Ukraine Verkhovna Rada Tender

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine hosted a round table on Legislative regulation of relations between producers of food beverages and retail chains organized by the inter-factional association Deputy Agrarian Council and the Union of Dairy Enterprises of Ukraine. Representatives of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation the Poultry Farmers Union of Ukraine the All-Ukrainian Bakers Association Ukrvinprom Corporation the Meat Industry Association the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine as well as representatives of leading Ukrainian producers and beverages joined the event.Opening the round table Andriy Bohdanets Chairman of the Inter-Factional Agrarian Council said that the event was a great opportunity for Ukrainian MPs and business associations to understand and work out an effective mechanism to prevent unjustified food prices and protect the interests of agricultural producers. and strengthening economic competition in the food trade.The problem which was pointed out by parliamentarians arose due to the fact that with the creation of large retail chains supermarkets hypermarkets etc. the balance of power between producers suppliers and retail chains has changed significantly leading to some abuse and dishonesty. competition from the latter. In order to resolve this issue the Peoples Deputies of Ukraine registered a number of bills aimed at strengthening protection against unfair competition in the sale of food products 6068 6068-1 6068-2 6068-3 6155 .At the same time as MP Andriy Bohdanets noted business associations are concerned that bills directly related to their field of activity may be considered without consultation and business participation so they want to convey their point of view to parliamentarians. In addition he reminded that for the peoples deputies of Ukraine in addition to providing transparent and competitive conditions for both suppliers and retail chains the issue of protecting the interests of millions of Ukrainian citizens who suffer today from rising food prices is crucial.Peoples Deputies of Ukraine Serhiy Bunin Oleksandr Horobets Oleksandr Sova Stepan Chernyavsky as well as representatives of relevant associations and manufacturing companies expressed their proposals and remarks on the essence of the bills registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.According to the results of the discussion the participants of the meeting received the greatest support from the draft Law on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Strengthening Protection against Unfair Competition 6068-3. At the same time the parties agreed on the need to finalize it.Also MPs of Ukraine and business representatives stressed the productivity and importance of such events in the discussion and adoption of important decisions and agreed on further joint work.