DECISION of the PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL of MINISTERS About reinforcing and reorganizing production and circulation cigarettes CHAIRMAN COUNCIL of MINISTERS To ensure the production and circulation of cigarettes goes into planning, plan to overcome the current mayhem, state management was produced and consumed products on the market; make sure the needs and tastes of consumers, decision: article 1 the investment focus depth to the base of the existing tobacco production to improve items, raising the yield, quality of cigarettes. Temporarily suspend construction of the production base cigarettes, regardless from the capital.
The County, district, town, Township, Ward was not organized the production of cigarettes.
The entire production of cigarettes sales by the districts, towns, wards, town managed to transfer to province, city, direct public management. The transfer must be completed before 31 December 1990. The Ministry of finance and the Ministry of agriculture and food industry specific guidelines the delivery.
Article 2 Assigned the Ministry of agriculture and food industry of the same Committee that the people of the province, the city, the district's independent review, assessment, and planning on the basis of local cigarette production, build the project of renovation and reorganization of production facility manufacturing cigarettes we have the report, the President of the Council of Ministers. Going forward, need to have improvement, technical innovation, production technology, improve items, raise product quality cigarettes of tobacco production bases there. The Ministry of agriculture and food industry and provincial people's committees focus on balanced enough material, material for plants, improvement, technical innovation, technology, leveraging the capacity of equipment of the plant, make sure to meet the needs and tastes of consumers , including high-quality cigarettes.
From now on the import of equipment for processing types cigarettes aimed at renewing the equipment and lines for the old device, expand the capacity of existing plants must be approved by the Ministry of agriculture and food industry, the Ministry of trade of the new import licensing industry. The case of cigarette manufacturing plant we have wanted to expand the capacity up large scale (from 50 million/year or more) must report the President of the Council of Ministers to review the decision.
Article 3 all factories producing cigarettes to register trademarks, products with quality management standards, and measuring the quality of the State under the current rules.
The type of tobacco consumption on the market without a licence, non-registered trademarks and quality of products are considered to produce the contraband and confiscated. Prohibits the production and trade of fake drugs or tobacco product.
The types of foreign branded cigarettes were manufactured for sale abroad, if domestic consumption must be allowed and in clear out how "made in Vietnam", otherwise will be treated as smuggled cigarettes.
The management of measurement and quality standards and health authorities must regularly check the quality of products and industrial hygiene in the production facilities, along with market regulators regularly check marks and the quality of cigarettes sold on the market.
Article 4 the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of agriculture and food industry and the people's committees of provinces and cities, the district emergency traffic system reorganization cigarettes in the country of export, and not to much intermediaries step deck, ensuring that consumers purchase are convenient, reasonable price.
The tobacco factory made wholesale business, where businesses have yet to do is open the dealer wholesale or wholesale direct to the economic sectors have registered retail sales of cigarettes.
Strengthening the retail network of cigarettes commercial enterprise, cooperatives for the sale. Expand the reseller system cigarettes, mainly attracts retirees, lost, families in difficulty.
State-owned businesses made good the consumption of tobacco production, payments under the contract.
Prohibits the operation of speculation, hoarding cigarettes.
Article 5 price cigarettes are adjusted using the reviews in General, due to production and consumption organization agreement, not be arbitrarily raised the price.
The cigarette production unit sold cigarettes to currency exchange but have to register and be licensed by the State Bank. The number of exchange currency are only used to import the equipment, raw materials, the production of tobacco. The Ministry of agriculture and food industry, balancing the need to import raw materials, accessories of the country to recommend The commercial license is imported. The Ministry of agriculture and food industry in the sector of foreign exchange balance themselves to import materials, equipment on.
Article 6 the Minister of agriculture and food industry, Ministry of Commerce, the President of the people's committees of provinces and cities, municipal and district heads of relevant departments with the implementation of the directive on 3-CT-8 278-1990 Chairman of the Council of Ministers, according to the responsibilities assigned to urgently out the text instructions and strictly implement this decision; soon restore order in production and consumption of cigarettes on nationwide. Strict handling according to law the violation.
Well organized the propaganda, popularized on the mass media to the people clearly understand and actively participate in implementation of the decision, at the same time criticized those violations.
The Ministry of agriculture and food industry, Ministry of Commerce, people's committees of provinces and cities, the district directly related industries and regularly report results made up the President of the Council of Ministers.