Overview
- The Consumer Defense Commission backed a unified dictamen permitting entry of water and food for personal consumption at concerts by an 8–5 vote, and the proposal now goes to the Plenary for debate and a vote.
- The text requires organizers to allow sealed, transparent water bottles and to provide free potable hydration points such as fountains and cups.
- Organizers must publish, at least three days before events, the specifications for acceptable containers and the list of items sold inside with their prices.
- Indecopi is designated to supervise compliance within its competencies if the measure becomes law.
- Supporters frame the move as consumer protection against inflated in-venue prices, while opponents warn of impacts on freedom of enterprise, potential ticket price increases, and unresolved definitions like what qualifies as personal consumption.