The protection of consumer The new National Authority will be aimed at, according to Development Minister, Mr. Takis Theodorikakoswho spoke to ERT.
“Our goal and overall policy is to boost the available income of all citizens. With a development plan that reaches people’s pockets, tax cuts and market interventions to keep the cost of living in all areas, “said Theodorikakos. “The reason I suggested after a long study of the creation of a new independent consumer protection and market control is that I have found with my own eyes and as a minister, what I was living in as a citizen. That first, when they want to report something, to protest something, to give a issue to the state, today they are confused. Others go to the consumer’s lawyer, others go to a service of the General Secretariat of Commerce, others go to DIMEA, others go to the district services. Therefore, this mechanism had to be united for consumer protection and market monitoring and monitoring. The citizen must be served and the state has a single structure and intervene where needed, “he said.
The new authority will be independent, following the AADE model, with a specific time -consuming service hired through a competition, with increased powers, and there will be three deputy governors. “We do not make a principle that will think. There will be a new organizational chart, a new structure, power, great digital capabilities will be given and have been set up until the first half of 2026. He also clarified that “the Independent Competition Committee will continue to do its own job as to whether there are a cartel on the market and 50 new executives will be hired next time.”
Mr Theodorikakos also referred to what has been achieved to date, as market controls have increased, the upper limits have multiplied, the Code of Conduct has been established. The result of all this is that our country has the smallest food inflation in the eurozone over the last six months and negative inflation in basic living and maintenance. The Minister of Development also stressed that a new app would be launched in the autumn to make complaints from mobile, while upgrading the e-Katanalotis platform to help consumers even further. He also stressed that businesses will not be able to change packaging, reduce the quantity without a corresponding price reduction and not announce it. “It is considered an appreciation and this cannot be tolerated,” he said.
Mr Theodorikakos also spoke about the need for support from all parties in this new market initiative, but also about the need for a serious consumer movement that will play its own crucial role. Finally, about reforming the popular markets he said that “we want to bring producers closer to the consumer public, to reduce the role of the intermediaries. You will need the support, cooperation and contribution of mayors and self -government to this effort, so that we can only have popular markets for producers in places they choose. Today’s popular markets, of course, continue as we know them to date, it doesn’t change. “