Decree No 89 / 1969 Coll.
Decree of the Slovak Price Office amending and supplementing Decree No. 47 / 1967 Coll., on Prices
Valid
Effective from 28.07.1969
89
DECLARATION
Slovak Price Office
of 1 July 1969
amending and supplementing Decree No 47 / 1967 Coll., on Prices
The Slovak Price Office provides, pursuant to § 17 of Act No. 53 / 1968 Coll., for changes in the organisation and competence of certain central authorities:
Decree of the State Commission on Finance, Prices and Wages No 47 / 1967 Coll., on Prices, is amended as follows:
1. paragraphs 2 and 3 of the following text are added to Paragraph 10, the current provision of which is renumbered paragraph 1:
"(2) Where price development agreements are not concluded, the maximum price referred to in Article 11 (1) (a) shall apply to such product groups or production industry products unless price regulation is specifically established:
(a) applying minimum or indicative prices in accordance with Article 11 (1) (b) and (c);
(b) by limiting (by setting, by changing) the price level in accordance with Article 15 (2) (a).
(3) The regulation of the development of the level of capped prices may be supplemented or replaced by the provision of:
(a) the mandatory pre-registration of the upcoming changes to the price level of product groups (partial price levels); or
(b) binding rules for the pricing of individual products; or
(c) a specific way of monitoring price developments.
These additional measures may also be applied in the framework of price development agreements. '
2. Paragraph 12 reads as follows:
Free prices
The category of free prices shall include in particular:
(a) products permanently in advance of demand;
(b) products of a volume insignificant in terms of production and consumption which can reasonably be expected to result in a reasonable reduction in demand or an increase in supply,
c) fashion news for a predetermined time and luxury products,
(d) products identified by the competent authorities as technically progressive and products in the compulsory assessment of grade I with the exception of those food products classified in the category of fixed or maximum prices;
(e) export products and import products, unless otherwise specified;
(f) prototypes, uniqués, models, samples and products from the verification series;
(g) activities related to the management of research and development tasks (except for complex and separate main tasks of the State Research and Development Work Plan, which are included in the maximum prices), the management of technical standardisation tasks (except in the cases specifically defined by the Office for Standardisation and Measurement), expert opinions, expertise and performance of economic and technical focus carried out by socialist organisations, programming and computing, testing and evaluation of products;
(h) school and social and educational products;
(i) fees for the use of basic means and items of gradual consumption, unless otherwise specified. "
3. Paragraph 13 (3) reads as follows:
"(3) Products whose classification in price categories is not expressly decided upon shall be classified, until the decision, in the fixed price category with the exception of the products referred to in § 12 (e) to (i) which are classified in the free price category."
4. Paragraph 19 (3) reads as follows:
"(3) The provisions of this Part shall not apply to the determination of free prices and performance prices of products classified as limited prices; such prices shall be made up of an agreement between the supplier and the customer, the supplier being limited by a decision pursuant to Article 10 (3) (a) and (b). ';
5. Paragraph 25 (3) reads as follows:
"(3) In determining increases or reductions, it shall be treated as negotiating free prices unless they are exceptionally fixed or maximum. ';
6. Paragraph 34 reads as follows:
Central authorities of the Slovak Socialist Republic
(1) The Slovak Price Office in addition to the scope set out in the other parts of the Order
(a) it shall:
1. fixed, maximum, minimum and indicative prices for new products, where their determination does not fall within the competence of the federal authorities or where they are not provided for by other authorities in accordance with other provisions of this Decree;
2. changes in fixed, maximum, minimum or indicative prices;
3. classification of products in price categories;
(b) in cooperation with the relevant ministries, conclude price development agreements with organisations (trade directorates) (§ 14);
(c) submit proposals to the Federal Committee on Prices to determine and amend prices to the extent that they fall within the competence of the federal authorities.
(2) The central authorities of the Slovak Socialist Republic, as well as sectoral and sectoral organisations, may submit to the Slovak Price Office proposals for price measures in their field of competence. The Slovak Price Office shall discuss with them the proposals for its essential pricing policy and price regulation measures under individual price cooperation agreements. A similar procedure applies in relation to interest unions.
(3) The specific scope shall be exercised by:
(a) Ministry of Construction and Technology
1. set the prices referred to in paragraph 1 (a) for project and engineering activities in accordance with the principles defined by the Slovak Price Office;
2. decide for the purposes of price control whether the products are technically progressive [Paragraph 13 (4) (b)] or technically obsolete [Paragraph 51 (2) (c)];
(b) Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition
1. submit proposals to the Slovak Price Office for the measures referred to in paragraph 1 (a) in the field of the buying-in prices of agricultural products and the supplements thereto;
2. establish and declare, in agreement with the Slovak Price Office, the selling prices of products produced by the Ministry's organisations for production consumption within the department and the wholesale prices of machinery and tractor station products and of agricultural machinery repair plants supplied to (provided) agricultural organisations under the responsibility of the Ministry;
(c) Ministry of Commerce
submit proposals to the Slovak Price Office for the measures referred to in paragraph 1 (a) in the areas of the range of food and industrial consumer goods sold to it by the commercial organisations;
(d) Ministry of Industry
lay down the prices referred to in paragraph 1 (a) in the field of supply of works and structures, in accordance with the principles discussed with the Slovak Price Office. '
7. Paragraph 35 reads as follows:
Regional National Committees
Regional National Committees
(a) they shall exercise the scope referred to in Article 34 (1) (a) (1) and (2) for products of the local economy, production cooperatives and private producers (with the exception of the prices of construction works) and, if that competence is delegated to them, also for products of other organisations managed by national committees; price comparison is carried out and the principle of price uniformity applies only to products produced by organisations managed by national committees and production cooperatives within the scope of the regional national committees;
(b) submit proposals to the Slovak Price Office for other measures falling under Paragraph 34 (1) and (2);
(c) determine the reservation referred to in Article 36 (4) for local economic organisations whose activity does not exceed the scope of the district national committee. "
8. Paragraph 36 (1) reads as follows:
"(1) Trade directorates on the prices of products sold by themselves or by their subordinate organisations
(a) determine:
1. prices of new products in the cases in which they are entrusted by the Slovak Price Office;
2. the maximum, minimum and indicative prices which are made up of individual calculations pursuant to Paragraph 22 (5), unless they are approved by the subordinate organisations,
3. the price limits of products at the stage of their research and development;
(b) submit proposals to the Slovak price authority and the competent central authorities for measures under Article 34 (1) and (3). ";
9. Paragraph 37 (4) reads as follows:
"(4) Only the Slovak Price Office and the central authorities referred to in Article 34 (3) may determine fixed, maximum, minimum or indicative prices, taking into account the conditions of implementation by way of derogation from the level laid down."
