La transposición al ordenamiento español de la Directiva 2019/633/UE, de 17 de abril, sobre prácticas comerciales desleales en las relaciones entre empresas en la cadena de suministro agrícola y alime

Abstract

The difficult situation of the agricultural and food supply chainin the European Union, regarding both commercial practices and the differentbargain powers of the parties to the chain, led to the enactment of Directive2019/633. The Directive provides for minimum harmonization and its transpositioninto the Spanish legal order has been complex and fragmentary. Parts of thattransposition raise doubts as per their pertinence and seem to lack ambition.This article discusses the difficulties in assessing the extent to which the Spanishtransposition of the Directive remained within its goals and objectives. It arguesthat the Spanish legislator might have gone beyond the objectives of theDirectives and entered other regulatory areas.

Keywords

• agricultural and food supply chain
• complaints
• national authorities
• sanctions
• unfair trading practices