Slovakia has the support of several EU Member States in promoting the topic of unfair commercial practices at European level. On Monday evening, this was stated by the Minister of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic Richard Takáč (Smer-SD) after the meeting of the EU Council for Agriculture and Fishing in Brussels, informs TASR.
The minister confirmed that The unfair commercial practices as well as simplifying the common agricultural policy and agricultural issues related to trade were among the main topics of the ministerial negotiations. He recalled that the topic of unfair commercial practices was promoted in Brussels last year and specified that Currently, these efforts are supported by ten EU Member States.
“Also the European Commissioner for Agriculture Christophe Hansen assessed that the situation is unresolved, that we have unfair commercial practices and that we have to support the customer-provisional relationship from the point of view of the weaker. And these are farmers, local food producers, smaller producers, not multinational companies, “Takac explained. He added that the multinational large companies often unreasonably pushing to smaller manufacturers And they are often forced to sell their products under their production price.
“I am glad that several ministers have supported me and this will be the topic for the future. We are going to negotiate that must extend the list of unreasonable terms and conditionsThe analysis will be done, “he described the situation, stressing that there is a promise from the European Commission that it will develop appropriate steps and measures in this area.
