Russia has restricted the manufacturing of medical masks and cheating on their price.
Pixabay.com In particular the list of goods on which trade restrictions have included medical mask, filter respirators, medical gloves, gauze, sets of protective clothing and disposable medical kits, non-woven fabric
AGN Moscow / Sergey Kiselev
Russia has imposed restrictions on the wholesale and retail trade in medical masks and other medical products. The corresponding decree published on the government website, signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
In the special list of goods on which trade restrictions have included medical mask, filter respirators, medical gloves, gauze, sets of protective clothing and disposable medical kits, non-woven fabric.
the Ordinance prohibits retailth trade in such goods in regular stores and other outlets who do not have a license for pharmaceutical activity “in terms of retail trade of medicines for medical use”. While pharmacies and other organizations in which such license is permitted to increase the selling price of goods not more than 10 cents per share or other unit of product.
Wholesalers also allowed to increase the purchase price by more than 10% “at each stage of supply chain wholesale supply”.The wholesale trade in medical masks and other included in the list of goods, except those that have been released to government regulations, is allowed to conduct only JSC “Corporation Roskhimzaschita, which is the Federal operator and the regional coordinator by the operator.
Failure to follow established rules will be considered a violation of the restrictive measures and will be punished in accordance with the law. In accordance with the recent amendment to the Code of administrative offences (Cao), violation of sanitary-hygienic and anti-epidemic measures in the period of the emergency or in the event of the threat of the spread of the disease, representing a danger to others, or during the implementation of restrictive measures is punishable by a fine in the amount of 150 thousand rubles – for officials and individual entrepreneurs and up to 500 thousand rubles for legal entities. In the case of causing death to person or harm to his health, the maximum fine for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs increased to 1 million rubles.
In early March, the Russian government imposed a temporary ban on the export from Russia of certain types of medical devices and equipment, including protective masks and goggles mask with anti-aerosol filters, coveralls and hazmat suits, Shoe covers, masks, bandages, cotton wool and gauze, some disinfectant and protivoironnie tools, medical gloves and robes.
the prohibition does not apply to the export of such products for international humanitarian aid to foreign countries, including China, and also for removal of masks and other medical devices for personal use. Many were surprised by the recent assistance to the U.S. in the number of goods delivered on April 1 in new York, was including personal protective equipment. At the same time, Russia has a shortage of medical masks and ventilators, the availability of which depends the salvation of the infected.
