Uno measures to avoid crisis inflation. The government published in the Official Journal this Thursday, December 19, a decree blocking the prices of certain products in Mayotte, five days after the deadly passage of Cyclone Chido. According to the text, certain products will not be able to exceed their levels reached on December 13 “or, failing that, at the nearest earlier date for each establishment in Mayotte” while water and food have been lacking since the disaster.
Concretely, prices will be controlled for consumer products such as mineral water (natural or spring, not containing added sugar or other sweeteners), food products and alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks. Prices will also be blocked for basic hygiene, washing and maintenance products, adhesive or non-adhesive dressings, animal feed, as well as construction products and materials, electrical equipment and tools. Batteries and plant treatment and fertilizer products are also included.
The prefect able to set prices
The text of the Official Journal came into force upon its publication, on the night of Wednesday, December 18, and the provisions are applicable until June 18, 2025. They concern wholesale, retail, online and home sales prices. production, as well as the import margins “and at all stages of the distribution of the products” concerned.
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The decree also offers the prefect of Mayotte the possibility of setting by decree maximum prices “applicable to all establishments in the same category of businesses”, based on average prices observed before the cyclone in a representative sample of establishments.
Mayotte was ravaged by Cyclone Chido last Saturday, killing at least 31 people in its path, according to a latest provisional report. President Emmanuel Macron arrived on site this Thursday morning to see the extent of the disaster and to provide his support to the Mahorais.
