Intensifying the interventions of oversight teams and a digital platform for reporting violations
On Tuesday, Minister of Internal Trade and National Market Control, Amal Abdel Latif, chaired a remote working meeting with the regional directors of trade. To discuss the decentralized mechanism for daily monitoring of prices, availability, and supplies.
This meeting comes in implementation of the instructions of the President of the Republic during the Council of Ministers meeting, to establish a mechanism for daily monitoring of prices. And the abundance of basic consumer materials across the national territory.
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The meeting was devoted to presenting the methodology adopted in this regard Mechanism. The Minister also gave instructions on the necessity of doubling the oversight teams. It intensifies its field interventions on a daily basis, to monitor prices and availability of basic consumer goods.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Minister stressed the need for continuous mobilization of the sector’s interests, for effective follow-up of prices through daily bulletins. In addition to launching a digital platform to report price violations and anything that affects consumer safety.
The Ministry of Internal Trade calls for strict adherence to the mandatory price announcement
On Monday, the Ministry of Internal Trade and National Market Control, in a statement, reminded all active economic traders in various sectors of the obligation to announce prices and tariffs.
The obligation to announce prices and tariffs includes all products and services. So that it is clear and legible, in accordance with the applicable legislative provisions.
She pointed out Ministry It stated that breach of this obligation exposes the person to judicial prosecution in accordance with the provisions of the law. With the administrative closure of the commercial store, and the seizure of the products subject to the violation.
Before calling on all economic operators to strictly adhere to this obligation. In order to ensure the transparency of commercial transactions and protect the rights of consumers to be informed of prices and tariffs.
The law specifying the rules applicable to commercial practices stipulates that customers must be informed of the prices and tariffs of goods and services, by any means that shows them visually and legibly.
Economic operators are punished for violating the failure to inform of prices and tariffs, with a fine ranging from 5,000 to 100,000 Algerian dinars (10 million centimes).
