The Authority for Fair Competition and Consumer Protection (AFCCP) has suspended the license of Gem International LLC temporarily for two months for violating advertisement law by publicly airing adverts for alcohol. The national brewery GEM International allegedly violated advertisement law by airing four different alcoholic product adverts during a movie on TV7 on January 1st.

The petition to suspend their production license, proposed by O.Magnai, the Chief of the Authority of Fair Competition and Consumer Protection (AFCCP), was submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry on January 18th. Decision makers accepted the petition and have suspended GEM International’s license to produce alcoholic beverages and beer temporally for two months.

GEM International gave the explanation that the TV7 staff were in error for mistakenly airing the banned products publicly.

Therefore the patient owner of the movie and GEM International are suing Bayangol District Court, claiming they are not guilty.

Gem International is unhappy about the suspension because the Court decision has not yet been made.