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Shopkeeper charging abusive prices on the beaches of Rio will be fined R $ 509

13/02/2014

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City Government publishes decree combat violations of the Code of Consumer Protection
 
The Carioca Procon started , on Wednesday , the operation "consumer , the beach is yours," aiming to curb practices stallholders and hawkers who violate the Code of Consumer Protection ( CDC ) as the charging abusive prices and married of products and services , on the edge of the river sale fiscal distributed leaflets highlighting the prohibitions and obligations of traders , the beaches of Copacabana , Leme , Flamengo and Sao Conrado . The team caught kiosks selling hot - mixed R$ 20 and R$ 10 coconut .
 
- These are examples of abusive prices - said the municipal secretary of Consumer Affairs and coordinator of Procon Carioca , Solange Amaral , without , however, explaining the parameter for classification .

Coordinator of Protest - Brazilian Association of Consumer Protection , Maria Ines Dolci said there is no way to prove what is abuse or not , since the CDC does not set prices :

- But what is considered high price without cause may be framed by the CDC . Rio is a tourist town , but prices have been overkill . What consumers should do is not buy , because then they will make a loss instead of profit.
 
According Solange Amaral , traders will be notified and , if they have no justification for the prices , they will receive a fine of R$ 509. The value , however , is not part of the draft decree Mayor Eduardo Paes publishes , on Thursday , in the Official Gazette , creating the Municipal Front Against unfair practices provided at CDC .
 
Hawker on Copacabana Beach , Ponchio Eugenio , 51 , agrees with the audit :
 
- Seeing water at R $ 2 . Some sell for R $ 4. Have to monitor , because these prices burn the image of the River People want to get rich from one day to another.

Subsequently , the action will be extended to restaurants , food courts and parking lots .


Source : Extra - Online

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