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GOODS WITH ANNOTATION IN ARMENIAN LANGUAGE BROUGHT TO AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan Business Center
Jan 23 2012
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Speech Freedom Protection Fund (SFPF) has held
the next monitoring for fulfillment of the law on language in trade
sector of Azerbaijan.
SFPF reports that the subjects of monitoring were 198 food and
non-food products imported in the country. 24% of them were dairy
products, 16%- meat products, 95%- pickled products, 28%-sweets, 17%-
fresheners, 6%-detergents. The analysis concerned compliance of names,
labels and annotation of these goods with the requirements of the
law on language. Only 24,7% of inspected goods had such a compliance
including 0,5% of goods were provided this compliance by distributor
agencies. At that 48% of annotations were not legible to consumers
as the printing was too small. Annotations in 18 languages on certain
pasta products are unreadable in all languages.
At that it was impossible to find information in Azerbaijani language
on any Russian or Turkish commodity. At that the monitoring revealed
sale of 4,5% of goods with annotation in Armenian language.
Azerbaijan Business Center
Jan 23 2012
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Speech Freedom Protection Fund (SFPF) has held
the next monitoring for fulfillment of the law on language in trade
sector of Azerbaijan.
SFPF reports that the subjects of monitoring were 198 food and
non-food products imported in the country. 24% of them were dairy
products, 16%- meat products, 95%- pickled products, 28%-sweets, 17%-
fresheners, 6%-detergents. The analysis concerned compliance of names,
labels and annotation of these goods with the requirements of the
law on language. Only 24,7% of inspected goods had such a compliance
including 0,5% of goods were provided this compliance by distributor
agencies. At that 48% of annotations were not legible to consumers
as the printing was too small. Annotations in 18 languages on certain
pasta products are unreadable in all languages.
At that it was impossible to find information in Azerbaijani language
on any Russian or Turkish commodity. At that the monitoring revealed
sale of 4,5% of goods with annotation in Armenian language.