Consumer protection agency to start functioning in Astana

"The Agency will have functions of the ministry, operating issues are being specified now, there's no the head yet. We will coexist with the agency in parallel, they have their own authorities, and we have ours. The Agency is an authorized state body for protection of consumer rights. By virtue of the fact that it will be a state authority, it will a punitive agency, the Agency will have a right to examine and impose a penalty, bring to responsibility, the main function will be protection of consumers on all levels", - deputy chairman of the PO "Community for consumer rights protection "Adilet" Tursyn Djagparova told astana.kz.

The purpose of the round table was to optimize activities of business entities in the service and trade sector, to unite efforts in solution of issues regarding improvement of service quality, food and goods quality.