10. Paragraph 38 reads as follows:
Ministry of Finance
(a) exercise the powers referred to in Article 34 (1) in respect of the price of personal or private-owned buildings (including those sold for personal ownership by socialist organisations), privately owned land and payments for temporary land use and for the right to personal land use;
(b) the Slovak Price Office shall discuss the draft principles for determining and amending the basic (fixed) price components as regards those price components which are paid from the State budget (special-purpose subsidies, interventions, etc.) or paid to the State budget (turnover tax, price increases and reductions in foreign trade, etc.). "
11. Paragraph 39 reads as follows:
(1) The provisions of paragraphs 40 to 43 apply to price procedures for fixed, maximum, minimum and indicative prices, or to proposals for changes to the level of prices (Paragraph 7 (2)) submitted by organisations to the Slovak Price Office or to other central authorities referred to in paragraph 34 (3).
(2) The conclusion of price developments agreements (§ 14) is not covered by the provisions of § 40 to 43. The procedure for submitting and consulting them shall be determined by the Slovak Price Office. ';
12. Paragraph 42 (1) reads as follows:
"(1) The draft price of the new product or the proposal to change the price shall be drawn up and submitted to the Slovak Price Office or to another designated body of the supplier or customer organisation or to their superior bodies. ';
13. Paragraph 44 (1) reads as follows:
"(1) Fixed, maximum, minimum and indicative prices shall be fixed or amended by a price decision; free prices and performance prices of products classified as limited prices shall be determined by agreement of the organisations, as a general rule in the economic contract or in accordance with paragraphs 5, 6 and 7. Where the maximum, minimum or indicative price is set by the branch head office pursuant to Article 36 (1), it shall do so within 15 days of receipt of the opinion of the main customer (§ 42 (6)) or after discussion of the negative opinion of the main customer (§ 42 (7)). '
14. Paragraph 45 reads as follows:
Price disputes
(1) Where a dispute arises in determining the maximum, minimum or indicative price by the branch directorates pursuant to Paragraph 36 (1), the Slovak Price Office shall determine the price.
(2) The proposal to fix the price referred to in paragraph 1 must be submitted to the Slovak Price Office immediately after discussion of the negative position with the main customer (§ 42 (7)). "
15. Paragraph 46 reads as follows:
Scope of price control
(1) Price control is carried out by the Slovak Price Office and the authorities responsible for checking in accordance with specific rules (special inspection bodies).
(2) The collectors shall check the accuracy of the prices of the products delivered, in particular in relation to their quality (customer checks). "
16. Paragraph 50 (2), (3) and (8) reads as follows:
"(2) The additional levy shall be imposed on the amount of the funds unduly recovered pursuant to paragraph 1, minus the amounts already committed to the State budget.
(3) The total amount of funds unduly received may be determined in a selective manner in agreement between the organisation checked and the control authority. If no such agreement is reached, the control authority may require the audited organisation to carry out a documentary review itself leading to a precise quantification of the amount of funds unduly obtained. In the case of non-standard engineering products, in construction and in organisations providing work and services to the population, the total amount of funds obtained may be calculated in a selective manner according to the decision of the Slovak Price Office or special control bodies.
(8) If the authority does not directly impose an additional levy on the organisation, as proposed by the special supervisory authority, the Slovak Price Office shall decide on its deposit on a proposal from the special supervisory authority. '
17. Paragraph 52 (2), (3) and (4) reads as follows:
"(2) Organisations are required to issue price lists, price supplements (at least once a year), price lists, etc. The price lists shall indicate who issued them and, on the basis of the decision of which authority, the start of their validity, the price delivery conditions, and the methods of pricing, the price category etc. For prices set by the central body, the publisher of the price lists shall be designated by the Slovak Price Office.
(3) All authorities and organisations shall submit to the Slovak Price Office, in duplicate, their decisions on the prices of products issued under this Order, as well as price lists, additions, price lists, etc.
(4) Suppliers shall, when concluding supply contracts, notify the customer of the decision of the competent authority to fix the price. At the customer's request, suppliers shall make available to them a copy of the respective price decision. The prices of the products intended for sale to the population must be provided to everyone at the relevant premises with accessible, accurate and complete information (price list, notice or proof of the price charged). '
With effect from the Slovak Socialist Republic, the provisions of § 28 (1), § 32, § 33, § 44 (3) and (5), § 43 (1) and (3) of Decree No. 47 / 1967 Coll., on prices are hereby repealed.
This decree shall take effect on the day of its publication. Measures granted before the entry into force of this Order shall be deemed to have been implemented under it.
Chairman:
Dr Rendek v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree No. 89 / 1969 Coll., amending and supplementing Decree No. 47 / 1967 Coll., on Prices |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 28.07.1969 |
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| Effective from | 28.07.1969 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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