Evolution of legislation on administrative liability for violation of consumer rights

Comprehensive protection and protection of consumer rights is impossible only through private legal remedies. In this regard, administrative liability for violation of consumer rights plays an important role in ensuring an adequate level of protection of citizens' rights guaranteed to them by the Law on Consumer Protection. The current Administrative Code of the Russian Federation contains a number of provisions that establish administrative liability for violation of consumer rights. However, these norms could not remain unchanged since the adoption of the Code in 2001, and have undergone a serious evolution over the past more than twenty years. In this paper, the authors investigate the process of improving the provisions of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation on administrative liability for violations in the field of consumer protection. The methodological basis of the research consists of both general methods (analysis, synthesis, logical method, etc.) and special methods of cognition (for example, the method of analysis and interpretation of normative legal acts). For the first time, the paper attempts a comprehensive study of the process of improving legislation on administrative liability for violation of consumer rights, analyzes the prerequisites for such changes, trends in judicial practice. As a result of the study, the authors substantiate the conclusion that the development of norms establishing administrative liability for violation of consumer rights is inextricably linked with the improvement of civil law regulation of relevant legal relations. It should also be noted that in recent years, the strengthening of regional integration within the Eurasian Economic Union has had a serious impact on this process, expressed in the adoption by the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission of advisory acts setting guidelines for the harmonization and improvement of legislation of the EAEU member states in the field of consumer protection and protection.