• Wednesday, June 28, 2023, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development posted on its website a draft Emergency Ordinance proposing the limitation of commercial additives to certain food products.
Posted in section "Decisional transparency", the normative act provides for the limitation for a period of 3 months of the quotas of commercial addition to certain essential food products, with the aim of stopping the increase in prices for these categories of products.
The proposals of the normative act are the result of the dialogue started by the Government of Romania with the representatives of the Association of Large Retail Networks in Romania and those of the representative federations in the field of food processing.
According to the ordinance, the commercial surcharge quotas for food products provided in the annex to the normative act will be limited as follows:
- maximum 20% to the processor, applied against the production cost of the product, calculated according to the accounting regulations in force, in which direct and indirect expenses are included;
- maximum 5% applied cumulatively throughout the distribution chain, regardless of the number of distributors in the chain and applied to the purchase price, to which operational expenses are added;
- maximum 20% at the merchant, at retail and cash&carry, applied to the purchase price to which the merchant's direct and indirect expenses are added; discounts and refunds, provided in art. 20 point 3 of Law no. 6/81 on unfair commercial practices between businesses in the agricultural and food supply chain.
The list of foods that will benefit from the provisions of this normative act, discussed and agreed with all parties involved in food production and trade, provided in the Annex to the emergency ordinance, includes:
- simple white bread 300 - 500 grams, without specialities;
– fresh cow's milk 1.5% fat, 1l;
– bulk cow telemea cheese;
– plain yogurt from cow's milk, fat 3.5%, max. 200 gr.;
- white wheat flour "000" 1 kg;
– millet 1 kg;
- 10 pcs M caliber chicken eggs;
- sunflower oil 1 l;
– fresh chicken meat: whole chicken, chicken cutlery, whole chicken thighs with bone, chicken wings;
– fresh pork: working meat, pork leg with and without bone, pork loin;
– fresh vegetables in bulk: tomatoes (tomatoes), cucumbers, yellow onions, dried beans, carrots, bell peppers, capsicums;
– fresh fruit in bulk: red and golden apples, plums, red watermelon, table grapes;
– fresh white potatoes in bulk;
- caster white sugar 1 kg.
Article written by Gabriela Dan, Editor of Arta Albă
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