Instituto
AbbreviationINDEPABIS
Formation2008
PurposeVenezuela's consumer protection agency
Region served
Venezuela
Parent organization
Venezuelan Ministry of Commerce
Websitewww.indepabis.gob.ve

INDEPABIS (instituto de defensa) - Institute for Defense of People in the Access to Goods and Services) is Venezuela's consumer protection agency. It is under the control of the Ministry of Commerce.

History

Indepabis was created in August 2008 under the Ley para el Derecho de las Personas en el Acceso de Bienes y Servicios (Law for the Right of Access to Goods and Services), replacing the previous Instituto para la Defensa del Consumidor y el Usuario (Indecu).[1]

INDEPABIS' President until February 2010 was then trade minister Eduardo Samán.

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