Government Decree No. 60 / 1959 Coll.

Regulation on the scope of planning, pricing and control

Valid Effective from 01.10.1959
60
Government Regulation
of 31 July 1959
on the scope of planning, pricing and control
The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic, based on the need to deepen planning and pricing and increase the efficiency of the price system in the national economy, orders, with the agreement of the President of the Republic pursuant to § 1 of Constitutional Act No. 47 / 1950 Coll., on adjustments to the organisation of public administration:
§ 1
Government
The Government shall take essential measures in the field of planning and pricing, in particular it shall lay down political and economic guidelines for overall price adjustments, set prices for goods of particular importance for the standard of living of the population, as well as changes in the prices of goods and the prices of works and performances (hereinafter referred to as "services') paid by the population or the population, unless one of the bodies referred to in Sections 2, 3 and 5 has been authorised by the provision of such amendments.
§ 2
State Planning Commission
The State Planning Commission, with the exception referred to in Article 3, shall manage, coordinate and control the planning and pricing of the national economy, in particular setting out:
(a) methodological guidelines for planning and pricing;
(b) wholesale prices of products and wholesale and retail prices of services in cases where price fixing is reserved for the development of the national economy,
(c) changes in wholesale prices, unless one of the authorities referred to in Section 5 has, by establishing such changes, verified,
(d) the prices of re-produced products in all cases where they have been produced in a dispute over the level of the price between the authorities which are responsible for determining the prices of re-produced products, unless the latter has been removed by agreement between the superior central authorities and the authorities (hereinafter referred to as "central authorities") or the executive authorities of the regional national committees.
§ 3
State Building Committee
The State Construction Committee shall manage, coordinate and control the planning and pricing of construction, assembly, project, geodetic, topographical and cartographic works (hereinafter referred to as "works'), in particular:
(a) methodological guidelines for the planning and pricing of works;
(b) the prices of works and their changes in the cases in which they have reserved the fixing of the prices of works;
(c) the prices of works in all cases in which there has been a dispute over the amount of the price between the authorities to which the prices of works are to be determined, provided that the dispute has not been removed by agreement between the superior central authorities or the management bodies of the regional national committees.
§ 4
Ministry of Finance and State Control
(1) The Ministry of Finance will participate in the planning, production and control of prices in cases determined by the Government.
(2) The Ministry of State Control systematically examines the production and compliance of prices and coordinates and methodically directs price controls carried out by central authorities and regional national committees.
§ 5
Central Authorities and Executive Authorities of Regional National Committees
Other central authorities and executive bodies of regional national committees in their field of competence:
(a) determine the prices in accordance with the guidelines of the Government, the State Planning Commission or the State Construction Committee;
(b) participate in planning and pricing in cases affecting them;
(c) manage the creation carried out by subordinate organisations;
(d) control price formation and compliance with the prices laid down.
§ 6
Organisations subordinate to central authorities or national committees
Organisations subordinate to central authorities or national committees shall set prices in cases determined by the State Planning Commission.
§ 7
State arbitration
(1) Disputes between supply and customer organisations are dealt with by central authorities or, where appropriate, by the executive bodies of the Regional National Committees superior to these organisations. If no agreement is reached between them, it shall decide, on a proposal from the Central Authority (Executive Authority of the Regional National Committee), in whose field the prize is to be determined, the State Arbitration of the Czechoslovak Republic, in the case of a dispute:
(a) resulting from non-compliance with the specified prices or conditions under which prices have been established;
(b) the price of the non-standard product or the services provided repeatedly, except for the work referred to in Article 3.
(2) Disputes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be settled mutatis mutandis in accordance with the provisions governing dispute proceedings concerning the basic conditions of supply.
Provisions common and final
§ 8
The implementing rules shall specify in more detail the scope of planning, pricing and control, in accordance with principles approved by the Government.
§ 9
(1) The organisations and their superior bodies are required to provide the authorities responsible for planning, creating and controlling prices with the necessary documentation for the performance of their duties. The control authorities shall have access to all workplaces; may also, to the extent strictly necessary, require and take samples of individual product types. The restrictions applicable to the entry into undertakings and to the secrecy of matters constituting State secrets shall remain unaffected.
(2) Persons in charge of or involved in the performance of tasks under this Regulation, and in particular the staff of the inspection service, shall be obliged to remain silent against unauthorised persons about all the facts they have learned in their activities. The obligation to remain silent shall not cease to exist or cease to exist.
§ 10
(1) The provisions necessary for the implementation of this Regulation shall be issued by the State Planning Commission.
(2) Measures of a general nature in the field of planning, pricing and control are declared in official documents.
§ 11
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Government Regulation No. 28 / 1954 Coll., on the scope of planning and pricing,
Government Decree No 202 / 1956 of the Ú. l., on the competence of the executive bodies of the Regional National Committees in the field of pricing; and
Government Decree No 26 / 1958 of the Ú. l., on the amount of rent from certain movable basic funds hired by socialist sector organisations.
§ 12
This Regulation shall apply from 1 October 1959; All members of the government will do it.
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CitationGovernment Decree No. 60 / 1959 Coll., on the scope of planning, pricing and price control
Regulation Type-
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation04.09.1959
Effective from01.10.1959
Effective until-
Status Valid
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