Sanya Punishes Seafood Restaurant Price Fraud!, Top penalty of 500000 yuan Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau | Unit | Sanya
In order to purify the tourism market environment and welcome the arrival of the summer tourism market, Sanya has recently increased its supervision and rectification efforts in the seafood and catering industry. On June 30th, the Office of the Leading Group for Comprehensive Improvement of the Tourism Market and Environment in Sanya City revealed that it plans to impose a maximum administrative penalty of 500000 yuan on a Sanya Pinmouhui Restaurant suspected of price fraud.
Recently, the Sanya Municipal Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau, the Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, and the Municipal Public Security Bureau established a joint action special group to carry out law enforcement actions on the First Market and its surrounding areas, increase efforts to rectify illegal and irregular business practices in the seafood catering market, and create a high-quality consumption environment. After investigation, it was found that during the process of providing seafood processing services, a restaurant in Sanya Pinmouhui changed the pricing unit of lobster processing fees without following the seafood processing fee bulletin board, and did not fulfill the price promise to deceive consumers. This behavior violates Article 19 of the Regulations on Clear Pricing and Prohibition of Price Fraud. According to Article 22 of the Regulations on Clear Pricing and Prohibition of Price Fraud and Article 7 of the Regulations on Administrative Penalties for Price Violations, the Sanya Municipal Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau intends to impose a maximum fine of 500000 yuan on the parties involved.
The focus of this rectification is on illegal and irregular business practices that involve soliciting customers for kickbacks. The special team has conducted inspections on Sanya Tianya Weimouxuan Restaurant and Sanya Maomou Private Restaurant Management Co., Ltd., and found that both catering units have hired solicitors to take consumers to their seafood processing stores, and have engaged in business activities by giving solicitors a certain percentage of rebates, disrupting the fair competition order in the market and damaging the legitimate interests of other operators, suspected of commercial bribery. His behavior violates Article 18 of the Anti Unfair Competition Regulations of Hainan Special Economic Zone. According to Article 43 of the Anti Unfair Competition Regulations of the Hainan Special Economic Zone, the Sanya Municipal Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau intends to impose administrative penalties of 100000 yuan and 150000 yuan respectively on the parties involved in the above-mentioned units based on the number and amount of transactions.
The relevant person in charge of the Office of the Leading Group for Comprehensive Improvement of the Tourism Market and Environment in Sanya City stated that the various tourism departments in Sanya will strengthen their coordination and cooperation, focus on the supervision and rectification of water tourism, seafood catering, transportation and other fields, timely intervene in the investigation of the problems reflected, and take measures in accordance with the law and regulations to deal with the actual illegal and irregular business activities, resolutely safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of tourists.