Annotation

The article analyzes the innovations in the field of consumer protection legislation that arose in connection with the approval, by Decree of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, of the Uniform Rules in the Field of Consumer Protection, which came into force on December 6, 2024, on the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. The article analyzes the main changes introduced by this act into Russian legislation, noting the focus of the Uniform Rules on raising the level of guarantees of consumer rights and interests, imposing additional obligations on business entities, expanding the scope of application to relations arising from the acquisition of goods, works, and services on a gratuitous basis, as well as the involvement of persons who do not have the status of individual entrepreneurs and sell their products to consumers.