INDEPABIS

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Instituto
AbbreviationINDEPABIS
Formation2008
PurposeVenezuela's consumer protection agency
Region served
Venezuela
Parent organization
Venezuelan Ministry of Commerce
Website www.indepabis.gob.ve

INDEPABIS (instituto de defensa) - Institute for Defense of People in the Access to Goods and Services) is Venezuela's consumer protection agency. It is under the control of the Ministry of Commerce.

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History

Indepabis was created in August 2008 under the Ley para el Derecho de las Personas en el Acceso de Bienes y Servicios (Law for the Right of Access to Goods and Services), replacing the previous Instituto para la Defensa del Consumidor y el Usuario (Indecu). [1]

INDEPABIS' President until February 2010 was then trade minister Eduardo Samán.

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