caa a22 4500 477046665 CHVBK 20180405111332.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00411469 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00411469 Reich Norbert aut Consumer protection in countries of emerging markets: The example of Russia [Elektronische Daten] [Norbert Reich] Verbraucherschutz in Ländern mit sich entwickelnder Marktwirtschaft: Das Beispiel Rußland The paper aims at a preliminary analysis of the RCPA (Russian Consumer Protection Act of 1992) and the ZoR (Act on Advertising of 1995). Russian consumer legislation develops dynamically. It is hybrid in so far as one certainly cannot neglect its transitory character in an economy of change. It is part of the change and instrument for change of the Russian society and economy in the interest of the consumer. Some solutions appear extremely specific and can only be understood as an attempt to deal with the problems of the day. Others are rather innovative, e.g., a positive approach to consumer protection by giving the consumer certain rights which can be enforced by an agency, consumer associations, or individual consumers; the recognition of the specificity of consumer law; a general information obligation of manufacturers, sellers, and suppliers; a detailed set of remedies in sales law which go beyond the legal traditions of most EC Member States as far as the extent and the persons responsible are concerned; strict liability for defective products and services; compensating the consumer for "moral harm”; the responsibility for consumer protection and advertising by a state authority with regional offices, namely the SCAP; a group action system tailored to the specific needs of consumer associations. On the other hand, there are certainly some deficits. Suggestions for reform include: The improvement of legislation to better protect the consumer in the pre-contractual phase; reshaping of the legal technique of the acts; creation of a specific liability of importers both in sales and in product liability legislation; elimination or modification of provisions which owe their origin to still existing seller's markets once the Russian economy becomes more competitive; development of specific rules to eliminate abuses in the financial services sector, e.g., rules on disclosure and deception. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 19/1(1996-03-01), 1-43 0168-7034 19:1<1 1996 19 10603 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411469 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411469 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Reich Norbert aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 19/1(1996-03-01), 1-43 0168-7034 19:1<1 1996 19 10603 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer