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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2052 - Definitions

The following terms used in this chapter shall have the meanings provided hereinbelow:
(a) Person.— Shall mean any natural or juridical person.
(b) Factory warranty.— Shall mean the document issued by the motor vehicle manufacturer attesting to the fitness of the design, materials and workmanship used in the manufacture or assembly of said motor vehicle, and assuming liability for the reimbursement, repair, replacement, substitution or any other appropriate remedy to correct the flaws, defects or deficiencies said vehicles may have, within a specific period of time.
(c) Manufacturer or maker.— Shall mean any person other than an authorized distributor or independent dealer, as such terms are defined in this chapter, who is engaged in the manufacture, making, assembly and distribution of motor vehicles, including its subsidiaries and affiliates.
(d) Factory representative.— Shall mean every person who in representation of the manufacturer or maker, or any subsidiary or affiliated corporations thereof, resides or is established in Puerto Rico, or through whom or which the manufacturer or maker may be summoned and required to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(e) Authorized distributor.— Shall mean every person who is engaged in the retail sale or distribution of motor vehicles of any make, by concession and authorization or agreement with the manufacturer or factory representative in Puerto Rico.
(f) Independent distributor.— Shall mean every person engaged in the retail sale or distribution of motor vehicles of any make who is not a part of the distribution channels established by the maker or manufacturer.
(g) Motor vehicle.— Shall mean any vehicle, truck, van or bus moved by any force other than muscle power.
(h) New motor vehicle.— Shall mean every motor vehicle registered in the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico and whose factory warranty has not expired.
(i) Consumer.— Shall mean every person who acquires a motor vehicle for personal, commercial, agricultural or industrial use, but not for reselling purposes.
(j) Distributor or dealer.— Shall mean any authorized distributor, exclusive distributor or independent distributor, and any other person engaged in the sale of new motor vehicles to consumers.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2053 - Purpose

It is the main purpose of this chapter to protect the consumer of new motor vehicles of Puerto Rico by guaranteeing to him/her that the motor vehicles he/she acquires shall have the same factory warranty granted by the makers or manufacturers to such motor vehicles in the continental United States, and that it shall always be that of the broadest scope and extension in terms of benefits, regardless of where or from whom the consumer acquires said vehicle and that the makers or manufacturers shall render the factory warranty services in a location in Puerto Rico.
Likewise, it is the purpose of this chapter to look after the interests of consumers to be safeguarded before the interests of the manufacturer, distributor, or seller, as these terms are defined in this chapter.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 3; May 6, 2005, No. 6, § 1; Aug. 8, 2006, No. 152, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2054 - Application; convincing proof of warranty offer; periodic review

This chapter shall apply equally to every manufacturer and maker whose motor vehicles are sold in Puerto Rico, but those who can convincingly prove to the Department of Consumer Affairs that they are offering equal or more favorable guarantees to Puerto Rican consumers than those they offer to the other consumers of their products, and that they are in a position to put said guarantee into effect, shall be exempted from the remaining provisions. The makers or manufacturers of reference shall present proof of the above to the Department within thirty (30) days following the effective date of this act. The Department of Consumer Affairs shall emit its decision and issue a certificate attesting that the manufacturer is entitled to this exemption, in the appropriate cases, within thirty (30) days after the date such proof is received. The Department of Consumer Affairs shall periodically ascertain whether the manufacturers who have obtained said certificate continue to be entitled to the exemption provided above.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2055 - Extension of warranty to every new vehicle

Every maker or manufacturer shall extend the factory warranty to every new motor vehicle registered in Puerto Rico, regardless of where and from whom the consumer acquired it.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2056 - Grade of warranty

The factory warranty to be granted and honored in Puerto Rico may not be inferior in its terms and conditions to the warranty granted by the makers or manufacturers to the benefit of consumers in the continental United States, provided that it shall always be that of the broadest scope and extension in terms of benefits. The manufacturer, distributor or seller shall be bound to submit to the Department of Consumer Affairs a copy of the warranty to be offered to the consumer as provided herein, with its respective Spanish translation, without further cost to the consumer. This rule shall be exempted from the provisions of §§ 59—59f of Title 1.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 6; May 6, 2005, No. 6, § 1; Aug. 8, 2006, No. 152, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2057 - Requirements for makers or manufacturers

