A meeting was held in Almaty on the issue of unjustified price increases, compliance with a 15% surcharge on socially significant food products

Employees of the Department of Trade and Consumer Protection in Almaty took part in a meeting organized by the Akimat of Almaly district of Almaty, on the issue of unjustified price increases, compliance with a 15% surcharge and the exclusion of inefficient intermediaries in the sale of socially significant food products.

This meeting was attended by representatives of the Almaly District Prosecutor's Office, the Almaty City Entrepreneurship and Investment Department, the Almaly District State Revenue Department, the Department of the Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the city of Almaty, as well as subjects of domestic trade.

During the meeting, the participants were informed that according to Article 9 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Regulation of Trade activities", the subject of internal trade for socially significant food products sets the size of the maximum trade allowance of no more than fifteen percent of the selling price of the manufacturer or the purchase price of the wholesale supplier.

In addition, entrepreneurs were notified of responsibility for exceeding the trade allowance by more than fifteen percent of the manufacturer's selling price or the wholesale supplier's purchase price and that in case of violations, measures will be taken in accordance with Article 204-4 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to which, for exceeding the trade premium by more than 15% by a subject of internal trade for the first time entails a warning, and for repeated violation entails a fine in the amount of 10 to 300 MCI.

Information was also brought that according to paragraph 4 of Article 193 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Administrative Offenses", for the sale on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan without specifying the price in tenge of goods decorated with a price label displayed in internal or external storefronts of a shopping facility, or the sale on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of goods whose value exceeds the issued label the price displayed in the internal or external storefronts of the shopping facility, or the indication of the price of goods not in tenge when it is sold on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the terms of a public contract – entails a fine for small businesses in the amount of six, for medium–sized businesses – in the amount of ten, for large businesses - in the amount of thirty monthly calculation indices.

At the end of the meeting, entrepreneurs were asked questions of interest to them, to which exhaustive answers were given.