The second legislature of the 2023-2024 annual session period of the Congress of the Republic was installed last Friday, March 1. One of the pending issues is the debate on the seventh withdrawal of the Pension Fund Administrators (AFP), which did not reach a consensus among the parliamentarians who make up the Economy Commission during […]
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Scotiabank announces the collection of new commissions: Congress asks the SBS for supervision
The announcement of the charging of new commissions by Scotiabank has made users of this bank become alert. In this case, the president of the Congressional Consumer Defense Commission has sent a letter to the Superintendence of Banking and Insurance (SBS). Review in this note what was the request of this commission regarding the charge […]
Congress: Commission approves project to stop the sale of fake tickets and resale at concerts
The Congressional Consumer Defense Commission (Codeco) approved unanimously On Monday, June 12, the decision was issued in Bill No. 4277, which regulates the Ticketing to events of massive concurrence, in order to curb the marketing of false tickets and the so-called “resale”. According to the proposal presented in February of this year by the congressman […]
Ban on spam calls: Consumer Defense Commission approves insistence
Unanimously, the Consumer Defense Commission (Codeco) of Congress approved the opinion of insistence that seeks to prohibit spam calls for commercial purposes. This occurs after the Executive Branch observed this proposal because, it maintains, it could affect the freedom of enterprise. “It is false or extremely improbable that free enterprise is affected, given that this […]
Leniency Program: Congress arms Indecopi in the fight to detect and punish cartels
The National Institute of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) may continue to use the Leniency Program in its fight against anti-competitive practices, after the Consumer Defense and Justice commissions of Congress approved extending the benefits in criminal headquarters for effective collaborators obtained by the regulatory body. What happened? First, it must be understood […]
Indecopi one step away from not depending on PCM: bill to convert it into OCA goes to plenary session
The Consumer Defense Commission of the Congress of the Republic unanimously approved the decision issued in bills 193/2021-CR, 555/2021-CR and 656/2021-CR which, through a substitute text, proposes turning Indecopi into a constitutionally autonomous body (OCA). With 9 votes in favor, the ruling, which contains the initiatives of congresswomen Patricia Juárez, Adriana Tudela and Susel Paredes, […]
Congress: commission asks SBS to freeze debts of those affected by protests
The Consumer Defense Commission seeks to support businesses, enterprises and mypes that have been harmed by the stoppage of their commercial activities. The head of the Consumer Defense Commission of the Congress of the republic, Elías Varas Meléndez, requested the Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFP (SBS) that financial entities evaluate freezing, for a specific […]