A judgment that is to open a space to trade now almost zeroed in agribusiness with Russia.
A judgment of the Court of St. Petersburg that could afford to circumvent the ban on imports imposed by Putin in response to European sanctions.
As reported ItaliaOggi, the Russian Arbitration Court overturned a sanction against a business found in possession of goods subject to restrictions. The federal agency for consumer protection, the Rospotrebnadzor, had objected to a food shop Magnit's presence on the shelves of a French cheese the importation of which is prohibited. The fine provided for administrative offense was about 500 euro, now that the Russian tycoon Sergei Galitsky preprietario the food chain will not have to pay. But that's not the point. Margit's lawyers, in fact, had appealed, arguing that the commercial operation was only the mere seller of the property, not the importer, thus not punishable. The court of St. Petersburg proved him right: the Magrit, having imported good subject to restrictions, can not be considered guilty.
This will open up some possibilities for Italian exports. Working on the edge of legality, in fact, the Italian or Russian shops selling European products just to be able to show that he is the importing of the property to avoid being fined.
In what way? The opportunities are two: with the splitting of the legal personality or parallel imports through customs crossings with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Serbia, sellers of mozzarella cheese and Italian may be able to get the products without being guilty of having introduced Russia illegal goods.
It can be done, of course, but they are risky operations. The Russian trade representative in Italy, Igor Karavaev said ItaliaOggi fact that "it is a practice as possible, but is called smuggling." An opening too small, however, to allow Italian companies affected by the sanctions to resume large market shares from August 2014 have been lost.
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