Players of the food market continue to discuss amendments to the "Law on trade", which have already passed the first hearings in the state Duma. Executive Director of the Association of producers and suppliers of food products "Rusprodsoyuz" Dmitry Vostrikov believes that their adoption requires a detailed understanding.

"The attitude of market participants to the amendments to the law is ambiguous, he said in an interview with the organizers of the First investment forum "Agroyug 2015", which will take place in Stavropol on October 29-30. - According to the authors of the legislative initiative aimed at streamlining the relations between suppliers and trade networks, the establishment of transparent pricing rules and contractual relations. For example, the draft amendment proposes to reduce the allowable size of total payments to the network providers to 0-3% and to reduce the terms of payment for delivered products to 5-35 days depending on the shelf life of products. Authors of the project explain the tightening of policy by the need to support manufacturers and reduce the chance of unfair competition. However, while manufacturers are in the process of analysis of the possible pros and cons of this initiative. Many agreed that over-regulation of the market is not acceptable. But more than that is not acceptable and the current situation, in which a number of commercial networks do not fulfill the requirements of the Law, the Code of good practice for suppliers and retailers, and the decisions of the Commission to comply with".