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Law No. 3 Of 20 April 1972 Concerning The Interior Trade Activity

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 3 din 20 aprilie 1972 cu privire la activitatea de comerţ interior

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LEGE no. 3 3 of 20 April 1972 (* updated *) on the activity of insider trading (updated until December 17, 1990 *)
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-------------- *) The updated form of this normative act until December 17, 1990 is carried out by the legal department of S.C. "Territorial Center of Electronic Computing" S.A. Piatra-Neamt by including all modifications and additions made by DECREE-Law no. 67 67 of 8 February 1990 ; LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 ; LAW no. 31 31 of 16 November 1990 . The content of this act is not an official document, being intended to inform users The sustained development of the production forces, the improvement of the organization and management of economic activity, of all social relations, ensured the continuous growth of the production of material goods and, on this basis, the systematic lifting and multilateral of the living standards of all the people, the ultimate goal of party and state policy. In recent years it has significantly increased the fund of goods intended to supply the population, while increasing the quality of consumer goods and diversifying the assortments, thus ensuring the satisfaction of the requirements working people. In order to carry out a modern and efficient commercial activity, at the level of current requirements, socialist trade must use large-scale scientific methods of investigation of the demand for goods, to exercise an active role on production, in order to adapt its operative to the supply needs of the population from cities and villages and to stimulate the interest of buyers for products manufactured by our consumer goods industry. The organs and commercial organizations have the duty to take measures for the preservation and judicious management of the commodity fund, the rational organization and distribution on the territory of the commercial network, the continuous modernization of the sale process of goods, enhancing the economic efficiency of the whole activity The lifting of commercial activity on a higher stage, fulfilling in good conditions the important tasks of this sector in the current stage, impose particular concern for the continuous improvement of the political and professional training of trade workers. The trade staff shall bear the full responsibility before the company for the manner in which they manage and capitalise on the goods entrusted to it. At the same time, trade workers must permanently provide proof of solicitude to buyers, professional probity, respect for the social function they meet. Honesty, fairness and dignity must define the moral profile of socialist trade workers. For the purpose of improving all indoor trade activities, The Great National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Romania adopts this law. + Chapter 1 General provisions + Article 1 In the Socialist Republic of Romania the purpose of the activity of interior trade is to supply the population with good quality goods and the exemplary service of buyers. State and cooperative trade organizations have the task that, according to the national economy development plan, to ensure the supply of goods as varied as possible, depending on the season and the local specificity, in quantities increased, in relation to the purchasing power of working people. + Article 2 Socialist units producing consumer goods are obliged to constantly take into account consumer requirements, increase production volume, continuously widen the range of products, to develop widely their prepackaging and to Constantly concern the improvement of the quality of goods for the population. + Article 3 The continuous improvement and widening of the direct relations between the trade organizations and the manufacturing units is a permanent task of both trade and industry. Within the framework of a close collaboration, commercial organizations and manufacturing establishments must realize a thorough knowledge of consumer needs, take measures to adapt the production operative to meet the demand for goods, steer consumer preferences towards the assortments manufactured by the units of our socialist industry. + Article 4 The continued adincement of socialist democracy, the consistent application of the principle of collective leadership, require increasing the role of the masses in solving the essential problems of the internal trade activity, attracting all the staff of units to the debate and the adoption of measures necessary to carry out the tasks of the plan, the expansion of modern forms of trade, the continuous improvement of The management of the entire commercial activity is carried out on the basis of the principle of democratic centralism, through the harmonious combination of the activity based on the plan, with the granting of wide powers and competences to the local state administration, as well as trade organizations. + Article 5 In the Socialist Republic Romania the supply of population is achieved by: a) specialized state commercial organizations; b) own commercial units of plants and industrial or agricultural enterprises; c) commercial units of the consumer cooperation, of the handicraft cooperation, as well as units of the agricultural production cooperatives, of the intercooperative associations and of other public organizations; d) members of agricultural production cooperatives, individual agricultural producers and craftsmen who unwrap their own products; e) authorized individuals, under certain conditions established by law, to carry out trade activity. + Article 6 Repealed. ------------- Article 6 was repealed by art. 225 of LAW no. 31 31 of 16 November 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 126 126-127 of 17 November 1990. + Article 7 Repealed. ------------- Article 7 was repealed by art. 20 of DECREE-Law no. 67 67 of 8 February 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 23 23 of 9 February 1990. + Article 8 Retail has the task of undoing goods directly to the population through commercial establishments, judiciously located on the territory of cities and villages, in relation to the supply needs of the population. + Article 9 Repealed. ------------- Article 9 was repealed by art. 20 of DECREE-Law no. 67 67 of 8 February 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 23 23 of 9 February 1990. + Article 10 Commercial organizations respond to buyers, according to the law, to the