2024-02-09 19:07:47
This expanded meeting takes place to focus on the market supply situation and prices in anticipation of the holy month of Ramadan, assess the results of surveillance activities, strengthen market control and fight firmly once morest all forms of speculation. and price manipulation and any illegal practice likely to hinder the normal functioning of markets and harm the health and safety of citizens, the rights of consumers and their purchasing power, indicates a press release from the Ministry of ‘Interior.
Concerning the supply situation of national markets, it appears from the data presented by the heads of the ministerial departments and establishments concerned and from the conclusions of field research carried out in the different prefectures and provinces, that the supply of markets with different products of consumption remains “normal” and that the available stocks, the forecast production and the supply expected to be available in the coming weeks will make it possible to satisfy the needs in terms of consumption of the various basic products during the holy month of Ramadan and the months to come , adds the press release.
The proactive measures taken by the various government authorities and the relevant administrative services, in coordination with the economic actors concerned, have contributed to ensuring the needs of national markets and avoiding any lack of supply of basic products, including agricultural products. , despite the constraints linked to low rainfall and the lack of surface and underground water resources intended for agricultural activities.
In this context, emphasis was placed on the importance of monitoring, monitoring and continuing the mobilization of all economic players and various departments, services and control bodies concerned in order to guarantee regular supply. markets and control price fluctuations. Emphasis was also placed on the need to constantly work to control markets, improve the efficiency of the production, distribution and marketing ecosystem, support the purchasing power of citizens and to the preservation of their health and safety.
As such, according to the press release, instructions were given to all stakeholders, headed by the walis and governors, to ensure the strengthening of coordination and monitoring measures and the mobilization of the authorities, administrations and bodies concerned. , take all necessary measures to guarantee sufficient and regular supply to the markets in all prefectures and provinces of the Kingdom and identify and deal with any possible dysfunction in supply and distribution circuits with efficiency and the speed required.
It is also a question of intensifying the interventions of control services, of ensuring compliance with legal provisions relating to prices, competition and consumer protection, of facing, with rigor and firmness, the different forms of speculation, monopoly, clandestine storage and any commercial practice detrimental to the normal functioning of markets and the rights of consumers, their health or their safety, to activate the repressive procedures provided for by law once morest offenders and to consolidate coordination between the authorities and services concerned on this subject.
These instructions also concern the intensification of communication with consumers, professionals and actors of civil society, through the means available, by associating all the services and authorities concerned, consumer protection associations and media, with a view to raising awareness among consumers and encouraging them to adopt healthy and responsible behavior, as well as on the activation of call numbers and hotlines in the prefectures and provinces, the various services and establishments concerned to enable consumers and all stakeholders concerned to file their complaints, to notify cases of fraud, lack of supply or illegal or suspicious commercial practices, and to ensure the efficient and rapid processing of complaints, in coordination with the services and authorities concerned.
The Minister of the Interior, the Minister of the Economy and Finance, the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, and the Directors General of the Customs and Indirect Tax Administration, the National Office for Food Safety, the National Office Interprofessional Cereals and Legumes, and the National Fisheries Office, with the participation, by videoconference, of regional walis, governors of prefectures, provinces and district prefectures of the Kingdom, general secretaries and heads internal affairs divisions and economic affairs divisions in prefectures and provinces, as well as heads of relevant decentralized services.
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