Consumer Defense Code: Difference between revisions

The [https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/l8078compilado.htm Consumer Defense Code] (CDC) of Brazil, english for "''Código de Defesa do Consumidor''", enacted by former president Fernando Collor, on September 11, 1990 as Federal Law No. 8.078, establishes comprehensive norms for consumer protection. It characterizes consumer rights as issues of public order and social interest, ensuring that products and services offered in the market do not pose risks to consumers’ health or safety. The Code provides a detailed regime of sanctions and administrative infractions for suppliers who violate its provisions, as well as procedural rules for both administrative and judicial enforcement of consumer rights. In line with the principle of ''lex specialis'', the Code takes precedence over the Civil Code in matters of consumer relations. Before this law, consumer rights in Brazil were scattered across isolated statutes.