ANNOUNCEMENT 03 Feb 2013

In February 2013, the government of Slovakia announced a change in the required local inputs to serve domestic customers.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE



Amendment of the Act on Foodstuffs (in Slovak):
http://www.svssr.sk/dokumenty/legislativa/42_2013.pdf

Secondary Sources:
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=9065213f-8c33-45e7-9634-87da53082cfc
http://www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2014/global/food-law/amendment-to-the-foodstuffs-regulation-slovakia


Inception date: 01 Apr 2013 | Removal date: open ended
Still in force

Local sourcing

 On 3 February 2013, Slovakia amended its Act on Foodstuffs, requiring businesses with a turnover of more than 10 million EUR to inform the Ministry of Agriculture twice a year the share of locally produced foods sold in their stores (each time the five biggest contributor countries). Based on this information, the Ministry will compute a list of the shares of locally produced goods by each supermarket chain.
This list will have to be then published at each supermarket's entrance and website.
The amendment came into force on 1 April 2013.
Although this measure does not specify a minimum level of local content, the measure may well encourage firms to source more products locally.

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
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