Act No. 122 / 1962 Coll.
Act on State Agricultural, Food and Commercial Inspection
Valid
Effective from 28.12.1962
122
THE LAW
of 19 December 1962
on a national agricultural, food and commercial inspection
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic decided on this law:
(1) Care for the development of the national economy and for the continuous improvement of the standard of living of citizens requires the provision and sale of products of the best quality and a high level of trade services.
(2) To this end, a State Trade Inspection at the Ministry of Internal Trade is established. its main tasks are:
(a) to investigate infringements of legislation, irregularities and any cases detrimental to living standards, in the manufacture and supply of consumer goods to citizens;
(b) to draw the attention of supervisors, production, trade and other bodies, national committees, the authorities of the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement and, where appropriate, other social organisations to deficiencies and propose measures to remedy;
(c) educating workers, in particular with the cooperation of the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement and other social organisations, by generalising the shortcomings identified and by other means to increase the level of management work and to prevent deficiencies.
(1) Individual State inspections consist of central inspectors and their subordinate inspectors in the regions.
(2) Each State inspection shall be headed by a Director appointed and withdrawn by the Head of the Central Authority concerned.
Tasks of state inspections
(1) State Trade Inspection:
checks compliance with the rules and measures on internal trade, in particular the accuracy of the purchase and sale of goods, compliance with applicable prices, compliance with material standards in the manufacture of food and beverages, compliance with the hygiene and sanitation rules, the way in which goods are stored and transported, the quality, product mix and packaging of goods, the accuracy and accuracy of the measures, scales and other instruments used in the trade, and the way in which the quality and quantity are taken over.
(2) The State Trade Inspection is managed by the Minister for Internal Trade.
(3) The Regional National Committees are entitled to impose tasks on inspectors of the State Trade Inspectorate in the regions to protect consumers' interests:
(a) when checking compliance
- retail prices and business rules,
- the quality of the goods sold,
- the conditions for the sale of stalls, the sale of markets and markets and the sale of goods to citizens,
- the conditions for including accommodation and public catering establishments in price groups,
- material standards for the manufacture of food and drink (including factory and school canteens and pensioners' canteen),
- hygiene and sanitation,
- the accuracy and accuracy of the measures, scales and other instruments used in the store,
- provisions on the supply, storage and transport of goods;
(b) monitoring consumer demand.
Authorisation of state inspections
Workers National trade inspections shall be entitled to: enter the premises of all trade organisations and shipping premises and warehouses of all production organisations when checking finished products intended for the internal market.
National inspection personnel shall require the necessary documentation, data and explanations from the relevant staff of the organisations checked and shall take the necessary samples. They shall discuss the deficiencies identified during the inspection with the head of the audited or, where appropriate, the superior organisation, with representatives of the competent authority of the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement and the Czechoslovak Youth Union, shall negotiate with them measures to remedy the defects and their causes and shall be brought to the attention of their superior authorities or other competent authorities. They shall require the management of the audited organisations and, where appropriate, their superior authorities to take the measures necessary to remedy the defects and their causes. They shall check the implementation of the measures taken and shall draw the consequences referred to in paragraphs 8 and 9 against persons who have caused them to fail.
(1) If, in the exercise of control, officials of State inspections find that there has been an infringement of the rules in force and other measures and, in the absence of a criminal offence, the county inspectors are entitled to reprimand, reprimand or recommend the transfer of the guilty party to another work, or, in view of the nature of the case, refer it to the local folk court, national committee or disciplinary body.
(2) If the inspection staff finds that the scales, measures or other instruments do not comply with the applicable rules, they shall prohibit their continued use.
(3) If the official inspection staff finds that the products or raw materials are of a quality, they shall prohibit the purchase, supply, sale and use of such products.
(4) If the prices in force have been violated and the sums recovered cannot be recovered from the injured, the officials of the State Inspectorate shall order them to be drawn into the State budget and inform the relevant branch of the Czechoslovak State Bank.
(1) In addition to the measures provided for in Section 8, State Trade Inspection personnel may impose on those traders who have caused infringements of the rules in force and measures in internal trade,
(a) block fines under block management rules;
(b) cash fines up to the amount of the Kčs 2000, -.
(2) Fines up to 2000, - Kčs imposes a written decision on the Regional Trade Inspector.
(3) The fines paid are paid through the State Trade Inspection to the State Budget. They may be enforced by administrative collisions from the salary of the fined or judicial executions. If the fined employment changes, the employer must notify the new employer of the amount of the fine, the monthly salary reductions and the amount of the outstanding fine. The new employer is obliged to make reductions until the full payment of the fine.
(1) Within 15 days of the receipt of the written decision on reprimand, public reprimand and fine, an appeal may be lodged with the Director of the State Inspection, who shall take a final decision on it.
(2) The measures provided for in Articles 8 (1) and 9 (1) (b) may be implemented by the county inspectors within one year of the detection of the defects.
Cooperation with workers
(1) State inspection staff shall carry out their tasks in close cooperation with workers and their voluntary social organisations, in particular the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement and with the support of national committees.
(2) In carrying out their activities, the staff of State inspections shall be based on the initiative of the workers, making use of the knowledge of their comments and complaints, involving them in the control of the removal of identified deficiencies and creating other conditions for the effective linking of bottom-level control to top-level control; inform the workers, their social organisations, in particular the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement Racing Committees and, where appropriate, other bodies with the results of the inspection activity and discuss measures to remedy the deficiencies identified permanently.
(3) In cooperation with the bodies of voluntary social organisations, State inspection staff shall contribute to increasing the qualification of workers in establishments and enterprises. State Trade Inspection personnel also assist national committees in the management and training of civil inspectors, consumer councils and supervisory committees of consumer cooperatives.
Cooperation with other institutions and organisations
(1) State inspection staff shall carry out their tasks in conjunction with the authorities of the Central Office of State Control and Statistics and with the other central authorities and authorities, national committees and socialist organisations, in particular the prosecutors, public security authorities, branches of the State Bank of Czechoslovakia, sanitary and anti-epidemic services and veterinary care.
(2) State bodies, socialist organisations and individual citizens are obliged to assist civil servants in their activities; in particular, they shall be required to provide them with the supporting documents, explanations and information to be provided in the control activity.
Final provisions
The opinions, analyses and quality certificates issued by the authorities of State inspections pursuant to Articles 3 (1) (c) and 4 (b) shall be binding on the participants as well as on the authorities and other bodies of state administration.
The performance of the inspection in the premises of the national defence and interior ministries shall be regulated by specific agreements between the heads of the competent central authorities.
Government Decree No. 98 / 1952 Coll., on State Trade Inspection, as amended by Government Decree No. 35 / 1955 Coll. and Government Decree No. 76 / 1958 Coll., on State Inspection of Quality of Food and Agricultural Products, are hereby repealed.
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication.
Novotný v. r.
Fierlinger v. r.
Broad v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 122 / 1962 Coll., on State Agricultural, Food and Commercial Inspection |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 28.12.1962 |
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| Effective from | 28.12.1962 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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