Strengthening compliance with legal regulations on prices

BDK.VN - The Provincial People's Committee has just issued an official dispatch on strengthening compliance with legal regulations on prices. Accordingly, the Provincial People's Committee requests that provincial departments, branches, sectors and People's Committees at all levels continue to disseminate and propagate to officials, civil servants of agencies, units, organizations and individuals trading in goods and services the provisions of the Law on Prices and documents guiding the Law on Prices; including regulations on price declaration and price posting so that state price management agencies can proactively implement price management work under their authority and organizations and individuals trading in goods comply with the provisions of law. Continue to strengthen training and education on legal regulations on prices.

Review and handle legal documents on prices that are no longer in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents and the Law on Prices; advise competent authorities to promulgate documents on prices in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Prices and the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents. Review and abolish administrative procedures in the field of prices that are no longer in accordance with current legal provisions, creating favorable conditions for organizations and individuals trading in goods and services.

Urgently advise competent authorities to issue legal documents regulating the economic and technical characteristics of goods and services on the List of goods and services subject to price stabilization, state pricing, and price declaration to ensure that information on goods and services is specified and clear as a basis for implementing price stabilization, state pricing, and price declaration activities in a transparent and effective manner, serving well the work of state management of prices at the local level.

Agencies and units, based on their authority and responsibilities in their assigned areas, shall perform the task of establishing, appraising, and submitting price plans and strictly comply with regulations on procedures for pricing, price adjustment, principles and methods of pricing, in order to ensure that the prices of goods and services regulated by the State are consistent with the market price level and fluctuations in price-forming factors. For public services implementing the market price roadmap, state-priced goods (electricity, medical examination and treatment services, passenger transport services, textbooks, etc.) need to proactively review price-forming factors, carefully assess the impact on the socio-economy and target inflation to have a price adjustment plan in line with market price level developments in accordance with regulations with appropriate levels and timing of adjustment, avoiding cost-push inflation resonance, creating expected inflation for the economy.

Promote digital transformation in implementing state management of prices. Develop and complete methods for receiving price declarations online in appropriate forms (online public services, price database software, etc.) to ensure feasibility and convenience for business organizations to make price declarations. Urgently develop and complete data on declared prices of goods under management authority to connect and update to the National Price Database according to regulations.

Relevant agencies and units under their management and organizations and individuals trading in goods and services must strictly implement the provisions of the Law on Prices on the disclosure of price information; regularly direct and organize the implementation of guidance and inspection of the disclosure of price information, contributing to creating consensus among people and society in state management of prices. Enhance the transparency of market price information and create favorable conditions for organizations and individuals in law enforcement.

Strengthening the inspection of compliance with the law on prices to ensure that relevant agencies, organizations and individuals comply with legal regulations, ensuring objectivity, transparency and timely detection and prevention of violations of the law on prices, unreasonable price increases, strictly handling cases of price manipulation of goods and services, price inflation... to contribute to controlling inflation, stabilizing the macro economy, supporting economic growth and development. In particular, focusing on inspection and examination of compliance with legal regulations on price declaration and price posting, strictly handling violations according to legal regulations such as: declaring incorrect selling prices, not declaring prices to competent state agencies, not posting prices or posting unclear prices of goods and services causing confusion for customers; selling at prices higher than the listed prices,...

Tran Quoc

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