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13/02/2014
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Tariffs of parking at the center are far from properly inform consumers Photo: Handout / Procon
RIO - Four rotating parking lots of downtown Rio Carioca by Procon will be fined for unfair not to inform or increase its price to the consumer clear and correct manner. According to an agency of the City Department of Consumer Affairs , 15 establishments began to be monitored from the beginning of the year due to the reduction of parking spaces in the region .
Of the 12 companies that showed clearly the collected amounts , the only establishment which increased prices was Landeira 's Park , Avenida Gomes Freire . The increase was 11.5 % compared to December. The Procon sent a notification to the parking lot to find out the reasons for the adjustment .
Three other parks - the underground garage Santa Luzia , in Pres . Antonio Carlos , s / n º , rotary parking lots Rua Visconde de Inhaúma , 63 , and Street of the Senate , 248 - not furnished their tables Procon and have been reported for violating Article 31 of the Code of Consumer Protection , which deals with lack of adequate consumer information and will be fined R $ 2,221.16 .
According Solange Amaral , head of the Secretariat for Consumer Protection of the City Government , monitoring the prices of parking nearby Avenida Rio Branco began in January , so it was announced a reduction of about a thousand jobs in the region :
- Our first action was hidden tax , went to the parking lots , photographed plates price. Then we made an official visit and subsequently forwarded letter urging establishment 15 to inform their price lists . Within a week, one of the car parks made an adjustment of 11.5% , we notify to report the reason for the increase .
The secretary stressed that the goal of the action is not to propose a price-fixing , but curb unconscionability . And pointed out that consumers have a fundamental role , can and must report abuse .
- If there are increases , the parking lots will have to justify them with indices of the economy : an input increases , property tax , labor . Supply and demand can not be considered sufficient to increase scandalously a price . Monitoring is preventive , but it's good to remember that these entrepreneurs who have business license from the city to work - Alert Solange .
GLOBE searched establishments fined by Procon Carioca . The underground garage Santa Luzia , in Pres . Antonio Carlos , s / n º , which justified its pricing Seasons specific available on their website . Have the rotary parking Rua Visconde de Inhaúma , 63 , explained that as the billing site was also required by Procon Carioca , chose not to submit the necessary documentation .
The parking lots of Senate Street , 248 , and Landeira 's Park were sought by GLOBE , but remained silent.
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