Decisions are published by mass media and posted on the website of the Council. At the same time, information on the adopted decisions can be obtained by applying to the Secretariat of the Tariff (price) Council in the appropriate manner.
Periodic reporting by subjects by March 1 every year in accordance with the form approved by the Rules of State regulation on the formation and application of applicable tariffs (prices), approved by the Decision No. 247 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated December 30, 2005 materials are submitted to the Tariff (price) Council. Those materials are analyzed and prices are re-adjusted in the following cases:
- When the production costs of goods (services) increase or decrease due to objective reasons; in the event that it is prepared and presented and justified; .
In order to ensure the state regulation of the price of goods (services), the entities submit the documents and information provided for in that Regulation to the Council:
The entities submit the final indicators for the reporting periods to the Council in the form determined by normative legal acts they do.
In accordance with the form established by these rules, the review of the materials submitted by the subjects for price adjustment and approval with the appropriate decision, depending on their characteristics, volume, necessity of review and other factors, in accordance with the instructions adopted by the Council is implemented.
According to the initiatives of the subjects on price regulation, depending on the number of prices in the submitted projects, the attitude will be reviewed and reported within a period of up to 1 (one) month. This period is calculated from the day of receipt of the last information on the justification of price projects. If the documents and information specified for the review of the project are not fully submitted, the Secretariat of the Council informs the subjects in writing about the deficiencies no later than 5 (five) working days from the date of receipt of the application, the missing documents and information are officially submitted by the subjects within 5 (five) working days .
Cost items, taxes, profit and other elements related to the cost are carefully investigated in order to ensure the correct economic justification of the price projects. At this time, comments and suggestions of interested parties (consumers) regarding the cost and prices are reviewed and taken into account if they are reasonable.
The prepared projects are discussed with the members of the Council based on the proposals of the Secretariat and are included in the agenda. The documents considered at the meetings of the Council are formalized in accordance with the Regulations of the Council.
When there is a need to adjust the prices of the products (services) of the subjects, the Council ensures the implementation of this work in a short time.
The approved prices for the subjects are documented in the form of a table. In the general instructions section of this document, the sales conditions and characteristics of the product (service provision) are reflected.
Government bodies are provided with approved price tables according to the specified list, and the prices are announced through mass media.
The Tariff (Price) Council carries out price regulation on 39 areas included in the "List of goods (works, services) whose prices (rates) are regulated by the state" approved by the Resolution No. 178 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated September 28, 2005<br><br>You can get acquainted with the text of that decision on our website.
Taking into account the pro-social policy and related tasks in the country, in order to strengthen the social protection of the low-income population, the annual consumption of natural gas currently consumed at a low rate is set at 1200 cubic meters. differential tariffs have been approved as an alternative to the application of a higher uniform tariff compared to a lower tariff, and when implementing the last tariff adjustment for natural gas, in order to protect consumers from higher tariff increases, revenues were taken into account at a level that would cover only the necessary expenses of the relevant entity. The revision and lowering of the tariffs may have a negative impact on the supplier's financial results and may also cause difficulties in terms of ensuring the continuity of the service.
In general, compared to other countries, it is advisable to apply tariffs as low as possible for energy carriers in our country. is done. Keeping energy tariffs at the lowest possible level in the tariff regulation aims first of all to strengthen the social protection of the country's population and provide production subjects with cheap energy. reconciliation of interests, creation of favorable conditions for the dynamic and intensive development of the economy, purposeful and efficient use of resources, level of revenues to the state budget, elimination of subsidies in stages, purchasing power of the population, demand-supply level, domestic production conditions of goods (work, service), world market prices etc. taking such factors into account and applying optimal prices.
Thus, at first glance, 3 differential tariffs (12, 20 and 25 kopecks/cubic meter) for the population consumer group depending on the consumption volume of natural gas ) appear to be applied, but in reality there are many actual progressive differential tariffs that vary depending on the volume of consumption. For example, when the annual consumption volume of natural gas is 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500 and 3000 cubic meters, the actual tariff is 12.0, 13.6, 15.2, 16.2 and 17.6 kopecks/cubic meter, respectively. Thus, as the volume of consumption increases, in fact, gradually increasing tariffs are applied, rather than sharply increasing.
As a result of the differentiation of natural gas tariffs by regions and climatic conditions, increasing the annual consumption volume in one region of the country, where the tariff increase is not applied, may negatively affect the supplier's financial results and lead to the impossibility of providing the service. In this case, in order to ensure the continuity of the service and cover the costs related to the service in the region where the annual consumption volume is not applied, there is a need to reduce the annual consumption volume in other regions where the tariff increase is not applied, which is not only a violation of the principles of social justice among consumers, but also it is not considered acceptable in terms of discrimination between regions.
