Upper house rejects introduction of sugar fee

The Senate, the upper house of the Polish parliament, rejected the act introducing the sugar fee and so-called “monkeys” charges (the additional fee for every 300 ml bottle of alcohol sold).

Beata Małecka Libera (KO) submitted an application to reject the law. PiS submitted a motion to adopt the law without amendments.

The act was rejected by the votes of the KO, the Polish Coalition and independent and non-attached senators. 37 PiS senators and one Left voted against the rejection.

The day before, during discussions in the Senate, KO senators raised the issue of consulting the act with entrepreneurs. They also drew attention to the need to postpone the date of entry into force of the Act so that the coronavirus pandemic would not burden entrepreneurs with additional costs.

After the rejection, the Act returns to the Sejm (lower house of parliament).

(PAP)