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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/162/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 162 - Gas and electric units of measure—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 162 - Gas and electric units of measure—Penalties
Any person, firm, company or corporation which by itself or by its servant or agent violates the foregoing provisions of §§ 155—163 of this title, or of the rules and regulations prescribed in pursuance thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined no...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/163/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 163 - Gas and electric units of measure—Appropriation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 163 - Gas and electric units of measure—Appropriation
For the purpose of the payment of the salaries of the inspectors and of the clerk-stenographer, and for the purchase of the necessary apparatus and laboratory equipment, as well for traveling expenses and per diems of the inspectors, and for the transportation of equipment, apparatus, etc., and for any other expenses i...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/164/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 164 - Paint labels—Definition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 164 - Paint labels—Definition
The term “paint” within the meaning of §§ 164—166 of this title shall include all materials which are designated for application to the surface of wood, metal, concrete, cement or plaster to produce an ornamental or protective coating. History —Mar. 7, 1912, No. 36, p. 70, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1913.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/165/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 165 - Paint labels—Information required for label
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 165 - Paint labels—Information required for label
Each container of paint that shall be sold or exposed or offered for sale in Puerto Rico shall show on the outside thereof the name and address of the manufacturer or distributor thereof or of the party for whom it is manufactured and shall show, in the case of paint in paste or semipaste form, the net weight in pounds...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/166/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 166 - Paint labels—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 166 - Paint labels—Penalties
Any person, firm or corporation who shall knowingly violate the provisions of §§ 164—166 of this title, shall be liable to a fine of from one ($1) to fifty dollars ($50) for the first offense and of from fifty ($50) to one hundred dollars ($100) for each subsequent violation. History —Mar. 7, 1912, No. 36, p. 70, § 3, ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10/167/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f)›§ 167 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f) › § 167 - Definitions
The following terms as used in this chapter shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow: (a) ASTM. — Shall mean the “American Society for Testing and Materials”, a scientific and technical organization established in the United States to promulgate the development of standards in the characteristics and performance of ma...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10/167a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f)›§ 167a - Quality requirements
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f) › § 167a - Quality requirements
All cement manufactured or imported into Puerto Rico shall comply with the mandatory and optional quality standards corresponding to the type of cement in question, according to Volume 04-01 of Section 4 of the ASTM Standards Manual, in its most recent annual review. Furthermore, it shall comply with the specifications...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10/167b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f)›§ 167b - Manufacturers and importers—Registration requirements
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f) › § 167b - Manufacturers and importers—Registration requirements
Every wholesale manufacturer and importer shall be registered in the Department. This registration does not exempt them from the registration required by any other agency or instrumentality of the Government of Puerto Rico for compliance with any other law or regulations. On or before January 31 of each year, each one ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10/167c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f)›§ 167c - Requirements for importers and manufacturers of cement
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f) › § 167c - Requirements for importers and manufacturers of cement
Every person who imports or manufactures cement in Puerto Rico shall meet the following requirements: (a) Every thirty (30) days, the manufacturers shall file the results of the physical or chemical analyses performed to the cement within said period. These results shall be reported directly to the Department with a co...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10/167d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f)›§ 167d - Inspections by the Department
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f) › § 167d - Inspections by the Department
The Department may carry out inspections of the cement manufactured in Puerto Rico without previous notice. To such ends, a Department official shall appear at the manufacturing plants and take samples, as established in the ASTM Standards Manual, specification C-138. These samples shall be divided into [six] (6) parts...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10/167e/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f)›§ 167e - Information requirements
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f) › § 167e - Information requirements
Every person who manufactures or imports any type of cement shall: (a) Print the following information in English and in Spanish on every sack of cement: (1) The type of cement contained in the sack and that the cement meets the quality requirements established in the ASTM Standards Manual specifications for the type o...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10/167f/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f)›§ 167f - Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10 - Cement (§§ 167 — 167f) › § 167f - Penalties
