The norm is complementary to Resolution 75 of November 11, which approved the model of the Specific Collaboration Agreement between the Ministry of Commerce and “the municipalities of the various provinces of the Argentine Republic that contribute to the activities of inspection, control and judgment of non-compliance with the price agreements that have been signed” with participating companies of Fair Prices.
Since that resolution did not specify the amounts of the fines to be applied in the event of non-compliance, Commerce considered it “pertinent” for “operational issues” to establish criteria for setting them.
Fines to companies: detail
In the case of offers of program products at prices higher than those established by the Agreement, the fines will be between $500,000 to $1 million, the same range if there is a lack of supply in each branch of the companies of at least 80% of the planned products, without their respective substitutes being offered.
A penalty of $200,000 up to $400,000 will be applied, if there is a lack of correct identification through the signage of the program in each branch of the participating companies of at least 80% of the products included in the corresponding agreements.
Likewise, the resolution establishes fines of $150,000 to $300,000 if this signage is used “in the supply of products subject to inspection, which are not included in the Annexes of the corresponding agreements.”
Finally, fines of $250,000 to half a million pesos are set for “establishing any restriction on the number of products for sale per consumer or family group without prior authorization from the Secretary of Commerce.”
The rule specifies that, in case of recidivism, “an increase of up to 40% of the fines may be applied”, an increase that may reach 100% “in the case of second recidivism”.
Source: Ambito
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