Every motor vehicle maker or manufacturer who offers, directly or indirectly, for sale or sells new motor vehicles in Puerto Rico shall meet the following requirements:
(a) Establish an adequate system to guarantee to the consumer that there will be places in Puerto Rico where the factory warranties of said maker or manufacturer shall be honored, regardless of where and from whom such consumer acquired the motor vehicle.
(b) Submit to the Department of Consumer Affairs a true and exact copy of the written factory warranty that is granted to its motor vehicles in Puerto Rico; the name and address of the place or places in Puerto Rico in which said factory warranties shall be honored; a list of requirements and conditions regarding the rendering of factory warranty services that authorized distributors shall meet in order to obtain their franchise or concession from the maker or manufacturer; the requirements and conditions to which the rendering of the factory warranty services shall be circumscribed and the standards of payment required to honor factory warranties and the name and address of their factory representative. In addition, he/she shall submit to the Department of Consumer Affairs a true and exact copy of the factory warranty that is granted from the continental United States where the highest warranty available in its terms and conditions is recognized. The Department of Consumer Affairs shall ascertain that the same complies with the standards and requirements established in this chapter and the regulations adopted thereunder.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 7; May 6, 2005, No. 6, § 1; Aug. 8, 2006, No. 152, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2058 - Payment for rendering services under warranty

The maker or manufacturer shall pay the rendering of factory warranty services to any person who has rendered said services and who meets the requirements and conditions to which the rendering of the factory warranty services and the standards of payment, previously filed with and approved by the Department of Consumer Affairs, shall be circumscribed.
The maker or manufacturer cannot impose on the authorized distributor or independent distributor the obligation of rendering the factory warranty services to new motor vehicles not sold by him, nor institute methods or practices for the rendering of factory warranty services which may become a competitive advantage which will favor some motor vehicle dealers.
Every payment of claims made to the maker or manufacturer for the rendering of factory warranty services shall be effected in a uniform, reasonable and adequate manner.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2059 - Independent distributors, competitive disadvantage

When the system established by the manufacturer places an independent distributor at a competitive disadvantage which prevents him from rendering the factory warranty services, the Department of Consumer Affairs, with the advice of the Office of Monopolistic Affairs of the Department of Justice of Puerto Rico, shall establish, through an order to such effect and taking into account the requirements set by the maker or manufacturer, the minimum standards connected with the warranty services that shall apply to said independent distributor, so that he may comply with the obligations imposed on him by this chapter.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2060 - Defects, responsibility for damages

The maker or manufacturer shall be responsible for damages caused by defects in the manufacture, design, assembly or production of motor vehicles made or manufactured by him.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2061 - Obligation for rendering service under warranty

The authorized distributor, the independent distributor and the distributor or salesman who sells a new motor vehicle to a consumer shall be under the obligation to render the factory warranty services effectively.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2062 - Legal obligations and responsibilities

The obligations and responsibilities established in this chapter shall not relieve either the maker or manufacturer, or the distributor or seller, of the statutory liabilities and obligations prevailing in our legal system.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2063 - Regulations

The Department of Consumer Affairs shall be empowered to adopt the rules and regulations it deems pertinent to comply with the purposes of this chapter by using the powers and faculties vested in it by §§ 341—341w of Title 3, known as the “Department of Consumer Affairs Organic Act”.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2064 - Unfair business or trade practice, unfair competition

Any maker or manufacturer and any distributor or seller who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall incur unfair business or trade practices, or unfair competition, and shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 257—274 of this title.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 203 - Factory Warranty on Motor Vehicles (§§ 2051 — 2065) › § 2065 - Application

The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to vehicles introduced into Puerto Rico after the effectiveness hereof.
History —Sept. 24, 1979, No. 7, p. 1015, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 204 - Public Notice of Movie Rating (§§ 2071 — 2075) › § 2071 - Public notice of movie rating

