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• Enterprise Buvniecibas ABC has appealed in the Administrative Regional Court the decision of the Consumers Rights Protection Centre to punish the enterprise for discriminating advertisement

Owner of an enterprise “Buvniecibas ABC” has appealed in the Administrative Regional Court the decision of the Consumers Rights Protection Centre to punish the enterprise for discriminating advertisement. As reported, in April, the Centre for the Protection of Consumer Rights has fined “Buvniecibas ABC” in amount of LVL 5,000 (EUR 7,144) for discriminating advertisement which shows a dark-skinned man who in broken Latvian says “I to want building yours house” and the text behind the advertisement says “All for construction and repair work but foreign labour force.” Author of the advertisement, advertising agency Inorek&Grey; has stated that the aim of the advertisement is to actualise the problem of influx of illegal labour force to Latvia.

Owner of an enterprise Buvniecibas ABC has appealed in the Administrative Regional Court the decision of the Consumers Rights Protection Centre to punish the enterprise for discriminating advertisement. As reported, in April, the Centre for the Protection of Consumer Rights has fined Buvniecibas ABC in amount of LVL 5,000 (EUR 7,144) for discriminating advertisement which shows a dark-skinned man who in broken Latvian says I to want building yours house and the text behind the advertisement says All for construction and repair work but foreign labour force. Author of the advertisement, advertising agency Inorek&Grey has stated that the aim of the advertisement is to actualise the problem of influx of illegal labour force to Latvia. Vesti Segodnya