Punishment for the sale of low-quality products will tighten up

The State Duma at a plenary meeting on Wednesday in the second reading passed a bill that toughens the punishment for selling poor-quality products.
The initiative of the Government of the Russian Federation is aimed at improving the legislation in terms of ensuring rapid and effective recall of unsafe products from the market. According to the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection, in 2015 more than 75,000 cases of violations of the requirements of technical regulations of the Customs Union were identified, which is 3.5 times more than in 2013.
In this connection, the authors of the document propose to add several compositions to the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation for failure to take measures to prevent harm from the turnover of products that do not meet the technical regulations or mandatory requirements that apply before the entry into force of the technical regulations. The bill also tightens penalties for selling poor-quality products. So, the fine for legal entities will increase to 500 thousand rubles.
An unqualified substandard product is also subject to a fine. As an alternative punishment for a repeated violation, it is proposed to suspend the activities of a legal entity for up to 90 days. In both cases, the offense is confiscated.
Recall that for today in the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation there is no such responsibility. Punish can, for example, for failure to comply with the requirements of the technical regulations themselves.