Nothing will change for consumers at markets, Anatol Shumchanka says

The Chairman of the Republican Public Association “Perspective” commented on introduction of the Customs Union's technical regulations that have come into force on December 1, 2013.

Let us recall that month ago, Vice-PM Piotr Prakapovich stated that individual entrepreneurs should work according to new rules and use the Customs Union's technical regulations since December 1, 2013. Previously, it was supposed that the new regulations would come into force since July 1, 2014.

In November, Prakapovich held another consultative session and conformed the date - December 1. He also stated that individual entrepreneurs could buy goods at the wholesale bases in Belarus, which will receive production from the manufacturers directly. The entrepreneurs threatened with a strike in response.   

Two days before the supposed innovation, Anatol Shumchanka, Chairman of the Republican Public Association “Perspective”, in the interview with Euroradio, says there will be no changes: "If nothing changes today, then the situation will be the same since December 1 either. According to our information, what Prakapovich said will not happen on December 1. Officials of the Economy Ministry and the State Standard say so. Everything will stay the same, the customers will buy goods at the market like they did in November and October."

According to Shumchanka, changes may be expected only since the New Year.