Friday, April 6 2018 11:16

ArmInfo. At present, in Armenia,  the urgent task in the field of consumer protection is to strengthen  and develop the regulatory and legal framework for this sphere,  establish business and partnership relations between government  agencies and business on its basis in order to effectively protect  the domestic consumer. The Minister of Economic Development and  Investments of Armenia Suren Karayan stated this in his welcoming  speech on April 6 at the 14th meeting of the Advisory Council on  Consumer Rights Protection of the CIS member states in Yerevan.

According to the Minister, since its accession to the Agreement of  the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Republic of Armenia  has been actively participating in the work of the CIS member states  in creating interstate agreements and normative-legal documents,  establishing cooperation and exchanging successful experience between  the authorized state bodies of our countries. Today, as he noted, the  protection of consumers' rights is becoming increasingly important as  an important component of the state's economic and social policy. "In  conditions when the processes of sustainable economic development are  going on, a free market and competition have been created, and  business entities are increasingly interested in fully satisfying the  demands of citizens, protecting the rights and interests of  consumers, and organizing the proper operation of commercial  enterprises on a legal basis are becoming increasingly important" , -  said Karayan.

According to the Minister of Economy and Development and Investments,  the Armenian government is taking measures to create an effective  system for protecting the rights of consumers, including the best  world experience, including the implementation of a coordinated  policy in the field of compliance with the requirements established  by technical regulations and metrological standards, and rules within  the CIS and the EAEU. Serious work is carried out to optimize the  structure and functions of controlling bodies, there is a reduction  in their number and simultaneous increase in the efficiency of their  work. In the work to protect consumer rights, as Karayan said, the  role of specialized public organizations, whose number in the country  has reached 14, will continue to grow.

At the same time, according to the head of the department, the  parties should take into account the need to apply digital  technological solutions that make it possible to use modern and  convenient tools for ensuring the legal turnover of goods in the  states and protecting consumer rights, one of which are tracking  mechanisms and marking of goods. Such tools will also reduce the  burden on the business by applying modern tools for analyzing large  data and reducing the amount of required reporting.

Today the 14th, annual meeting of the Advisory Council on Consumer  Rights Protection of the CIS Member States started in Yerevan. The  purpose of the event is to present the steps taken by the  Commonwealth member states, to develop common actions based on the  best international experience aimed at solving existing problems in  the field of consumer protection.