Business representatives severely criticized the decision of the Parliamentary Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy, which supported the amendments to the Law " This is stated in the Association "

The proposed amendment was supported by the relevant BP committee without consultation with the business community..

According to the association's rough estimates, the adoption of legislative changes will lead to significant losses for the trade industry. We are talking about both large retail chains and small and medium-sized businesses, that is, about 50 thousand enterprises.

According to experts, entrepreneurs will be forced to purchase new commercial equipment, which will lead to expenses of at least 40 thousand rubles.. UAH per trading place.

As a result, the trade industry can get:.

reduction in profitability by UAH 2.5 billion per year.

reduction of jobs in the industry as a whole - by 130-150 thousand. Human.

The total losses of the state and local budgets may amount to about 3.9 billion hryvnia per year.

Supporters of the amendment say they want to reduce the number of "

Recall that on May 2, 2023, the Verkhovna Rada in the first reading adopted bill No. 9206, which introduces comprehensive changes to the law "

By the second reading, a group of people's deputies, including Vladimir Vyatrovich, Irina Konstankevich, Nikita Poturaev, Mikhail Bondar, Lada Bulakh, Vladimir Kreydenko, registered amendment No. 174, introducing a ban on the display of tobacco products in retail outlets.

By the way, 2 years ago the Verkhovna Rada already considered a similar amendment, but then it was recognized as economically inexpedient.. In particular, because the initiative does not comply with the relevant EU legislation (Directive No. 2014/40), which Ukraine has committed to implement.

The proposed legislative changes rather imitate the practice of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Croatia.