PM Emil Boc: Supermarkets may be forced to reserve 30% of space to Romanian products

The Romanian government was analyzing a proposal from employers’ unions to force supermarkets reserve 20 to 30% of their space to Romanian products, PM Emil Boc said on Friday. He made the statements following talks with employers’ and trade unions on planned changes to the Labor code and on measures to improve the business environment.

But Boc said such a measure should take into account the European provisions in the sector so that it be adopted without problems.

And he announced that for the time being the Government did not plan to cut the VAT and flat taxes as demanded by some employers’ unions.