News After the expiry of the six-month period, "Commerce" and "municipality" launched Sunday a campaign to control the irregularities of stores.

The Ministries of Commerce, Investment and Municipal and Rural Affairs will launch a joint campaign next Sunday to ensure that stores comply with store rules to protect consumers from confusion and confusion, and to ensure that some stores do not abuse other names similar to trademarks or do not bypass the drawing of the paintings.

The two ministries have formed a working group composed of irregularity control specialists, whose business name must be clear to the consumer, identical to what is registered in the trade register or registered trademark, and not use the methods to mislead in paintings to minimize certain words and expand other words in the trade name to accuse the consumer. For a reputable chain store, the brand does not belong and is not allowed to use it.

The campaign comes after the end of the six-month period granted by the two ministries to commercial establishments to correct store plates in accordance with the regulations in force and to apply penal sanctions to offenders in accordance with the list of fines and municipal sanctions and system of trade names providing a fine of 50,000 riyals for offenders. The penalty can be doubled in case of repeated violation.