TIRANA, April 19 /ATA/ The Parliamentary Committee for Production Activities, Trade and Environment, reviewed today the Normative Act, “On transparency and price monitoring for some basic food products and other related products as a result of the special situation created in the market.”
Present during the discussion of the Normative Act, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dhimitër Kote said that, “Under the circumstances of the increased prices in international markets, due to the situation created by the conflict in Ukraine, the Transparency Board aims to protect the consumer from abuse”.
“Regarding the transparency of prices for some basic food products and others related to them, as a result of the situation created in the market, the established Board has taken control and continuous monitoring of the prices of basic food products from the moment when the products enter at the customs and up to the consumer, even the profit margin of the companies “, said Kote.
According to him, the Transparency Board has not affected the operating costs of companies.
“This Board control protects the consumer from price abuse by not leaving the consumer alone in face of this situation”, stated Kote, while adding that, “The prices of basic food products are not fixed, they vary depending on the prices on the stock exchanges”./a.a/p.s./
