DECREE ISSUED BY THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE ABKHAZ ASSR on securing the economic basis for the sovereignty of Abkhazia

In due course of the adoption of the law of the USSR “on organs of state authority and management of the USSR during transitional period” the substantive structural changes have been introduced to distribution of competences within the state organs of management of the USSR. The Union organs are authorized to carry out the function of coordinator in the economic sphere.

In this connection it’s necessary to secure the economic basis for the sovereignty of Abkhazia and decide the issues relating to the financing and material-technical supply of enterprises, institutions and economic establishments of the Union and Republic subordination.

By current state there are 243 enterprises, institutions and organizations subordinate to the Union and Union-Republic. The economic analyze of those institutions shows that the centralized system of material and technical supply of the institutions fails to provide resources for the operation of economic establishments. In addition to all paid taxes, dues and fees, these organizations also make allocations to their superior organizations. In current year these organizations allocated in the organizations of the Union subordination 3, 333, 600 roubles.

Considering the interests of multi-national Abkhazia regarding the securing of sovereign economic base and pursuant to the Constitution of the Abkhaz ASSR and Declaration of Independence of the Abkhaz SSR,

the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR decrees:

1. To entrust the Cabinet of Ministers of the Abkhaz ASSR (Comr. Mikanba V.T.) with the following tasks:

- to secure before 1st January 1992 transfer and receive under the jurisdiction of the state-management authority of the Abkhaz ASSR the Union and Union-Republic subordinate institutions, enterprises and economic organizations allocated on the territory of Abkhazia…

- to secure interstate transaction on the course of implementation of this Decree and coordination with the relevant Ministries and Agencies of the USSR and the Republic when deciding the issues infringing the interests of institutions, organizations and enterprises transferring under the jurisdiction of Abkhazia;

- to elaborate proposals on establishment of the State Committee on Property Management by 5 October 1991;

- to elaborate and endorse the Regulations on the State Committee on Property Management;

- to elaborate and approve within a week term the Guidelines “on Rules and Procedures on transferring the Union and Union-Republic institutions, enterprises and organizations, allocated on the territory of Abkhazia under the jurisdiction of the Abkhaz ASSR”

2. The Ministry of Justice of the Abkhaz ASSR, before 1 January of 1992, shall accomplish the registration all economic subjects transferring under the jurisdiction of Abkhazia.

3. The State Planning Committee of the Abkhaz ASSR (Comr. Ashkhantsava V.A), the Ministry of Finance (Comr. Sichinava R.B.) shall secure material-technical supply of institutions, organizations and enterprises transferring under the jurisdiction of Abkhazia…

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Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR V. Ardzinba

27 September 1991

(Newspaper “Respublika Abkhazia”, # 15, 12 October 1991)