In a country of bad products

May 17 2014 published c earnings

AMCUIn the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine consider, that sectoral rules of professional ethics promote fair competition

According to estimates of the Antimonopoly Committee (snare), per year loss of unfair competition Ukraine cost variously estimated at 600-800 billion USD, while the cost of losses from monopoly abuse is about 100 billions (Among the violators oblgas, Ukrzaliznytsia, power companies). These are the amounts, which could fill the budget. This was at the committee meeting of entrepreneurs agricultural industry at the Chamber of Commerce said in Ukraine. about. AMC chairman Mykola Barash.

Consumer misleading

In other words, if Ukraine joint efforts of honest producers will press the market of dubious dealers, increase the efficiency of markets. If not, then under the so-called "law squeezed lemon" will soon become a country of bad products and extremely inefficient business. snare, investigating numerous cases of abuse, concluded, the roots of evil in the dissemination of false information about goods and services, misleading consumers and enables producers to speculate.

That is a situation experts call, in which entrenched trend would follow the rules and all parties appeared to have a common understanding of the benefits of the regulatory role of the state. For example, such victories include AMC, including, a clear separation of products on the market butter quality (butter and spreads, allowing buyers to avoid such, as before, outright deception).

According to statistics AMC, the last 10 years the number of statements about the protection needs of competition increased from one thousand a year to nine thousand. Last year, authorities recorded Committee 1259 violations of the Law of Ukraine "On Protection of Economic Competition". IN 403 disturbances in the form of unfair competition perpetrators brought to justice, and respect 856 actions, containing features such violations, AMC discontinued the case and provided recommendations entities.

One of the most common types of fraud, committed to achieve unlawful advantage in competition, is the dissemination of information, deceptive. Violations of this type were 85% the total number of violations in the form of unfair competition entities.

information, misleading, there are advertising, which adversely affects consumers and their choices, praised as the product actually has these properties advertised. This means, the use of self-regulatory mechanisms, which deter producers from offering poor quality products through advertising or packaging, topical. Committee showed last year and stop misleading ads on socially important markets - food, consumer goods, financial services, drugs. For example, the market of wine 104 samples 46 were deliberately counterfeit product - this assessment experts from the European certificate. Also social evil experts believe promises of cheap credit, rotating consumer financial services for material and moral damages.

For efficiency AMC rebuilt work with applicants and violators of antitrust laws. previously, example, Vinnitsa territorial office of the Committee "missed" products Kharkiv manufacturer, the latter had to deal with this department. Now, such a case is referred to the place of registration terviddilennya offender (in this case to Kharkiv) and there are not only limited to product, which received a complaint, and should test the entire range.

The atmosphere will change the rules of ethics

Interesting, that the first violation entity AMC as non-fiscal authority provides guidance through terviddilennya. According to AMC, make recommendations 40% the total number of detected violations. "Hopefully, this plate reaches 80%, which will reduce the administrative burden. We will work only with, who wants to do business in good faith. In Japan, for example, reaches more recommendations 90% on the number of detected violations ", - said Mykola Barash.

However, Legislation Ukraine provides a mechanism, lobbying distribution rules of honest business - rules of professional ethics. Such rules are interested bona fide business. In case of violation of rules AMC will work with their offenders under a simplified procedure - ask opinion about this business. In the Committee believes, that spread ethics facilitate the work of AMC.

By the way, AMC familiarity with the Association "Ukrkondprom" began with a scandal, then this structure imposed rules of professional ethics in competition in the confectionery, products and food concentrates of coffee (Rules adopted in December 2013 year). They signed 14 business, members of the association and whose production is 56% of total confectionery in Ukraine. In particular, These rules provide industrial and combating corruption. That konkyrentsiyu confectionery products considered as a prerequisite for success in the industry created conditions for self-regulation.

"Our company was part of a working group for the preparation of rules. We consider it necessary to disseminate international standards of domestic producers. discussion rate, which is not included in the current Regulation, was an article on the use of Soviet brands, since there are different approaches to address this issue. Above that we are currently working, - said the "UK" the head of communications with government agencies Ukraine JSC "Mondelis Ukraine" Andrew Hearts.

Confectioners marks concerned about the fate of the USSR

As explained "UK" Alexander Baldynyuk, President of the Association "Ukrkondprom", many of our enterprises in Soviet times produced products of traditional Soviet brands. Much of such products produced in Ukraine. But now the Ukrainian confectioners can not sell these products in Russia, RF State Duma as amended in the Russian legislation on intellectual property, which banned the output of traditional brands without agreement with Russian manufacturers, which are patented brands. Thus, despite the fact, Ukrainian businesses to let 1992 a significant amount of production, the traditional Soviet brands, now do not have the right to implement it in Russia and have been targets of complaints from Russian enterprises.

Олександр Балдинюк зауважив, that according to the Association of AMC released a proposal to review the situation within the CIS and offered to sign an agreement between the countries of the former USSR, according to which the principle would be implemented peredkorystuvannya, that will allow companies of, who were part of the USSR, produce and put into circulation a traditional Soviet stamps provided, These enterprises produce such brands in the Soviet Union. "We also intend to include provisions, regulating the use of Soviet stamps, the Rules of Professional Ethics in competition in the confectionery, food concentrates and coffee products by the end of this year. But there is an understanding AMC, - said president of the Association "Ukrkondprom".

As you know, almost 20% All recipes confectionery been developed in the USSR. In September 2013 at a meeting Antimonopoly Policy in Minsk, Russia initiated consideration of the antitrust agencies of CIS countries support the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), that their territory is not used trademarks USSR, particularly in the confectionery industry. He had to be prepared by the relevant document, but still the issue of brand USSR remains open.

Competition protection in developed countries always became a real factor in economic development. Among the historical examples - the creation of the Federal Trade Commission 1914 year, economic doctrine Franklin Roosevelt 1932 year, which was the main factor in entering the "Great Depression" in the US, struggle to compete in Germany 1950, contributed to the emergence of "German economic miracle" and became the foundation for the present model of socially oriented economy. Today, Ukraine is in similar conditions, when an urgent need to determine, where we are and where we have to move on. Therefore, very important developments today Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine as a structure, created to protect fair competition.

Source: Governmental courier

No answers yet

Leave a Reply