The revenues from sales (turnover) will be among the risk criteria when planning state inspections. Such an amendment to the methodology of planning the state inspections carried out by the Consumer Protection Agency was approved by the Government.

Deputy Minister of Economy Octavian Calmic said the turnover allows determining the market position of an economic entity and provides information about the pace of the entity’s activity and its importance in the sector. The revenues from sales measure the economic performance and the volume of operational activity and allow determining the impact of the economic entity’s activity on the consumers.

According to the Ministry of Economy, practice showed that the economic entities with considerable turnover and those with small turnover pose the greatest threat to consumers. This explains the necessity of classing the revenues from sales as a risk criterion when planning inspections.

Under the mentioned methodology, the Consumer Protection Agency, when planning state inspections at economic entities, will take into consideration the following criteria: period during which the economic entity worked; the date when the last inspection was performed; the area of activity, and the location of the unit.