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02.10.2015
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Law guarantees the right to receive a maximum of five units of identical or similar product
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You typically look at the expiration date of foods before you buy them? Unfortunately, consumers still find some expired products in trades, and for this the Claim HERE News has taught what to do when going through this situation. The new news is that in Cuiabá (MT), the client must be stated that there are products out-dated exposed for sale, shall be entitled to receive, at the exact moment of the finding, another identical or similar no cost.
The law, valid in the capital of Mato Grosso, is considered relevant only in cases where the consumer has not yet made buying the item with expired. According to rules, the customer is entitled to a maximum of five units of identical or similar product, regardless of how it wishes to acquire.
This change, which gives more rights to citizens, was stipulated by Law 5987, authored by Councilman Onofre Júnior (PSB), and sanctioned on Wednesday, April 30. The parliamentary author of the law stated that "the project has consumer protection purpose. "
Missing a similar product, value of credit
If the trade does not have similar product to that found out-dated, the supplier becomes responsible for giving the consumer a credit equal to the value of the article found. The goal is to allow it to exercise its right at a later time by purchasing any product of equal, smaller or larger value, pledging to bear the difference in cost.
Establishments who break the law will be punished according to the regulations of the Consumer Protection Code and may have their activities suspended for 30 days after the second recurrence.
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