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On any consumer market, being national, regional, or international, three major concerns are driving interventions by the legislator designed to increase consumers’ protection against the risks linked to the use of products or services that may prove to be unsafe. GCC member countries are currently taking initiatives aiming to consolidate the legislative and institutional framework for consumer safety and market surveillance. The intent is to put applicable laws and existing practices in conformity with internationally-admitted standards.
The paper was previously published at Revista de Direito do Consumidor, Vol. 108.
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GCC States are the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Qatar and the State of Kuwait.
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Conway (2012).
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The only exemption explicitly made under the Economic Agreement is for environment protection measures (Article 10).
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See GSO By-laws on www.gso.org.sa.
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Sultani Decree 66/2014 promulgating the Law on consumer protection.
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Bahrain: Law 35/2012 on consumer protection; Kuwait: Law 39/2014 on consumer protection; Qatar: Law 8/2008 on consumer protection and Ministerial Decree 68/2012; United Arab Emirates: Federal Law 24/2006 on consumer protection; Yemen: Law 46/2008 on consumer protection.
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Bourgoignie, T. (2017). Regional Integration and Consumer Safety: An Emerging Concern in the Gulf Region. In: Lima Marques, C., Wei, D. (eds) Consumer Law and Socioeconomic Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55624-6_10
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