Any violation to the provisions of this chapter or the regulations, orders or resolutions issued thereunder shall be sanctioned with a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor more than thirty [thousand] dollars ($30,000) per incident. History —Sept. 17, 2001, No. 132, § 11, eff. 60 days after Sept. 17,...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10a/168/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10A - Detergents (§§ 168 — 168d)›§ 168 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10A - Detergents (§§ 168 — 168d) › § 168 - Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow: (a) Trace amounts. — Means any phosphorus entity that is incidental in the manufacture or added to stabilize laundry detergent, which amount shall not exceed point five percent (0.5%) of phosphorus by weight, expressed as e...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10a/168a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10A - Detergents (§§ 168 — 168d)›§ 168a - Limitation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10A - Detergents (§§ 168 — 168d) › § 168a - Limitation
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and in § 168b of this title, no person shall use, sell, manufacture, import or distribute any laundry detergent, intended to be used or sold in Puerto Rico, containing more than “trace amounts”, as defined in this chapter. (b) All laundry detergents must include ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10a/168b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10A - Detergents (§§ 168 — 168d)›§ 168b - Dispensations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10A - Detergents (§§ 168 — 168d) › § 168b - Dispensations
Whenever the use of a detergent that does not comply with the provisions of this chapter that is not among those permitted in subsection (c) of § 168a of this title is necessary, the person who manufactured, imported, distributed, sold, or used such laundry detergent in Puerto Rico shall apply for a dispensation for ap...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10a/168c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10A - Detergents (§§ 168 — 168d)›§ 168c - Administration
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10A - Detergents (§§ 168 — 168d) › § 168c - Administration
The Department shall have the authority and the duty to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Department shall be empowered to issue orders, as deemed necessary, to carry out such task. The Department may also file with the corresponding forums a petition for an order to refrain or for an injunction to prevent th...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-10a/168d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 10A - Detergents (§§ 168 — 168d)›§ 168d - Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 10A - Detergents (§§ 168 — 168d) › § 168d - Penalties
(a) Any person who infringes the provisions of this chapter or any order or regulation promulgated thereunder shall be subject to the maximum daily penalty for each violation as issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs and as set forth in §§ 341 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Organic Act of the Department of Con...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/208/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 208 - Protection of Puerto Rican products—Registration of Puerto Rico...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 208 - Protection of Puerto Rican products—Registration of Puerto Rico Association
As soon as the organization known as the Puerto Rico Association shall have registered in the Department of State, as an association not for pecuniary profit, a facsimile and description of the stamp or seal of guaranty of said Puerto Rico Association may be registered in the Department of State. History —Mar. 13, 1913...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/209/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 209 - Protection of Puerto Rican products—Stamp or seal of guaranty
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 209 - Protection of Puerto Rican products—Stamp or seal of guaranty
The object of registering said stamp or seal of guaranty of the Puerto Rico Association shall be to provide a means by which the Puerto Rico Association may, in order to maintain the credit of Puerto Rican products and manufactures against counterfeits, frauds or substitution by articles of an inferior class, guarantee...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/210/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 210 - Protection of Puerto Rican products—Registration of permits iss...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 210 - Protection of Puerto Rican products—Registration of permits issued by Association
All permits to use said stamp or seal of guaranty, issued by the Puerto Rico Association, shall be registered in the office of the Puerto Rico Association and of the Department of State, and the Puerto Rico Association shall have power to cancel any of said permits should the same be utilized in violation of any of the...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/211/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 211 - Protection of Puerto Rican products—Unlawful use of stamp or se...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 211 - Protection of Puerto Rican products—Unlawful use of stamp or seal
Any producer, manufacturer or dealer who shall use the stamp or seal of guaranty of the Puerto Rico Association, after said Association has canceled his permit, or before the Puerto Rico Association may have issued him a permit to utilize said stamp or seal of guaranty, shall be subject to a fine of not less than five ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/212/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 212 - Protection of Puerto Rican products—Liability of Association
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 212 - Protection of Puerto Rican products—Liability of Association
The Puerto Rico Association shall not be responsible for any loss or damages that may be occasioned through the cancellation by said association of any permit to use the stamp or seal of guaranty of said Association. History —Mar. 13, 1913, No. 50, p. 89, § 5.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/213/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 213 - Carbonated beverage containers—Registration by manufacturer
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 213 - Carbonated beverage containers—Registration by manufacturer
From the date on which this act takes effect, every manufacturer of carbonated beverages who registers for his exclusive use, in the Department of State, the container which he is to use, with its exclusive trademark, shall be entitled to have said container used only by the manufacturer in whose name it appears regist...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/214/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 214 - Carbonated beverage containers—Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 214 - Carbonated beverage containers—Regulations
