After 1993 election, Cambodian economy's rapidly growing. At the same time, some faulty goods are being marketed in Cambodia together with some unfair competition.
In
order to ensuring the protection of consumers and contributing to the promote
of fair competition, Cambodian Government enacted a new Consumer Protection Law
on November 2, 2019.
The
objective of this law is to define the rules and mechanism for contributing to
the creation of trading environment, in which;
- The
rights and interests of consumers are protected;
- The
trading is fairly competitive; and
- Consumer
and business persons conduct activities together with trust. (See Article
2)
Law
on Consumer Protection applies to any person who conducts trading activities
with consumers in Kingdom of Cambodia, whether for profit or non-profit
purpose, unless otherwise provided by separate law.
The
present law has 11 chapters with 51 articles.
Through
this law, A National Protection Committee shall set up and chaired by Minister
of Commerce (article 5) and the law also pointed out the formation of a
Consumer Association to act the following roles and duties:
- To
consult independently with Consumers and coordinate consumer related
issues;
- To act
as a presentative before the National Consumer Protection Committee or
before the court on behalf of any consumer or consumers group who’s right
and interests are infringed;
- To
represent the view and interest of consumers in public forums or the
press;
- To
receive consultation from any competent regulator on any regulation
concerning information standard issued by the competent regulator to be
provided to consumers;
- To
create a consumer protection working group in each sector; and
- To
undertake to perform other duties as assigned by National Consumer
Protection Committee. (article 6 through article 8).
For
more detailed about this law, please watch the video below:
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