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5月30日新西兰新闻秘书处消息，新西兰政府对超市双头垄断采取行动。包括: 拒绝委员会的三年审查时间框架。
紧急寻求选择，以在超市部门产生更多的竞争。
会介绍:
★ 行业监管机构
★ 强制性行为准则
★ 杂货的强制性单价
★ 更透明的忠诚度计划
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政府已经通知超市，信息很明确：商业和消费者事务部部长”大卫克拉克(David Clark)今天宣布，迅速改变以增加竞争并为监管做好准备。
大卫克拉克说:”政府和新西兰人已经非常清楚，超市行业不起作用。它没有竞争力，购物者没有得到公平的交易。双寡头需要改变，我们正在准备必要的立法来做到这一点”
“这是政府对商务委员会对新西兰超市市场研究的正式回应的一部分。该报告发现，超市每天从新西兰消费者的口袋里赚取100万纽币的超额利润。
委员会提出了14项建议，包括引入强制性行为准则以建立行业监管机构，并确保忠诚度计划易于理解和透明。政府已接受其中12项建议，并正在对另外两项建议采取更有力的行动。
未被接受的两项建议涉及实施自愿批发准入制度和三年内对竞争情况进行审查。这些问题不能在路上踢下去。我们现在需要解决缺乏竞争的根本驱动因素。
我今天下午与两家超市公司进行了交谈，以非常清楚地说明这一点。他们知道对他们的期望是什么，以及我们准备在监管开始之前给他们改变的时间长度。
鉴于新西兰人因全球通货膨胀和生活成本增加而承受的压力，我们不能等待三年。2022年财政预算案为约210万新西兰人支付生活费，以协助应付物价上涨的影响，并修复我们的超市部门，这是政府可以采取的另一项行动。
我们的超市知道他们处于聚光灯下，我们最近看到一些关于价格回调的姿态。然而，它并没有解决整个系统性问题，即该行业缺乏真正的竞争。
除了零售店，超市也有批发武器。我们呼吁双头垄断以公平的价格向潜在的竞争对手开放这些。这样做是因为政府决心在年底前完成监管支持。
如果超市不与竞争对手达成善意的批发交易，我们的监管措施将使他们实现这一目标。我们不怕打开储藏室的门，以确保市场竞争。
我们正在采取这些行动，因为如果竞争对手无法适当地获得批发商品，就没有真正的动力进入市场。你不能用空货架经营超市。新西兰市场显然需要更多的竞争。
我们还在研究如何对杂货产品实施强制性单价，这将使购物者能够更好地比较产品。此外，我们正准备就零售商必须遵守的行为准则进行咨询。
在我们努力建立行业监管机构的同时，商务委员会将暂时承担这些责任。一旦建立′监督机构′将有助于保持对杂货行业的压力，通过提供年度竞争状况审查，以保持超市的诚实，反对委员会建议三年后的登记入住手续。它还将促进调解供应商和零售商之间纠纷的解决计划。
这项工作将与我的预算之夜立法一起进行，该立法禁止超市在土地上使用限制性契约，并禁止在某些郊区和购物中心开设商店的竞争。该法案目前由特别委员会提出。
重要的是要做到这一点，我期待着继续与杂货行业接触，因为我们通过′杂货行业竞争法案′推进这一系列变革，我打算在今年晚些时候向众议院介绍。MBIE还在进一步要求大型杂货零售商剥离部分商店或零售横幅。显然，由于其复杂性，这是一项长期的工作”大卫克拉克说。
30 May， acts on supermarket duopoly
· Rejects Commission’s three-year review timeframe
· Urgently pursuing options to generate more competition in the supermarket sector
· Will introduce
★ An industry regulator
★ A mandatory code of conduct
★ Compulsory unit pricing on groceries
★ More transparent loyalty schemes
The Government has put supermarkets on notice, and the message is clear: change at pace to increase competition and be prepared for regulation, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, David Clark announced today.
The Government and New Zealanders have been very clear that the supermarket industry doesn’t work. It’s not competitive and shoppers aren’t getting a fair deal. The duopoly needs to change, and we are preparing the necessary legislation to do that,” David Clark said.
It comes as part of the Government’s formal response to the Commerce Commission’s market study into New Zealand supermarkets. The report found supermarkets earn $1 million a day in excess profits, straight from the pockets of Kiwi consumers.
The Commission made 14 recommendations including introducing a mandatory code of conduct to establishing an industry regulator and ensuring loyalty programmes are easy to understand and transparent. The Government has accepted 12 of the recommendations and is taking stronger action on the other two.
The two recommendations not accepted relate to implementing a voluntary wholesale access regime and to a review of competition in three years. These issues can’t be kicked down the road. We need to address the underlying drivers of the lack of competition now.
I spoke with both supermarket companies this afternoon to make this very clear. They know what is expected from them and the length of time we are prepared to give them to change before regulation kicks in.
Given the pressure New Zealanders are under due to global inflation and cost of living increases, we can’t afford to wait three years. Budget 2022 delivered a cost of living payment for about 2.1 million Kiwis to help with the impact of rising prices and fixing our supermarket sector is another action the Government can take.
Our supermarkets know they’re in the spotlight, and we’ve recently seen some posturing around price rollbacks. However, it doesn’t fix the systemic problem at large – which is a lack of genuine competition in the sector.
Alongside the retail stores, supermarkets have wholesale arms. We are calling on the duopoly to open these up to would-be competitors, at a fair price. Do this knowing the Government is determined to get a regulatory backstop finalised by the end of the year.
If supermarkets do not strike good-faith wholesale deals with their competitors – our regulatory measures will make it happen for them. We are not afraid to unlock the stockroom door to ensure a competitive market.
We are taking these actions because if competitors don’t have proper access to wholesale goods, there’s no real incentive to enter the market. You can’t run supermarkets with empty shelves. And the New Zealand market clearly needs more competition.
We are also looking at how to implement compulsory unit pricing on grocery products which will give shoppers the ability to better compare products. Plus, we’re getting ready to launch consultation on the code of conduct that retailers will have to adhere to.
Whilst we work to establish an industry regulator the Commerce Commission will take on these responsibilities temporarily. Once established the ‘watchdog’ will help keep pressure on the grocery sector, by providing annual state-of-competition reviews to keep supermarkets honest, as opposed to the check-in after three years recommended by the Commission. It will also facilitate a resolution scheme to mediate disputes between suppliers and retailers.
This work will sit alongside my Budget night legislation to ban supermarkets from using restrictive covenants on land, and leases to block competition from setting up shop in certain suburbs and shopping centres. This Bill is currently with select committee.
It is important to get this right and I look forward to continuing to engage with the grocery industry as we move forward with this suite of changes through the Grocery Industry Competition Bill which I intend to introduce to the House later this year,” David Clark said.
MBIE is also undertaking further work around requiring major grocery retailers to divest some of their stores or retail banners. Obviously this is a longer term piece of work due to its complexity, David Clark said.
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