The Commonwealth Board of Health of Puerto Rico is hereby directed to prepare the necessary regulations which, after being approved by the Governor of Puerto Rico, shall have the force of law for the enforcement of §§ 213—215 of this title. History —Apr. 9, 1936, No. 13, p. 186, § 2.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/215/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 215 - Carbonated beverage containers—Enforcement
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 215 - Carbonated beverage containers—Enforcement
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Health and of the officials under his orders—inspectors of health—as well as of the Police of Puerto Rico, to prefer charges against violators of §§ 213—215 of this title or of their regulations. History —Apr. 9, 1936, No. 13, p. 186, § 3.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223 - Definitions
(a) U.S. Deposit.— Any deposit of Certificates of Registration of Trademarks issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Federal Register), also known as “Deposit U.S.,” that registers in the Trademark Registry of the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and whose purpose is to advertise ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223a - Right to use a mark
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223a - Right to use a mark
The right to use a mark is acquired upon: (1) The use of the mark in commerce, or (2) the registration thereof based on the bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce. History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 169, § 3.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223b - Registration of trademarks
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223b - Registration of trademarks
(a) Marks used in commerce.— The owner or holder of a trademark used in commerce may request registration of its trademark by filing: (1) An application before the Secretary signed by the applicant or his/her representative in the form provided by the Secretary through regulations; (2) a statement under perjury of law ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223c - Unregistrable marks
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223c - Unregistrable marks
No trademark which consists of the following shall be registered: (1) Material contrary to the law, morality or public order. (2) The flag, coat-of-arms or other insignia, sign or symbol of Puerto Rico or the United States or the states, municipalities, territories, cities, municipalities or foreign cities or nations, ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223d - Disclaimer of unregistrable matter
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223d - Disclaimer of unregistrable matter
The Secretary may require an applicant to disclaim protection of an unregistrable component of a mark otherwise registrable. An applicant may voluntarily disclaim protection of a component of a mark sought to be registered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the disclaimer of an unregistrable component shall not prevent su...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223e/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223e - Filing of application
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223e - Filing of application
Once an application which meets the requirements of § 223b of this title has been filed, and the corresponding fees have been paid, the Secretary shall proceed to record the date and time of receipt and shall examine the application. (a) If the registration of the mark is rejected, the Secretary shall notify the applic...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223f/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223f - Opposition to registration, notice and sufficiency
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223f - Opposition to registration, notice and sufficiency
Any person that considers he/she is injured by the registration of a mark can oppose said registration by filing a notice of opposition before the Secretary stating the grounds therefor, within thirty (30) days following the date of publication of the public notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the opposing party may...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223g/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223g - Conflict
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223g - Conflict
When two (2) or more applications for registration are object of qualification and are in conflict because of their similarity, the Secretary shall decide which one shall be registered and give notice of his/her decision to the affected party. A duly registered mark not in use shall prevail over an application for regi...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223h/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223h - Assignment of a mark
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223h - Assignment of a mark
Any registered mark or application for mark registration may be assigned; Provided, That said assignment does not affect the term of effectiveness of the registration established in this chapter. Said assignment shall be made through a document in compliance with the requirements established through regulations by the ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223i/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223i - Mark license or lien
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223i - Mark license or lien
The principal registrant of a mark may present a copy of the license granted to use a mark, to be included in the record of the mark at the Puerto Rico Trademark Office. The owner of a lien or a mark may present a copy attesting to such lien at the Puerto Rico Trademark Office, to be included in the record of such mark...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223j/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223j - Registration certificates
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223j - Registration certificates
The Secretary shall issue mark registration certificates on behalf of the Government of Puerto Rico under the Great Seal of Puerto Rico. The Secretary shall publish the granting of such certificates within a term of one (1) month as of the date of the registration. The publication shall include the same information for...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223k/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223k - Mark registration certificate as evidence
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223k - Mark registration certificate as evidence