Every movie theater and commercial establishment, including any itinerant business, that sells or rents movies in video and in any other format, technique or system, must permanently post a sign in the English and Spanish languages with the symbol and definition of each category of the rating system for the movies being shown, sold or rented, in a language that is clear and understandable to the common person. Said sign shall be posted in a place visible to all persons that visit the establishment, or itinerant business, including children. In movie theaters, the sign shall be fixed in a place where the consumer can clearly read it before buying the tickets.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 141, § 2, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 204 - Public Notice of Movie Rating (§§ 2071 — 2075) › § 2072 - Previews of coming attractions

Every movie theater shall post a notice or sign in English and Spanish advising the public if the feature presentation recommended for children under 13 years of age will include previews or trailers of movies for which it is suggested that children under 17 years of age be accompanied by an adult.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 141, § 3, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 204 - Public Notice of Movie Rating (§§ 2071 — 2075) › § 2073 - Regulations

The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall establish through regulations the information to be included in the public notice required in § 2071 of this title, as well as the minimum size required. If possible, the Secretary shall recommend a uniform design and wording for all movie theaters, permanent commercial establishments and itinerant businesses that sell and rent movies in video or any other format, technique or system, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 141, § 4, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 204 - Public Notice of Movie Rating (§§ 2071 — 2075) › § 2074 - Fines

The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs is hereby empowered to impose administrative fines of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for violation of § 2071 of this title, pursuant to §§ 341—341w of Title 3, known as the “Department of Consumer Affairs Organic Act”.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 141, § 5, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 204 - Public Notice of Movie Rating (§§ 2071 — 2075) › § 2075 - Definition

For the purposes of application of this chapter, the “Movie Rating System” shall be the system established voluntarily by the motion picture industry of the United States to provide beforehand information to the parents to help them decide which movies shall be seen by their children.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 141, § 6, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 204A - Display of Sign on the Ratings of Computer and Video Games in Commercial Establishments (§§ 2081 — 2085) › § 2081 - Definition

For purposes of the applicability of this chapter, the “Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) System” is that voluntarily established by the United States video and/or computer games industry to provide information to parents in advance, which shall help them to decide which video and/or computer games they want their children to use.
History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 420, § 2, eff. 90 days after Sept. 22, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 204A - Display of Sign on the Ratings of Computer and Video Games in Commercial Establishments (§§ 2081 — 2085) › § 2082 - Public advertisement

All commercial establishments, including traveling businesses, that sell and/or rent video and/or computer games used with electronic machines or equipment which are not operated with coins and/or tokens, and which are connected to a television set or a projection screen, as well as those used in a computer shall place and permanently keep a sign in Spanish and English in a clear and understandable language by any common person with the rating and the definition of each category of the video and/or computer games rating system sold and/or rented. Such advertisements shall be located place [sic] that is visible to all persons who visit the establishment or traveling business, including children.
In addition to the provisions of the previous paragraph, all advertisements or promotion of any video and/or computer game, issued through any local mass communications media, be it newspapers, magazines, posters, signs, among others, shall include as a part thereof the rating of said video and/or computer game, according to the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) System.
History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 420, § 3, eff. 90 days after Sept. 22, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 204A - Display of Sign on the Ratings of Computer and Video Games in Commercial Establishments (§§ 2081 — 2085) › § 2083 - Regulations

The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall establish through regulations the information to be included in the public advertisement required in § 2082 of this title, as well as the minimum size thereof. If possible, the Secretary shall recommend a design and a uniform text for all commercial establishments that sell and/or rent video and/or computer games, including traveling businesses.
History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 420, § 4, eff. 90 days after Sept. 22, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 204A - Display of Sign on the Ratings of Computer and Video Games in Commercial Establishments (§§ 2081 — 2085) › § 2084 - Fines

The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs is hereby empowered to impose administrative fines of not less than five hundred dollars ($500), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation of the provisions in § 2082 of this title, pursuant to §§ 341 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Organic Act of the Department of Consumer Affairs”.
History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 420, § 5, eff. 90 days after Sept. 22, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 204A - Display of Sign on the Ratings of Computer and Video Games in Commercial Establishments (§§ 2081 — 2085) › § 2085 - Reconsideration and review

