Syria's Consumer Protection Law is Legislative Decree No. 8 of 2021 (April 2021), which repealed the previous Consumer Protection Law No. 14 of 2015; that law had in turn followed Syria's first Consumer Protection Law, No. 2 of 2008. It sets controls on trade practices, pricing and the quality of materials and products, and tightens penalties for monopoly, selling without an invoice, not displaying prices, tampering with weights and measures, excessive pricing and fraud.
Article 3 guarantees consumers' right to health and safety when using products, and Articles 3 and 4 add rights to accurate information on prices and specifications, free choice, redress without charge and filing complaints. Articles 5 to 10 and 16 to 23 set supplier duties, including informing the Directorate of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection of product defects and clearly displaying prices; selling corrupt materials is prohibited. Officers with judicial police powers may enter premises, investigate and take samples (Chapter 5, Articles 24 to 32), and Chapter 6 (Articles 37 to 67) sets fines and imprisonment. The law extends to sales by electronic means (Article 1).
Status: since the change of government in December 2024 the decree remains formally in force, but enforcement of prison sentences is suspended pending amendment. A committee of the General Administration for Internal Trade and Consumer Protection (Ministry of Economy and Industry) has been reviewing the decree to align it with a free-market economy and has drafted amendments that would replace most prison terms with financial settlements while keeping shop closure for serious or repeat violations; the draft was due to go to the People's Assembly (Al-Thawra, 9 February 2026). Watch for the amending law.
Sources: text of Legislative Decree No. 8 of 2021; Al-Thawra (state newspaper), 9 February 2026; UN ESCWA Arab Business Legislative Frameworks profile for the Syrian Arab Republic (2023).