The records of registered marks, statements and documents filed therein, and the mark registration certificates signed and sealed as stated above shall be attesting evidence in any suit in which said marks are the subject of a controversy. History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 169, § 13.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223l/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223l - Voluntary withdrawal or amendment by principal registrant
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223l - Voluntary withdrawal or amendment by principal registrant
The applicant or principal registrant may request the voluntary withdrawal of the application submitted or of the registration of a mark. The Secretary shall make the corresponding note on the record of the Department of State and issue a voluntary cancellation certificate to the applicant. The principal registrant may...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223m/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223m - Amendments to applications and documents
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223m - Amendments to applications and documents
The amendments that, by request of the Secretary or by petition of the applicant, are to be made in the applications or other documents related to the registration of marks, may be made by the applicant him/herself or by a person duly authorized by him/her to conduct such transactions in Puerto Rico. History —Dec. 16, ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223n/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223n - Correction of mistakes
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223n - Correction of mistakes
(a) By Department. — Any mistakes by the Department shall be rectified by the Secretary, either motu proprio or by petition of a party. The Secretary shall issue a new document with corrections made, which shall have the same effect as the one originally issued. (b) By applicant. — Any mistakes by the Department which ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223o/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223o - Declaration of use as a condition for the registration to cont...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223o - Declaration of use as a condition for the registration to continue in force
Every principal registrant shall file an affidavit stating that the mark is in use in commerce in Puerto Rico, along with a specimen or specimens, in the form and number prescribed by the Secretary through regulations. The declaration of use referred to in this section shall be filed once between the fifth (5th) and si...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223p/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223p - Renewal of a mark registration
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223p - Renewal of a mark registration
Every mark registration shall remain in effect for ten (10) years after the filing date of the application for registration, provided that the requirements of this chapter are met. Registration of a mark may be renewed from time to time for a like term. The principal registrant shall file an application as prescribed a...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223q/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223q - Cancellation of a registered mark
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223q - Cancellation of a registered mark
(a) Any person who believes that he/she has been damaged by the registration of a mark, including damage by dilution of the distinctive nature of a mark under § 223y of this title, may request the Secretary to cancel said registration. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary shall only cance...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223r/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223r - Change of name, merger, consolidation or other changes
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223r - Change of name, merger, consolidation or other changes
The corporations or juridical entities whose marks are registered or for which they have requested registration and that throughout their existence have suffered changes, such as, changes of name, mergers, consolidations, or any other similar change, may credit such change by filing at the Trademark Registry a certific...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223s/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223s - Classes of goods and services for the registration of a mark
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223s - Classes of goods and services for the registration of a mark
The classes for the goods and services shall be the international classes adopted from time to time by the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 169, § 22.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223t/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223t - Payable fees
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223t - Payable fees
The Secretary shall establish through regulations the corresponding fees for the registration of marks and any other procedures established in this chapter. History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 169, § 23.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223u/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223u - Rulemaking authority
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223u - Rulemaking authority
The Secretary is hereby authorized to approve rules and regulations that are not incompatible with this chapter and which promote the proper operation of matters concerning marks included in this chapter. History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 169, § 24.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223v/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223v - Registration by deceit or fraud or in bad faith, and remedies
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223v - Registration by deceit or fraud or in bad faith, and remedies
Any person who obtains the registration of a mark in the Department of State by means of a false or fraudulent statement or declaration shall be subject to an injunction, action for damages or seizure order by a principal registrant or any injured persons, who may choose to file any or all of the abovementioned actions...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223w/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223w - Trademark law violations and remedies
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223w - Trademark law violations and remedies
Any person who, without the consent of the principal registrant or owner of a mark, reproduces, forges, copies, imitates, uses or attempts to use any mark identical or similar to a mark registered under this chapter, or used in commerce in Puerto Rico before being used by such person, which is likely to cause confusion...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223x/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223x - False origin designation of origin and false description
