In a long message published on fb, the Minister intervenes and clarifies the topic:
“The sale also to the retail of seeds, ornamental plants and flowers, plants in case and fertilizers is allowed on the whole national territory or at least where a local rule does not prevail, regardless of the Ateco code. The answer to the question, given by the Prime Minister, the same authority that issued the Decree, is clear and clear ". So the Minister Teresa Bellanova on fb in response to the requests arrived in these days from the nursery sector, underlining the text of the faq already present on the Government website, publishing it in the margin of the message fb.
"You have written to me in many, citizens, small entrepreneurs but also trade associations, asking me for clarifications about the green light that I gave in recent days to the sale of flowers and plants by not only nurseries but also florists", writes Teresa Bellanova . And again: “I am faced with the problem that the Ateco code of florists is not included in the list of activities that can open content in the DPCM #IoRestoaCasa.
Understandable objection. The answer is clear and clear: the sale also to the retail of seeds, ornamental plants and flowers, potted plants and fertilizers is allowed throughout the national territory, or at least where a local rule does not prevail, regardless of the Ateco code.
Unfortunately, it is far from easy to untangle rules, authentic interpretations and above all subsequent applications by regional, municipal officials or, for example, municipal police agents who find themselves having to understand if a flower shop can or cannot be open. . We will certainly defeat the coronavirus, it would be said, but the bureaucracy is harder to die ”.
Hence the invitation that the Minister addresses: “Show the officials of your municipality the response of the Prime Minister to try to overcome the natural resistance that should arise, due even to an understandable prudence. My insistence derives only from the need to ensure as many sales channels as possible to a very important sector, that of the nursery gardening, which, net of the marketing channels, employs 100 thousand people and which in recent months makes a good part of its turnover. annual".
To conclude: “This crisis is taking away loved ones and limiting the freedom to leave the house, to see one's friends, to bring a greeting to elderly family members. It is preventing many people from working and contributing to the family budget. Bringing flowers and plants in our homes, on our balconies, in our gardens can be a way to give us a little beauty in these days spent at home, while helping an industry that is really in crisis and that risks throwing a lot of waste. part of this season's production. "