The administration of the Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) in the Governorate OF Al Buraimi has drawn a plan for the inspection and monitoring local markets before and during Eid. Multi-teams for inspections have been formed to carry out inspection drives every day from 08:00 am to midnight on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
HE Dr. Said bin Khamis al Kaabi, the Chairman of the Public Authority for Consumer Protection has issued on July 18th 2012 a decree no. 404/2012. The first article of the four-article decree prohibits marketing and distributing melamine ware produced in Taiwan for containing formaldehyde. The second article provides for the withdrawal of the above mentioned products from all local markets for the sake of keeping public health safe. The third article provides for the punishment of whoever violates this decree according to the article no. 21 of the Consumer Protection Law. The fourth article provides for enacting the decree from the date of issue.
In the framework of the keenness of the Public Authority for Consumer Protection on the safety and health of consumers, the Public Prosecution has published four orders penalty, imposing the fines totaling four hundred RO against four defendants for violating the provisions of Article (8) of the Consumer Protection Law issued by Royal Decree No. 81 / 2002, with the lack of commitment to put goods' prices.
The Administration of Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) in the Governorate of al Dakhlia has seized 271 expired goods and products of cosmetic plant and medical natural herbs offered for sale.
Within the efforts done by the Public Authority for Consumer Protection for the settlement of disputes and resolution of complaints reported to the cabinet of the authority or to the different administrations all over the Sultanate, PACP has succeeded in finishing many settlements for the sake of consumer who submitted complaints regarding to variety of issues between them and sellers and companies operating in Oman.
During periodic inspections, the Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) represented at its judicial seizer officials, has seized an Asian seller works for a women’s clothing shop in al Khuwair promoting and selling liquor.
Within efforts done by Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) to control prices of goods and services and regulate the local market in order to reduce counterfeit goods and products in addition to these goods that damage health, safety and environment; and through the continual communication of PACP with companies and corporates in the Sultanate to achieve these goals and aims, Mohsen Haider Darwish Group (MHDG) has stepped a bold, pioneering and unprecedented step recently. MHDG, after consultations with PACP, has reduced the prices of spare parts for all vehicles that the group is its sole agent and distributer in the Sultanate, by 35%.
A primer court order has been sentenced for an Indian nationality defendant convicted the price manipulation and the violation of the consumer protection law. He was sentenced to prison for six months with a fine of fifty riyals for violating Article (295) of the Omani Penal Law and stop the penalty of imprisonment and fined also one thousand riyal, because of his violation of consumer protection law according to Article (21).