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223x - False origin designation of origin and false description
(a) Any person who, as to goods or services, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, slogan, trade dress, medium, logo, design, color, sound, scent, shape, object or a combination thereof; or any false origin designation; or any false or misleading description of a fact; or any false or misleading representation...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223y/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223y - Dilution of the distinctive nature of famous marks
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223y - Dilution of the distinctive nature of famous marks
(a) Any person who, without the consent of the owner of a famous mark uses such mark or a term that is substantially similar thereto in commerce in Puerto Rico, shall be subject to an injunction if the use of such famous mark or substantially similar term is likely to cause dilution by blurring or dilution by tarnishme...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/223z/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 223z - Violation of trademark right with domain names
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 223z - Violation of trademark right with domain names
(a) A person shall be held liable by the owner or the principal registrant of a mark, including a personal name which is protected as a mark, when, without regard to the goods or services of the parties, that person: (1) Had the intent in bad faith to profit from that mark or personal name which is protected as a mark,...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/224/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 224 - Special proceeding
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 224 - Special proceeding
When the principal registrant of a mark as provided for in this chapter files a lawsuit under oath or supported on a sworn statement with a copy of the Registration Certificate with the court, alleging specific facts that prove that the defendant is violating his/her property rights over said registered mark, by means ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/224a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 224a - Special fund
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 224a - Special fund
The amount collected on account of the fees established as provided in § 223t of this title shall be covered into a special fund created to such effect in the Department of the Treasury, for the purpose of defraying any operating expenses of the trademark registry not defrayed by appropriations from the General Fund or...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11/224b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b)›§ 224b - Temporary provisions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11 - Trademarks; Identification of Products (§§ 171-171h — 224b) › § 224b - Temporary provisions
The procedural provisions contained in this chapter regarding the process of classification, examination, maintenance, and/or renewal of the trademark registration, shall apply to any application for registration of a mark submitted after the effective date of Act No. 169. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision o...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11a/225/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e)›§ 225 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e) › § 225 - Definitions
(a) Trade name. — Means the sign or name that serves to identify a person in the exercise of his/her entrepreneurial activity and distinguishes such activity from other identical or similar activities. (b) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. History —Sept. 23, 1992, No. 75, § 2...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11a/225a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e)›§ 225a - Trade name registry
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e) › § 225a - Trade name registry
The Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized and ordered to establish a Registry of Trade Names of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Persons may obtain the registration of a trade name in the Department of State by submitting: (a) A written app...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11a/225b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e)›§ 225b - Rights conferred
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e) › § 225b - Rights conferred
The registration of the trade name in the Department of State of Puerto Rico is optional and confers the registered owner the exclusive right to use the same for commerce in Puerto Rico. However, the prior user of a trade name may request the Secretary to cancel a trade name that may be confused with his/her own, provi...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11a/225c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e)›§ 225c - Non-registrable trade names
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e) › § 225c - Non-registrable trade names
No trade name shall be registered that is identical or similar to a mark or other trade name already registered or pending registration, which is likely to cause confusion or misconception in the minds of the public. History —Sept. 23, 1995, No. 75, § 5, eff. 3 months after Sept. 23, 1992.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11a/225d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e)›§ 225d - Application of Trademarks Act
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e) › § 225d - Application of Trademarks Act
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Trademarks Act and its regulations, including those regarding the collection of fees, shall be applicable to the register of trade names, provided they are not incompatible. History —Sept. 23, 1992, No. 75, § 6, eff. 3 months after Sept. 23, 1992.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-11a/225e/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e)›§ 225e - Special account
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 11A - Trade Names (§§ 225 — 225e) › § 225e - Special account
The amounts collected on account of the fees charged for services related to this chapter, shall be covered into a special account in the Department of the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of Section 27 of Act Number 63 of August 14, 1991, known as the “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Trademarks Act”, for the purpose of...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12/231/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236)›§ 231 - Labeling of coffee processed in Puerto Rico