quality of sold goods. The trade staff has a duty to increase the requirement for the receipt of goods, so that the commercial network of goods with qualitative deficiencies is avoided. The action to ensure the quality of the goods must start from the moment of conclusion of contracts by trade organizations with those producing and take place during the entire production, reception and sale process, the task is considered to be fulfilled only after the customer's behaviour has been verified. + Article 11 In order to continuously increase economic efficiency, the management of commercial organizations have the obligation to take all measures for the systematic reduction of traffic expenses, intensive use of the technical-material base, introduction new technique, mechanization of works for handling and transport of goods through the widest use of containerization and palletizing, increasing the speed of circulating funds, rational use of labor, and any other measures aimed at contribute to the achievement of these objectives. + Article 12 In order to satisfy in better conditions the current and prospective requirements of the buyers the technical-material basis of the trade develops in a coordinated manner, in accordance with the provisions of the state plan. Within the framework of the works of systematization of localities, as well as the elaboration of housing projects, the need for commercial and service facilities will be established, their location and the stages of realization so that all these units to be put into use at the same time as housing. + Article 13 A significant part of the obstesc wealth is entrusted to the staff of the trade. He has the obligation, of particular responsibility, to carefully manage the goods, the other material means as well as the money means he has in his reception, to watch uninterrupted at the defense of the integrity of the socialist property. Trade workers have a duty to be permanently concerned with perfecting professional training, raising their political level and citizen awareness; they must show exemplary discipline in the workplace. In his entire activity, the staff in the trade, who by the nature of his work comes daily in contact with a large number of citizens, must manifest a civilized, dignified behavior, arising out of respect for working people, the makers of goods material and spiritual, to vigorously enforce the principles of socialist ethics and equity. + Chapter 2 Rules on population supply and service A. Of a general nature + Article 14 In order to ensure a proper service of buyers, personnel from all socialist commercial establishments, producers, craftsmen and individuals authorized to trade are obliged: a) to have a careful, dignified and cuviincious attitude towards buyers; b) to arrange and exhibit tidy, aesthetically and appealing the goods; c) display labels with legal prices, noticeably; d) to strengthen or measure goods in front of buyers in such a way that they can easily control the accuracy of the strengthening or measurement, being prohibited the use of devices and instruments that have not been verified according to the law; e) comply with the established gramages; f) not to favour some buyers through a preferential supply or service; g) not to condition the sale of products for the purchase of others; h) to release the goods to the packaged buyers accordingly. + Article 15 In order to satisfy the demands of buyers, trade workers are obliged to control goods at the time of serving consumers and to sell them only for the appropriate quality. It is forbidden to sell goods which: a) are altered, degraded or defective; b) have the term of validity exceeded. + Article 16 Trade workers are obliged to strictly observe the hygienic-sanitary rules on the preservation and handling of products. To this end, they must keep at work, at all times, a state of perfect order and cleanliness, to care for installations and inventory items, to have an adequate clothing outfit, to observe the rules of personal hygiene. B. For state and cooperative organizations and establishments + Article 17 In order to satisfy the consumption requirements of the population, the management of the commercial units, the entire staff in the trade, in relation to their tasks, are obliged to supply the commercial units, at all times, with all the assortments of Existing goods in wholesale warehouses, in a wide range of good quality and attractive appearance. + Article 18 The conductions of the commercial units are obliged to display in plain sight, in the premises for sale, all the assortments available to them, in sufficient quantities. Products displayed in showcases must also be found at outlets in stores. + Article 19 The conductions of commercial units are obliged to keep the goods in good conditions, so that they ensure their quantitative and qualitative integrity, as well as the reduction of perishabilities. + Article 20 The sale to the population of food and non-food products is made through the units in the retail network, presentation and outlet stores, order houses, exhibitions with sale, kiosks and other such commercial units. outlet and only in the premises specifically intended for this purpose, according to the legal provisions. It is prohibited to purchase products, by different persons, from the state or cooperative commercial establishments and the storage of these products for the purpose of their resale. It is prohibited to sell food and non-food products to individual buyers, directly by the manufacturing units or their deposits, from the warehouses of the commercial units of any kind, or otherwise contrary to the provisions this law. The units of the Ministry of Armed Forces and the Ministry of Interior-located in rural localities or isolated points-can distribute to their own staff and family members, from the deposits of units and formations, for a fee, at the price with retail, some food. Rural localities, food assortments and quantities that are sold by these establishments shall be approved annually by the heads of the said central bodies. Military units can also sell their own frames, at the retail price, some items of equipment that do not unfold through the commercial network. Some goods such as furniture, bricks, tiles, concrete prefabricated, ballast material, seedlings, wood from downing, waste resulting from the exploitation and industrialization of wood and other goods established by the legal provisions will be able to be sold to individual buyers at retail prices, directly by the manufacturing units. + Article 21 In addition to the duties provided in art. 14-16 staff in the state and cooperative business units shall have the following obligations: a) not