Act No. 81 / 1986 Coll.
Law on the State Plan for the Development of the National Economy of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 1986 - 1990 (Act on the Eighth Five-Year Plan)
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Effective from 22.12.1986
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THE LAW
of 8 December 1986
on the State Plan for the Development of the National Economy of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for the years 1986- 1990
(Act of the Eighth Five-Year Plan)
Based on the general line of construction of the developed socialist society, the main economic and social development guidelines of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for the years 1986- 1990 and the outlook for the period up to 2000 approved by the XVII. Congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, the results achieved in the past period as well as the changing internal and external conditions of the current and ongoing development of the national economy, the Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic decided on this law:
BASIC TASKS OF THE OTHER PULL PLAN
Mission of the law
This Act sets out the basic tasks of the State Plan for the Development of the National Economy of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for the years 1986- 1990 (hereinafter referred to as the "Eighth Five-Year Plan ') and the decisive conditions for its implementation as a binding directive for the management of the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the Governments of the Czech Socialist Republic and the Slovak Socialist Republic (hereinafter referred to as the" Governments of the Republics'), the central and other institutions of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the economic activity of the Central Management and Socialist Organisations.
Basic focus of the eighth five-year plan
The eighth five-year plan ensures the implementation of a long-term economic strategy based on the acceleration of social economic development by intensifying and increasing the efficiency of social production, the quality of all work and strict economy, the deepening of the participation of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in the international division of labour and strengthening its defensibility.
Basic tasks of the eighth five-year plan
In order to meet the basic focus of social economic development, it is provided to increase the gross national income created in 1990 by 18-19% against 1985 and to cover its increase from 92-95% by increasing social productivity. In particular:
(a) accelerate scientific and technological progress on the basis of effective involvement in the implementation of the comprehensive programme of scientific and technical progress of the member countries of the Council of mutual economic assistance by 2000; to introduce more significantly and more quickly the latest results of scientific and technological development into production and social practice in the implementation of socially desirable structural changes to the economy, including the attenuation of economically inefficient production,
(b) further reduce the energy performance of the national economy; in the years 1986- 1990, achieve a decrease in fuel consumption per unit of gross national income generated by an average of 2.9% per year;
(c) significantly improve the management of the metal fund on all sectors of the national economy and achieve an average annual reduction of 3.5% in the final consumption of iron metals per unit of national income created during the eighth five-year period;
(d) reduce transport performance during the implementation of the eighth five-year plan by about 10% and gradually fully rationalise the circulation of goods and modernise the stock economy;
e) Achieve the dynamics of foreign trade turnover ahead of the dynamics of the national income created on the basis of greater and more effective involvement in the international division of labour, particularly in socialist economic integration;
(f) to use the ever-increasing skills of workers to accelerate the growth of labour productivity in all sectors of the national economy and to ensure faster growth in labour productivity than average wages while ensuring the principle of merit;
(g) significantly improve the development and use of stocks;
(h) significantly improve capacity utilisation and basic resources, accelerate the disposal of obsolete and inefficient; significantly increase investment efficiency,
(i) deepen the role of the plan as a basic tool for managing socio-economic processes at all stages, prepare a comprehensive rebuilding of the economic mechanism in order to significantly guide the process of improving the system of planned management in the years 1987- 1990 and be fully used in drawing up the 9th Five-Year Plan; making more effective use of value relations and instruments than before.
MAIN TASKS OF THE SECTOR AND OF THE ECONOMY
Application of scientific and technological development
In order to increase the role of scientific and technological development as a determining factor in the intensification of the economy, the following shall be established:
(a) to create the preconditions for a significant increase in the effectiveness of international scientific and technological cooperation, in particular in close cooperation with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and other states of the Socialist Community;
(b) shorten the deadlines for the solution and implementation of research and development tasks and ensure that results comparable to the world level are achieved and that results are rapidly applied in production;
(c) to concentrate the forces and means of science, research, development and production mainly on prospective, effective and critical actions and solutions for the development of the national economy;
(d) to increase the effective use of licences as an important source of scientific and technical progress;
(e) to extend and tighten the quality assessment of products in accordance with the needs of the internal and external markets, on the basis of the demanding criteria based on international comparisons.