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236) › § 231 - Labeling of coffee processed in Puerto Rico
The container of all roasted, ground, or in any manner processed coffee in Puerto Rico shall bear on its label the name and address of the person or entity that roasted, ground, or processed it. When such coffee has been imported to be processed in Puerto Rico, the label on its container must specify, in letters not le...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12/232/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236)›§ 232 - Coffee produced in, but processed outside Puerto Rico
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236) › § 232 - Coffee produced in, but processed outside Puerto Rico
The marketing of coffee labeled as of Puerto Rico is hereby forbidden in Puerto Rico, if such coffee was produced in Puerto Rico but was in any manner processed outside of Puerto Rico, unless the label of its container states that such coffee is from Puerto Rico, and immediately below such words it specifies, in letter...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12/232a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236)›§ 232a - Specialty coffee—Prohibition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236) › § 232a - Specialty coffee—Prohibition
It is hereby prohibited to sell in Puerto Rico or abroad, coffee labeled as “Fine” or “Specialty” as primary names, and “Gourmet”, “Special” or “State” as secondary names, or with any other name which may be generalized in the future, and whose meaning is similar or equivalent to these, unless the following conditions ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12/232b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236)›§ 232b - Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236) › § 232b - Regulations
In addition to the conditions and parameters stated in § 232a of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture may provide, through regulations, others established by any entity recognized worldwide as a regulating body of the coffee business global market. The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish, through regulations, ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12/233/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236)›§ 233 - Coffee produced and processed outside Puerto Rico
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236) › § 233 - Coffee produced and processed outside Puerto Rico
The marketing of coffee of any origin, produced and processed outside of Puerto Rico, is hereby forbidden, unless it is stated in the label of its container that such coffee is foreign coffee, and unless the place where it was produced and processed is also therein specified in letters not less than one-fourth (¼) inch...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12/233a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236)›§ 233a - Advertisements
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236) › § 233a - Advertisements
Every advertisement of coffee processed outside of Puerto Rico published or otherwise diffused shall specify the origin of the coffee and the place where it was processed. If the advertisement is written or printed, the statement of the origin of the coffee and of the place where it was processed shall be in letters of...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12/233b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236)›§ 233b - Misleading labels
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236) › § 233b - Misleading labels
When coffee produced in Puerto Rico is not totally used in the processing of any coffee processed in or outside of Puerto Rico, it is prohibited to use in its labeling any design, map, symbol, representation, name, allusion, sigla, abbreviation, letters, word or phrase that might associate it with Puerto Rico or with a...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12/234/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236)›§ 234 - Enforcement
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236) › § 234 - Enforcement
Any product which violates the provisions of §§ 231—236 of this title shall not be marketed in Puerto Rico. To this end the product shall be seized and suspended, and a label or any other appropriate mark affixed thereto, indicating that the product is falsely labeled and that the same has been suspended or seized, and...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12/235/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236)›§ 235 - Department of Agriculture, duties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236) › § 235 - Department of Agriculture, duties
The Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico and the personnel of the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico shall see that the provisions of §§ 231—236 of this title are faithfully observed and complied with. History —June 19, 1964, No. 60, p. 166, § 5, eff. 180 days after June 19, 1964.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12/236/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236)›§ 236 - Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12 - Coffee (§§ 231 — 236) › § 236 - Penalties
Any person or entity violating any of the provisions of §§ 231—236 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in jail for a term of not more than three (3) months, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both penalties, in the ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12a/241/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i)›§ 241 - Short title
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i) › § 241 - Short title
This chapter may be cited as an “Act to Regulate the Marketing of Meat in Puerto Rico”. History —June 30, 1965, No. 120, p. 333, § 1, eff. 90 days after June 30, 1965.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12a/241a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i)›§ 241a - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i) › § 241a - Definitions
(a) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (b) Meat. — Means the edible part of the muscles of cattle, swine, goats, and sheep, which is skeletal or which is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart, or in the esophagus, with or without the accompanying and overly...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12a/241b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i)›§ 241b - Labeling; facilities; equipment
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i) › § 241b - Labeling; facilities; equipment
The marketing or labeling as Puerto Rican meat, of meat not produced in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or of meat introduced into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from the United States of America or from any foreign country, is hereby prohibited. Accordingly, no meat introduced into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico sha...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12a/241c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i)›§ 241c - Mislabeling
