Law on the Consumer Protection (No. I-657). Pays/Territoire Lituanie Type du document Législation Date 1994 (2023) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Viande Fraude Aire géographique Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Europe du Nord Résumé The Law establishes and guarantees the rights of the population as the consumers of goods and services, and protects their economic and social interests. It regulates the relations between consumers and sellers or service suppliers that have been registered in the established manner if the relations are not regulated by other laws currently in effect. This Law defines consumer rights, areas of consumer protection, establishes the institutional system of consumer protection, competence of consumer protection institutions, regulates consumer education, relations between consumers and sellers, service providers, out-of-court consumer protection and liability for breaches of consumer protection legislation. The purpose of this Law is to ensure the application of the legal acts of the European Union specified in the Annex to this Law. Consumer shall be intended a natural person seeking or concluding contracts for purposes (consumption purposes) not related to his or her business, trade, craft or profession. The State Consumer Rights Protection Service is a state institution under the Ministry of Justice, implementing state policy in the field of consumer protection and ensuring the protection of consumer rights. Article 1 defines the concepts of the present Law. Article 2 defines the rights of consumers. Article 4 concerns the quality of goods and services. Article 5 provides for information of consumers. Articles 6 and following concern the right to protect consumer rights by organizations, and the protection of consumer rights by public bodies. (9 articles) Institutions dealing with consumer disputes examine all consumer claims arising from consumer legal relations, which may be decided in court, including compensation for pecuniary and/or non-pecuniary damage, as well as issues of injustice. The provisions of the Civil Code on civil liability shall be applied when resolving issues of pecuniary and/or non-pecuniary damage compensation. The State Consumer Rights Protection Service publishes information on its website about: (a) entities with the right to file claims for the protection of the public interest of consumers, and entities with the right to file claims for the protection of the collective interests of consumers in the courts of other European Union member states or other competent institutions; (b) lawsuits filed for the protection of the public interest of consumers, the course of their examination and the results of these cases; and (c) lawsuits brought by the persons referred to in Article 33 of this Law in the courts of other European Union member states and other competent institutions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, the course of their examination and the results of these cases. Texte intégral Lituanien/Anglais Site web www.litlex.lt; https