This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from Hibapress, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
In preparation for the blessed month of Ramadan for the year 1446 Ah, the ministerial ministerial committee for vigilance and monitoring of markets and prices held a meeting on Tuesday February 4, 2025 at the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior, in the presence of Women and the Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Economy and Finance, Minister of Health and Social Protection, Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, Water, Forestry, the Minister of Industry and Trade and Minister Energy and Sustainable Development and State Writer to the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, in charge of Maritime fishing, in addition to the general directors of the tax administration of customs and indirects and the National Office for the health security of food products, the National Vocational Office for Grains, Cotton and the National Hunting Bureau. He also participated in the remote meeting of managers, workers, regions, provinces of the kingdom’s provinces, general writers, heads of domestic affairs, heads of departments of economic affairs in workers, regions And the relevant indifferent leaders.
The summons of this extended meeting has just devoted the royal directives that urge the optimal conditions to prepare in the sacred month of Ramadan, by working to ensure the abundance and the regularity of the catering and improve the mechanisms of monitoring, surveillance and Control of markets and firmly confront for all forms of speculation and manipulation of prices and other illegal practices which will naturally disturb traffic for markets and damage to the health of citizens and their security and the damage to the rights of consumer consumers and their purchasing power.
With regard to the status of the supply of the national market and local markets, at this meeting, according to the data provided by the managers of the ministerial sectors and the institutions concerned and the convocation of the research in the field carried out in various workers And regions, the market provides supplies with various consumer materials remain in its normal path. The actions available, with future production and the offer that should be provided in the coming weeks, are sufficient to meet the consumption needs of basic materials during the blessed month of Ramadan and the months that follow. The proactive procedures and measures adopted by the government authorities and the competent administrative interests, in coordination with economic actors, played a central role in the guarantee of national market requirements and the evidence of any shortage of supply of various materials of Base, including agricultural products, despite the challenges linked to the rarity of rain and lack water resources.
In this context, the need to continue the precise monitoring and the continuation of coordination and cooperation between the sectors, the interests and the institutions concerned and the economic actors, as well as the activation of the legal monitoring and control mechanisms available , to guarantee the supply of markets with abundance and regularity and improve the efficiency of the production and distribution system and marketing and providing the required quality and safety conditions, in search of protecting consumer rights and their purchasing power and to preserve the health and safety of citizens.
In this regard, the instructions were directed to the lady, the governors and the workers, as well as the representatives of the ministerial sectors and the institutions concerned at the territorial level, in order to ensure the continuation and the improvement of the coordination procedures and Vigilance, and to motivate all powers, departments and bodies concerned to take the necessary measures to guarantee a sufficient and regular offer of the markets in the various workers and regions of the kingdom, and monitor any possible defect in the catering or distribution paths and its treatment with the speed and efficiency required; Intensification of interventions of surveillance interests, while working to assume commitment to legal requirements related to prices, competition and consumer protection, and to face, with the firmness and rigor necessary, for all forms of speculation, monopoly, secret economies and fraud, and to face all commercial practices that disrupt the natural traffic traffic or affect the rights of the consumer or their health and its safety, and activate the procedures legally stipulated against offenders; Improve communication with consumers, professionals and civil society activities through various means available, by involving all relevant departments and organizations, consumer protection companies and the media, in order to educate and educate merchants and consumers and encourage them to adopt business behavior and responsible consumers and sound; Activate communication numbers and maintenance cells with workers and regions and with various interests and competent institutions, to allow consumers and the rest of the authorities concerned to subject their complaints and report cases of fraud or lack of supplies or illegal or suspect commercial practices, while ensuring the rapid and effective treatment of these complaints in coordination with the interests and bodies concerned.
