Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The deputy secretary of the Libyan General People’s Committee, M’Bareck Chamekh said Thursday in Tripoli that the monopoly in the areas of marketing authorizations for products and commodities led to higher prices and led some agencies and commercial representations to control the Libyan market. .
Speaking after a meeting of the commission to study the situation of agencies and commercial representations in the Libyan market, he said that the Libyan General People’s Committee has received some reports of departments concerned, several complaints associations, consumer groups, and other citizens, regarding the existence of a monopoly in the import permits for products causing a rise in prices has helped many owners of commercial agencies to control the market Libya.
Mr. Chamekh announced the formation of a subcommittee he chaired and whose members are secretaries of Libyan General People’s Committees for Planning, Finance, Economy, Trade and Investment and Deputy Governor Central Bank of Libya.
This structure will be responsible to review and revise the rules of the law enforcement agencies on trade and some earlier decisions, in order not to allow the operation and the monopoly exercised by some agencies while protecting consumers and opening the opportunity to compete on price.