| COUNTRY |
JURISDICTION |
SUBJECT |
INSTRUMENT |
LANGUAGE |
FILE
NAME |
| MERCOSUR |
Multilateral |
Advertising |
GMC Res. 126-96 on Advertising |
Spanish |
GMCRes_126_96.pdf
|
| MERCOSUR |
Multilateral |
Consumer Protection |
Presidential Declaration on the Fundamental Rights of MERCOSUR Consumers |
Portuguese |
DerechosConsum.pdf
|
| MERCOSUR |
Multilateral |
Consumer Protection - Toy Safety |
GMC Res. 23-04 on Toy Safety |
Spanish |
r_gmc_23-04.pdf
|
| MERCOSUR |
Multilateral |
Consumer Protection - Guarantees |
GMC Res. 42/98 on Consumer Defense in Contractual Guarantees |
Spanish |
Res_042_098.PDF
|
| Antigua & Barbuda |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection and Safety Act |
English |
ABcpAct.pdf
|
| Antigua & Barbuda |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Unfair Contract Terms Act |
English |
cap-451.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Federal |
Advertising |
Disposition - General & Specific Norms for Publicity or Advertising Directed to the Public Intended to Promote Over-the-Counter Medicinal Specialties, Foods, Cosmetics, Personal Hygiene Products & Perfumes, Cleaning Products, Dietary Supplements, In Vitro Diagnostics & Medical Technologies |
Spanish |
DispANMAT_4980-2005.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Federal |
Advertising |
MSAL Resolution 20/2005 - Promotion of Over-the-Counter Products |
Spanish |
ARGres20-2005otc.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the Federal Constitution |
Spanish |
ARGconstCP.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
Law 24240 on Consumer Defense (as modified by Decrees 2089/93
& 270/97 & Laws 24568, 24787 & 24999) |
Spanish |
ARGley24240.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
Resolution 616/98 Creating the Consumer Consultation Council |
Spanish |
ARGres616-98.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
Resolution 906/98 on Written Sales Contracts |
Spanish |
ARGres906-98.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
Resolution 53-2000 on Abusive Clauses (as modified by Disposition
3/2003 & Resolution 26/2003) |
Spanish |
ARGres53-2003SCDyDC.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
Decree 561-99 on Home Sales |
Spanish |
ARGdec561-99.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires |
Consumer Protection |
Law on Administrative Procedure for the Defense of Consumer
& User Rights |
Spanish |
CBAconsProtLaw.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Buenos Aires Province |
Consumer Protection |
Law 13.133 - Legal Basis for Protection of Consumers and Users |
Spanish |
PBAcpLaw.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Catamarca |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the Provisional Constitution |
Spanish |
CATconstCP.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Chaco |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provision in the Provincial Constitution |
Spanish |
CHACOconstCP.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Chubut |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provision in the Provincial Constitution |
Spanish |
CHUconstCP.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Córdoba |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provision in the Provincial Constitution |
Spanish |
CORDconstCP.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Córdoba |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Chapter of the Citizen's Charter (Law 8835) |
Spanish |
CDBAcplaw.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Formosa |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provision in the Provincial Constitution |
Spanish |
FORconstCP.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Jujuy |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provision in the Provincial Constitution |
Spanish |
JUJconstCP.pdf
|
| Argentina |
La Rioja |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the Provincial Constitution |
Spanish |
LaRconstCP.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Mendoza |
Consumer Protection |
Law 5547 on Consumer Protection (as modified through Law 7538) |
Spanish |
MENDcpLawAmended.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Mendoza |
Consumer Protection |
Decree 3492 - Implementing Law 5547 on Consumer Protection |
Spanish |
MDZcpDec.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Misiones |
Consumer Protection |
Law Establishing Procedures for the Application of National Law 24.240 on Protection of Consumers & Users in the Province of Misiones |
Spanish |
ley provincial 3.811.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Neuquén |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the Provincial Constitution |
Spanish |
NEUconstCP.pdf
|
| Argentina |
Neuquén |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Law |
Spanish |
NeuquenCPlaw.pdf
|
| Argentina |
San Juan |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions of the Provincial Constitution |
Spanish |
SJconstCP.pdf
|
| Bahamas |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Act to Make Provision for the Greater Protection of Consumers |
English |
BAHcpAct.pdf
|
| Bahamas |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Act for the Regulation of Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts |
English |
BAHunfairContracts.pdf
|
| Barbados |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Act |
English |
BARcp.pdf
|
| Barbados |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Guarantees Act |
English |
ConsGuarAct.pdf
|
| Brazil |
National |
Advertising |
SNDC Recommendation on Steps to be Adopted Uniformly by SNDC Member Organs Regarding the Advertising and Offer of Automotive Vehicles |
Portuguese |
nota02_SNDC.pdf
|
| Brazil |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provision in the 1998 Constitution |
Portuguese |
BZconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Law 8078/90 on Protection of the Consumer (consolidated version,
incorporating subsequent amendments) |
Portuguese |
lei_8078_90.pdf
|
| Brazil |
National |
Consumer
Protection |
Portaria
Regulating Information to the Consumers When the Quantity is Changed in
a Product Sold in Packaging |
Portuguese |
ProdSizeChangePort.pdf |
| Brazil |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Decree 2181-97 on the organization
of the National System of Defense of the Consumer & establishing general
norms on administrative sanctions |
Portuguese |
Decreto
nº 2.181.pdf
|
| Brazil |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Portaria 5 of 2002, Abusive Clauses |
Portuguese |
Portaria5DPDC-Cláusulas
Abusivas.pdf
|
| Brazil |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Portaria 3 of 1999, Abusive Clauses |
Portuguese |
portaria
n03_1999.pdf
|
| Brazil |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Portaria 3 of 2001, Abusive Clauses |
Portuguese |
portaria
n03_2001.pdf
|
| Brazil |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Portaria 4 of 1998, Abusive Clauses |
Portuguese |
portaria
n04_1998.pdf
|
| Brazil |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Portaria 789 of 2001, Recall Procedures |
Portuguese |
Portaria_n789.pdf
|
| Brazil |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Decree Requiring Supermarkets to Have a Bar Code Reader |
Portuguese |
BZbarCodeDec.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Acre |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
ACconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Alagoas |
Consumer Protection |
Law 5.963 Instituting the State Consumer Defense System |
Portuguese |
ALcpLaw.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Amapá |
Consumer Protection |
Law 54 on Defense of the Consumer |
Portuguese |
APcpLaw.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Ceará |
Consumer Protection |
Complementary Law 30 - Creates the State Program of Protection & Defense of the Consumer |
Portuguese |
CEcpLaw.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Espirito Santo |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
ESconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Goias |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Chapter in the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
GOconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Mato Grosso |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions of the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
MTconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions of the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
MGconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Pará |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions of the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
PAconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Paraná |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
BZPRconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Paraná |
Consumer Protection |
Establishes Administrative Sanctions to Whomever Adquires, Transports, Stores, Distributes or Resells Combustible Products in Nonconformity with the Norms of the Regulator Organ |
Portuguese |
PRservStaTestLaw.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Pernambuco |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Chapter of the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
PEconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Chapter of the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
RJconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
Consumer Protection |
Decree on the Organization of the State Consumer Defense System, Sets General Norms on Consumer Relations & on the Application of Administrative Sanctions |
Portuguese |
RJcpDec.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Rio Grande do Norte |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provision in the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
RGNconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Rio Grande do Norte |
Hydrocarbons, Consumer Protection |
Law Assuring Consumers the Right to Obtain Information on the Nature, Brand, Source & Quality of Combustible Products Sold in Resale Posts |
Portuguese |
RNcombusInfoLaw.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Rio Grande do Sul |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provision of the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
RGSconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Santa Catarina |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provision of the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
SCconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
São Paulo |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions of the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
SPconstCP.pdf
|
| Brazil |
Tocantins |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer ProtectionTitle of the State Constitution |
Portuguese |
TOconstCP.pdf
|
| Chile |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Law 19.496 Establishing Norms on the Protection of Consumer
Rights |
Spanish |
CHLley19496.pdf
|
| Colombia |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provision in the Constitution |
Spanish |
COLconstCP.pdf
|
| Colombia |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Law Intervening in the Distribution of Goods & Services for the Defense of the Consumer |
Spanish |
LEY 73 DE 1981.pdf
|
| Costa Rica |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the Constitution |
Spanish |
CRconstCP.pdf
|
| Costa Rica |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Law 7472 on Promotion of Competition & Consumer Defense |
Spanish |
CRconslaw.pdf
|
