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The Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor, or Office of the Federal Prosecutor for the Consumer (PROFECO, for short), is an organization of the
who has been the federal consumer attorney since August 2017.
Mexican government
The Federal government of Mexico (alternately known as the Government of the Republic or ' or ') is the national government of the United Mexican States, the central government established by its constitution to share sovereignty over the republ ...
led by on the Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (: attorneys general) or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enf ...
. Mexico became the second Latin America
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n nation to pass a Federal Consumer Protection Law, on February 5, 1976, and later became the first to create an Office for the Prosecutor
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. By 1982, the Office had 32 representations, one in each state and one in the Federal District
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. PROFECO has in total 51 offices all over the republic, and its main office is in Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
. The most recent reform of this federal law was signed by the Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician and lawyer who was the 64th president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he p ...
at the beginning of 2018.
PROFECO works together with other organizations like CPSC (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC, CPSC, or commission) is an independent agency of the United States government. The CPSC seeks to promote the safety of consumer products by addressing "unreasonable risks" of injury ...
) from the United States
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. and Health Canada
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from Canada
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to guarantee that imported products are safe for consumer
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s. In February 2018, the representatives of these three organizations met in the U.S. to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU). With this agreement these three countries compromised to ensure the quality of imported products for south
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Etymology
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and North America
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n consumers. The representative of PROFECO in this meeting was the attorneybr>Rogelio Cerda Perezwho has been the federal consumer attorney since August 2017.
Objectives
* Protect consumers against abuses or fraud by companies operating in Mexico. * Provide information to help consumers make good decisions when they need to buy products. * Inform the community about their rights and obligations as consumers. * Create and put in practice new methods to provide prompt attention for consumer complaints.Programs
* The Good Weekend (El Buen Fin
El Buen Fin (short for "El Buen Fin de Semana," meaning "The Good Weekend") is an annual nationwide shopping event in Mexico. It began in 2011. It occurs the weekend before Revolution Day (Mexico), Mexican Revolution Day, which is observed on t ...
): a shopping weekend intended to stimulate the economy by encouraging consumption
* Who is Who on the Prices (Quien es Quien en los Precios (QQP)): PROFECO collects information about prices of products that consumers buy regularly. They make a list comparing the prices of these products at different stores, and share this information with the consumers to help them decide where is the best place to buy.
* Consumer magazine: PROFECO has published this monthly magazine for more than 40 years. In this magazine consumers will find a wide variety of information about daily life, like comparison of products, recipes, studies and alerts.
Current Commissioners
See also
*United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
The Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA)Each signatory has a different name for the agreement—in the United States, it is called the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) ...
* Canada–Mexico relations
* Mexico–United States relations
Mexico and the United States have a complex history, with war in the 1840s and the subsequent American acquisition of more than 50% of former Mexican territory, including Texas, Arizona, California, and New Mexico. Pressure from Washington was on ...
* Toy safety
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* El Buen Fin
El Buen Fin (short for "El Buen Fin de Semana," meaning "The Good Weekend") is an annual nationwide shopping event in Mexico. It began in 2011. It occurs the weekend before Revolution Day (Mexico), Mexican Revolution Day, which is observed on t ...
References
External links
* * https://www.cpsc.gov/content/cpsc-profeco-and-health-canada-issue-joint-statement-on-the-fourth-north-america-product * https://elbuenfin.profeco.gob.mx/ Federal law enforcement agencies of MexicoMexico
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Consumer rights agencies
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