The party affected by any determination or resolution issued by the Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs may request reconsideration thereof within the terms established in § 2165 of Title 3, part of the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act.
The determination or resolution of the Secretary may be reviewed through certiorari within the terms established in §§ 2171 et seq. of Title 3, part of the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act.
History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 420, § 6, eff. 90 days after Sept. 22, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 205 - Distribution and Showing of Cinematographic Films (§§ 2101 — 2105) › § 2101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the “Fair Practices in the Distribution and Showing of Cinematographic Films Act”.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 133, p. 494, § 1, eff. 30 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 205 - Distribution and Showing of Cinematographic Films (§§ 2101 — 2105) › § 2102 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below, except when the text clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Theaters or cinemas. — Any building in which motion pictures are regularly shown for profit.
(b) Cinematographic film distributors. — Any natural or juridical person engaged in the business of supplying films for rental, sale or any other consideration to exhibitors.
(c) Cinematographic film exhibitor. — Any natural or legal person who operates theaters or cinemas.
(d) Premiere or first run of cinematographic films. — The first public showing of a film in a competitive area according to the use and ways of the industry.
(e) Second run of cinematographic films. — The second public showing of a film within a competitive area according to the use and ways of the industry.
(f) Subsequent runs. — The public showing of a film following the second run.
(g) Guarantee. — A minimum sum of money the exhibitor must pay for the public exhibition of a film.
(h) Unreasonable advances. — The sum of money paid by the exhibitor to the distributor before the exhibition period of the film, which is not in proportion to a reasonable estimate of the exhibitor’s expected gross profit.
(i) Bids. — A written offer by the exhibitor to a distributor in response to an “invitation to bid” from the distributor, including the terms and conditions by which the exhibitor is willing to rent or lease a certain film for showing.
(j) Trade show. — Showing of a film to be distributed in the near future, which should be held before the exhibitors must submit their bids so that they have equal opportunities to submit the offer they deem pertinent.
(k) Clearance. — The period of time during which a cinematographic film is not shown in the area after its first run showing.
(l) Person. — Shall be used in this chapter, except when otherwise provided, to include natural persons, and without being considered as a limitation, the corporations, companies, societies, associations, trusts, enterprises or any other organizations or entities, as well as any two or more persons as defined in this section, in community; but shall not include public corporations or instrumentalities of the Commonwealth.
(m) Spot booking. — Those sporadic and emergency situations during which an exhibitor has no cinematographic film to show in his theater and has to resort to the distributors to lease him a film which has already been shown in Puerto Rico.
(n) Direct exhibitor by exception. — Means that exhibitor of cinematographic films who at any given moment secures the distribution of a film which is available to distributors in Puerto Rico, who for some reason do not wish to distribute said film, to be shown solely in his/her movie theaters. Every distributor shall notify all exhibitors as to his/her decision not to distribute a film.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 133, p. 494, § 2; June 9, 1996, No. 52, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 205 - Distribution and Showing of Cinematographic Films (§§ 2101 — 2105) › § 2104 - Keeping of records

Each cinematographic film distributor in Puerto Rico shall keep a record of each one of the films during the 4 years following each bid or negotiation, containing a copy of the notice referred to in § 2103(f) of this title, the date on which the bid or negotiations were initiated, the date of adjudication, besides the bids received and the names of the ones making the bids, and the winning bid.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 133, p. 494, § 4, eff. 30 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 205 - Distribution and Showing of Cinematographic Films (§§ 2101 — 2105) › § 2105 - Penalty

Any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter by a distributor or exhibitor shall be a felony and shall be subject to the payment of a fine of not less than five hundred [dollars] ($500), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be fixed in the court’s discretion. He shall likewise be subject to sanctions and legal actions pursuant to § 259 of this title.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 133, p. 494, § 5, eff. 30 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 206 - V-Chip Televisions (§§ 2111 — 2115) › § 2111 - V-Chip label

