Extraordinary measures for food security: What the amendment provides for the inventory of agricultural products

Following the ceilings applied by supermarket chains to the sale of sunflower oil and flour, the government is taking special measures to ensure the adequacy of certain products.

With the amendment submitted yesterday in a bill of the Ministry of Finance introduces a special framework for dealing with phenomena such as artificial shortages and scandal. The main axis of the plan will be to declare all stocks.

The amendment tabled to the bill of the Ministry of Finance provides the following:

1.a. It is imposed, for a period of three (3) months from the entry into force of the draft law under voting, which can be done with u.a. to extend the obligation to companies operating in the chain of production, import, marketing, sale, brokerage, distribution, distribution and storage of agricultural products and food, to submit within two (2) days from the publication of the planned y.a., declaration with the stock data of the designated goods.

b. Failure to submit or submission of an inaccurate declaration entails cumulative sanctions, as follows:
(a) seizure of the items in question, in so far as they have not been declared or have been declared incorrectly; and
b) an administrative fine of one thousand (1,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) euros, depending on the gravity of the violation.

c. With etc. The companies and the types of products, the data of the stocks, the control process, the bodies responsible for the imposition of sanctions, the escalation of the sanctions according to their severity as well as any other special subject can be specialized.

Explanatory Memorandum

What issue does the regulated regulation face?

The proposed Article 1 introduces the obligation to submit a stock declaration on certain agricultural products and foodstuffs by companies operating in the respective sectors. In addition, the procedure for submitting the relevant declarations, the penalties imposed and the competent authorities are defined.

Why is it a problem?

Regarding the proposed Article 1: In the current landscape of uncertainty, following the outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19 and due to the war in Ukraine, which, among other things, is disrupting agri-food markets, preservation is proposed. stability in order to prevent adverse effects on food security. In particular, the proposed regulation provides for the obligation to submit a stock declaration for certain agricultural products and foodstuffs, the markets of which are disrupted during the current crisis.

Which bodies or population groups does it concern?

Companies operating in the chain of production, import, marketing, sale, brokerage, distribution and storage of agricultural products and food (raw materials for the production of fertilizers, fertilizers, feed, raw cereals, flour, sunflower, certain vegetable oils), those who acquired in application of 24.4.1985 p.d., but did not comply with the terms of par. 2 and 3 of article 2 thereof and wish to retain ownership of the granted plot, the Electronic National Social Security Agency (e-EFKA), the Municipality and the residents of Marathon, the Fire Brigade, as well as the citizens who wish to object to the forest maps.

PROPOSED PROVISIONS

Article 1

Emergency measures to ensure the adequacy of agricultural products and foodstuffs for food security and the avoidance of unfair commercial practices

1. Companies that are active in the chain of production, import, trade, sale, brokerage, distribution, distribution and storage of agricultural products and food in the Greek Territory, submit within two (2) days from the publication of the joint decision of par. 6, a statement , according to par. 3, with stock data in:

(a) raw materials for the production of fertilizers;

b) fertilizers,

c) animal feed,

(d) raw cereals of all kinds, in particular wheat or rye, rye, barley, oats, maize, edible buckwheat;

(e) flour and in particular wheat or rye flour and cereal flour, (f) sunflower, and

(g) vegetable oils, other than olive oil, in particular sunflower oil (sunflower oil), palm oil and maize oil.

2. The companies of par. 1 submit at least the following data:
(a) the quantity of stocks, in kilograms for solids, in liters for liquids and in pieces where appropriate;
b) the country of origin of the products,
(c) the storage location of the stocks and, in particular, the address and postal code;
(d) the contact details of the undertaking and, in particular, the name and distinctive title, registered office, telephone number, e-mail address and, in particular, the contact details of its legal representative.

3. The statement is submitted electronically through a special link located on the central website of the Ministry of Development and Investment, which is accessible through the Single Digital Portal of Public Administration (gov.gr – SGP). The access is made through the passwords of the General Commercial Register of the liable companies or, if they do not exist, through the passwords to “TAXIS”.

4. Failure to submit or submission of an inaccurate declaration, in accordance with this entails the cumulative imposition of sanctions as follows:

(a) seizure of the items in question, in so far as they have not been declared or have been declared incorrectly; and

b) administrative fine of one thousand (1,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) euros, depending on the gravity of the violation.

5. Competent authorities for the control of the compliance of the obligors of par. 1, the imposition of the sanctions of par. 4 and the collection and the control of the data submitted by the obligors of par. 2, are defined on a case by case joint decision 6 the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, the General Secretariat for Trade and Consumer Protection and the Inter-Service Market Control Unit of the Ministry of Development and Investment, as well as the Unified Food Control Agency.

6. By joint decision of the Ministers of Rural Development and Food and Development and Investment and the co-competent Minister, as the case may be, the companies and the types of products of par. 1, the stock data of par. 2, submitted with statements of par. 3, the updating of the statements of par. a), b), c) and d) of par. 2, the competent authorities of par. 5, the audit procedure, the par. 4 bodies, the escalation of sanctions according to their severity, as well as any other specific issue for the application of this.

7. The obligations of the present are valid for a period of three (3) months from the entry into force of the present. By decision of the Minister of Rural Development and Food, the period of the first paragraph may be extended for a period of up to three (3) additional, each time, months.

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