{"id":630338,"date":"2018-04-18T04:14:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T04:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/04\/18\/price-control-mechanism-are-here-with-the-consumer-protection-act\/"},"modified":"2018-04-18T04:14:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T04:14:41","slug":"price-control-mechanism-are-here-with-the-consumer-protection-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/04\/18\/price-control-mechanism-are-here-with-the-consumer-protection-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Price control mechanism are here with the Consumer Protection Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-01\"><\/a> <strong>LEGISLATION WATCH- The one economic law we hoped MPs would sleep on finally passed. <\/strong>The House of Representatives voted in favor of amendments to the Consumer Protection Act in a plenary session on Tuesday. The law \u2014 the single, blatantly anti-free-market piece of all the Ismail government\u2019s major economic legislation \u2014 gives its Consumer Protection Authority (CPA) head Atef \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2016\/11\/24\/traders-rewarded-with-smiley-faces\/\">Smileyface<\/a>\u201d Yakoub actual teeth to mess with business and the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t believe us? Go read the <a href=\"http:\/\/gate.ahram.org.eg\/News\/1896513.aspx\">full text of the law, courtesy Al-Ahram.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mechanisms for price controls are embedded in the law. <\/strong>Goods or services can be deemed \u201cstrategic\u201d by the CPA, in which case it can set price controls if it receives approval from cabinet, according to Article 8 of the law. These steps will be taken if the CPA suspects price manipulation and price gouging. Cabinet would need to sign off on the decision (thank, God). <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/02\/05\/consumer-protection-act-sets-out-new-regulations-for-auto-sales\/\">Previous reports had said<\/a> that cars would be classified as strategic goods under this provision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The act will force retailers to print a breakdown of prices <\/strong>on their goods including profit margins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-commerce, real estate, auto sales land in the clutches of the dreaded CPA:<\/strong> The amendments will also bring economic activities previously ungoverned by the CPA under its remit. <a href=\"http:\/\/gate.ahram.org.eg\/News\/1896513.aspx\">These include<\/a> e-commerce, real estate, and after-sales services in the automotive industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The power to censor advertisements<\/strong> \u2014 something the CPA does well and frequently \u2014 will now be officially vested in the authority, says the Al Ahram report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The law also requires manufacturers to recall products that break within a year of a consumer making a purchase<\/strong>, according to a House Economic Committee report. The report notes that this was done specifically as a result of \u201cnumerous recent complaints in the auto industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The amendments apparently also enforce stricter penalties for those violating consumer protections<\/strong> on quality and health issues. The proposed bill would also make the CPA an independent regulator under cabinet and not under the Supply Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Wherever he is now, Nasser is looking down on this bill and Atef Yakoub and smiling from ear to ear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGISLATION WATCH- The one economic law we hoped MPs would sleep on finally passed. The House of Representatives voted in favor of amendments to the Consumer Protection Act in a plenary session on Tuesday. 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