicle enters the parking lot, no matter if it was only a minute. The cost starts operating, requiring a minimum base charge - says.
The seller Luiz Cláudio Silva, 50, disagrees with the criteria of the malls.
- I was 30 minutes, but had to pay the value of four hours - Luiz complained at Via Brazil in Irajá, shopping that an injunction could not be apprehended by Procon for not adopting the fractional recovery.
January 2011: Signed by Governor Sérgio Cabral, in January 2011, the Law 5.862/2011 determines that the malls have a table with the price of parking per hour split.
March 2011: The Sindepark filed a representation of unconstitutionality before the Court of Justice of Rio (TJ-RJ). An injunction was granted, suspending the effects of the law in all centers of the State of Rio
Return: Since then, the outlets again deciding how to charge for the use of parking spaces. Most kept the table with unique billing periods - three, four or even five hours long - and additional fractional charge in the period used beyond this period.
January 2013: The Legislative Assembly of Rio (Alerj) managed to overturn the injunction of Sindepark from a complaint made to the Federal Supreme Court (STF). The fractional recovery was again required in the malls.
March 2013: The malls have filed individual lawsuits in court to prevent the Procon enforce compliance with the law and imposes fines. Some of them have already got the court injunction.
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Source: Extra - Online
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