to reserve goods for the supply of own or other persons; b) not to claim and not to receive sums of money or other undue benefits for the sold goods or services rendered; c) not to serve in food establishments alcoholic beverages in quantities that can cause violation of the rules of social coexistence by consumers; d) not to serve minors alcoholic beverages in food establishments. C. For members of agricultural production cooperatives, individual agricultural producers and craftsmen + Article 22 Members of agricultural production cooperatives and individual agricultural producers may sell, under the law, their own products, in markets, fairs, shutters or other specific outlets established. The sale and exchange of agricultural products, in the places provided for in the previous paragraph, are allowed to members of agricultural production cooperatives and individual agricultural producers only on the basis of the agricultural producer certificate. The persons provided for in this article may sell the products and directly from their own household. + Article 23 Craftsmen with their own workshops can sell to the population the goods they produce, according to the operating authorization, in the places shown in the previous article. + Article 24 Disposal of products by persons shown in art. 22 and 23 must be carried out under conditions of civilized trade, for which purpose the organs of the state administration have the obligation to take the appropriate measures, as well as to prevent and combat any attempts to speculate on the buyer. + Article 25 If the sale of the products is made in markets, fairs or shutters, the local bodies of the state administration will take measures to equip with the necessary constructions and inventory, with the installations to ensure the hygienic-sanitary requirements. D. For individuals performing trade activity + Article 26 Individuals may carry out acts of trade only on the basis of the authorization to exercise the trade activity, in the places and for the products provided for in the authorization. Art. 24 also applies to these individuals. + Article 27 Products: wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, flour from these cereals, fodder plant seeds and oilseeds, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, meat and meat preparations of these animals, oil, lard, bacon, skins of any kind, wines and other wine products, as well as other products established by law, may not be the subject of particular trade. Members of agricultural production cooperatives and individual agricultural producers may sell their own products, of the nature of those provided for in the previous paragraph, under the conditions laid down in art. 22 22-25 of this law. + Chapter 3 Duties and liabilities in relation to the activity of insider trading A. For central bodies of the state administration + Article 28 In order to apply in good conditions the provisions of the present law, the Council of Ministers shall adopt the necessary measures for the proper organization and conduct of the internal trade activity, the continuous development of the technical-material basis and trade activity throughout the country. It also establishes, in accordance with the provisions of the state plan for the adoption of the state plan, the retail volume and the delivery, annual and in perspective, on the commodity fund for population supply, on holders of plan. + Article 29 Repealed. ------------- Article 29 was repealed by art. 20 of DECREE-Law no. 67 67 of 8 February 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 23 23 of 9 February 1990. + Article 30 Trade and manufacturing organisations have the obligation that through the economic contracts they conclude to ensure the permanent supply of units and with products or assortments of cheap goods, in appropriate quantities. In the annual state plans, the quantities of the main products and assortments of goods with cheap prices, as well as items for children, will be distinctly provided for. The non-delivery of the quantities of cheap products and articles for children at the level of the provisions of the plan and in the structure of economic contracts constitute a violation + Article 31 The Ministry of Interior Trade is carrying out the party and state policy in the field of interior trade, organizes the entire trade activity and responds to the good supply of the population from cities, working-class centers and villages. The Ministry of Interior Trade and the executive committees of the popular councils, in the administrative-territorial units in which they operate, respond to the way in which trade is carried out, the guidance and control of all commercial units As the plan holder, the Ministry of Interior Trade is responsible for the implementation of the retail sales plan. In carrying out its tasks, coordination and continuous improvement of commercial activity, for the good supply and service of the population, the Ministry of Interior Trade has the following main tasks: a) organize and take measures to study and know the demand for goods of the population, as a whole and on the structure of the commodity fund, on different categories of incomes of the population and depending on the local specificity; b) systematically contribute to the development of the production of consumer goods, showing an active role in determining the assortments and volumes of goods necessary to be carried out by the producer organizations, in order to supply the population in good conditions. To this end, it organises the operations of contracting the commodity fund, in collaboration with the ministries and other central bodies that have in subordination organizations producing or commercial, as well as the executive committees of the popular councils county and the city of Bucharest; c) orients and influences the tastes and preferences of consumers towards the goods made by our socialist industry; organizes together with the ministries and other central organs, which have in subordination producing units, popularization the quality and the other advantages that the goods offer; they also organize fairs, pavilions, exhibitions with sale and other actions to inform the population; d) participate, together with the ministries that have in subordination producer organizations, to develop the balances for the main consumer goods, follow and ensure the realization of resources for the supply of the population; e) establishes, within the plan, in collaboration with the ministries and other central bodies, as well as with the executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest, which subordinate organizations with trade activity interior, plan tasks by county