Even after the activation of the above actions, both before DIMEA and before the courts, it is observed that the above measures operate repressively and piecemeal and are usually ineffective as a result, as the above procedures end often directed against normally invisible persons and companies.
Pantelis Papadopoulos S.A. informs the consumer public that recently it has established the existence of numerous cases of illegal trade. Consumers attracted by seemingly low selling prices of products fall victim to deception and end up purchasing products that are imitations or, even worse, products that suffer from factual and legal defects.
For complaints regarding the above, the competent public body is the Interagency Market Control Unit (D.M.E.A.), which our company has already informed about and to which anyone (end consumer or trader) can do ( named) complaint, and then the D.I.M.E.A. it will intervene, issue a decision and possibly impose sanctions.
On an individual level, the legal department of our company, which works directly with the legal departments of the brands it represents, is going to carry out the necessary legal procedures, so that there is immediate action with recourse to justice to deal with the phenomenon.
Pantelis Papadopoulos SA, with a high sense of responsibility, addresses consumers with this announcement and advises consumers of the following:
1. Consumers are advised to trust for the supply of products and spare parts members of the official network of partners of our company, whose quality and authenticity are checked.
2. Consumers are invited to identify and indicate to the competent authorities, but also secondarily to our company and our local partners, phenomena that are characteristic of counterfeiting, so that it becomes possible to check the legality and legal availability of the products on the market.
3. It is recommended that consumers who have received counterfeit products or products with real or legal defects appeal to DIMEA, so that the relevant transactions can be dealt with by the competent body.
4. Consumers are advised to be extremely cautious when purchasing products outside the official network, not to uncritically trust advertisements and especially not to be attracted by seemingly extremely low prices of products without cross-checking information in order to protect themselves.
5. Finally, consumers are recommended to check in every possible way the authenticity, authenticity and honesty of the relevant websites and media, which sell supposedly genuine products at degrading prices, and to contact our company itself and our partners, so that they are informed about already identified attempts to deceive the consumer public.
