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Working version of new law on trade completed
Belgrade,
7 November 2007
Serbian Minister of Trade and Services Predrag Bubalo said at the presentation of the Serbian Market Inspectorate annual newsletter that a working version of the new law on trade has been completed.
Bubalo expressed hope that this systemic law will enter parliamentary procedure by the end of the year, noting that it regulates trade with goods and services, market surveillance, which is very important for market inspection.
The Minister stressed that this law introduces the authorisation of market inspectors to issue warnings for breach of regulations, either orally, in writing or publicly.
With the aim of tackling gray economy, local authorities will be in charge of inspection surveillance of sale of goods on the streets and green markets and will also be authorised to confiscate goods, he said.
Bubalo noted that local authorities will more easily address this problem whereas the market inspection will have a greater role in surveillance over the functioning of the market.
According to him, the law on general safety of products, harmonised with EU directives, has also entered the procedure.
The Minister recalled that there were technical regulations and standards that products need to fulfill, but noted that some of them are over 25 years old.
The law will allow market inspection to remove from the market those selling inadequate products or to make them withdraw those products from the market, the Minister explained.
The Minister stressed that this law introduces the authorisation of market inspectors to issue warnings for breach of regulations, either orally, in writing or publicly.
With the aim of tackling gray economy, local authorities will be in charge of inspection surveillance of sale of goods on the streets and green markets and will also be authorised to confiscate goods, he said.
Bubalo noted that local authorities will more easily address this problem whereas the market inspection will have a greater role in surveillance over the functioning of the market.
According to him, the law on general safety of products, harmonised with EU directives, has also entered the procedure.
The Minister recalled that there were technical regulations and standards that products need to fulfill, but noted that some of them are over 25 years old.
The law will allow market inspection to remove from the market those selling inadequate products or to make them withdraw those products from the market, the Minister explained.
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