In March this year, MP of Free Republicans Jarosław Sachajko and Anna Gembicka from PiS looked at prices in Germany and Poland. It turned out that although Poles earn less, they have to pay more for the same products, although they earn much less than the neighbors.
MPs showed that the same mower in Lidl in Germany cost 99 euros, or approx. 424 PLN, and in Poland 799 PLN. In Poland in Kaufland, they found minced coffee 500 g for 12.99 PLN, in the same store in Germany for 2.49 euros (approx. 10.68 PLN). They also checked prices in Rossmann – Nivea Soft Cream 200 ml in Poland cost PLN 15.99, in Germany 2.49 euros (approx. 10.68 PLN).
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UOKiK corresponds to MPs. “Selective and from the detachment from the local market”
Sachajko and Gembicka reported to the Ministry of Development and Technology.
“Such practices arouse anxiety and give birth to questions about the treatment of Polish consumers by international corporations,” they wrote.
Now the ministry replied, citing UOKiK – reports the industry portal forhandlu.pl. “Price differences in the same products in a given commercial network in different countries do not break the ban on the use of practices violating the collective interests of consumers, due to the lack of a premise for the unlawfulness of the entrepreneur's operation,” reads.
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In response to a parliamentary interpretation, attention was noted that the price of everyday products is determined in local markets and it is there that stores compete with each other.
“In Poland, networks with various capital, including Polish, compete in Poland, but prices are in principle similar to their market nature,” says UOKiK. This, as he explains, means that for the Polish consumer prices outside the country do not matter much.
The office believes that MP arguments are not justified. “Checking the prices of groceries abroad, especially selective and in detachment from the local market, does not allow for a broader drawing of conclusions” – quotes the portal dlahandlu.pl.
