The Ministry of Economy announced that, in response to complaints received by the Ministry regarding a café in Beirut adopting exaggerated pricing, Consumer Protection Authority inspectors immediately moved to the place, and after conducting the necessary examination, an arrest report was organized against the institution concerned to record serious pricing violations.
The Ministry expressed in a statement, based on its slogan “Every citizen is a watchdog,” its appreciation for citizens who are keen to protect consumer rights and preserve Lebanon’s image and its tourist season, stressing the continued intensification of its supervisory measures to protect the consumer and control the market.
Accordingly, the file will be referred next Monday, during official working hours, to the Financial Public Prosecution to take legal action and request the application of the maximum penalties permitted by law against violators, according to the statement.
The Ministry indicated that, after the House of Representatives approved the new Consumer Protection Law, it is awaiting its publication in the Official Gazette and its entry into force, thus granting its monitors the status of a judicial police, and allowing the names of repeat violators to be published in accordance with legal principles.