and Bucharest municipality, as well as the commodity fund to the main products; f) establishes in collaboration with the other central bodies with internal trade activity the norms for the application of the legal provisions on contractual relations between the organizations of wholesale and retail trade; the common administrative burden for the good supply of commercial establishments; elaborates, according to the law, technical rules on the delivery of goods by wholesale warehouses to commercial establishments; g) coordinates, according to the law, the import of consumer goods intended for the supply of the population and the exchanges of goods from the market fund with other countries, carried out by the central bodies with internal trade activity; imported to meet the quality and hygienic-sanitary conditions, according to the norms applicable on the territory of our country h) directs and controls the wholesale and retail trade organizations, subordinated to it; i) issue, in collaboration with the other central bodies concerned, rules on the stocks of goods from trade and criteria for the settlement of the commodity fund on commercial organizations, within the counties and the city of Bucharest, corresponding to the needs of supply of the population; develop, under the same conditions, rules on goods and perishability rules on goods from the commercial network; j) issue, according to the law, technical norms on the sale of goods in consignment, as well as for the intermediation of sales-purchases by socialist organizations; k) exercise powers in the field of prices, tariffs and commercial rebates, according to the law; l) ensure the organization, development and modernization of the internal trade network and improve the conditions of serving the population in the units of their own system; support, guide and control the realization of these tasks in the units of other commercial; m) issues, in consultation with the central bodies concerned, rules of organization, development, location and endowment of the commercial network; coordinates the commercial network development programs in territorial aspect and on systems, ensuring the development harmonious of it on the entire socialist trade; n) issue, according to the law, norms on the organizational structure and the functioning of commercial organizations, in consultation with ministries, other central bodies and executive committees of the county folk councils and the municipality Bucharest that have in subordination organizations with interior trade activity; o) establish, according to the law, the necessary measures regarding the reception of goods by commercial establishments p) grants to the executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest specialized assistance, in order to solve the problems regarding the commercial activity; r) organises, together with the other ministries and central bodies concerned, the recovery and valorisation of packaging from the sale of goods; it also takes measures to extend containerisation and palletisation in transport and goods handling; takes measures for the pre-packaging of products in warehouses and commercial establishments, in order to complete the quantities of pre-packaged goods, delivered by the producer organisations; s) proposes, together with the ministries and other central bodies concerned, as well as with the executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest, the classification of trades specific to this activity, the network and the profile schools and establishes the annual tuition plan, according to the law; t) organize the qualification through apprenticeship at work, vocational schools, specialized high schools, post-secondary specialization schools, as well as improvement and specialization through training and refresher centers as well as through other forms of specialization, of staff; it has the obligation to provide the appropriate level of specialty to the personnel of the u) collaborates with the Ministry of Education and Education for the training of professionals with higher education necessary for internal trade, according to the law; ensures for the schools under its subordination the teaching and technical-administrative staff, as well as the material and endowment of the educational process; v) take measures to ensure the proper working conditions of staff in subordinate organizations; x) grants, according to the law, together with the union of branch unions, on the proposal of the executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest, as well as the ministries and other central bodies that have subordinate organizations with indoor trade activity, insignia and distinctive titles to the leading and highlighted commercial organizations, labor collectives, as well as highly qualified personnel, with behavior and conscientiousness Faultless. + Article 32 The Minister of Internal Trade issues, with a view to the execution of this law, technical rules on commercial activity, mandatory for all socialist organizations and commercial units, regardless of their subordination, as well as for any other legal persons and individuals carrying out acts of trade. + Article 33 The Ministry of Interior shall exercise control and state commercial inspection of all indoor trade activities, from cities and villages. + Article 34 The Ministry of Internal Trade, in collaboration with the Central Union of Consumer Cooperatives, establishes the list of goods that are sold in installments, as well as the conditions of sale. + Article 35 The ministries and other central bodies that have in subordinate organizations with internal trade activity respond directly, each in its field, to the fulfillment of the retail sales plan, to the widening and modernization of the technical-material basis of trade, to improve the activity of trade and to serve the population, to meet the growing demands of consumers. It also controls the way of respecting prices and tariffs and the consistency between the quality of the products sold and the one envisaged when setting prices, taking the appropriate measures, according to their duties. The ministers and heads of the other central bodies who subordinate organisations with internal trade activity may lay down technical rules of a specific nature to their activity, within the framework of the rules issued by the Minister of Commerce Inside. + Article 36 The ministries and other central bodies that subordinate organizations with internal trade activity establish, within the framework of the opening plan on each county and the city of Bucharest, the retail tasks for the organizations in subordinated to them, in agreement with the executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest. + Article 37 The State Committee on Prices shall aim at the prices of goods intended for supplying the population to be determined by the competent bodies, in accordance with the rules and criteria laid down by law Also, the State Committee for Prices also performs other duties provided by law. + Article 38 The General State Inspectorate for Quality Control of Products controls the quality of goods intended for the supply of the population, takes measures and applies sanctions, according to its duties. + Article 39 The Ministry of Health is responsible for providing the population with a proper range of medicines. For this purpose it establishes, together with the Ministry of Chemical Industry and the other relevant central and local bodies, the structure of the drug fund and the quantities necessary to satisfy the requirements of the population in this field as fully as possible. The Ministry of Health, together with the executive committees of the popular councils, organizes the pharmacy network, takes measures to develop and modernize their technical base, ensures their good supply and operation. + Article 40 The state health inspection has the task of watching over compliance with hygienic-sanitary norms on the production, storage and disposal of food intended for the supply of the population. For this purpose, it carries out controls in commercial and food establishments, in markets, fairs, shutters and other outlets, on the way in which food goods are preserved and manipulated in order to comply with the rules of hygiene, takes measures to remove deficiencies and to sanction those who are guilty of violating legal norms. The state veterinary health inspection shall monitor and control the application of the veterinary legal measures, in respect of foodstuffs of animal origin, in the undertakings producing, processing, storing, transporting or undoing such products, adopt necessary measures and apply sanctions according to the law. The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Water Industry will take measures for the proper functioning of health and veterinary inspection bodies and respond to compliance with hygienic-sanitary and veterinary rules in the commercial units, together with the Ministry of Interior and the executive committees of the popular councils. + Article 41 The Ministry of Commerce Interior takes measures to improve the information system and promote modern methods of evidence and data processing at commercial organizations under its command and those subordinated to the executive committees of popular councils; report to the Council of Ministers the situation of population supply through socialist trade units. Together with the Central Statistics Directorate, it develops a unit information system, applicable to all organizations with interior trade activity. B. For the local bodies of the state administration + Article 42 The executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest organize the retail trade in the administrative-territorial units in which they operate and respond to the good supply of the population, the management judicious of the goods from the central fund as well as from local resources, the development of the technical-material base and the intensive and rational use of it, the civilized service of the buyers. To this end, it shall exercise the following main tasks a) coordinate, guide and control the internal trade activity carried out by the retail trade organizations of all commercial systems; b) organize, conduct and control the commercial organizations subordinated to them; c) elaborates the draft plan and carries out the volume of retail goods sales and other indicators for commercial organizations subordinated to popular councils, taking technical-organizational measures to ensure fulfillment plan tasks on the entire socialist trade; take measures for the judicious distribution of the commodity fund to the main products by localities and commercial systems; organize the study of the demand for goods of the population; d) control the measures taken by local trade organizations to obtain the goods fund contracted with the supplier organizations and to avoid the formation of fish stocks necessary; e) take measures to supplement the commodity fund with products from local resources in order to satisfy the requirements of consumers in cities and villages as fully as possible; f) exercise powers in the field of prices and tariffs, according to the g) establish, according to the norms issued by the Minister of Internal Trade, the need for commercial surfaces, diversification and location of the commercial and food network, for all commercial systems with consultation of interested bodies; h) organizes and takes measures for the development and modernization of the commercial and food network, according to the norms issued by the Minister of Internal Trade; approves the establishment and abolition of the commercial units of subordinate organizations; i) control and respond to good management and the hygienic-sanitary state of commercial units within all commercial systems; j) periodically analyze the supply of the population by the socialist trade units and by the producers, taking appropriate measures; k) take measures to supply the population with fuel; l) provide assistance to the executive committees of the municipal, city, sector and communal folk councils, in order to solve the problems regarding the commercial activity that falls within their competence; m) directs and controls the conduct of trade in markets, fairs and shutters; n) authorize individuals to exercise, according to the law, trade activity; o) take measures for the professional training of staff in commercial organizations under popular councils, through vocational schools, post-secondary specialization schools, economic high schools and short-term courses, in relation to the needs of frames; p) directs and controls the subordinate commercial organizations on the application of the legal provisions regarding the improvement of the professional training and the raising of the political-educational level of the personnel; r) exercise the state commercial inspection locally, according to the law. + Article 43 For the unitary application of the measures on commercial activity, besides the executive committees of the county folk councils and the city of Bucharest, commercial directions are organized, as specialized local bodies of the administration of state; the county commercial directions and the general commercial direction of the city of Bucharest are led, guided and controlled by the executive committees of the popular councils, being subordinated