The National Revenue Agency (NRA) and the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) have imposed sanctions of 2 million euros since the beginning of the year, when we switched to the euro, due to unjustified price increases for goods and services, bTV listed.
Some of the fines are being appealed by traders, others have concluded agreements to pay smaller amounts. The CPC reports that about 10 percent of the inspected traders were caught in violation and unjustified price increases and during the inspections they were unable to present documents that the increase in their prices was related to an increase in net costs.
23.58% of about 10% of the goods for which there was an increase turned out to be unjustified. Most often, violations occur with seasonal goods - fruits, vegetables, cucumbers, tomatoes, apples, as well as coffee, chocolate, confectionery, sausages, fish, dairy products.
The Consumer Protection Commission has identified only 6 cases of unjustified price increases in fuels.
The Revenue Agency is still requesting documents from fuel traders in order to be categorical in their assessments of whether there are violations.