As of January 1, 2003, every importer and distributor of television sets manufactured after January 1, 2000, shall attach to each television set imported or distributed, or on its box, a removable label in Spanish and English indicating whether the unit contains a V-Chip and its use. Commercial establishments that sell televisions sets at retail must likewise display a sign indicating whether the television set contains a V-Chip when the label of the importer and distributor appears on the box containing the television set and the latter is taken out of said box to be displayed or shown for sale.
When the television set has been manufactured before January 1, 2000, the label must indicate whether or not a V-Chip can be installed.
The label required by this section shall include the information or wording determined by the Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs through regulations in clearly legible letters and attached to a visible place on the television set, its box or packaging. When the label is attached to the box or packaging of the television set and the same is removed from it for display, the label required in this section shall be placed next to the television set so that the consumer may easily identify the unit to which it corresponds.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 143, § 1, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 206 - V-Chip Televisions (§§ 2111 — 2115) › § 2112 - Regulations

The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall provide through regulations all matters convenient and necessary to enforce the provisions of § 2111 of this title, and if feasible, shall design or suggest to the importers and distributors that they adopt a uniform label.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 143, § 2, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 206 - V-Chip Televisions (§§ 2111 — 2115) › § 2113 - Orientation campaign

As of January 1, 2003 and for the term deemed necessary, the Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall conduct an educational campaign to provide orientation to the population on the use and benefits of the V-Chip. To that end, the Secretary may request and obtain the cooperation of any public or municipal agency or instrumentality. The Secretary may furthermore request the cooperation and sponsorship of the private sector in order to carry out any activity directed towards complying with the purposes of this chapter, subject to the applicable laws.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 143, § 3, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 206 - V-Chip Televisions (§§ 2111 — 2115) › § 2114 - Sanctions

The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs is hereby empowered to impose administrative fines of not less that five hundred dollars ($500) nor of more that five thousand dollars ($5,000) for violations of this chapter, pursuant to §§ 341—341w of Title 3, known as the “Department of Consumer Affairs Organic Act”.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 143, § 4, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 206 - V-Chip Televisions (§§ 2111 — 2115) › § 2115 - Definition

For the purpose of applying the provisions of this chapter, the term “V-Chip” shall mean any mechanism or electronic device with the capacity to recognize the ratings of the television programs under the Program Rating System and to block or obstruct the viewing or reception of any program on the television screen classified under a common rating or more than one rating, and whose reception is not desired. “Program Rating” shall mean any agreement voluntarily reached among commercial television stations in the United States to inform the public about the sexual, violent and lewd language contents of every program aired or broadcast.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 143, § 5, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 206A - Analog Television Sets; Converters (§§ 2121 — 2123) › § 2121 - Notice

To direct every business operating in Puerto Rico and that sells and maintains in its inventory television sets with [analog] tuners, to place a notice with the features to be established, by regulations, by the Department of Consumer Affairs in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, on those television sets containing an analog tuner in order to inform consumers that said equipment shall need a converter box, as of February 17, 2009, in order to receive over-the-air television transmission.
The businesses engaged in the sale of television sets and that have in their inventories analog tuner units, shall inform consumers of the transition from analog to digital television to take place of February 17, 2009, according to the “DTV Transition Act of 2005”. To such effects, they shall orient consumers on the available options and of the consequences of acquiring an analog television set.
The Department of Consumer Affairs is hereby directed to conduct a public awareness campaign for consumers regarding the federal reimbursement of funds program of the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce for the acquisition of converter boxes.
History —Aug. 9, 2008, No. 210, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 206A - Analog Television Sets; Converters (§§ 2121 — 2123) › § 2122 - Fine

The failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter could entail the imposition of a fine to be determined by the Department of Consumer Affairs, subject to the provisions of the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
History —Aug. 9, 2008, No. 210, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 206A - Analog Television Sets; Converters (§§ 2121 — 2123) › § 2123 - Regulation

