On regulating the "May Day" period
Reminder warning letter for market price action
All operators in the city:
"May Day" is approaching, in order to further standardize the market price order during the festival in our city, create a good holiday consumption environment, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, the relevant matters are hereby reminded and warned as follows:
1. Strictly abide by the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China", "Jiangsu Province Price Regulations" and other laws and regulations. All business operators should follow the principles of openness, fairness, honesty and credibility, strengthen price self-discipline, earnestly fulfill their social responsibilities, and must not use price means to infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of consumers or disrupt the market price order.
2. Strictly implement the provisions on clear pricing. Information such as service content, items, charging standards, charging basis, reduction and exemption policies, service processes, service specifications, and complaint and reporting telephone numbers should be publicized in a conspicuous position in the business premises or through other effective methods to consumers, and price changes should be adjusted in a timely manner, and goods or services must not be sold at a higher price than the marked price, and no fees that are not indicated must be charged.
3. Eliminate price gouging. Consumers must not be deceived by low prices and settle settlements at high prices; goods or services must not be sold or services provided through methods such as false discounts, price reductions, or price comparisons; prices and other price information must not be marked with deceptive or misleading language, words, numbers, pictures, or videos; prices and other price information must not be marked or weakened to induce consumers to make transactions; and prices promised must not be refused or not fully fulfilled without legitimate reasons.
Fourth, it is forbidden to raise prices. It is not allowed to fabricate or disseminate information on price increases to promote a large increase in the prices of relevant goods and services; in the course of selling goods or providing services, it is not allowed to force the sale of goods or services to increase the prices of goods or services by a large margin in disguise; and it is not allowed to increase the prices of goods and services by a large margin when the costs have not increased significantly.
Fifth, the catering industry operators should strictly implement the clear price system. The price of the same type and specification of the same type of dishes shall be uniform in the ordering menu, price tag or other ordering tools in the store, and there shall be no "two sets of menus", and there shall be no vague prices such as "seasonal price".
6. Operators in the accommodation industry, such as hotels and guesthouses, must fulfill their price commitments, and must not unilaterally break the contract or increase the price without authorization for effective reservations for rooms booked through e-commerce platforms, live-streaming sales, and other channels. If the room supplies are charged, the scope and standard of the fee shall be indicated, and the information such as the charging items and charging standards shall be indicated if the paid services such as washing and ticket booking are provided.
VII. Operators in the transportation industry, such as taxis and online car-hailing, should consciously regulate price behavior, carry out charging services in accordance with the publicized taxi pricing method, and must not charge fees that are not indicated outside of the publicized service items or the total settlement price of the platform.
8. Scenic spots and scenic spots should do a good job in publicizing fees, and strictly regulate the price behavior of small commodities, catering and other extended service operators in scenic spots. Scenic spots and scenic spots that are subject to the government's guidance price management should strictly implement the government's guidance price and implement the preferential policy on ticket prices; scenic spots and scenic spots that implement market-regulated prices should standardize their price behavior and clearly mark the prices of tickets and related services in accordance with laws and regulations.
All business operators should conscientiously carry out self-examination and self-correction in accordance with the above-mentioned requirements, and earnestly regulate price behavior. The market supervision departments at all levels in the city will continue to carry out inspections and inspections of market prices during the festival, and severely crack down on price violations such as non-implementation of clear price marking, price fraud, etc. For those who still do not rectify after being reminded and admonished, and the circumstances are serious and have a bad impact, the price violations will be strictly investigated and punished and publicly exposed. If consumers find illegal clues, please call 12315 to make a complaint and report in time.
Yancheng Market Supervision and Administration Bureau
April 26, 2024
Producer丨Xiaodong Editor丨Xiaolu
Editor-in-Chief丨Xiaofei Editor丨Xiaoxin