The Department of Trade, Industry & Competition has called for public comments on proposals exempting specific sugar industry stakeholders from certain sections of the 1998 Competition Act. This is with the aim of facilitating sugar industry masterplan Phase 2 implementation.
The deadline for comment is 7 June 2025.
In place since November 2020, the masterplan includes measures to:
To that end, the exemption would allow stakeholders to collaborate on pricing methodology among other things.
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch
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