The Department of Consumer Affairs shall temper any regulations with this chapter and to the federal provisions in effect regarding this matter.
History —Aug. 9, 2008, No. 210, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2151 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Textile Products Labeling Act”.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 1, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2152 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning expressed hereinafter:
(a) Person.—Means any natural or juridical person, association, syndicate, partnership, corporation, succession, company or any organized group of persons or their legal successors.
(b) Fiber or textile fiber.—Means a substance that can be converted into yarn and that can be threaded or converted into cloth by interweaving it into various forms by knitting, braiding or twisting it.
(c) Natural fiber.—Means a fiber which exists in its natural form as such.
(d) Synthetic fiber.—Means a processed fiber derived from a substance that was never a fiber.
(e) Filament.—Means any continuous thread that has an indefinite length.
(f) Thread.—Means a textile fiber that can be converted into cloth by interweaving, knitting or braiding it.
(g) Cloth.—Means the product which results from the interweaving of threads, fibers or filaments.
(h) Textile articles for the home.—Means every type of textile product used in the home, regardless of the specific use it is given.
(i) Textile product.—Means any fiber in its natural or processed state, or synthetic fiber used or to be used in textile articles for the home; any thread in its natural or finished state, or cloth used, or to be used in textile articles for the home, regardless of the state of said fiber, thread or cloth; and any article for the home made in whole or in part from textile fibers, synthetic fibers, thread or cloth.
(j) Attached.—Means adhered to or joined to, in any way.
(k) Department.—Means the Department of Consumer Affairs created by virtue of §§ 341—341w of Title 3.
(l) Consumer.—Means the person who obtains a textile product for his use and personal disposition through purchase with no intention of reselling said product.
(m) Generic name.—Means the official name given to a group of similar fibers classified on basis of their chemical composition and their physical and biological properties.
(n) Commercial name.—Means trademark, trade name or name by which the business firm identifies its product.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 2, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2153 - Prohibitions and exclusions

(a) The introduction, distribution, manufacture, retailing, exhibition, sale, advertising or offer for sale of any textile product in Puerto Rico that is falsely labeled, unlabeled or that is not duly labeled according to the provisions of this chapter, or if labeled, has false or deceitful information, or information that does not adjust to the nature of the textile or fiber in question, is illegal.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 3, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2154 - False labeling of textile products

Unless it is otherwise provided in this chapter, a textile product shall be considered falsely labeled:
(1) When a false or deceitful seal or label is adhered on it, regarding the contents of said product, or if the invoice or bill of lading enclosed with said textile product contains information which does not adjust to the nature or composition thereof, or is false;
(2) when, in the advertisement of the product, reference is made to an animal, unless the product or the part of the product labeled with such reference really contains the skin of said animal;
(3) when dealing with a used product, used to stuff a mattress, cushion, or upholstery and it does not have a notice on its label or seal indicating that it has been previously used to stuff another product;
(4) when it does not include the name of the country where the product was manufactured or processed.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 4, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2155 - Proper labeling

It shall be considered that a textile product is properly labeled according to this chapter, if it has a seal or label which states in a clearly legible form in writing, in Spanish and/or English, the following details:
(1) The fibers or combination of fibers contained in the textile product, designating or describing with equal prominence, and by its generic name, the natural fibers as well as the synthetic fibers, and in order of importance, according to the quantity of each of them that the product in question contains. The trade name may be used next to the generic name as long as it is not deceitful. If there is less than five percent (5%) of the fiber present, it may be labeled as “another fiber” or “other fibers” unless it is determined that it is necessary to specify all the fibers.
(2) The percent of each fiber present by weight of the total product excluding the ornaments, when it exceeds five percent (5%) of the total content. Excluding the ornaments, if a fiber or group of fibers is present in a quantity of less than five percent (5%) of the total weight, it may be labeled as “other fiber” or “other fibers”.
(3) Any other additional information that the manufacturer deems convenient or that the Department considers necessary in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Commerce Committee Act.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 5, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2156 - Deceitful advertising of textile products

It shall be considered that a textile product is advertised in a deceitful manner if in the advertisement, public notices or printed material used directly or indirectly to promote the sale of said product, the content or composition thereof is not reported as provided in § 2155 of this title. Provided, That in those cases, it shall not be necessary to specify the percent of the fiber or fibers content in the product. Likewise, the provisions of this section shall not be applicable to the commercial advertisements presented in newspapers, radio, television and movie theaters.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 6, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2157 - Labeling of packages or separate parts