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i) › § 241c - Mislabeling
The use of any design, symbol, word or group of letters or words, or of any type of advertisement or labeling which may cause, or may induce or lend itself to cause, confusion as to the true origin, quality or condition of meat marketed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is hereby prohibited. The Secretary is empowere...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12a/241d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i)›§ 241d - Powers of Secretary
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i) › § 241d - Powers of Secretary
The Secretary is also empowered to: (a) Establish the necessary regulations and procedures governing markets and for the orderly, adequate, truthful and fair marketing of meat. (b) Require by regulations that meat marketed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico must meet determined requirements of quality, condition and wh...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12a/241e/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i)›§ 241e - Foreign meat; slaughterhouses; temperature; wholesomeness
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i) › § 241e - Foreign meat; slaughterhouses; temperature; wholesomeness
All meat introduced from the United States and from foreign countries for its marketing in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall come from slaughterhouses approved as official establishments and subject to inspection by the Department of Agriculture of the United States. The Secretary is hereby empowered to establish b...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12a/241f/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i)›§ 241f - Hearings before regulation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i) › § 241f - Hearings before regulation
The Secretary shall hold public hearings before promulgating regulations under the provisions of this chapter, or before adopting any amendment to existing regulations hereunder. History —June 30, 1965, No. 120, p. 333, § 7, eff. 30 days after June 30, 1965.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12a/241g/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i)›§ 241g - Hearings on cancellation of licenses
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i) › § 241g - Hearings on cancellation of licenses
The Secretary shall hold administrative hearings giving the person affected the opportunity to be heard, before suspending or cancelling the license authorizing such person to engage in the introduction and/or marketing of meat, and shall notify the person concerned of his determination in any respect. History —June 30...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12a/241h/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i)›§ 241h - Detention order
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i) › § 241h - Detention order
Whenever an inspector shall discover noncompliance with this chapter or with any regulation established hereunder by the Secretary regarding any lot of meat, or any material or container used or that may be used for the packing or labeling of said meat, he may issue against said product, container or material, a writte...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12a/241i/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i)›§ 241i - Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12A - Meat (§§ 241 — 241i) › § 241i - Penalties
Any natural or [juridical] person who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter or with the whole or any part of any regulation established hereunder by the Secretary, or who shall engage in the introduction and/or marketing of meat without the corresponding license, when required, shall be guilty of a m...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12b/242/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f)›§ 242 - Labeling required
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f) › § 242 - Labeling required
Each hen’s egg in its shell marketed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be directly marked on its shell with simple and clearly legible letters of a type not less than [fourteen] (14) point, with the words “Del País” or with the commercial name in use by the producer, if produced in the Commonwealth of Puerto Ric...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12b/242a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f)›§ 242a - Stamping
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f) › § 242a - Stamping
The labeling above required shall be stamped directly on the broad end of the egg with indelible ink, harmless to human health. History —June 29, 1964, No. 118, p. 377, § 2, eff. 90 days after June 29, 1964.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12b/242b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f)›§ 242b - Alteration
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f) › § 242b - Alteration
It is hereby prohibited to alter or in any way change the labeling required in this chapter. History —June 29, 1964, No. 118, p. 377, § 3, eff. 90 days after June 29, 1964.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12b/242c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f)›§ 242c - Marketing; reshipment
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f) › § 242c - Marketing; reshipment
Every hen’s egg in its shell not produced in Puerto Rico which lacks the labeling required in this chapter shall not be permitted to be marketed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and shall be reshipped under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture within a term of not more than 30 days. History —June 29, 1964,...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12b/242d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f)›§ 242d - Enforcement
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f) › § 242d - Enforcement
When any inspector of the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico shall find any lot or part of a lot of hen’s eggs in their shell in violation of the provisions of this chapter, he shall issue and sign against the entire lot a written detention order, copy of which shall be delivered to the owner and/or person in pos...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12b/242e/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f)›§ 242e - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f) › § 242e - Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, “to market” or “marketing” shall mean the purchase-sale, offering or exhibition for sale, possession, storage, assignment, transportation, processing, or any form of handling hen’s eggs in their shell. History —June 29, 1964, No. 118, p. 377, § 6, eff. 90 days after June 29, 1964.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12b/242f/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f)›§ 242f - Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12B - Eggs (§§ 242 — 242f) › § 242f - Penalties
