Procedimiento y sanciones administrativas en materia de consumo

Abstract

Resumen: El presente artículo estudia las sanciones en el procedimiento administrativo cuyo origen se encuentra en la inobservancia, por parte de los proveedores, de lo establecido en el Estatuto de Defensa del Consumidor. En primer lugar, veremos cómo se lleva a cabo el acto administrativo y quiénes intervienen en él. En segundo lugar, trataremos los eventuales recursos judiciales disponibles para los proveedores sancionados. Finalmente, analizaremos la responsabilidad civil del Estado por la imposición de sanciones administrativas.

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to find guidelines on a series of aspects related to the administrative sanction procedure as a result of the non-observance by the suppliers of the Consumer Defense Statute. Thus, it will be studied which subject is competent to substantiate the procedure and, finally, to issue the administrative act of sanction, how this procedure is carried out, what happens with the conciliatory instance and what decalogue of possible sanctions is presented to the Public Administration. Then the study will continue with the possible judicial remedies that the sanctioned providers may impede and which would be, where appropriate, the competent judge, to finally arrive at the development of a particular topic which is the feasibility or not of the civil responsibility of the State for the imposition of administrative sanctions in what would be a hypothesis of responsibility for its lawful activity.