Consumer Law in Senegal and Potential Threats to the Welfare of Consumers in the ECOWAS Region

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2019 in the subject Law - Civil / Private / Trade / Anti Trust Law / Business Law, grade: 10, , course: DROIT ECONOMIQUE, language: English, abstract: In Senegal, where consumer protection is the subject of legal action given in the Code of consumption, the institutions aim to enforce and to give consumers the means to defend their rights and interests. Despite these measures, however, disappointments and unfair practices are still common. Thus, with the application of the Common External Tariff of ECOWAS since 1 January 2015, many goods and services circulate more cross-border. Therefore, the Senegalese consumer should be better protected. Hence, the creation of the COUNCIL OF HIGH CONSUMPTION, whose mission is to provide security, because it is necessary to strengthen the coordination of national enforcement authorities and to deal with the risks associated with globalization of production.