Following fires in marketplace warehouses, representatives of a consumer protection organization asked to inspect the logistics parks of large platforms.
What happened: The Ministry of Emergency Situations wants to organize unscheduled inspections of warehouses with an area of 10,000 square meters and with a height of storage racks over 5.5 meters. It is too early to talk about the timing, but the department has already approached the government with the initiative.
There is no official announcement from the Ministry of Emergency viber database Situations yet; Vedomosti received information about the inspections from the chairman of the Public Consumer Initiative Oleg Pavlov and sources in the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the government.
Which warehouses will be inspected: Most new warehouse complexes in the country are larger than 10,000 square meters. According to experts, there are about 1,500 such class A and B logistics parks in Russia, so the Emergencies Ministry inspections could take a long time.
Context: There is a moratorium on business inspections until the end of 2024, but government agencies can conduct preventive visits. In some cases, they can be replaced by full-fledged inspections, for example, if there is a risk of a threat to human life or the company has not eliminated previously identified violations.