Decree of the Council of People's Commissars. About foreign trade.

Collection of legalizations and orders of the government for 1921. Administration of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR M. 1944, p. 240.

Archive: Published in No. 63 of Izvestia of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets dated March 21, 1921.

Article No. 144.

Decree of the Council of People's Commissars.

About foreign trade.

1. The purchase of items abroad is carried out exclusively by the People's Commissariat for Foreign Trade.

If there is a need for specialists for technical expertise in the purchase of products and for monitoring the execution of orders at factories, as well as for the technical acceptance of goods, these specialists are appointed by agreement of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Trade with the respective People's Commissariats, and the same agreement defines their rights and obligations.

2. The People's Commissariat for Foreign Trade has no right to procurement. The imposition of a ban on any products within the Republic for the purposes of foreign trade is carried out only by an order of the Council of Labor and Defense. The People's Commissariat for Foreign Trade transfers the items imported from abroad exclusively to the distributing authorities for distribution in accordance with the import plan.

Signed by:

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin) .

N. Gorbunov, Administrator of the Council of People's Commissars .

L. Fotieva, Secretary of the Council of People's Commissars .

March 17, 1921.

Published in No. 63 of Izvestia of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets dated March 21, 1921.