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Sec Attacks Free Market for the Sale of Uncertified Electrical Products

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The Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC) filed charges against Mercado Libre. The oversight organization accused that there are 70 products that were not certified by the SEC, “they had no security certification, so their use represented a real danger for those who bought these items.” According to him, among the products sold without their SEC label by Mercado Libre are electric showers, turbo heaters, kettles, heaters, electric gener…

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The Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC) filed charges against Mercado Libre. The oversight organization accused that there are 70 products that were not certified by the SEC, “they had no security certification, so their use represented a real danger for those who bought these items.” According to him, among the products sold without their SEC label by Mercado Libre are electric showers, turbo heaters, kettles, heaters, electric gener…

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Mercado Libre responded to accusations by the Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustibles (SEC), which charged him with marketing nearly 70 uncertified products on its platform. The company claimed that the SEC trade “confused the role of the Free Market,” explaining that its function is to offer “at the disposal of purchasing users a platform that allows sellers to market products.” According to the company, its role is that of a technologi…

The Chilean SEC filed charges and prohibited the sale of 70 products (showers, kettles and heaters) without the legal seal, following a check carried out between August 2024 and May 2025. Chilean regulations require certification for electrical products according to Decree 298, with standards of temperature, traction and resistance. In similar cases, the SEC withdrew products without certification in physical stores, which advances the scope of …

Mercado Libre responded to the trade of the Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustibles (SEC), due to the sale of 70 products that did not have their SEC on the platform. The SEC indicated that there were products had no security certification, so their use represented a “real danger for those who bought these items.” Within the universe of products that were sold without certification are electric showers, turbo heaters, kettles, heaters, e…

The Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels, SEC, made charges to the company MARKET FREE, for selling on its website, up to 70 products that did not have their SEC SEALO, that is, they did not have security certification, so their use represented a real danger for those who bought these items. [...] The entry The SEC makes charges to Free Market for selling products without safety seal was first published in Desenfoque.cl.

The Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC) filed charges with the Free Market for selling up to 70 products without certification. All these products did not have their SEC, i.e. that certifies safety, so their use posed a real danger to those who bought these items. Among the products sold [...] The SEC entry places charges on Free Market for selling 70 products without certification was first published on INFOGATE.

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revistaei.cl broke the news in on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
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