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07/10/2015
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The Justice Department announced today (9) e-commerce, data protection, financial services and tourism are among the topics inserted in the new proposal for the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection.
The final proposal was adopted at the 7th Conference of the United Nations review of all aspects Multilaterally Agreed Set of Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Trade Practices, which takes place this week in Geneva.
The process of document update is done by the National Secretariat of the Ministry of Consumer Justice (Senacon), which coordinates the working group on consumer data protection, electricity, public works and tourism, together with the Federal Ministry of Justice and the German Consumer Protection.
National Secretary for Consumer, Juliana Pereira, the creation of a permanent group of experts at the United Nations to monitor the implementation of the guidelines and discuss other consumer interest issues is a major breakthrough in this update. "The world economy is based on consumption, nothing fairer than assure consumers the right to speak at the United Nations," he said in a statement.
According to the ministry, the current revision of the document is considered of great importance to the protection and consumer protection worldwide, since the dynamics of consumer relations is constantly changing as consumers have more access to goods and services. The next step is approval of the final text by the United Nations General Assembly in December.
Since 2012, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has been conducting the review process of the guidelines together with experts in consumer protection of the member countries.
Source: EBC
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