LAW N° 61/2013 OF 23/08/2013 ESTABLISHING NATIONAL STANDARDS INSPECTORATE, COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AUTHORITY (NICA) AND DETERMINING ITS MISSION, ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING | 61/2013 OF 23/08/2013 — Rwanda law | Esheria

LAW N° 61/2013 OF 23/08/2013 ESTABLISHING NATIONAL STANDARDS INSPECTORATE, COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AUTHORITY (NICA) AND DETERMINING ITS MISSION, ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING

This provision creates NICA and says the law sets out its mission, organization, and functioning.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
61/2013 OF 23/08/2013
Status
Not in force
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
mul
Updated
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This provision creates NICA and says the law sets out its mission, organization, and functioning. This article defines terms used in the law, including batch, accreditation, competition, inspection, sample, quality, dominant position, consumer, safety, and metrology. NICA’s head office must be in Kigali City, and it may move elsewhere in Rwanda if necessary. NICA may also open branches elsewhere in the country if needed, with approval by a Prime Minister’s Order. NICA must carry out its main missions, including advising the Government, inspecting standards and quality, monitoring consumer-protection and trade rules, cooperating with similar institutions, maintaining a quality management system, preventing anti-competitive practices, and educating consumers. The Minister in charge of Justice may issue an order conferring judicial police powers on NICA inspectors.