“Citizens will be able to choose, for example, 70 items, mark where they live and the application will show them the prices in markets near them,” explains Hasičević.
The Law on Internal Trade in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been in force for a year, but the reform process in this area is just entering a key phase.
Before the FBiH Ministry of Trade are three more important laws that should significantly change the way we buy, pay and protect our consumer rights.
FBiH Minister of Trade Amir Hasičević spoke about the stage in which the Law on Consumer Protection, the Law on E-commerce and the Law on Price Control are, and what they specifically bring to citizens and the domestic market.
The minister revealed to Vijesti.ba that from December 31, an application for monitoring the prices of basic foodstuffs will be in test use.
“Citizens will be able to choose, for example, 70 items, mark where they live and the application will show them the prices in markets near them,” explains Hasičević.
Attempts to protect domestic trade from large Chinese online platforms that enter the market with dumping prices were also discussed in the conversation.
“Several hundreds of millions of marks are not recorded at all”, warns Hasičević, pointing out that the new Law on e-commerce introduces measures that should introduce more order and equal rules for everyone.
A special part of the conversation is devoted to the implementation of the Law on Internal Trade, where the minister emphasizes that its advantages should not be reduced only to non-working Sundays.
“Gas stations are clearly limited to the range they can sell. You cannot fill fuel and fry hot dogs in the same place. Dragstores are limited to 50 square meters – in most cases, these are family businesses that work non-stop, every day of the year,” says Hasičević.
