Is the "corkage fee" of the hotel legal?

Illegal, consumers have the right to decide whether to buy any kind of goods, which is forced consumption.

Law of the People's Republic of China on Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests

Article 9 stipulates that consumers have the right to choose their own operators who provide goods or services, choose their own products or service methods, decide whether to buy or not to buy any kind of goods, and accept or not to accept any kind of services.

Article 24 stipulates: "Business operators shall not make unfair and unreasonable provisions to consumers by means of format contracts, notices, statements, store notices, etc.

Extended data

Case: The operator sets the minimum consumption bottle opening fee, and the maximum penalty is 50,000 yuan.

The 16th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress of Gansu Province considered the Regulations on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests in Gansu Province (Revised Draft). The draft stipulates that if an operator sets a minimum consumption and bottle opening fee, or collects fees that do not meet the requirements in disguise, the administrative department for industry and commerce shall order it to make corrections and impose a warning or a fine of less than 50,000 yuan according to the circumstances; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification.

Guo Chenglu, director of the Gansu Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce, said that the current Regulations on the Protection of Consumers' Rights and Interests in Gansu Province was implemented on July 1 2004.

Since the implementation of the regulations 10, it has well adapted to the situation of the consumer market in the whole province and met the needs of consumer rights protection, especially some forward-looking and innovative regulations, which have played an important role in protecting the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, maintaining social and economic order, and promoting the healthy development of socialist market economy and social harmony and stability.

According to statistics, from 2004 to 20 14, the province's industrial and commercial system * * * investigated and dealt with 67,000 cases of consumer infringement, with a case value of191484.3 million yuan, and accepted consumer complaints 1000, saving consumers an economic loss of 6,897.77 million yuan. Consumers' Association gave full play to its functions, mediating 77,000 consumer disputes in 10.

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People's Network-The operator sets the minimum consumption bottle opening fee and the maximum fine is 50,000 yuan.