to the folk councils, executive committees of the They and the Ministry of Commerce The local state commercial inspectorates are subordinated to the folk councils and their executive committees, as well as to the Ministry of Interior. + Article 44 The executive committees of the municipal, sector, city and communal folk councils respond to the good supply of the population and exercise the following main duties on commercial activity: a) take measures to supply the commercial units of subordinate organizations and control the entire commercial network on the activity carried out; b) periodically analyze the situation of population supply through commercial establishments and producers and take the necessary measures to continue its improvement; c) approve the establishment and abolition of the commercial units of the organizations subordinated to them; authorize the operation of commercial units within all commercial systems; d) take measures for the judicious use of commercial premises and approve the operating hours of the commercial units, taking into account the supply needs of the population; e) take measures for the organization, management and functioning of markets, fairs, shutters and other outlets, creating appropriate conditions for producers and controlling the conduct of trade; f) exercise powers in the field of prices and tariffs, according to the g) control the way in which the commercial units are managed, compliance with the rules on reception, storage, keeping of goods in the commercial network, as well as hygienic-sanitary ones; h) directs and controls the application of the provisions on the improvement of the professional training of the personnel in the commercial organizations subordinated to them and aims to raise its political-educational level; i) exercise the state commercial inspection locally, according to the law. + Article 45 The financial and banking bodies and other bodies with local control powers perform their duties in relation to the management of goods intended for the supply of the population, the respect of prices and tariffs, and the application of the rules provided in this law, according to the competence established in their organization law. C. For the central and local unions of the cooperation + Article 46 The Central Union of Consumer Cooperatives and the county unions shall exercise mainly the following tasks in relation to the supply of the population: a) organize the supply of the population through their own commercial network and take measures for the disposal of good quality goods, in various assortments, that have a safe sale, exercising an active influence on the production of goods for villages; consumer cooperation organizations must ensure the most rational management of the goods fund available to them, the distribution of products by area and communes, according to the requirements of the local population and specificity; b) acquires in increased quantities agri-food products made in households, is concerned with the good valorization of the surplus products of these households; orients and stimulates households in growth and the processing of agri-food products, in order to attract new goods to the economic circuit, thus contributing to the satisfaction of the population requirements, to the increase of supplies of raw materials for industry and the volume of goods for export; c) organizes the industrialization and semi-industrialization of agricultural products, continuously expanding its production activity, in order to complete the goods resources for the consumption of the population; d) organize and develop the production of folk art and artisanship objects and take measures for the purchase of such goods from creators and folk craftsmen, as well as for the undoing of these products. + Article 47 The Central Union of Craft Cooperatives and cooperative unions shall exercise the following tasks in relation to the supply of the population: a) organize the sale through the commercial units in the own system of the products executed by the handicraft cooperatives and other units within the handicraft cooperation; b) take measures for the purchase of folk and artisanal art products executed by folk creators and craftsmen and other products executed by craftsmen with their own workshops, as well as their undoing through their own commercial units; c) organize the production of consumer goods and folk art objects and handicrafts, in order to complete the commodity fund. + Article 48 The National Union of Agricultural Production Cooperatives and the county unions support and guide the agricultural cooperative units in organizing the sale to buyers, according to the law, of vegetable and animal agricultural products, as well as those made in the industrial activities and processing of agricultural products. The products of agricultural production cooperatives may be opened by each cooperative or by inter-cooperative organizations constituted for that purpose. + Article 49 The unions of consumer, craft and agricultural production cooperatives are responsible for the organization, development and modernization of commercial units and the improvement of the conditions of serving the population through its own network. + Article 50 The Central Union of Consumer Cooperatives, the Central Union of Craft Cooperatives and the National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Production organize and respond to the professional training and improvement of the necessary personnel organisations and commercial establishments on their own network. D. For state and cooperative organizations and enterprises + Article 51 State and cooperative organizations have the task of ensuring the supply and serving of the population in the best conditions, based on their tasks in the state plan. For this purpose, the following main tasks are a) study the demand for goods, make plan proposals and respond to the implementation of the approved plan; b) contracts with suppliers the necessary goods fund to supply the population and the realization of the sales plan; c) ensure the permanent supply of commercial units with the entire assortment of goods, according to their profile and buyers ' requirements; d) it receives according to the legal, quantitative and qualitative norms, the goods delivered by suppliers; they respond to buyers for the quality of the products sold; e) organize the sale process from the commercial units, using methods and procedures of the modern trade, in order to obtain a good service of the population; f) organizes the information of buyers, through different forms of commercial advertising, on the goods put into sale and especially on new assortments; g) take