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<\/a> Requirement that pricing be printed on packaging could be unconstitutional: <\/strong>Article seven of the proposed Consumer Protection Act may be unconstitutional, House Economics Committee member Amr El Gohary tells Al Mal<\/a>. The article \u2014 which stipulates that manufacturers and service providers clearly print or otherwise make clear the prices of their goods and services, and grants Cabinet the power to use mandatory pricing on certain products \u2014 contradicts the constitution\u2019s assertion that adopts the concepts of a free economy based on supply and demand, El Gohary says. The amendments to the CPA follow a decree earlier this month <\/strong>forcing food manufacturers to print pricing product packaging<\/strong><\/a> that has manufacturers up in arms<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Requirement that pricing be printed on packaging could be unconstitutional: Article seven of the proposed Consumer Protection Act may be unconstitutional, House Economics Committee member Amr El Gohary tells Al Mal. The article \u2014 which stipulates that manufacturers and service providers clearly print or otherwise make clear the prices of their goods and services, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-639030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"d854653a-e391-4bd8-b5ea-9a8db0da9630","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"f1c5c57e-1d7e-42b9-bcf1-1d745f4add03","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[639016],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nConsumer Protection Act\u2019s stipulations on pricing may be unconstitutional, says MP - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/19\/consumer-protection-acts-stipulations-on-pricing-may-be-unconstitutional-says-mp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Consumer Protection Act\u2019s stipulations on pricing may be unconstitutional, says MP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Requirement that pricing be printed on packaging could be unconstitutional: Article seven of the proposed Consumer Protection Act may be unconstitutional, House Economics Committee member Amr El Gohary tells Al Mal. 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