Notice of the General Office of Shandong Provincial Government on Forwarding the Provisions of Seven Departments, including the Provincial Economic Commission, on Investigating and Punishing Illegal Acts of Cotton Purchase Article 1 In order to correctly implement the national cotton purchase policy and relevant regulations, establish and maintain a good cotton purchase and sale order, and ensure the completion of the cotton purchase task, these Detailed Rules are formulated in accordance with the Provisions on Punishment of Price Violations by the State Administration of Price and the Measures for the Implementation of Punishment of Price and Standard Violations in Cotton Sales and Operation by the State Administration of Price, the Bureau of Technical Supervision, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Textile. Article 2 These Provisions shall apply to the investigation and punishment of behaviors that violate cotton purchase policies, standards and prices, hinder cotton market management and disrupt social order at the cotton purchase site within the administrative region of this province. Article 3 Under the leadership of governments at all levels in cotton-growing areas, these Rules shall be led by financial (economic) committees (offices) at the same level, and shall be implemented in conjunction with supervision, price, standard measurement (technical supervision), industrial and commercial administration, public security, supply and marketing departments. According to the division of labor, management authority and relevant procedures of relevant departments, measures such as supervision and inspection, administrative punishment, administrative punishment and public security management punishment shall be taken. Article 4 Except for the cotton business units of supply and marketing cooperatives, no other unit or individual may purchase and operate cotton (including low-grade cotton and cotton linters), and offenders shall be investigated and dealt with by the administrative department for industry and commerce according to the following provisions:

(1) Where a cotton unit illegally snaps up or purchases cotton, it shall hand over the snapped up or purchased cotton to the local cotton management department for re-inspection and purchase, and impose a fine of less than 20% of the value;

(two) profiteering cotton (including illegal acquisition and sale of cotton in recent years, repeated investigations and repeated violations of individual places, individual township enterprises), confiscation of all profiteering cotton or sales; Confiscated cotton shall be submitted to the local cotton management department for re-inspection and purchase, and the national quotation shall be implemented; Confiscation of income, according to the existing provisions of the state;

(3) Units and individuals who participate in illegal cotton business activities through matchmaking and other convenient conditions shall confiscate all their illegal income;

(four) state-owned and collective enterprises and institutions engaged in cotton profiteering activities, in addition to punishment according to the above provisions, depending on the seriousness of the case, give informed criticism, suspend business for rectification, revoke the business license and other treatment. At the same time, the responsibility of the directly responsible personnel and the main responsible personnel shall be investigated. State functionaries and staff of cotton business units who knowingly commit crimes in collusion with others shall be severely punished;

(five) if the above acts constitute a crime, they shall be transferred to judicial organs for criminal responsibility according to law. Fifth to strengthen the supervision, inspection and handling of cotton management departments in the implementation of quality standards and price policies in cotton purchase.

It is a normal business activity to buy cotton within the following allowable errors:

(1) Re-check the grade and length of seed cotton sampled in warehouse stacks or small bags. The allowable error of cotton processing plant acquisition is 4%, and the allowable error of cotton purchasing station acquisition is10%;

(2) Re-examine the quasi-heavy lint percentage of the seed cotton stored in the warehouse or sample the small bag cotton. Compared with the acquisition, the average difference is less than 0.5% based on the quasi-heavy clothing of 50 kg seed cotton;

(three) impurities, the difference between the original test results and the machine test results does not exceed 20% of the machine test results;

(4) Economic profit and loss shall be calculated according to the total cotton purchase. After the break-even, the allowable range of net profit or net loss is: the cotton processing factory does not exceed 3‰ (excluding clothing consumption and grade upgrading); Cotton purchasing station shall not exceed 5 ‰;

Purchasing cotton beyond the above-mentioned allowable range is regarded as price increase or price reduction respectively. If cotton is purchased at a high price, the price inspection agency shall impose a fine of less than three times the amount of the price increase; If the circumstances are particularly serious, with the approval of the price inspection agency at the next higher level, a fine of three times or more and ten times or less shall be imposed, and it is suggested that the competent department give administrative sanctions to the main person in charge; Buying cotton at a low price, in addition to ordering it to return the illegal income to cotton farmers, depending on the amount and seriousness of the illegal income, the price inspection agency may impose a fine according to the relevant provisions of the state; You can also suggest that the relevant departments give administrative sanctions. Sixth in order to ensure the normal supervision and inspection activities, cotton business units must strictly:

(1) Cotton processing plants directly purchase and receive cotton delivered by the station, which must be stored and accounted for separately. Otherwise, it is all calculated according to the cotton delivered from the station to the factory;

(2) The electric detector used in the acquisition site shall be checked with the standard resistance box, and the difference shall not exceed 0.65438 0%; If it exceeds the limit, it must be stopped or replaced. Seventh cotton business units in violation of the acquisition system and relevant business discipline, one of the following acts, depending on the seriousness of the case, given a warning, informed criticism and suspend the harvest for rectification. Especially serious, the main person in charge and the responsible person shall be investigated for responsibility:

(1) Failing to implement the "five decisions in first instance" inspection system and purchase procedures, or the cotton inspection instruments are inaccurate, which affects the normal purchase;

(2) Cotton harvesting at night is seriously mixed with the warehouse;

(3) The moisture content of cotton purchased exceeds 65438 02%;

(four) do not implement the provisions of the purchase contract, affecting the normal purchase order;

(five) the preferential policies higher than the national standards are honored at the time of purchase. Article 8 The cotton purchased by a cotton business unit beyond the prescribed scope of purchase shall be returned to the cotton business unit responsible for the purchase under the supervision of the superior supply and marketing cooperatives and cotton and linen companies, and the consignee shall re-inspect the purchase; If the superior competent department of the bidding party deducts the purchase fee, price increase and the index of materials to be sold, causing serious consequences, the main person in charge shall be investigated for responsibility.