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08/07/2012
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Establishments that do not offer customers biodegradable bags could be fined up to R$ 2 million.
The threat of a fine of up to R$ 2 million to supermarkets in Sao Paulo that do not offer free plastic bags or biodegradable paper worked. Yesterday, the first packaging appeared in some stores of the major networks, which promise to adapt to a court order in the next few days.
Carrefour was one of the first to make alternative containers available in the version oxybiodegradable. The Pão de Açucar Group does not offers them at all points of sale, but ensures that the expected shipment of suppliers. The Sonda Group, which retains only the common bags, did not rule on the matter, claiming that the issue is being discussed internally. Walmart says it should follow the determination from next week.
Since the beginning of the week, the supermarkets would have to comply with a court order for the supply, but there was no punishment provided in case of noncompliance. On Monday, Judge Cynthia Torres Cristófaro of 1. Th Civil Forum João Mendes, led to a daily fine of R$ 20,000 per store that does not comply with the determination, in a limit of R$ 2 million per company.
It also gave a deadline of 48 hours for the Paulista Association of Supermarkets (Apas) send a list of all members will be asked to comply with court order, under penalty of fine of R$ 100,000. In a statement, the organization said that until yesterday had not received the notification. "The Apas awaiting publication in the Journal of Justice to (take) the necessary steps," he said.
Environmental Issues
Apas, Sonda, Carrefour and Group Pão de Açucar, who had filed in 27 different resources. Th Board of Private Law, transferred the matter to the Special Chamber of the Environment, which should disclose an opinion in the coming days.
The Consumer Association SOS, which in late June was able to court the return of sacolinhas to supermarkets, says the move aims to shift the focus of the process. "This is not about environmental law, but consumer rights," says the lawyer Marli Aparecida Sampaio, president of the association.
She said the supermarkets offered the biodegradable bags (with charge) as an ecological alternative last year. This year, he says, with a court order for free distribution, the networks have changed the attitude.
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