“The triangle trade: consumer, retailer, aggregator” — Tatiana Tereshchenko for the blog Pravo.ru
From 1 January 2019, the provisions on information aggregators, which supplemented the law on consumer protection, will come into force.
Thus, there was a definition of the aggregator as a participant in consumer relations — any owner of a computer program or a website on the Internet, with the help of which the consumer can compare different offers from sellers/performers, conclude the necessary contract and make a non-cash advance payment.
As a participant in consumer relations, the aggregator is obliged to provide the consumer with information about himself and the seller, as well as to return the payment to the consumer if he/she refused the goods/service in advance and notified the seller about it. For violation of these obligations, including for inaccurate or incomplete information about the seller or product/service, the aggregator is solely responsible. Responsibility for the proper performance of the contract - on the seller/contractor (see. Federal law of 29.07.2018 N 250-FZ "On amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation "On protection of consumer rights" // http://www.pravo.gov.ru, 30.07.2018).
In general, it is logical. But there are questions.
For example, if false information is provided before January 1, 2019, who is responsible?
And why is the aggregator responsible for false information about the product, if he is obliged to provide information about the seller?