Industrial development
A decisive effort in the intensification process of the national economy is to be made, in particular, in industry, where for the period of the eighth five-year plan:
a) increase industrial production by 15-18%, 13-14% in the Czech Socialist Republic and 18-20% in the Slovak Socialist Republic, and industrial productivity by 14-17%; pay particular attention to optimising the production structure and its efficient use, as well as the quality and technical level of products;
(b) increase the volume of engineering and electrical production in total by 30%, with the priority development of the electrical industry;
(c) focus the development of the metallurgical industry on the intensification of production and the improvement of the structure and range of metallurgical production to achieve better capacity utilisation and modernisation of the production base, in the gradual reduction of raw iron and steel production and in the improvement of their quality;
(d) ensure that all fuel and energy sources are recovered and used economically in the fuel complex; further develop nuclear energy and centralised heat supply,
(e) to increase the production of the chemical industry by at least 13% by 1990 and to focus its development on greater appreciation and full use of feedstock and energy; to increase the production of the pharmaceutical industry by at least 40%,
(f) increase production in the wood processing industry by almost 13% and focus on a higher evaluation of the wood material, in particular through its comprehensive use;
(g) increase production in the light industry by at least 12% in increasing the quality and fashion of products, expanding the production of goods of exceptional quality and in the continuous innovation of consumer goods products;
h) ensure the development of building materials to meet the needs of the national economy and the population in volume, product mix and high product quality.
Development of the agricultural industrial complex
The basic task of the agricultural-industrial complex is to ensure and improve the nutrition of the people while increasing the overall level of self-sufficiency in food production. In order to ensure this task, the following shall be established:
(a) orient the agricultural-industrial complex to increase efficiency and reduce production costs; in the sectors providing means of production for agriculture and food production, ensure a sustained increase in their technical level, increased productivity, operational reliability and comprehensive supply;
(b) increase gross agricultural production in the eighth five-year period by 6-7% compared to the seventh five-year period in order to ensure the priority growth of plant production over livestock;
(c) to apply more consistently measures to protect the soil fund and to increase the fertility of the soil;
(d) ensure a higher stability of cereals harvested and reach 57 to 58 million tonnes in total after eight years of production;
(e) develop livestock production in accordance with social requirements and real feed sources;
(f) increase production and supply to market funds by 9-10% in the food industry by 1990; to expand the product range at all price levels and to combine their innovation with the improvement of utility, quality and durability.
Development of forestry and water management
(1) In order to ensure conditions in the forestry sector for the maintenance of production and other forest functions, provision should be made for:
(a) focus main attention on the intensification of growing activity, the increase in the care of crops up to 50 years, the strengthening of the prevention, protection and care of forest cleanliness and the removal of damage caused by exhalation, pests and other civilisation effects;
(b) significantly improve the management of timber throughout the national economy and create conditions for its increased use.
(2) The following shall be laid down on the water farm:
(a) to provide water in the quantity and quality required for the national economy and the population in the consistent promotion of rational water management;
(b) disseminate and protect all water sources and ensure the protection of water from pollution;
(c) to create conditions for the efficient development of irrigation, the use of hydroenergy and the increase of flood protection.
Development of construction production
For the development of construction production:
(a) ensure the growth of the construction production of supply organisations by almost 10% and increase its performance; increasing the volume of construction works to ensure 80-85% by increasing labour productivity,
(b) to adapt more consistently the construction capacity to the priorities set in the focus of investment construction in the domestic and export sectors, including integration actions; ensure the need for modernisation, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of the basic resources, in particular the housing fund,
(c) to take care of the quality of the works; increase technological discipline and personal responsibility for the work carried out, the use of construction machinery, equipment and means of transport and make more consistent use of the working time fund.
Development of transport and connections
(1) The crucial task of the transport system is to increase the quality, reliability, safety and economy in meeting the transport needs of the national economy and the population; its security shall be determined by:
(a) strengthen public transport and, in particular, rail and water transport in accordance with the transport policy for freight;
(b) to develop, as a priority, electrical traction in rail and urban public transport, while reducing the specific consumption of fuel and electricity per unit of performance in all transport sectors, in particular in competitive transport;
(c) achieve an increase in transport efficiency by increasing the use of means of transport, modernising them, improving repair activities, increasing discipline and order and faster developing progressive transport systems;
(d) to innovate and modernise roads, transport, transport and handling equipment, to reconstruct railway lines and stations while further electrifying lines and their equipment by automatic signalling equipment and to continue the construction of motorways and critical infrastructure.
