Attorney General: Decree Restricting Importation Of New Cars Is Unconstitutional

It restricts the freedom of commerce and implies an “intrusion into the market,” says Attorney General
Q COSTA RICA – “It restricts the freedom of commerce and implies an intrusion into the market,” says Costa Rica’s Attorney General, Julio Jurado, commenting on the decree emitted by the government last August, that prevents importers of new vehicles from introducing into the country late-models before the month of September.
This year, for example, 2018 models cannot be in the market before September.
The Attorney General considers the government decree restrictive of freedom of trade, unconstitutional, and lacking the legal authority.
Jurado presented his written arguments before the Constitutional Court or Sala IV as it is commonly refered to, that is studying the action of unconstitutionality presented by the Asociación de Consumidores

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