Fujairah Municipality closed several stores for tampering with prices as these shops violated laws for raising prices of commodities.
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The municipality stressed that its strict measures towards violators and manipulators in markets who do not follow the Consumer Protection Law issued in 2006 and its executive regulations for 2007. Some of these penalties include immediate fines with a value ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 Dirhams, depending on the size and type of violation.
In the event of repeated violations, shops can face closure.
Below is a post from Fujairah Municipality:
How to Report Shops Increasing Prices in Fujairah
The Municipality calls on consumers to cooperate and report any increases in the prices of goods in the various outlets, through the call center 80036 or the Smart Fujairah application, to take legal measures towards violators.
Store Inspections in Fujairah
His Excellency Engineer Muhammed Saif Al-Afkham, Director General of Fujairah Municipality, made an inspection tour of the shops in the markets of the Emirate of Fujairah.
Al-Afkham assured that the municipality is working on conducting intensive campaigns on food and consumer goods stores, monitoring their prices in light of the precautionary measures taken by the state to combat the spread of the new Corona virus, controlling prices and violating the violators, indicating that the municipality’s consumer protection department receives consumer complaints in cooperation with the authorities.
The supervisory authority in the emirate, to take the procedures of investigation, research and investigation, and to issue an appropriate decision regarding violators of the provisions of the Consumer Protection Law.
Here’s a photo of store inspections by authorities.
