The National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi)as the governing institution of the National Integrated Consumer Protection System, visited 18 taps and service stations in Lima and Callao, in order to verify that the prices of fuels reported to consumers are respected, and that suppliers comply with applying the exemption from the Selective Consumption Tax (ISC) to 84, 90 octane gasoline and diesel, provided by the Executive since last April and will be in force until the end of this month. Where to make a claim against irregular prices?
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According to the regulatory entity, citizens can contact the telephone lines: 224 7777 for Lima and 0 800 4 4040 for regions. In addition to the email: [email protected]for queries and claims.
“The monitoring operation, which will be replicated in various regions of the country, was carried out jointly with personnel from the Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining (Osinergmin) who, according to their attributions, verified that the prices charged by the service stations coincided with the amounts reported on their “Facilito” platform, where you can find the most comfortable prices for fuels”, is delimited in the information disseminated by Indecopi.
In this regard, the executive president of Indecopi, Julian Palacin Gutierrez, He exhorted the service stations to transfer the reduction of the ISC to fuels to consumers, who use these products on a daily basis, and to respect the prices reported in their premises. For his part, the coordinator of the Indecopi Control Directorate, Ronald León, explained that the joint monitoring operations with Osinergmin will continue until this Tuesday with another 18 additional taps, with which 36 taps would be visited in the capital.
“He specified that although the institution is not empowered to control or set fuel prices, as a consumption authority it watches over the economic interests of consumers and that their right to access truthful and easily accessible information is respected,” they indicated.
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It should be noted that, since last April to date, Indecopi has monitored nearly 1,300 service stations nationwide to verify that the ISC exemption is applied and to verify that correct information on prices is provided to consumers.
