The Food Information and Control Agency (AICA), an organization attached to the Ministry of Agriculture, has published the first firm sanctions against supermarkets for failing to comply with the Food Chain Law. In the complete list corresponding to the first quarter of 2023, 69 companies appear, among which are subsidiaries of the chains DIA and Carrefour supermarkets.
The document includes the total amount of the sanctions imposed for each of the infractions, which in the case of the aforementioned companies corresponds to a failure to pay suppliersset by law in a maximum of 60 days.
Specifically, a fine of 3,001 euros is imposed on Carrefour Shopping Centers and two to DIA Retail Spain, also a 3,001 euros and another fine greater than 3,899.12 euros. These are firm sanctions by administrative or contentious-administrative channels that respond to the reform approved at the end of 2021 of the Law 12/2013with which it seeks to achieve a fair distribution of the costs of the sector and improve the conditions of the producer.
Thus, the report includes sanctions against agri-food companies of various kinds, mostly also for not meeting supplier payment deadlines, but also for various irregularities in the different contracts, according to the regulations. No more specific details are specified about the delay in payments or who are the affected suppliers.
Among the companies sanctioned, companies with a large national presence stand out, such as J. Garcia Carrionmanufacturer of beverages with brands such as Don Simón or Pata Negra wine (9,147 euros), or the supplier of Mercadona cheeses, Central Cheese Montesinosfined for not including the price in a contract (3,001 euros).
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