By Resolution No. 0330-2024/TPI-INDECOPI, the INDECOPI Court issued a binding precedent regarding the maximum period of time that may elapse between the date on which the authority recognizes the notoriety of a sign and the date on which the owner invokes the rights arising from that notoriety. [...]

On April 18, 2024, the Plenary of Congress, in its first vote, approved the opinion on Bills No. 03428-2022-CR and No. 03739/2022-CR ("Opinion"), by means of which it is proposed to modify Law No. 31143, the Law that protects consumers of services from usury [...]

The Ministry of the Environment has published the draft regulations for the law governing the prevention and control of light pollution for comment prior to publication. The purpose of the regulations is to regulate the intensity of artificial light to improve the quality of life, [...]

Recently, Indecopi declared a complaint filed by a group of companies against the Ministry of Health ("MINSA") well-founded, ruling that the prohibitions on selling food and providing medical consultations in pharmacies and drugstores constitute bureaucratic barriers that lack reasonableness, since the entity did not prove that it had previously evaluated [...]

On February 26, 2024, Eduardo Enrique Castillo Rivas, a member of Congress for the Fuerza Popular party, presented Bill No. 7117/2023-CR to the Consumer Protection and Regulatory Bodies Committee of the Congress of the Republic. This bill modifies Article 151 of Law 29571, the Consumer Code.

On February 23, 2024, Eduardo Enrique Castillo Rivas, a member of Congress for the Fuerza Popular party, presented Bill No. 7109/2023-CR to the Consumer Protection and Regulatory Agencies Committee and the Economy, Banking, Finance, and Financial Intelligence Committee of the Congress of the Republic.

On February 26, the Regulations for the Registry of Companies and Persons Carrying Out Financial or Currency Exchange Transactions, supervised by the UIF-Peru for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, were published. Here are some relevant points: Who must register? Houses of [...]

The deadline for submitting the IAOC is February 15, 2024. Here are the main aspects to consider: WHAT IS THE IAOC? It is the report that records compliance with the policies and procedures of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Prevention System (SPLAFT) [...]

On January 11, 2024, the Executive Branch decided to consider the bill that sought to eliminate the requirement to include the Single Taxpayer Registry (RUC) and the company name in advertising. Consequently, the bill has returned to the Committee on [...]

Companies today are not only governed by obligations that directly relate to their core business, but are also surrounded by new obligations, some legal and others arising from their environment, the quality standards they seek to achieve, and the standards [...]