The Senate at its session yesterday passed amendments, fostering protection of consumer rights and introducing administrative liability for petty theft of coal, and goods made of it.
Now, the laws stipulate that in contracts between legal entities, a penalty of 0.5% of the price of uncompleted part of the obligation for each day of delay shall be charged for late delivery of goods or their partial delivery. At the same time, the total amount of the penalty should not exceed 50% of the price of undelivered goods, unperformed work or non-provided services.
Such liability applies only to contracts between legal entities, but does not apply to transactions involving individuals, noted the Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee Kutbidin Burkhanov.
According to amendments to the Protection of Consumer Rights Law, the seller shalll be obliged to pay a penalty in the event of late delivery of goods to an individual. The penalty will be 0.5% of the price of uncompleted part of the obligation for each unit of delay - a minute, hour or day, depending on the contract terms. In this case, the total value of the penalty should not exceed the cost (100%) of goods.
As senators noted, in 2024 alone, the Competition Development and Consumer Rights Protection Committee received over 30 thousand requests, of which 4,213 concerned violations of the delivery terms of goods (cars, household appliances, prepared food, etc.). When analyzing contracts for the sale and purchase of cars alone, 5,332 cases of delayed deliveries by sellers were identified.
Earlier, the MPs passed a bill introducing a penalty for sellers for late delivery of goods (including food through delivery services) on February 4.
Coal theft
According to the senator, despite the measures taken to prevent theft during the delivery of coal products to consumers, cases of small-scale secret theft of coal by individuals from delivery and distribution points, as well as from trucks, have become more frequent.
Reportedly, , 68 cases of coal theft were recorded — a total of 153.5 tons in 2022, 142 cases (262 tons) in 2023, and 154 cases (279 tons) in 2024
Therefore, a new provision is being inserted into the Code of Administrative Liability — the fourth part of Article 61, which provides for liability for petty theft, embezzlement, misappropriation, abuse of office or fraud in the theft of coal fuel. The norm will apply regardless of the form of ownership of the organization.
Petty theft is deemed a crime if the value of the stolen property does not exceed 30 times the base calculation amount (11.25 million soums).
