The lower house of Romania's parliament approved a law that provides 51 percent of the food products in supermarkets and hypermarkets to be of Romanian origin. The law was adopted with 293 votes "for" and none against.
MP Marin Anton initiator of the law says that Romanian producers and consumers will benefit from this legislation. The law was criticized by associations of owners of supermarkets and hypermarkets and it was postponed for voting on several occasions.