Federal retail network waive the penalties to contractors for violations of the past, told "Kommersant" several suppliers.

So, GK "OK" in the letter of the Association "Rusprodsoyuz" reported that "decided to abandon issuing fines for violations of the conditions of supply of goods related to the scope and/or timing of delivery, dated 2014 and 2015".

Solution retailer called a manifestation of "goodwill". Question about last year's debt, as the letter says, creates "an additional unnecessary nervousness and tension in the consumer market."

Besides the "okay" from fines exhibited "Dixie", "Magnet", TD "Intertorg" (the network "folk family", "Idea", Spar), "Tape", "Globus". Providers reported that they received fines ranged from 2% to 10% of the three-year turnover and resulted in tens of millions of rubles.

One of the largest suppliers of claims that the readiness to cancel the penalties for previous years in the case of detecting them verbally announced representatives of "Lenta" and "Magnit".

Fines for violations of 2014-2015 did not become widespread practice for all retailers, said the head of the Association of retail companies (akort) Ilya Lomakin-Rumyantsev. He explained that often the legal costs and political risks of such proceedings higher economic benefits.

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