Minister of Trade Integrates Legal Framework for the Governance of the Public Cooking Oil Program

As background information, the provisions that specifically address the governance of public cooking oil programs (collectively referred to as “Governance”) were previously scattered across various regulations issued by the Minister of Trade (“Minister”), including the following:

1. Regulation of the Minister No. 11 of 2022 on the Stipulation of Maximum Retail Prices for Bulk Cooking Oil (“Regulation 11/2022”)[1];
2. Regulation of the Minister No. 33 of 2022 on the Governance of Public Bulk Cooking Oil Programs (“Regulation 33/2022”)[2]; and
3. Regulation of the Minister No. 41 of 2022 on the Governance of Public Packaged Cooking Oil Programs (“Regulation 41/2022”).