According to the Decision No. 14 of the Tariff (Price) Council dated 16.10.2021, the tariff for consumers with a monthly electricity consumption of up to 200 kilowatt-hours per population is 8 kopecks/kilowatt-hour, from 200 kW to 300 kW (including 300 kW ) 9 kopecks/kilowatt-hour for the part, and 13 kopecks/kilowatt-hour for the part exceeding 300 kilowatt-hours.
for 450 kW between 1-200 kW 200 x 0.08 manat = 16 manat;
100 x 0.09 manat = 9 manat between 200-300 kW;
150 x 0.13 manat between 300-450 kW = 19.5 manat
Total: 16 + 9 + 19.5 = 44.5 manats
Since the last tariff adjustment for passenger transport services in public transport, the serious impact of the import price of spare parts and the increase in repair costs on the cost of passenger transport, the financial situation of transport companies, the renewal of bus fleets, and the issues related to ensuring the continuity of the service have made it necessary to revise the tariffs.<br> <br>Reconciliation of the interests of consumers and producers, creation of more favorable investment conditions in this area, volume of subsidies allocated from the state budget, purchasing power of the population, demand-supply level, prices in regional countries, etc. during the implementation of tariff regulation. such factors have been taken into account. In order to protect the population from higher tariff increases, the subjects operating in this field are currently paid a subsidy from the state budget.
Only the prices of state-registered medicinal products are regulated by the Tariff (Price) Council. During regulation, the "reference price" method is applied in the evaluation of medicinal products. This method makes it possible to determine the price corresponding to the price of a medicine with the same name or the same composition by referring to the regulated prices in other countries.
Official and public sources in the 10 selected reference countries are used during price regulation. Links (addresses) to those sources and normative legal documents related to the regulation of prices of medicines can be obtained from the official website of the Tariff (price) Council. In addition, the wholesale and retail prices of medicines approved by the Tariff (price) Council are posted on the Council's website, and any person can control the prices calculated based on the rules, instructions, and prices in the reference country.
According to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Medicinal Products", it is prohibited to sell state-registered medicinal products without price regulation or to sell them at prices different from regulated prices. At the same time, the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Azerbaijan provides for administrative responsibility for this. Consumers can apply to the Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control State Service (195-1-4) under the Ministry of Economy when they come across the fact that medicines are sold at a different (expensive) price.
First of all, let's note that the recent global geopolitical events, the increase in the price of energy carriers, the sharp increase in the price of raw materials and packaging materials, and logistics costs cause interruptions in the supply of some medicines, not only in us, but in most countries.
At the same time, in the field of pharmaceuticals, new, including innovative drugs are constantly being updated with the existing drug bases.
Associating the shortage of drugs only with tariff regulation is not a correct approach. For example, due to an epidemic or the spread of a disease, the demand for some drugs increases sharply. Let's not go too far, during the pandemic, as soon as the possibility of any medicine to cure the disease was mentioned in the press and social networks, those medicines were bought by the population as a reserve, regardless of whether they were needed or not, and there was a shortage of those medicines. This situation was observed in food products as well as medicinal products. But later, many of those drugs were not used and were thrown away as they expired. There was a lack of any medicinal product on the market for some time even before the price regulation began. Currently, in open information sources, there is information about the shortage of some medicinal products (antibiotics, antipyretics, etc.) in many countries of the world. it spreads. This situation also occurs in countries with developed pharmaceutical industry. Thus, there is information that there is a shortage of at least 425 medicines in Germany, 300 medicines in France, 403 medicines in Spain, and about 300 medicines in Italy, and that Turkey has imposed a ban on the export of some medicines.
Let's note that the demand of the Azerbaijani drug market is covered by imported drugs. Therefore, the events happening in the world directly affect the drug market of our country. Taking into account the above, in order to ensure a reliable supply of drugs that are important for the prevention of drug shortages and the health of the population, the import of which is not economically efficient, and taking into account the opinion of the Ministry of Health, the Tariff (Price) Council considers the requests of manufacturers regarding the prices of some drugs. . Changes in the prices of medicines are made due to justified requests.
The increase in the turnover of medicines is also an indicator of the fact that the shortage is only short-term for some agents. So, while the value of imported pharmaceuticals was 221.6 million US dollars in 2014 before the introduction of tariff regulation, this indicator for the last three years was 370.4 million US dollars in 2020, 514 in 2021, 8 million US dollars, and 631 in 2022,amounted to 3 million US dollars.
At the same time, the optimality of the mechanism of regulating the prices of medicines applied in our country can be shown by the beginning of the implementation of the assessment in accordance with the methodology similar to the experience of Azerbaijan in countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Georgia.
The recent global geopolitical events, the increase in the price of energy carriers, the sharp increase in the price of raw materials and packaging materials, and logistics costs lead to an increase in the prices of some medicines.
This happens not only in our country, but also in other countries. According to the information obtained from the open information system (internet), in neighboring Turkey, which supplies 90% of the domestic market through local production, the prices of medicines were changed 3 times in 2022, and all prices were increased by 37%, 25%, and 37%, respectively. , which means an increase of more than 2 times. Also, in order to protect the domestic market, the export of some medicines has been restricted.
