What is a consumer conflict?

A consumer dispute is one that results from a consumer legal relationship, always involving a consumer and a professional (although there may be several consumers or several professionals involved on each side).

It is also important to limit consumer disputes to situations in which the complaint is filed by the consumer. If the consumer does not comply with the contract, namely by not paying the price of the good or service, we are not faced with a conflict that can be classified as a consumer conflict. This is because the reason for characterizing a conflict as a consumer dispute lies in the specific position (of greater weakness) in which the consumer usually finds himself.

In the event of a consumer dispute, the consumer may resort to the European Online Dispute Resolution Platform, available at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr or to the following alternative consumer dispute resolution entities:

Dispute Arbitration Centers

1. CNIACC – Centro Nacional de Informação e Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo
Tel.: 213 847 484
E-mail: cniacc@fd.unl.pt

2. CIMAAL – Centro de Informação, Mediação e Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo do Algarve
Tel.: 289 823 135
E-mail: cimaal@mail.telepac.pt; info@consumoalgarve.pt

3. Centro de Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo do Distrito de Coimbra
Tel.: 239 821 690/289
E-mail: geral@centrodearbitragemdecoimbra.com

4. Centro de Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo de Lisboa
Tel.: 218807030
E-mail: juridico@centroarbitragemlisboa.pt | director@centroarbitragemlisboa.pt

5. Centro de Informação de Consumo e Arbitragem do Porto
Tel.: 225 508 349 | 225 029 791
E-mail: cicap@mail.telepac.pt

6. Centro de Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo do Vale do Ave/Tribunal Arbitral
Tel.: 253 422 410
E-mail: triave@gmail.com

7. Centro de Informação, Mediação e Arbitragem de Consumo (Tribunal Arbitral de Consumo)
Tel.: 253 617 604
E-mail: geral@ciab.pt

8. Centro de Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo da Região Autónoma da Madeira
Telefone: 291 215 070
E-mail: centroarbitragem.srias@madeira.gov.pt

Para mais informações consulte o Portal do Consumidor em www.consumidor.pt

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