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Administrative Measures On Prices Of Heat In Hebei Province

Original Language Title: 河北省热力价格管理办法

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(Adopted at the 74th ordinary meeting of the Government of the Northern Province on 21 December 2006 by Decree No. [2007] No. 3 of the Order of the People's Government of the Northern Province of the River 27 April 2007]

Article 1 establishes this approach in conjunction with the relevant provisions of the People's Republic of China price law, in order to regulate heat price behaviour and protect the legitimate rights and interests of heat production, heat operators and heat users.
Article 2 establishes or adjusts the collection and surrender of heat prices and heat charges within the territorial administration.
Article 3
The price of heat is subject to government pricing. Specific prices were developed and adjusted by the Government of the Provincial People's Government to authorize the establishment of the city, the extended district (market).
Article IV develops and adapts heat prices should be guided by scientific definition of costs, reasonable determination of benefits, a balance of affordability and the principle of optimizing resource allocation.
Article 5 heat prices include heat price and heat sales prices. The price of heat sales is divided into heat prices and non-residents.
The development and adaptation of heat prices should be based on the average social costs of heat production and heat operation, taking into account the following:
(i) National economic and social development requirements;
(ii) The level of income of the population;
(iii) statutory taxes and reasonable profits;
(iv) A reasonable comparison of the price of heating plants and heat sales;
(v) Government financial subsidies.
Article 7. Evolution of heat production, heat operators are proposed to develop heat prices, and written requests should be made to the municipalities in the establishment area, the extension of the authority area (the city) government price authorities and to submit the following materials:
(i) The heat price proposed;
(ii) It is proposed to develop the basis and rationale for the heat price;
(iii) The impact of the heat price proposed on the relevant industries, heat users and on the level of local consumption prices;
(iv) Other material related to the development of heat prices.
Article 8. Winter production, production of hydropower units or changes in operating costs may make written requests for adjustment of heat prices to the municipalities of the area, the extension of the Principality (the city) government price authorities and submit the following materials:
(i) Current heat prices and heat prices to be adjusted;
(ii) The basis and rationale for the adjustment of heat prices;
(iii) The impact of the heat price to be adjusted on relevant industries, heat users and on the level of local consumption prices;
(iv) In recent three years, the audited annual accounting statements and the statement of cost of heat price accounting; in the period of production, business dissatisfaction for three years, the audited annual accounting statements and the cost statements for heat price accounting should be made;
(v) Other material related to the adjustment of heat prices.
Article 9. Upon receipt of the request by the authorities of the Government of the People's Government, the application is well received and is admissible; the application is incomplete and should be communicated to the applicant within 5 days to the extent that the applicant needs to be filled.
Article 10 City, extension of the government price authority (communication) shall complete the review and cost review of the application materials within 40 days of the date of receipt of the application.
Article 11. Municipalities in the area of construction, extension of the government price authorities of the communes (communes) believe that they may be developed or adjusted for heat power prices, should be developed or adapted to the heat price programme and, with the consent of the government price authorities of the province, to develop or adjust the heat price of non-residents, to seek advice on the production of heat, hydropower units and heat users, etc.; to develop or adjust the residential heating price, to the use of the Internet, and to seek the approval of the system for public hearings, such as the private sector, etc.
Those who participated in the hearings were disproportionately divergent in the adjustment of heat prices, suspension or non-adjustment of heat prices; reorganizing price hearings in the municipalities of the area, the extension of the power district (market) government price authorities, when they considered necessary. There is a great difference in the formulation of heat-power prices, in the city of the district, in the extension of the power district (commune) government price authorities should modify the development of heat price programmes and once again organize price hearings.
Article 12 is heard, consulted and can be developed or adapted to heat prices, where the municipal, extended-zone (market) government price authorities should incorporate reasonable opinions based on price hearings and requests for advice, modify the formulation or adjustment of the heat price programme and accompany the summary of the price hearings, the request for advice and the approval of the Government.
Article 13 establishes or adjusts the heat price, which is made available to the community by the city of the district, the authorities of the Government of the extended district (the city) and is presented to the provincial government price authorities.
In one of the following cases, the authorities of the Government of the People's Government in the establishment of the zone, the extension of the power area (the city) should inform the applicant in writing and justify:
(i) Be inadmissible or adjusted for applications for heat power prices;
(ii) The review is not in accordance with the establishment or adjustment of heat price provisions;
(iii) Be heard, consulted and not to develop or adjust heat prices;
(iv) No approval was made for the development or adjustment of heat prices.
Article 15 heat users can make proposals for the adjustment of heat prices to the localities of the establishment, the extension of the power district (the city). The price authorities should study carefully and respond.
Article 16 provides programmes for the adjustment of heat prices based on local economic developments, the recommendations of heat users and the reflections of all aspects of society.
In the city of the establishment, the extension district (market) government price authorities have made direct proposals for the adjustment of the heat price programme, which is implemented in accordance with articles 11, 12, 13 and 13 of the scheme.
Article 17 heat fees can be collected by a proportion of heat or house buildings. The size of the housing building has a proportion of heat payments, with a maximum not exceeding 910 per cent of the area of house buildings, which is determined by the municipality of the establishment, the extended district (market).
The municipalities in the establishment area, the extension of the communes (communes) should take steps to actively promote heat-based payments and to develop a specific fee scheme to phase out the system of geocharging.
Article 18 heat operators can direct charge of heating fees to heat users, or commission the related units to collect heat charges.
Article 19 heat users should pay for heating on time.
The heat operators could establish preferential measures to encourage heat users to pay in advance of the cost.
Article 20 is heating in the winter, with heat production, heat operation units should be heating in accordance with the local people's Government for heating. Due to delays in special circumstances for heating or early cessation of heating, it must be communicated to heat users in advance, for reasons, and back to heat users within 30 days of the end of the heat period, in accordance with the provisions of the communes, extensions (communes).
Article 21
For the reasons of heat operations, service standards, such as temperatures, which are less than provided by the State, and for heat quality, the hydropower units should communicate to heat users in a timely manner. The heating of the winter must be returned to the heat users within 30 days of the end of the heating period, as stipulated by the Government of the extended district (communes) and the Government of the people of the communes (communes) within 30 days of the end of the heat period; and the implementation of the contract signed by both parties for the production of enterprises.
More than the people at the district level should take measures to provide assistance to groups with minimum living guarantees and other special hardships.
Article XXIII, in violation of this approach by the Government's price authorities at the district level, does not establish or adjust the heat price as prescribed by law, be corrected by the same-ranking people's Government or by the lower-ranking government price authorities; in serious circumstances, by giving administrative treatment to the competent and other direct responsibilities directly responsible.
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Article 25