It shall not be required that all the products contained in a single package have the seal or label required in this chapter individually, if it is to be sold as a unit to the consumer and the package already has the information requested by this chapter, which is applicable to each and every one of the products contained in said package.
It shall not be necessary to label each piece of cloth or any textile product to be retailed, which has been separated or cut from a bolt or piece that was duly labeled at the time of the sale.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 7, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2158 - Manufacturers register

Any person engaged in, or that manufactures, distributes or introduces textile products for the sale, offer to sell, display, distribution or retailing in Puerto Rico, shall register his name or that of his agent or representative and his firm name, as well as the address of his office or main business, his telephone number and any other information needed pursuant to this chapter, in the Department.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 8, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2159 - Removal and alterations of tags or labels

It shall be illegal to remove, mutilate, cross out, or alter the tag or seal of a textile product once it has been put on the market in Puerto Rico, and before the product is sold and delivered to the consumer.
Provided, That any person who introduces, sells or advertises a textile product for sale in Puerto Rico may substitute the product’s tag or seal, or add another one which also adjusts to the provisions of this chapter, provided the seal or tag used has the name and identification of the person who makes the substitution or addition, and the country from which the product originates.
If a person who is not the consumer opens a package which has the label required by this chapter, and the package has one or more textile products, the person who opens the package must label each and every one of the products contained therein.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 9, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2160 - Records

Every manufacturer subject to the provisions of this chapter shall keep the records on the content of the textile products he manufactures for a term of at least three (3) years from the date the product was manufactured.
Any person who substitutes a label for another according to the provisions of § 2159 of this title shall keep, for at least three (3) years, the name and address of the person or persons from whom he received the products on which he has substituted the tag or seal of label.
It shall be illegal if the records required by this chapter are not conserved.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 10, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2161 - Powers of Department of Consumer Affairs

The Department of Consumer Affairs, created by virtue of §§ 341—341w of Title 3, is hereby empowered to implement the provisions of this chapter, according to the powers and faculties conferred on it by this chapter. To such effects, it shall be empowered to carry out any legal actions for the purpose of preventing violations to what is provided herein. Any person who violates this chapter shall be subject to the penalties established in §§ 341—341w of Title 3.
The Department of Consumer Affairs shall also be empowered to:
(a) Adopt the rules and regulations needed to implement this chapter, as well as to issue, amend, revoke or reconsider any resolutions or orders to such effect.
(b) Designate the generic names of the textile fibers or materials and the contents of the label pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Commerce Committee Act.
(c) Carry out inspections, analyses, tests and investigations regarding any fiber, material or product subject to the provisions of this chapter.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 11, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 207 - Labeling of Textile Products (§§ 2151 — 2162) › § 2162 - Exceptions to this chapter

The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to:
(a) The manufacture, delivery, transportation, distribution, sale or offer for sale of a textile product produced to be exported outside of Puerto Rico.
(b) Any person, publicist or publicity agency that makes the promotion of the material, who is not the manufacturer, distributor or seller of the product, and if said person or agency notifies the Department of the name, address and telephone number of the manufacturer, distributor, or seller of the textile product being promoted.
(c) To any textile product that has not been processed in the way it is to be sold or offered to the consumer when ready to be sold. Provided, That this exception shall only be applicable if the textile product in question has an invoice or any other document related to its distribution or marketing which has the label required in § 2154 of this title.
(d) To the material used to stuff the upholstery of other articles, with the exception of what was previously provided with regard to the reuse of the stuffing material.
(e) To the outer cover of furniture, mattresses and bedding.
(f) To the finishing or linings.
(g) To the cushions or finishings used under rugs.
(h) To the sewing and embroidery thread.
(i) To the wastes that are not intended to be used to manufacture a textile product.
(j) To the textile products used in the manufacture of shoes and boots; and
(k) To textile products used in the manufacture of hats, handbags, luggage, brushes, lampshades, toys made of cloth, adhesive tapes or papers or cleaning cloths saturated with chemical products.
History —June 14, 1980, No. 134, p. 500, § 12, eff. 180 days after June 14, 1980.