measures for the good management of the commodity fund, as well as for the storage and preservation of products according to their specificity; ensure the security of goods and values of their patrimony; h) take measures to comply with the rules of trade and hygienic-sanitary norms in commercial establishments; i) take measures for the development or modernization of the commercial network, aim at the timely execution of the capital investment and repair objectives provided in the plan; j) take measures for the intensive use of the technical-material base, reduction of traffic expenses and increase of economic efficiency of commercial activity; k) organizes the selection, training and professional improvement of the organization's staff and its promotion; l) use the means of moral and material stimulation of the personnel who prove irreproachable behavior in the work; m) provide the personnel with adequate working conditions; respond, according to the law, to the application of labor protection measures and fire protection in commercial units; n) solve the referrals of public control teams and working people. + Article 52 Enterprises of production, valorization and industrialization of vegetables and fruits return the following duties, besides those provided in art. 51 51: a) take measures for commercial establishments to be supplied with a full assortment of vegetables, fruits, potatoes and table grapes to be sold to the population after having been sorted by qualities; b) to ensure the silage and conservation in proper conditions of stocks of products necessary to supply the population up to the new harvest; c) to continuously develop the production activity for superior valorization and broadening the assortment of the products they sell; to extend the prepackaging of vegetables and fruits and their delivery from the producer directly to the units of retail sale; d) to take measures in the markets to operate a sufficient number of stable and mobile units, well supplied, to ensure the continuous supply of the population and, at the same time, to influence the price level on the peasant market. + Article 53 Consumer goods companies, as well as craft production cooperatives, will take measures to develop a network of own stores for the undoing of retail goods to the population. They respond to the proper organization of these units, their proper endowment, the study and knowledge of the population's demand for the improvement and diversification of production. + Chapter 4 Duties of state food establishments and cooperatives + Article 54 Public nutrition fulfils within the internal trade an important social-economic function, actively participating in the supply of large masses of the population, to the satisfaction of consumer requirements, to the raising of its standard of living. + Article 55 Food organizations have the task to provide consumers with varied culinary assortments of good quality, in hygiene conditions, ensuring an irreproachable service. + Article 56 The management of the food organizations will take measures to ensure the profitability of each commercial unit. + Article 57 In order to carry out their tasks, the food organizations shall have the following tasks, in addition to those provided for in art. 51 51: a) organize the production of a wide assortment of dishes, semi-prepared cuisine, confectionery and pastry products; b) take measures to introduce new recipes in manufacturing in accordance with the requirements of a scientific diet, as well as dietary menus; c) in order to ease the work of preparing food in the household, to satisfy in better conditions the requirements of the population with kitchen products, prepared and semi-prepared, take measures for the organization and development of consumer supply at home; d) ensure the diversification of the units and the expansion of the food network-restaurants, hostels, lacto-vegetarian units, self-service restaurants, block kitchens and the like; e) develop the network of laboratories and take measures to equip them and kitchens with modern installations and machinery; f) take effective measures for the maintenance in conditions of perfect cleaning of the consumption rooms, kitchens and other annexes, exercising for this purpose a permanent and systematic control. + Article 58 In order to ensure the working people, pensioners and their family members high quality culinary dishes, in varied and affordable assortments, food organizations and consumer cooperatives organize besides businesses and institutions, according to the law, cantine-restaurant. The canteens-restaurant will organize the service of menus and at the consumer's home, on the basis of subscription or prior orders, as well as the disposal of dishes and culinary semi-dishes. + Chapter 5 Provision of services for sold goods + Article 59 Commercial organizations have the obligation that the goods sold to the population correspond to the technical prescriptions for use and quality provided in state standards or other legal norms. + Article 60 For durable items, commercial organizations guarantee, according to the law, good functioning, taking into account the purpose for which they were manufactured and put into sale. The guarantee is granted over a certain period. During the warranty period, repair, maintenance, revisions, as well as replacement of improper parts, shall be provided free of charge. The guarantee is not due if the defect was produced due to the buyer's non-compliance with the rules for the use and storage of the goods. The Ministry of Interior Trade together with the other ministries and central competent bodies shall determine the goods which are sold under the conditions of the previous paragraph, as well as the guarantee periods. + Article 61 State and cooperative trade organizations ensure the service of the population by selling goods and providing payment services in installments, according to the legal provisions. It also organizes the transport of goods to the buyers ' home on an order basis. + Article 62 The staff of the trade has the duty to give the buyer all the explanations necessary for the use in good conditions of the products exposed for sale, to issue the prospectuses and the instructions for use, as well as the warranty certificates. + Article 63 Ministries and other relevant central and local bodies are obliged to take measures to execute repairs and maintenance of durable consumer goods during the warranty period. For products of wide circulation or of high values, such as radio devices, televisions, cars, manufacturing companies will organize their own repair and maintenance units. Also, the local state industry, craft cooperation and consumer