(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The Ministry of Economy has booked and fined a number of tyre retailers for dealing in secondhand tyres, said Hashim Saeed Al Nuaimi, Director of the Consumer Protection Department at the ministry.
Earlier in June, the ministry had announced a ban on selling used tyres in the country, a decision which came into effect on September 1.
The Emirates Standardisation and Metrology Authority (Esma) is cooperating with the concerned bodies at the Customs authorities to ensure that only car tyres that are complaint with the UAE standard specifications are allowed to enter the country.
Al Nuaimi said that the ministry is currently verifying complaints lodged by some consumers about a 15 per cent increase in the price of some food commodities including meat, dairy products and preserved food.
The ministry, he said, booked last week a bunch of restaurants that unreasonably increased the price of their meals, and booked some others which levied a service fee in their bills, which had been scrapped by the ministry before. However, the restaurants caught violating the rules in the country are very few in number, he said.
Regarding adherence to the price rules in the country, the ministry said it reached approximately 100 per cent sans a few violations. The ministry had handled the violators by issuing warning notices and fines.
Al Nuaimi clarified that the ministry has not granted official approval neither to the suppliers nor to the sales outlets to raise the prices of any commodity.
"Any inexplicable price hike of a commodity will be strictly met with fines and legal actions," Al Nuaimi warned. He stressed that the department stores which increased prices have been fined a sum of up to Dh100,000.
Consumers may report their complaints about shops that raise the price of their commodities to the ministry's toll-free No 600522225, he added.
Al Nuaimi stated that the ministry had refused fresh applications from some companies and farms to raise the prices of eggs.
The farms and companies explained that they need an increase in the price of edible eggs because of the price rise of yellow maize and soya bean. That had in turn affected the price of poultry fodder negatively, which accounts for 90 per cent of the production costs of the eggs.
Al Nuaimi said that the ministry asked the companies to maintain the price of the eggs unchanged. For a tray of 30 small eggs, the price would be Dh14, while medium-sized eggs will cost Dh16 and for big eggs will be priced at Dh17.
"Any company that flouts the price rules shall be slapped with a fine of up to Dh100,000," warned Al Nuaimi.
Meanwhile, the ministry received a number of complaints from parents against some schools which coerce students to buy their school requirements and needs from the school.
Acting on the complaints, the ministry directly contacted such schools and warned them against such actions, describing it as a behaviour 'incompatible' with the educational role the schools are playing.
The ministry said the schools are subject to the rules of the consumer protection law.
Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.