Chương III Pháp lệnh số 40/2002/PL-UBTVQH10: Hoạt động về giá của tổ chức, cá nhân sản xuất, kinh doanh

Chapter III

PRICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF PRODUCTION AND/OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUALS

Article 27.- Price determination by production and/or business organizations and individuals

The production and/or business organizations and individuals shall determine prices of their goods and/or services according to the provisions of this Ordinance and other relevant legal documents.

Article 28.- Prohibited acts

Production and/or business organizations and individuals are forbidden to commit the following acts:

1. Colluding with other production and/or business organizations and/or individuals for price monopoly alignment, causing damage to the legitimate interests of other production and/or business organizations, individuals, of the consumers, and the interests of the State;

2. Dumping goods, services;

3. Fabricating and/or spreading groundless news on price increase or decrease, causing damage to the legitimate interests of other production and/or business organizations and/or individuals, of consumers, and the interests of the State;

4. Fixing wrong prices in order to deceive consumers or their production and/or business partners being organizations and/or individuals;

5. Increasing or reducing prices falsely by changing the quantity, quality, locations for delivery and reception of goods and/or services;

6. Taking advantage of natural disasters, enemy sabotage and/or other abnormal circumstances for speculation to increase prices and/or impose unreasonable prices;

7. Other acts prescribed by law.

Article 29.- Posting up prices

1. Production and/or business organizations and individuals must post up prices of goods and/or services at their stores and/or places of goods trading or service provision transaction; the price post-up must be clear, not causing confusion to consumers.

2. For goods and services with prices set by the State, the production and/or business organizations and individuals must post up the correct prices decided by competent State bodies and such goods and services shall be traded strictly at the listed prices.

For goods and services not on the list of those with prices set by the State, the prices decided by production and/or business organizations and/or individuals shall be posted up.

Article 30.- Rights and obligations of production and/or business organizations and individuals in the field of prices

1. The production and/or business organizations and individuals shall have the following rights:

a) To decide on the purchasing and selling prices of goods and services, except for goods and services on the lists of those with prices set by the State;

b) To decide on the goods and service prices within the price brackets, the price limits decided by competent State bodies;

c) To complain about decisions on prices of competent State bodies, which cause damage to their legitimate interests;

d) To complain about or denounce acts of violating the legislation on prices;

e) To request organizations or individuals to compensate for damage as provided for by law;

f) Other rights prescribed by law.

2. The production and/or business organizations and individuals shall have the following obligations:

a) To draw up plans on prices of goods and services on the lists of those with prices set by the State and submit them to the competent State bodies for decision and to correctly apply those prices;

b) To provide information on prices, decisions on goods and service prices set by themselves at the request of the agencies competent to exercise the State management over prices;

c) To execute the State�s measures for stabilizing the market prices, which are prescribed in this Ordinance;

d) To compensate for damage caused by acts of violating the legislation on prices as provided for by law;

e) Other obligations prescribed by law.