cooperation will organize a wide network of workshops for repair and maintenance of sold goods, which meet the requirements of the population in good conditions. The service providers may carry out repair works for a fee and after the expiry of the warranty period. + Article 64 The service providers are obliged to carry out repair, maintenance and periodic revisions of the goods sold, on time and of good quality. In their work, these units will take into account the demands, complaints, referrals and proposals of working people, in order to continuously improve the work carried out. + Article 65 In the activity of the service units for the sold goods will be followed, together with the optimal satisfaction of the population requirements, the increase of the economic efficiency of this activity. + Article 66 Companies producing durable goods are obliged to provide the production of spare parts necessary for the repair and maintenance of these goods for the duration of their use. The spare parts necessary for the goods from import will be provided by the Ministry of Interior Trade. + Article 67 The ministries, the other central bodies of the state administration, the executive committees of the popular councils, the craft cooperation and the consumer cooperation will take measures to satisfy the requirements of the population in the field service supplies, for sold goods, through the diversification of works, the organization of specialized, fixed and mobile units, the widening and modernization of the network, both in urban and rural localities. + Article 68 Ministries, other central bodies and executive committees of popular councils are obliged to pay particular attention to the training of technical staff, to take measures to ensure the need for staff of units providing services population for the sold goods. + Article 69 The control of the activity of services for the sold goods shall be carried out by the ministries, the other central bodies and the executive committees of the popular councils, by the subordinate units. + Chapter 6 Repealed. ------------- Cap. 6 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 70 Repealed. ------------- Article 70 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. A. Repealed. ------------- Lit. A nod. 6 6 has been repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 71 Repealed. ------------- Article 71 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 72 Repealed. ------------- Article 72 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 73 Repealed. ------------- Article 73 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 74 Repealed. ------------- Article 74 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. B. Repealed. ------------- Lit. B in the head. 6 6 has been repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 75 Repealed. ------------- Article 75 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 76 Repealed. ------------- Article 76 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 77 Repealed. ------------- Article 77 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 78 Repealed. ------------- Article 78 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 79 Repealed. ------------- Article 79 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Chapter 7 Repealed. ------------- Cap. 7 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. A. Repealed. ------------- Lit. A nod. 7 7 has been repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 80 Repealed. ------------- Article 80 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 81 Repealed. ------------- Article 81 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 82 Repealed. ------------- Article 82 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 83 Repealed. ------------- Article 83 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. B. Repealed. ------------- Lit. B in the head. 7 7 has been repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 84 Repealed. ------------- Article 84 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 85 Repealed. ------------- Article 85 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 86 Repealed. ------------- Article 86 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Chapter 8 Final provisions + Article 87 Repealed. ------------- Article 87 was repealed by art. 8 of LAW no. 12 12 of 6 August 1990 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 97 97 of 8 August 1990. + Article 88 The ministries and other central bodies of the state administration, the cooperative central organizations, the popular councils and their executive committees will ensure, within the framework of their duties, the control of bringing to fruition the provisions this law. + Article 89 The provisions of this law also apply to public organizations, other than cooperative ones, which have expressly formed the object of regulation in the law, in so far as they carry out a trade activity. + Article 90 The public control bodies will follow, according to the law, the fulfilment of the obligations of the leaders and staff of the organizations and commercial units in connection with the conditions of production, transport and sale of the products, for the purpose the fullest satisfaction of the population's requirements. + Article 91 Through commercial organizations, for the purposes of this law, enterprises, trusts and other such state organizations, cooperatives or obstesti that have as their basic object the activity of trade and have legal personality, are understood. By commercial units, for the purposes of this law, the shops, restaurants, cantinele-restaurant, kiosks and the like, of the commercial or state and cooperative organizations, of the other public organizations or of other legal persons, as well as of natural persons authorised to trade and who uncover products directly to the population. + Article 92 This law comes into force 30 days after the publication in the Official Bulletin of the Socialist Republic of Romania. On the same date is repealed Decree no. 306/1952 to regulate the exercise of private trade and to combat speculation; Decision of the Council of Ministers no. 1087/1957 on the list of agricultural and industrial products which cannot be the subject of particular trade Decree no. 377/1971 concerning certain measures relating to the sale to individual purchasers of foodstuffs and industrial products; art. 1 lit. a and c , art. 2 lit. a, c and e , art. 3 lit. d and k as well as art. 5 lit. c of the Decision of the Council of Ministers no. 2503/1969 on the establishment and sanctioning of contraventions to the general rules of trade, as well as any other provisions contrary to this law. -------------