Skrekas: “We are not going to show any tolerance”
Total fines 1,380,000 euros for unfair profiteering the Ministry of Development imposed on 13 businesses.
Specifically, after checks carried out by his services Ministry of Development found violations of the provisions on unfair profiteering, i.e. for obtaining a gross profit higher than the corresponding gross profit of 2021 in specific products from 13 different companies.
In accordance with the provisions of article 54 of Law 5045/2023, on the announcement of the names of the companies that were imposed fine amounting to more than 50,000 euros, the following fines were imposed as follows:
THE Minister of Development Kostas Skrekas stated: “The battle of our government and the Ministry of Development to effectively combat it accuracy and inflation her greed it is permanent. We’re not going to show no tolerancewe continue and intensify, with strict controls, the punishment of profiteering throughout the market.
All those who do not obey the law are found and pay dearly for every violation. The first positive effects of the new measures are already visible with price reductions in thousands of basic products.
In any case, we are not complacent, we strengthen the control mechanisms and resolutely promote their work until all distortions in the trade area are corrected and legality and healthy competition prevail in the market, for the benefit of all consumers.”
