The request for a VAT cut on organic food marks the beginning of Organic Food Iberia in Spain

게시됨 2021년 9월 8일

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The Association of Spanish Supermarket Chains (ACES) is advocating for a special tax treatment, including a reduced VAT rate, for bio products to make them more competitive and offset their higher production costs. This measure, backed by major supermarket chains like Alcampo, Carrefour, El Corte Inglés, and Eroski, is aligned with the European Commission's action plan for organic production. The article also highlights Spain's leadership in organic production, the simplification of administrative processes, and the expansion of organic product offerings, returning to face-to-face professional fairs after the pandemic. These fairs showcase a diverse range of organic products, from food and beverages to cosmetics, textiles, and home goods, underscoring the growing demand for healthy and sustainably produced items.

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The president of the Association of Spanish Supermarket Chains (ACES), Aurelio del Pino, in the presentation of the round table "Ecological products in the daily supermarket basket" has defended "a specific tax treatment, with a reduction in VAT applied" for bio products. In this way, such foods would be "more competitive" and would help to "offset the higher production costs" that they have compared to conventional ones and that make them more expensive for the consumer, since it is necessary to "take into account the environmental benefits ”Of organic agriculture and livestock, he commented. This measure has been endorsed by those responsible for Alcampo, Carrefour, El Corte Inglés and Eroski who then participated in the round table and who have agreed that consumer information must be improved on how to recognize an organic product and what differentiates it. the rest. Del Pino recalled that reducing taxation "is already suggested in the action plan for the development of ...

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