STATUTE GOVERNING GDR TRADE CENTERS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2011
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• Publication Date: February 15, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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STATUTE GOVERNING GDR TRADE CEHIERS
[Comment: The Statute of the DHZs (Deutsche Handelazentralen,
German Trade Centers) is taken from the Ministerialblatt der Deut-
schen Demokratischen Re bli: iGDR Ministerial Gazette), No 3,
17 November 1952, pages 179-!-
In In accordance with Article 7, Paragraph 3 of the regulation of 6 December
1951 concerning the improvement of the work of the German Trade Centers
(Gesetzblatt der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, p 1,145), the following
statute for the German Trade Centers, confirmed by the Council of Ministers,
is promulgated:
Article 1
1. The German Trade Centers are people-owned wholesale enterprises
[functioning] according to the requirements of their respective lines of
trade.
2. They come under the jurisdiction of the competent ministry or state
secretariat in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 1, of the regulation of
6 December 1951.
Article 2
1. The German Trade Centers consist of the central directorates and their
branches or of the people-owned wholesale enterprises of the same branch of the
economy, existing in any region.
2. The central directorates, the branches, and the wholesale enterprises
are legal persons and legally responsible for the public property assigned to
them.
3. The seat of each central directorate, branch, and wholesale enterprise
is the locality in which its central office is located.
Article 3
The branches and the wholesale enterprises are self-planning and self-
managing enterprises of the people-owned sector of the economy. They set up
their plan on the basis of the legally established GDR economic plan and work
according to the principle of economic accounting.
Article 4
1. The chiefs of the branches and the wholesale enterprises are responsible
for the activities of these units and are liable for damage suffered b,, the
enterprises as a result of gross neglect of their duties.
2. The chief is bound by the plan of the branch or the wholesale enterprise
and by the directives of the state administrative bodies to which he is subordinate.
3. The chief has a permanent deputy. The provisions of Paragraphs 1 and 2
[above] apply to him as well.
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4. Other employees charged with managerial tasks are authorized to issue
directives and are personally responsible within their field of operations.
Hence they are liable, to the extent of their responsibilities, for damage
suffered by the enterprise as a result of gross neglect of their duties.
5. The chief of a branch and his deputy are appointed and dismissed by
the director of the central directorate; the chief of a wholesale enterprise
and his deputy are appointed and dismissed by the competent ministry or state
secretariat.
6. The chief bookkeeper and his deputy are appointed and dismissed in
accordance with applicable standard regulations.
Article
1. In legal and nonlegal proceedings, the branch or the wholesale enter-
prise is represented by the chief, his deputy, and those specifically authorized
to represent it.
2. The chief is authorized to act as sole representative and is authorized
to sign legally binding statements.
3. The deputy chief and those authorized by the chief are permitted to
represent [the unit], provided that two of them always will jointly represent
the branch or the wholesale enterprise and will jointly sign legally binding
statements.
4. Within the limits of authorizations given them, other employees of the
branch or the wholesale enterprise may also act as deputies. Such authoriza-
tions may be issued only by the chief.
5. In accordance with applicable regulations, the disposition of financial
funds and the conclusion of contracts require the countersignature of the chief
bookkeeper or his deputy. The obligation resulting from Paragraph 3 [above] is
not affected.
6. The position of each signatory must be attached to each signature.
Other attachments are to be omitted.
7. The chief and his deputy are to be entered in the register of the
people-owned sector of the economy.
Article 6
1. The existing central directorates are administrative and, in accordance
with the tasks assigned them, independently planning and operating organs of
the people-owned sector of the economy.
2. As administrative agencies, they must guide, supervise, and control
the activities of their branches, as required by the competent ministry or
state secretariat.
3. As economic agencies, the central directorates draw up their plan on
the basis of the legally established GDR economic plan and operate according
to the principle of economic accounting.
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1. The provisions concerning the management of branches and wholesale
enterprises (Article 4, Paragraphs 1-4) apply to the central directorates if
the latter function as economic agencies.
2. The director of the central directorate and his deputy are appointed
or dismissed by the competent minister or state secretary.
3. The chief bookkeeper of the central directorate and his deputy are
appointed and dismissed in accordance with applicable standard regulations.
Article 6
If the central directorate functions as an economic agency, the appropriate
provisions of Article 5, concerning the power of representation and entries into
the register of the people-owned sector of the economy, are applicable.
Article
Tables of organization for the central directorates, the branches, and
the wholesale enterprises are to be drawn up and approved in accordance with
Articles 3 and 4 of the regulation of 12 July 1951, concern'..ng the control of
tables of organization (Gesetzbiatt der Deutschen Demokratiachen Republik,
p 639).
Article 10
Amendments to this statute and its repeal require the consent of the
Council of Ministers.
Article 11
1. This statute becomes effective with its promulgation.
2. Simultaneously, all previously valid statutes of the German Trade
Centers are repealed.
Berlin, 6 November 1952.
Ministry for Metallurgy and Mining Ministry for Machine Building
Selbmann, Minister Wunderlich, State Secretary
Ministry of Light Industry Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Konzok, State Secretary Schroeder, Minister
Ministry of Health
Steidle, Minister
State Administration for Supply
Binz, Administrator
State Secretariat for Coal and Power State Secretariat for Chemistry,
Adler, Main Department Chief Stones, and Earths
van Rickelen, State Secretary
State Secretariat for the Food Industry
Albrecht, State Secretary
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