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10/08/2012
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Court accepted the appeal Walmart yesterday and stripped limit obliging the free distribution
The plastic bags will again be charged in major supermarket chains in the capital from September 15. A 1. Civil Court of the Court of Justice (ECJ) in Sao Paulo yesterday accepted the appeal from Walmart and stripped the injunction obtained in late June by the civil association SOS Consumer enjoining the free distribution. The decision should be extended to groups of similar applications Pão de Açúcar, Carrefour and Sonda.
The order determined that the bags are sold at the maximum price of R$ 0.59 by April 2013 and can not bring logo or advertising of any kind. The understanding of Judge Torres de Carvalho is the charge for bags does not imply excessive burden to the consumer.
"It is of interest to supermarkets selling bag to make a profit with it," says the lawyer Alfredo Zucca, an expert in consumer law who defended Wal-Mart in the case. "Essentially it is a matter of environmental policy. It's the end of a habit that only exists in developing countries. The implementation of this measure is cumbersome as it were, for example, the introduction of seat belts and the Clean City Law."
According to him, as of September 15 return to enforce the terms of the commitment made in February this year - as an alternative to sacolinhas, supermarkets will once again offer free cardboard boxes. By note, the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets promised to form a working group with the Ministry of Environment to study the technologies available biodegradable packaging.
Consumer SOS, which obtained the injunction in late June for around the free distribution of plastic bags, asks more gradual transition and says it will appeal the revocation. "The decision sets deadlines, but I think that the supply should be free for another year. For 40 years we've received the bags of grace and a sudden this is forbidden," said the lawyer Marli Aparecida Sampaio, president of the civic association.
Source: Ig News
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