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| Czechs set to go beyond EU proposals on ‘dual quality’ foods, products with outright ban |
| Prag, 23.05.2019 |
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| The Czech government is poised to amend the Food and Consumer Protection acts so as to ban the practice of “dual quality” sales of food and other products. If signed into law, retailers would be banned from selling inferior quality products that appear to be the same as superior ones sold elsewhere in the EU.
Central European member states have long been the driving force in pushing the EU to ban “dual quality” product sales, arguing that the Single Market should not have de facto double standards.
But a long-anticipated revamp of EU consumer protection rules approved last month by the European Parliament stops short of outright banning the practice. As far as Brussels is concerned, if the packing accurately lists the ingredients or contents, such sales are not illegal. For now, it has been left it to national consumer authorities whether to pursue legal action against companies engaged in dual-quality product practices.
The Czech government is ready to do so. On Monday, ahead of a cabinet meeting at which the proposals were to be discussed, the country’s agriculture minister announced fines of up to 50 million crowns against retailers, rather than producers, were envisioned.
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