Putin signed a law on fines for imposing additional services on consumers

President Vladimir Putin signed law, introducing fines for imposing additional services and goods on consumers. According to the document, imposing a purchase on a consumer for a fee before concluding an agreement for the purchase of basic goods may entail an administrative fine in the amount of 2-4 thousand rubles. for officials and 20–40 thousand rubles. for legal entities.

Amendments have been made to Art. 14.8 Code of Administrative Offenses “Violation of other consumer rights.” The document also imposes liability for unjustified refusal or evasion of legal consideration of consumer claims. We are talking about claims related to violation of consumer rights. In this case, officials are subject to a fine of 15–30 thousand rubles, legal entities – in the amount of 100–300 thousand rubles.

At the end of September, Chairman of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina reportedthat the Central Bank may increase fines for imposing services several times over. According to her, the Central Bank is recording an increase in complaints about such violations and considers it necessary to make changes to the legislation. Currently, the Bank of Russia for such violations can impose a fine of up to 0.1% of capital, but not less than 100 thousand rubles.

Read more about the measures taken by financial authorities to counter the imposition of insurance in the Kommersant article. “Banks made money on policies”.