(2) In order to develop the links, the extension and improvement of the connection services should be continued. modernise, reconstruct and develop the technical base of connection networks and prepare the conditions for introducing new services, including data transmission and text information for management needs.
Developing economic relations with foreign countries
The development of economic relations with foreign countries shall provide:
(a) improve exchange rates, in particular by increasing the appreciation of the work carried out and the effective export import structure;
(b) increase the share of engineering and industry based on the domestic raw material base in the international labour division;
(c) to increase the foreign exchange benefits from services provided, in particular foreign tourism, spa and other forms of intangible exports;
(d) continuously deepen, in relation to socialist states, all-round economic contacts and scientific and technological cooperation, in particular with the Member States of the Council, with mutual economic assistance, in particular with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics;
(e) develop a mutually beneficial exchange in relation to non-socialist States in the increased use of cooperation and cooperation on third markets; deepen economic cooperation with developing countries, ensuring a mutually greater contribution from mutual cooperation and participation in their industrialisation.
Development of investment construction
In the development of investment construction:
(a) to implement the total volume of investment construction in a total of 10- 12% higher in the years 1986- 1990 than in the period of the seventh five-year period, with a more significant change in the structure in favour of the share of machinery and equipment;
(b) to increase the share of investment in the effective modernisation and reconstruction of the production base and to ensure that capacity is put into service in a timely manner while achieving the proposed parameters; do not initiate unprepared and unsecured operations and create conditions for a consistent reduction in overcapacity and shortening of investment construction deadlines,
(c) to ensure that investment is made economically and to stop unjustified increases in budgetary costs; significantly accelerate the recovery of worn-out basic funds at a higher technical level and the disposal of obsolete machinery.
Development of the standard of living
(1) The development of the standard of living is determined by:
(a) to consistently link the further growth of the standard of living of the population and the consolidation of its life guarantees with the results to be achieved in the development of the national economy; the guidelines and paths for the development of the standard of living focus on the priority implementation of such measures, which will lead to a stronger concentration of interest of individual members of society with all social interests, and therefore to link the growth of personal consumption by 11-12% as closely as possible to the results of the work,
(b) to further improve the pension system, to help families with children and to help workers working at a time of illness in line with the economic possibilities created and the overall development of real income for the population;
(c) to improve housing conditions in general and to create territorial, technoeconomic, material and capacity conditions for the construction of 480 000 new flats, including civil and technical amenities; to make more consistent use of the existing housing fund, to increase the scope and quality of its repairs and maintenance and to promote individual housing construction,
(d) to focus a widely developed public health care system in particular on improving the quality of health services, including prevention; rationalise and modernise the network of health facilities and extend it further.
(2) In the field of wage and labour policy:
(a) to support the growth of population income by increasing labour productivity; ensure greater differentiation in remuneration,
b) ensure the proportionality of wage developments in the production and non-production sectors;
(c) develop temporary forms of organisation of work and remuneration;
(d) increase, with the participation of trade unions and workers' care, organisations on improving working and living conditions, working environment, hygiene and safety at work.
Creation and environmental protection
In order to ensure the creation and protection of the environment, as one of the key issues of raising the standard of living of citizens and the basic assumption of human care, it shall be established:
(a) allocate special-purpose funds of at least 17 billion to the nominal environmental actions.
(b) to address environmental problems gradually, mainly by halting the growth of air pollution, consistent protection and the rational use of groundwater and surface water resources, increased protection of agricultural and forest land and the overall strengthening of the environmental stability of the landscape.
CONDITIONS AND PRELIMINATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OTHER PULL PLAN
Tasks of governments
Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and Government of the Republics
(a) ensure that in their management activities the basic tasks laid down by this law are specified;
(b) specify the tasks laid down by this law and continuously monitor their implementation;
(c) coordinate, within the scope of their competence and according to previous provisions, the activities of public administrations and economic management bodies in such a way that the tasks provided for by this law are carried out in an optimal manner and that the best economic and social results are achieved;
(d) organise work on implementation (annual) state plans to ensure that the eighth five-year plan is implemented;
(e) ensure improvement of the management system of the national economy.
