Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-03-27

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[01] Inner Cabinet discusses proposed draft law on consumer protection

[01] Inner Cabinet discusses proposed draft law on consumer protection

Development minister Dimitris Sioufas told reporters after the meeting that the bill would create a new, modern and efficient framework for protection of the consumer, supplementing and amending existing Law 2251/1994 which, he said "was a good law".

Sioufas noted that 12 years have elapsed since the passing of the current law, stressed that adaptation was needed to the new operational environment of the markets, iin order to more effectively protect the citizens on the one hand and to contain stricter sanctions for transgressors of the legislation who defraud the citizen/consumer on the other hand.

He said it also gives consumers consumers, but also the consumer organisations, which will acquire the ability of nationwide operation, to also intervene in the operation of the markets aimed at their smoother operation.

"The big strength is not found only in the laws and the implementation of the laws, but it is also in the hands of the citizen himself, who researches, searches, reports and charges incidents of violation of the legislation, thus consolidating his own interests in the best possible way, with the smoother operation of the markets," the minister said.

Development deputy minister Yannis Papathanassiou stressed that, for the government, the consumer was the top priority, adding that "we prove this with all our actions and interventions, culminating in this draft law, which has met with the overwhelming acceptance of all the consumer organisations and agencies".

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