Tariff (price) for the prevention of drug shortages and the prevention of drug shortages and for the reliable guarantee of economically uneconomical importation of drugs that are important from the point of view of the health of the population. ) in 2022, the price of 479 drugs was revised and increased by the Council.
In addition, it should be noted that the main influence on the increase in the costs of their patients is related to the prescribing of Food Supplements with Biological Activity, which are not drugs, by doctors. Thus, the writing of food lavas in the prescription forms the opinion of the population (patients) that they are medicine. The prices of Biologically Active Food Supplements are high because they are not regulated, and the variety of types (about 3,000 names were imported in 2022) creates the impression that the prices of medicines are high in the general population. However, food supplements are not medicines, they cannot be used in the treatment and prevention of diseases, and according to the law, prescription is prohibited.
Administrative liability is provided for the cases of prescription of Biological Activity Food Supplements in the Code of Administrative Offenses.
According to the legislation, the import, production, sale and use of medicinal products in our country is allowed only after state registration. At the same time, it is prohibited to sell state-registered medicines without price regulation or to sell them at prices different from the regulated prices.
In some cases, prescribing unregistered medicines under the trade name by doctors stimulates the illegal import of those medicines by creating the impression of a shortage of medicines and the difference between the prices is more than 3-5 times.
Actually, the medicine should be prescribed by the doctor according to the composition, and the patient should buy the one that is convenient for him when he approaches the pharmacy. Thus, the drug containing antibiotic ceftriaxone is imported to our country under more than 30 names, and its price varies from 0.66 to 264.62 manat depending on the country of production, quantity, and dose. Or more than 10 names of drugs containing clopidogrel, which is a blood thinner, are imported, and their prices vary from 4.33 to 68.75 manat depending on the country of manufacture, quantity, and dose. In most cases, either the doctor prescribes an expensive drug for some reason or the patient thinks that the drug with a higher price is of better quality. Due to the lack of educational activities, in such cases, citizens with low purchasing power have an additional financial burden due to the price difference.
It should be noted that the Code of Administrative Offenses provides for administrative responsibility for the sale of unregistered medicinal products.
When consumers come across such facts, they can apply to the Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control State Service under the Ministry of Economy (195-1-4).
According to the "Rules for conducting the final assessment (attestation) of students at the general level of education", approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 498 dated 12.12.2016, the final exam is financed from the state budget and is free of charge for students.
Exams for the general (9-year) secondary and complete (11-year) secondary education levels are equivalent to the entrance exam for secondary vocational education institutions, the V specialty group of higher education institutions and the 1st stage of admission for the I-IV specialty groups for the graduates of the current year . For graduates of previous years, the entrance exam to secondary specialized educational institutions on the basis of general secondary and full secondary education is 45 manats without VAT for 1 person, the entrance exam for bachelor (basic (basic higher) medical education) level for I and II stages, respectively, VAT for 1 person - 45 manats and 50 manats have been determined. The relevant grades include a small number of graduates who have taken the exams in previous years and are reapplying.
In order to ensure the continuity of water supply and waste water discharge services, to improve the quality of services, and to eliminate existing problems, according to Council Decision No. 5 dated 30.01.2021, the tariff of one cubic meter of water supply per population in the cities of Baku, Sumgait, Khirdalan and Absheron region 70 kopecks for other administrative territorial units, 60 kopecks for other administrative territorial units, and the tariff for waste water discharge service was approved at the level of 30 kopecks. The monthly water consumption norm for one person for the non-metered population consumer group is set at 5.0 cubic meters (5 manats).
The tariff for the collection and transportation of solid household waste is determined by the Decision No. 5 of the Tariff (Price) Council dated 24.11.2011 including VAT at 30 kopecks per person per month.
Tariffs for participating in the civil service test are determined differentially, taking into account the expected number of participants for each job group and the costs related to the service. the amount of payment for participation in more than five interviews during the period is determined by the Tariff (price) Council No. 5 dated 23.05.2017, according to the types of civil service positions determined in the amount of 50 percent of the test examination rates.
The tariff for the technical inventory of the apartment is 20 manats including VAT if the area of the apartment is up to 50 m2 (including 50 m2), if the area is more than 50 m2, it is 0.33 manat for each additional 1 m2.
area 50 m2- (including 50m2) = 20 manats;
if the area is more than 50 m2, 25*0.33 = 8.25 manats;
Total: 20 + 8.25 = 28.25 manats
The tariffs for the services provided in this regard are determined by the Decision No. 2 of the Tariff (Price) Council dated 04.01.2021.
According to Council Resolution No. 13 dated 10/16/2021, the natural gas tariff for "Azeristiliktehizat" OJSC and neighborhood boiler rooms of residential buildings is set at 16.5 kopecks from 01.11.2021.
The monthly subscription fee for the use of landline telephones is 3.5 manats (including VAT) for the population.
If the weight of the vehicle is up to 3.5 tons (including 3.5 tons), the daily storage fee is 1 manat per vehicle, from 3.5 tons to 10 tons (including 10 tons) - 2 manats, and if it is over 10 tons It is 3 manats.