Any natural or [juridical] person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished by a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first offense, or of not less than five hundred ($500) nor more than...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12d/244/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g)›§ 244 - Public policy
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g) › § 244 - Public policy
It shall be the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to promote the improvement of the nutritional and health status of all citizens by prohibiting the use of hydrogenated vegetable oil in the food prepared and sold for human consumption. History —Sept. 13, 2007, No. 120, § 2.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12d/244a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g)›§ 244a - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g) › § 244a - Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below: (a) Food containing hydrogenated vegetable oil. — Is the food labeled, because of their content of hydrogenated vegetable oil. It does not include food whose content of hydrogenated vegetable oil is lower than 0.5 grams per servi...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12d/244b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g)›§ 244b - Prohibition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g) › § 244b - Prohibition
No food containing hydrogenated fats shall be stored, distributed, held for service, used to prepare any product from a menu or served in establishments engaged on the sale of food or mobile food units, except for the food directed to patrons in the original sealed package of the manufacturer. History —Sept. 13, 2007, ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12d/244c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g)›§ 244c - Obligation of school lunchrooms
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g) › § 244c - Obligation of school lunchrooms
School lunchrooms of the Department of Education, day care centers, and homes for the elderly must eliminate any hydrogenated vegetable oil from the food prepared and served in their menus after the approval of this act. History —Sept. 13, 2007, No. 120, § 5.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12d/244d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g)›§ 244d - Required labeling
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g) › § 244d - Required labeling
The establishments engaged in sale of food or mobile food units shall have available the original labeling of all food products: (a) Containing fat, oil or semi-solid fat. (b) That, when purchased by the establishments engage to the sale of food or mobile food units, are required to be labeled by federal and Commonweal...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12d/244e/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g)›§ 244e - Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g) › § 244e - Regulations
The Department of Consumer Affairs is hereby empowered to adopt the necessary regulations to enforce the terms of this chapter, and to such purposes, it shall approve regulations within one hundred and twenty (120) days [following] the approval of this act. However, the food industry is hereby granted a term of six (6)...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12d/244f/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g)›§ 244f - Applicability; exemption
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g) › § 244f - Applicability; exemption
Traditional and artisan cuisine business, other than those that are part of a business chain, whose higher sales volume does not exceed [five hundred] thousand dollars ($500,000) annually and that are located in the coastal zones of the Island and in other places with a high concentration of local and international tou...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-12d/244g/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g)›§ 244g - Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 12D - Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (§§ 244 — 244g) › § 244g - Penalties
In the case of violations of the terms of this chapter and its regulations, the Secretary of Consumer Affairs shall impose administrative fines to violators, in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation. In the case of subsequent violations, he/she may impose fines up to the amount of one thousa...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/257/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 257 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 257 - Definitions
The terms “person” and “persons” are used in this chapter, except as otherwise provided, to include, in addition to natural persons, and without it being understood as a limitation, corporations, companies, partnerships, associations, trusts, or any other organizations or entities, as well as two or more persons, as he...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/258/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 258 - Transactions in restraint of trade
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 258 - Transactions in restraint of trade
Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in unreasonable restraint of trade or commerce in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or in any section thereof, is hereby declared to be illegal and every person who shall make any contract or engage in any combination or conspiracy hereby declar...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/259/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 259 - Fair competition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 259 - Fair competition
(a) Unfair methods of competition, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful. (b) Without impairment of the authority to resort to the remedies authorized by § 269 of this title, the Office of Monopolistic Affairs, through rules and regulations adopted as provided in § ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-13/260/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276)›§ 260 - Monopolies
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 13 - Monopolies and Restraint of Trade (§§ 251 — 276) › § 260 - Monopolies
Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or in any section thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History —June 25, 1964, No. 77, p. 235, § 4; June 8, 1973...