Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion

Ms Christine Tacon:

In terms of southern Ireland's supply to Northern Ireland, if it is with regard to the same retailer it would be covered by the code. I have been particularly having discussions with Lidl about its Northern Ireland supply because the legislated entity Lidl UK did not used to include Northern Ireland. Its definition of the UK did not have Northern Ireland in it. It cannot avoid the code by going through southern Ireland to get into Northern Ireland as that is still covered by the code. Similarly, a retailer cannot go through a third party that is working for it to avoid being covered by the code.

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