The effectiveness of consumer protection rules under emergency conditions (Coronavirus as a model)

Abstract

The consumer is every person who contracts to obtain goods or services for use in satisfying his personal needs or in a field other than his professional activity, whereas the emergency conditions are every public accident after the formation of the contract, and it is not expected to happen during the contract that results in a great difference in the benefits generated by A contract whose execution is indefinitely or permanently, whereby the debtor’s execution of his obligation as stipulated in the contract becomes extremely stressful, and threatens him with a clear loss that goes beyond the usual limit. The rules that protect the consumer under emergency conditions are divided between general rules stipulated by civil laws and represented by the rules stipulated in them that give the discretionary power of the judge to amend the parties ’obligations to the extent that the fatigue caused by the emergency situation rises, and between the rules stipulated by protection laws The consumer, however, the consumer protection rules stipulated by these laws did not refer to special rules in light of emergency circumstances other than what the UAE consumer law stipulated. Also, the circumstance left by the Corona virus is an emergency that requires providing legal rules that provide effective legal protection for the consumer under this circumstance.