Support for Right-proposal to remove kontantplikt – NRK

the Conservative digitaliseringsutvalg will remove butikkers obligation to accept the cash by 2020 to get a faster transition to a society without coins and notes.

– the Committee has worked out a number of suggestions as to how we are going to digitize the community. One of the suggestions is to start working with to phase out cash, in the first place by positive means – by removing the obligation to accept cash, ” says an mp Nikolai Astrup.

– If we take away the obligation, to businesses that wish to accept the cash and believe that it is appropriate, still do it, ” he says to Mallorca.

the Proposal is to contribute to the Conservative goal of a kontantfritt society by 2030.

Getting support

the Finance Norway and the Police Association likes the proposal. Politiforbundets director Sigve Bolstad points out that the black economy and arbeidslivskriminalitet is a growing problem that depletes the society and the community for large sums of money.

– It is a tremendously long way to go to combat this. So you have to think on some options, and in that way we believe that the proposal from the Right can be one of several measures to combat this, he says to NTB.

– In addition, it will do something with the safety and security of the community, believes Bolstad.

Finance Norway’s chief Idar Kreutzer believes everything is to ensure that Norway can become the world’s first kontantfrie society.

It will be a huge gain to get if we cut out the cash. At the same time it will be able to prevent the problems we see with the robbery, the black economy and crime, ” he says.

number of suggestions

In the weekend to the Conservative felleskonferanse take a position on a range of proposals from digitaliseringsutvalget to further consideration by the congress.

Legetimer online and digital brukermøter with Nav, pilot projects with the use of artificial intelligence and predictive technologies in the police, the fire service and the health sector in 2018 and automated customs clearance by the import of foreign goods is among the suggestions.

Right-the selection will also have mandatory einvoice for the business sector and the public sector within one year, to stimulate colleges and universities to make study materials freely available on the web and do programming to a permanent electives and fordypningsfag.