Measures of Hubei Province for the Administration of Local Grain Reserves

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the management of local grain reserves, give full play to the role of local grain reserves in macro-control and ensure the real quantity, good quality and safe storage of local grain reserves, these measures are formulated in accordance with the Regulations on the Administration of Central Grain Reserves and combined with the actual situation of this province. Article 2 The term "local grain reserves" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the grain and edible oil reserved by the people's governments at or above the county level for regulating the balance between grain supply and demand, stabilizing the grain market and responding to major natural disasters or other emergencies. Article 3 These Measures shall apply to the operation, management and supervision of local grain reserves within the administrative area of this province. Article 4 Local grain reserves are divided into three levels: provinces, cities and counties, with provincial reserves as the main level and graded reserves and management.

Without the approval of the people's government at the corresponding level, no unit or individual may use it without authorization. Article 5 The administrative department of grain at or above the county level shall be responsible for the management of local grain reserves at the corresponding level, and supervise and inspect the quantity, quality and storage safety of local grain reserves. Article 6 The administrative department of grain at or above the county level shall, jointly with the financial department and the development and reform department at the same level, formulate macro-control opinions on the scale, variety structure, overall layout and utilization of local grain reserves in this administrative region, which shall be implemented after being approved by the people's government at the same level. Seventh financial departments at or above the county level shall be responsible for arranging financial subsidies such as loan interest, storage and rotation costs of local grain reserves at the corresponding level, ensuring timely and full disbursement, and supervising and inspecting the financial implementation of local grain reserves. Article 8 The Agricultural Development Bank is responsible for arranging local grain reserve loans in full and on time in accordance with relevant state regulations, and implementing credit supervision on local grain reserve loans. Article 9 Enterprises undertaking the storage of local grain reserves (hereinafter referred to as storage enterprises) are specifically responsible for the operation and management of local grain reserves, and are responsible for the quantity, quality and storage safety of local grain reserves.

Storage enterprises shall, in accordance with the relevant national standards and technical specifications, establish and improve the business management system of local grain reserves, and report to the grain administrative department at the same level for the record. Tenth local grain reserves purchase, storage, sale, rotation and use, in accordance with state regulations, enjoy preferential policies in taxation, administrative fees and other aspects. Eleventh local grain reserve loans linked to the value of grain inventory, special account management, earmarking. No unit or individual may cheat, occupy, intercept or misappropriate local grain reserve loans or financial subsidies such as loan interest and storage rotation fees in any way. Twelfth any unit or individual has the right to report the illegal acts in the operation and management of local grain reserves to the local administrative department of grain and other relevant departments. After receiving the report, the administrative department of food and other relevant departments shall promptly investigate and deal with it; If the handling of reported matters does not fall within the scope of responsibilities of this department, it shall be transferred to other departments in a timely manner. Chapter II Planning and Acquisition Article 13 The local grain reserve plan shall be put forward by the provincial grain administrative department in conjunction with the provincial finance department and the provincial development and reform department according to the needs of macro-control and submitted to the provincial people's government for approval.

The local people's governments at or above the county level may, on the basis of ensuring the completion of the local grain reserve plan issued by the provincial people's government, increase the reserve quantity according to the grain supply and demand situation in their respective administrative areas, and report it to the provincial grain administrative department and the provincial finance department for the record. Article 14 The purchase and sale plan of local grain reserves shall be put forward by the grain administrative department at the same level according to the storage scale, variety and quantity of local grain reserves approved by the people's government at the same level, and shall be implemented by the grain administrative department and the Agricultural Development Bank after being audited by the development and reform department and the financial department at the same level. Article 15 The warehousing cost of local grain reserves shall be determined by the grain administrative department at the corresponding level in conjunction with the financial department and the Agricultural Development Bank according to the grain market situation and price trend, and at a price not lower than the minimum grain purchase price and reasonable expenses determined by the state.

A warehousing enterprise shall calculate its inventory according to the approved warehousing cost price. Once the warehousing cost is approved, no unit or individual may change it without authorization. Article 16 The local grain reserves purchased and put into storage by storage enterprises shall be new grain and new oil produced in the current year and meet the national and provincial quality standards.

The warehousing quality and quality of local grain reserves shall be inspected by a qualified inspection agency entrusted by the grain administration department. Chapter III Warehousing Article 17 A warehousing enterprise shall meet the following conditions:

(1) The capacity and storage conditions of warehouses and oil tanks meet the national and provincial standards and technical specifications;

(2) Having storage facilities and equipment suitable for grain storage function, warehouse type, access mode, variety and storage period;

(3) Having instruments and places that meet the national standards for testing the quality grade of local grain reserves, and having the conditions for testing the temperature, moisture and pest density in the warehouse during the storage period of local grain reserves;

(four) with professional training, and obtained the qualification certificate issued by the relevant competent departments of grain storage, inspection, prevention and control management and technical personnel;

(5) It has good business management and reputation, and has no record of illegal business operation. Eighteenth local grain storage enterprises, determined by the administrative department of food at the same level according to the conditions stipulated in the preceding paragraph, in accordance with the principles of openness, fairness, impartiality and merit.