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14/02/2014
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In 12 months , the state Department of Consumer Protection and Defense , through the Procon - RJ , rose 1,713 % in the number of notices of violation issued by irregularities in stores in the state of Rio About 1,500 establishments were fined and 227 operations surveillance conducted with 1,451 fines imposed in 2013 against 80 in 2012 , said the state government on Wednesday ( 12 ) .
The seven stations distributed by Rio made 95,279 visits and Procon Dial ( 151 ) responded to 1 million connections , according to the state government , who still claimed to have reduced to 15 minutes waiting time in Expressinho , brokerage trading service between consumers and businesses . Expressinho conducted 17,527 consultations .
Operations happen daily , in various establishments , such as banks and medical centers , according to the government of Rio de Janeiro . On Tuesday ( 11 ) , tax Procon held shares in supermarkets in the Baixada Fluminense and neighborhoods in the North Zone and downtown Rio Of the ten sites monitored , nine were sued .
Action on the beaches
At the municipal level , an operation to combat charging abusive prices on the beaches of Rio began on Wednesday. Copies of the Code of Consumer Rights and pamphlets with guidelines for consumers and merchants will be distributed by Procon of Rio employees in 23 points from the waterfront.
According to the coordinator of Procon said Solange Amaral , in an interview with Good Day River until Friday ( 14 ) the operation will be educational .
" Let's start explaining to people the Code of Consumer Protection with eight basic guidelines : the issue of abusive price, bundling and non- erasure table . The consumer is the major partner . It is civil society that helps us , we do not accept the first price, "said Solange Amaral .
Source : G1
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