Small producers, small, medium enterprises to be protected under law against unfair commercial practices in Moldova

Chisinau, 29 July /MOLDPRES/ - The small producers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will be protected under law against unfair commercial practices and will have facilities at the placement of their production in the commercial networks from Moldova. The parliament today adopted more legislative amendments to this end in the second reading.  

Under the document, the unfair commercial practices often appear in the chain of supply with food products and can be harmful, mainly for the small enterprises, such as agricultural producers and SMEs processing food products. Thus, the amendments suggested are meant to facilitate the negotiations with the providers of farming products and food products and economic agents – buyers, who provide these products to the end consumers.   

At the same time, the Competition Council will have powers of establishing, considering and enforcing of bans and sanctioning of the unfair commercial practices.

The legislative initiative was filed by the government and is aimed at adjusting the national normative framework to the European and international standards. 

The draft law was subjected to public consultations. The discussions took place on the platform of the parliament’s commission for economy, budget and finances, with the participation of MPs, ministers and representatives of other central public authorities, business environment – producers and trade networks, professional associations.  

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