EU welcomes Georgia's adoption of consumer protection law
The seventh session of the Sub-committee on Economic and Sectoral Cooperation of the Georgia-EU Association, hosted on Thursday in Brussels, also involved the evaluation of the dialogue and the processes implemented between the sides within last year in the framework of the AA. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The European Union has welcomed Georgia's adoption of the Law on Protection of Consumer Rights and the launch of its implementation, the National Communications Commission of Georgia announced on Friday.
The national body said the assessment had followed EU bodies' appraisal of the country’s progress in the fulfilment of its obligations under the Association Agreement, signed between the sides in 2014.
The seventh session of the Sub-committee on Economic and Sectoral Cooperation of the Georgia-EU Association, hosted on Thursday in Brussels, also involved the evaluation of the dialogue and the processes implemented between the sides within last year in the framework of the AA.
Industrial and enterprise policy, mining activities, tourism, corporate law and governance, along with consumer and tax policies of Georgia were also on the agenda of the meeting.
The Georgian Parliament approved the bill on Consumer Protection in its third hearing on March 29, establishing rules for consumer protection and prohibiting unfair commercial practices that violate the "values of trust and good faith”.
The EU-Georgia Association Agreement, signed in 2014, included a deal on the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, which liberalises trade in both goods and services between the sides.
The agreement deepened the country’s political and economic ties with the EU in the framework of the Eastern Partnership, which was launched in 2009 and united six Eastern European countries including Georgia.
The Georgian Parliament approved a bill on Consumer Protection in a third reading with a total of 79 votes on March 29.
The newly-adopted bill establishes rules for consumer protection and prohibits “unfair commercial practices,” that violate the values of “trust and good faith.”
A consumer protection bill stipulated by the Association Agreement signed between the European Union and Georgia has passed its first hearing in the Parliament of Georgia on Tuesday.
From today Georgia is able to export its products to the European Union’s (EU) marketplace, which boasts a population of 500 million, with no custom tariffs.
Georgia has taken a monumental step forward and signed the Association Agreement (AA), which includes the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) with the European Union (EU).
The Georgian National Competition Agency is looking into a possible violation of consumer rights by USA2GEORGIA, a Georgian-based international shipping and parcel forwarding company, the state body said on Monday.
Customers of USA2GEORGIA, a Georgian-based international shipping and parcel forwarding company, will not lose possession of their parcels due to payment deadlines while their complaints against the company are pending, following a ruling by Tbilisi City Court.
Projects implemented by the Communications Commission of Georgia for protecting rights of consumers and developing media literacy were introduced by the body’s member Vakhtang Abashidze to the audience of the international conference on Competition and Consumer Protection in Tbilisi on Thursday, the state body said.