| Costa Rica |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Regulation Implementing Law 7472 |
Spanish |
25234.pdf
|
| Costa Rica |
National |
Consumer Protection - Credit Cards |
Regulation on Credit Cards |
Spanish |
COScredcard.pdf
|
| Costa Rica |
National |
Consumer Protection - Guarantees |
Decree on Guarantees |
Spanish |
COSguarantia.pdf
|
| Costa Rica |
National |
Consumer Protection - Timeshares |
Regulation for the Authorization of Time-share Contracts |
Spanish |
COStimeShare.pdf
|
| Dominican Republic |
National |
Consumer Protection |
General Law on Protection of the Rights of Consumers & Users |
Spanish |
DRcpLaw.pdf
|
| Ecuador |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the Constitution |
Spanish |
ECUconstCP.pdf
|
| Ecuador |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Organic Law of Defense of the Consumer |
Spanish |
ECUcpLaw.pdf
|
| Ecuador |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Regulation Implementing the Organic Law of Defense of the Consumer |
Spanish |
ECUcpReg.pdf
|
| El Salvador |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the Constitution |
Spanish |
ELSconstCP.pdf
|
| El Salvador |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Law |
Spanish |
ELSley19960666.htm
|
| Guatemala |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the Constitution |
Spanish |
GUAconstCP.pdf
|
| Guatemala |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Legislative Decree 06-2003: Law of Protection to the Consumer
& the User |
Spanish |
GUAcpLaw.pdf
|
| Guatemala |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Implementing Regulation for the Consumer Protection Law |
Spanish |
GUAcpReglamento.pdf
|
| Honduras |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Defense Law |
Spanish |
HONcpLaw.pdf
|
| Honduras |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Implementing Regulation for the Consumer Protection Law |
Spanish |
reglmentoPC.pdf
|
| Jamaica |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Act |
English |
JAIcpAct.pdf
|
| Mexico |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
Federal Consumer Protection Law |
Spanish |
MexCPLw.pdf
|
| Mexico |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
Federal Consumer Protection Law (without recent amendments) |
English |
MxCPLaw_Eng.pdf
|
| Mexico |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
Regulation on Independent Arbitration |
Spanish |
MXconsArbReg.pdf
|
| Mexico |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
NOM-050-SCFI-2004 - Commercial Information - General Product Labeling |
Spanish |
NOM-050-SCFI-2004.pdf
|
| Mexico |
Federal |
Consumer Protection |
NOM-030-SCFI-2006 - Commercial Information - Quantity Declarations on Labels |
Spanish |
NOM-030-SCFI-2006.pdf
|
| Nicaragua |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Law 182 - Law of Consumer Defense |
Spanish |
NICconsProtLaw.pdf
|
| Nicaragua |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Regulation of Law 182 |
Spanish |
NICcpLwReg.pdf
|
| Panama |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions of the Constitution |
Spanish |
PAAconstCP.pdf
|
| Panama |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Law 29 of 1996 Setting Norms on the Defense of Competition
& Adopting Other Measures |
Spanish |
PAA_LEY
29 de 1996.pdf
|
| Panama |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Executive Decree 543 of 1997 Regulating Articles 103 &
112 of Law 29 |
Spanish |
PPAdec543.pdf
|
| Paraguay |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Law 1334 on Defense of the Consumer & User |
Spanish |
PARley1334consumidor.pdf
|
| Paraguay |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Decree Creating the National Integrated System of Consumer Protection (SNIPC) |
Spanish |
SNIPCdec.pdf
|
| Paraguay |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Decree - Administrative Procedure for the Substantiation of Summarial Processes in Consumer Defense Matters |
Spanish |
PARcpSumProc.pdf
|
| Paraguay |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Resolution Creating the Consumer Association Registry |
Spanish |
PARconsNGOreg.pdf
|
| Paraguay |
Asunción |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Defense Ordinance |
Spanish |
AsuncionCP.pdf
|
| Peru |
National |
Advertising |
Legislative Decree 716 - Advertising Norms in Defense of
the Consumer (as amended by Laws 26506 & 27311) |
Spanish |
tuo0691pdf
|
| Peru |
National |
Advertising |
Implementing Regulation for the Law on Advertising Norms |
Spanish |
RegLeyNormasPub.pdf
|
| Peru |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Provisions in the Constitution |
Spanish |
PERconstCP.pdf
|
| Peru |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Legislative Decree 716 - Consumer Protection Law |
Spanish |
PERconsProtLaw.pdf
|
| Peru |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Law 27311 - Law of Fortification of the Consumer Protection
System |
Spanish |
PERley27311.pdf
|
| Puerto Rico |
State |
Consumer Protection |
Regulation on Deceptive Practices & Advertising |
Spanish |
Reg723112.pdf
|
| Puerto Rico |
State |
Consumer Protection, Motor Vehicles |
Regulation on Motor Vehicle Guarantees |
Spanish |
PRmvMVguar.pdf
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Consumer Protection Act |
English |
TTcpAct.pdf
|
| Uruguay |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Law 17189 Setting Norms Relating to Consumer Relations |
Spanish |
URUconProtley17189.pdf
|
| Uruguay |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Implementing Decree for Law 17189 |
Spanish |
URUcpDec.pdf
|
| Venezuela |
National |
Advertising |
Law on Commercial Advertising |
Spanish |
VENadvLaw.pdf
|
| Venezuela |
National |
Consumer Protection |
Law of Protection for the Consumer & User |
Spanish |
VENcpLaw.pdf
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