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“It just came to our attention then. We discussed this last week, that we are talking about a common area that is documented as a commercial area, so any division and divestment, (…) some other manipulation, in my opinion, it is an attempt not to evade the sentence, but a violation of the sentence ”, – said the Prime Minister to journalists in the Government.
“It has to be evaluated by specific institutions in specific situations,” he added.
The government has allowed a separate entrance from the open one for shops with an area of less than 300 square meters since this week.
Arno Strumila / 15-minute photo / Ingrida Šimonytė
However, the larger stores were looking for ingenious ways to reduce this area by enclosing the retail area with STOP strips, pallets, or plastic frames.
We wrote about it on Monday.
The authorities did not give a specific response on that date on whether such practices are opened in breach of the quarantine conditions imposed for the spread of the coronavirus.
The Ministry of Economy and Innovation also said Wednesday that the government resolution provides for the possibility of operating “stores, not parts of stores with a commercial area … not exceeding 300 square meters.”
“The specific business area in a particular object is determined according to the property management documents. The responsible authorities, which supervise compliance with the conditions of the quarantine decision, have the right to evaluate each case in the commercial area individually and decide on a possible quarantine violation. ” 15 minutes in the Ministry’s response.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Dawn Armonaitė
On Wednesday it also became clear that after the information and comments appeared in the media, the construction goods chain MOKI-VEŽI decided to close again, dividing its department stores into smaller ones, enclosing them with pallets or STOP strips.
“After additional information and comments from the persons responsible for the renewal of the decision on the organization of the retail trade during the quarantine appeared in the media on Monday evening, MOKI-VEŽI decided to return to the sale to distance after assessing potential threats. ” 15 minutes in the comment sent by the network operator.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Moki veži Store
However, it points out that in view of the uncertainties that arose after the government’s decision and the fact that competitors operate and buyers have access to the store, they have requested more detailed information from the responsible ministries on how and which market participants retailer can trade and under what. conditions .conditions.
It will be recalled that the tightening of quarantine restrictions in December forced most non-food stores to close. However, despite the bans, large construction goods stores, such as Depo or Senukai, continued to operate, whose main activity is not the food trade.
Representatives of the companies that operate these stores stated that only food departments work in the stores during the quarantine period. It is true that in addition to food products, you can buy other products in these sections.
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