Tasks of public authorities, economic management bodies and organisations
(1) State authorities and economic management bodies are responsible for the consistent implementation of the tasks laid down by this Act, for the determination of specific tasks and responsibilities for subordinate bodies and organisations and for their continuous control and evaluation.
(2) The central management and organisation bodies are obliged to actively and actively seek and implement the most effective routes, procedures and measures to ensure their responsibilities and to use friendly planning and socialist competition to this end.
(3) All stages of the procedure are required to carry out a check of the implementation of the eighth five-year plan and to create the conditions for its implementation.
Improving the planned management of the national economy
In order to enhance the impact on accelerating the process of intensification, growth in efficiency and quality, the following shall be established:
(a) strengthen the prospects of central planning, raise its scientific level and ensure the formation and intensification of the progressive structure of production; ensuring the continuous interconnection of five-year and annual plans,
(b) to create the preconditions for the more effective effect of value relations, in particular the price system, calculations and technical economic standards, with the emphasis on applying demanding conditions; to improve and make more consistent use of financial and monetary instruments, including exchange rates, thereby strengthening the optimal combination of the plan and the volatility with a view to making more effective impact on economic and financial balance and monetary stability;
(c) to increase the efficiency of the work of the State apparatus, to simplify and to make it more efficient and to reduce the administrative burden of management;
(d) to create conditions for increasing the participation of workers in management as a basic precondition for the mobilisation of working groups and their initiatives to achieve the objectives laid down by this law.
Role of the financial, budgetary and monetary system
(1) The state budgets of the Czechoslovak Federation and the state budgets of the Republics are based on the basic tasks of the eighth five-year plan and the five-year plans of the Republics, on the budgetary perspective of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and on the budgetary perspectives of the Republics for the years 1986- 1990, on the implementation of state plans and on the principles of financial policy established by the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The state budgets of the Czechoslovak Federation and the state budgets of the Republics support the intentions and tasks of the state plans and, by means of financial economic instruments, actively influence their implementation and the promotion of economy.
(2) The monetary outlook of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for the years 1986- 1990 focuses in particular on faster enforcement of the intensification factors for economic growth, strengthening the internal and external economic balance and stabilising the purchasing power of the Czechoslovak crown.
(3) The Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic sets the appropriate tasks to specify the objectives and to secure social objectives of financial, budgetary and monetary policy.
(4) All the authorities of the Federation and of the Republics responsible for drawing up the draft budgets shall endeavour to strengthen the tasks imposed pursuant to paragraph 3 in their preparation and during the budgetary management.
(5) The state budgets of the Czechoslovak Federation and the state budgets of the Republics are essentially balanced.
(6) In order to ensure the balance of the state budgets of the Republics, they are provided from the state budget of the Federation following the tasks of the implementing state plans of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and in accordance with the principle of economy of the purpose and global subsidies to the state budgets of the Republics.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Authorisation provisions
(1) The Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic or, as the case may be, the Government of the Republics may, for the purposes of experimental verification of new elements of the planned management of the national economy and for the purpose of ensuring the implementation of the integration actions provided for in the eighth five-year plan, grant derogations from the provisions of the laws governing the management of the national economy.
(2) In order to ensure the proper quality and efficiency of products and performance, in particular in production and similar economic activities, the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic may, under this law, issue generally binding legislation.
(3) In order to ensure the economical use of selected material and raw materials resources, the central authorities of the federal government may, under this Act and the principles laid down by the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, issue generally binding legislation.
Status of national economic development plan 1986
The State Plan for the Development of the National Economy of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for 1986, established under Act No. 115 / 1985 Coll., is an implementing state plan for the eighth five-year plan.
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication.
Husák v. r.
Indra v. r.
Strougal v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 81 / 1986 Coll., on the State Plan for the Development of the National Economy of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for the years 1986 - 1990 (Act on the Eighth Five-Year Plan) |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 22.12.1986 |
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| Effective from | 22.12.1986 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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