UOKiK: A draft amendment to the law on contractual advantage was adopted

The Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers adopted a draft amendment to the law on the 39, contractual advantage – said Friday UOKiK. The new regulation aims to better protect small farms from the misuse of the contractual advantage.

"The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection continuously examines the market of fruits and vegetables." The draft amendment was adopted by the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers ", has said Marek Niechciał, president of UOKiK, quoted in the communique

The Bureau recalled that the law on contractual superiority came into force July 2017. However, after the year of its validity , UOKiK noted the need to modify it in order to protect the interests of Polish farmers more effectively.

The Office pointed out that it can only intervene when the turnover of business between the supplier and the buyer one of the last years at least 50,000 The PLN and the turnover of a stronger party or its capital group is PLN 100 million the year before.

"The amendment does not provide for these thresholds, which means that protect small and medium-sized enterprises, including farmers. "[souligné].

As the added draft regulations also give everyone the opportunity to report on the unfair use of the contractual benefit and to guarantee their anonymity." Another important change is to make the decision of the office immediately enforceable, which means an order to immediately stop the practice of reconciling the weak side of the contract, for example a farmer.

More information on the benefit of the contract can be found: www.przewagakontraktowa.uokik.gov pl