“They don’t even hide that their targets are other industries,” warns Szczepan Wójcik, citing a fragment of the justification for the fur farming ban law.
With the change of power, the idea of banning fur farming returned to the Sejm. Therefore, the debate has reignited as to whether this is really the regulators’ final step in liquidating the agricultural industries. There are many indications that this is not the case.
“A Model for Future Laws”
Szczepan Wójcik, president of the Institute of Agricultural Economics and an entrepreneur in the agricultural and fur industries, drew attention to a fragment of the justification for the bill that would lead to the liquidation of this type of economic activity.
“A quote from the justification for the law banning fur farming, drafted by MP Małgorzata Tracz together with anti-breeding lobbyists,” the entrepreneur wrote, attaching a screenshot of the document.
The passage in question reads: “The entry into force of the proposed law will have positive legal consequences by introducing into the Polish legal order a regime that guarantees a fair transformation within the phased-out industry by creating stable and clear rules for awarding compensation and severance payments . wages, with a sufficiently long transition period. This law could provide a model for future laws regulating the transformation of other sectors of the economy..
“They don’t even hide that their targets are other industries. Who will be next? Poultry, livestock or other sectors!? This is madness,” said Wójcik.
A ban on breeding animals for fur. A new project in the Sejm
The idea to ban fur farming arose in the Sejm thanks to a bill written by Małgorzata Tracz, a member of parliament from the Green party’s KO club. It was presented and discussed in February at the meeting of the Parliamentary Group for the Ban on Fur Farming.
The draft assumes that “entities and farmers carrying out activities in the field of breeding or breeding of fur animals on the date of entry into force of the law can do so until January 1, 2029 on the basis of the existing provisions. This means the introduction of a five-year transition period for approximately 363 companies included in the register of the Chief Veterinary Inspectorate, of which 14 have the status of suspended activity. The proposal also includes a provision for compensation to compensate for property losses, “without considering the benefits that the entity or farmer could have obtained if the loss had not occurred.”
Poland is the largest fur producer in Europe and the second largest in the world.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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