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"An inter-ministerial group has been convened to work on a law on food surcharges and review EU food legislation and take good examples. The ultimate goal is to move towards a law on food prices".

This was stated by the Minister of Economy, Nikola Stoyanov, at a press conference for the presentation of the information platform with comparative food prices.

"The state will subsidize 80% of the price (excluding VAT) of irrigation water as a measure against expensive food," announced the Minister of Agriculture Yavor Gechev at a press conference for the presentation of the information platform with comparative food prices. 

"The Ministry of Agriculture has conducted an urgent sociological survey, which will be presented in the coming days. We have tried to measure a sample of public opinion regarding the opinion on prices, the opinion on the measures we apply and accordingly how Bulgarian citizens understand the whole process and the problems regarding him", Minister Gechev also said.

"This will be a breath of fresh air for farmers, but also for consumers, that's why we are connecting the two topics," added the Minister of Agriculture.

The Minister of Economy, Nikola Stoyanov, and the Minister of Agriculture, Yavor Gechev, present to the Council of Ministers a website for comparing the prices of basic food products.

He leaves today. 

Starting next week, retail chains will upload their prices to it.

Each user will be able to monitor online how much 50 food products cost in different stores.

We remind you that after long negotiations, the official cabinet and the commercial chains shook hands.

Thus, starting next week, every user will be able to monitor the prices of almost 50 food products in various stores online.

In addition, the authorities report a drop in the prices of some food products such as cucumbers, for example, which just a few weeks ago reached a record 7 BGN.

Tomorrow they are introducing the food price monitoring site

Commodity exchanges and auctions observed a drop in the prices of the majority of vegetables, but also a hold in the price of basic food products.

The foodprice.bg site is expected to be operational around 3:30 p.m. today.

It will contain:

• importer prices

• wholesale prices

• retail prices observed weekly by area of ​​the country.

  Both large chains and small outlets are covered, but no promotions.

• the prices of 11 basic food products from 7 European countries

The information platform was built by "Information Service".

"The platform unites all the institutions that are related to the topic. And it is a tool not only for monitoring, but also for storing data, which is currently a serious weakness - there is a lack of such data," said Economy Minister Nikola Stoyanov.