Competition Council on Tuesday launched the platform "Food Price Monitor," which allows the comparison of more than 30,000 products from 1,700 stores from all over the country, meant to help strengthening competition on this market and cheapening foodstuffs at the most expensive stores.
He added the institution he represents will monitor these prices and come up with info updates regularly.
In the event that the information on their applications differ from reality, consumers can notify the Competition Council and the National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC).
European legislation forces authorities in the member states to launch such price monitors on various markets, he brought to mind.
"This soft could easily be adjusted to other fields, such as the banking field; in fact, ANPC is already preparing such price monitor, and we can help them," said Chiritoiu.
The Competition Council on July 1 2019 launched the platform "Price Monitor for Fuels," which includes information about the tariffs practiced by the large gas station chains in Romania.
In end December 2018, the Competition Council signed a 1.42 million worth agreement with the Maguay company to build the application, both for fuels and for foodstuffs.