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Act No. 133 of 2013 amending Chapters 2 and 7 of the Act on Consumer Protection.

Country/Territory
Finland
Document type
Legislation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Internal trade Vending Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Fraud
Geographical area
Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act amends the Act on Consumer Protection in Chapter 2 on customer relations and Chapter 7 on consumer credit. As for customer relations, section 18 empowers a provincial office to issue a prohibition in case of illegal practices. The section also provides with respect to subsequent legal procedures. Section 20 of the same Chapter concerns supervision of customer relations by the Ombudsman.

Full text
Swedish
Website
www.finlex.fi

References - Legislation

Amends

Consumer Protection Act (No. 38 of 1978).

Legislation | Finland | 1978 (2005)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Internal trade, Contract/agreement

Source: FAO, FAOLEX