Theodorikakos: Fines for obscenity are coming – After Easter the bill for consumer loans

“Obscenity has been detected successful definite types of food, intensive controls are being carried retired by the caller Independent Authority for Market Control and Consumer Protection and fines volition beryllium imposed connected those who person breached the law,” Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos said, speaking to Real FM.

Theodorikakos besides noted that “we are connected the aforesaid broadside arsenic society. We person taken the toughest and astir superior measures, specified arsenic the headdress connected the nett margin, the betterment for the caller Authority, portion hundreds of checks are being carried retired everyplace to guarantee compliance with the law.”

The Development Minister past warned of beardown inflationary waves successful the coming play owed to the warfare struggle successful the Middle East region, which whitethorn besides origin a diminution successful the country’s maturation trajectory. He said “this situation is the astir hard and the worst we person faced successful these 7 years, arsenic the portion successful which the warfare is taking spot is straight linked to lipid and state accumulation and is simply a captious crossroads for the proscription of goods to and from Europe and Asia.”

“We person a precise hard conflict up of america and from the archetypal days we person reacted with factual measures to halt the obscenity and incorporate inflationary pressures arsenic overmuch arsenic possible. I judge that the full governmental strategy indispensable consciousness this concern and determination indispensable beryllium a consciousness of responsibility, seriousness and reasonableness,” helium stressed.

“If we had not taken these measures, we would beryllium paying 2.5 and 3 euros for petrol and diesel, arsenic is the lawsuit successful galore European countries. As of today, diesel is 20 cents a litre cheaper, due to the fact that the subsidy measurement was implemented. And this tin beryllium seen by each national who volition enactment connected diesel, particularly trucks. We were precise funny due to the fact that it is the substance for trucks and this reduces the outgo which is passed connected to the wide outgo of products and inflation,” the Minister of Development besides stressed.

Theodorikos pointed retired that past twelvemonth – acknowledgment to the measures taken – Greece had antagonistic nutrient ostentation for 5 months and antagonistic ostentation successful basal necessities for a year. “No authorities successful the past has taken a measurement similar the nett headdress per merchandise code. Of course, I americium not arguing that determination is nary accuracy oregon that determination is not a superior conception of nine that is being tested and we ought to enactment them,”
he said.

He besides referred to the changes brought to user recognition by the caller Ministry of Development Bill that volition beryllium tabled successful Parliament aft Easter. “We are taking measures to enactment an extremity to atrocious situations for consumers concerning user loans up to 100,000 euros without collateral. We are putting an extremity to tiny letters wherever you can’t work what the conditions are, but besides to extortionate practices. There volition beryllium a headdress connected however overmuch a user indebtedness tin scope erstwhile you wage it disconnected and the percent volition beryllium betwixt 30% – 50% supra the superior you borrowed.”

On the record prepared by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office connected the OPEKEPE case, the Development Minister said that the Government’s doctrine is “transparency everywhere, for everyone and everything. The instrumentality indispensable beryllium applied and everything that is provided for indispensable beryllium done. When the lawsuit comes to Parliament, each lawsuit volition person to beryllium examined individually, each the facts volition beryllium looked astatine and the indispensable decisions volition beryllium taken.”