Saudi: Commerce Ministry Slaps Fine on 10 Foreign Car Agencies for Violations

Saudi: Commerce Ministry Slaps Fine on 10 Foreign Car Agencies for Violations

The Ministry of Commerce has slapped financial fines on 10 car agencies in various regions of Saudi Arabia. This is for violating the provisions of the Saudi Commercial Agency Law and its executive regulations, as well as the rules for the provision of maintenance and spare parts, ensuring the quality of manufacture, and not complying with the provision of after-sales services to the consumer.

The violations included a German car agency for its failure to comply with providing spare parts featuring special technical specifications within 14 days from the date of the consumer’s request for it. The violations included penalties slapped on two American car agencies. The first agency’s violation involved the delay in repairing a consumer’s vehicle and failure to provide the required spare parts in the local market, and the second agency’s violation was a failure to disclose to the consumer the defects in the sold car at the time of sale.

The ministry also fined three Japanese car agencies. The penalty against the first was due to the delay in providing spare parts to the consumer within the period of 14 days specified by the law from the date of its request. The second Japanese agency was punished for