regulates contracts entered into by consumers and merchants;
makes provisions for basic and legal guarantees on all goods and services;
makes provisions for specific protection related to certain types of contracts (credit, itinerant merchants, sales at a distance, automobile sales and repairs, long-term leases, etc.);
determines the fields of commercial activity in which the issuance of a permit is required;
oversees advertising intended for children under the age of 13 years;
prohibits merchants to engage in deceptive practices.