Important and expected clarifications on building materials prices from the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade and the Ministry of Architecture and Construction

The main approaches to regulation:

1. The building materials prices are not always regulated.
2. The main regulatory acts:

• the Government Resolution No. 447 of 06.07.2022 “On Price Regulation” (hereinafter referred to as Resolution No. 447),
• the Government Resolution No. 713 of 19.10.2022 “On the price regulation system” (hereinafter referred to as Resolution  No. 713).

3. Prior to the clarification the question remained open - whether the sale of consumer goods to the construction falls under the Resolution  № 713, which does not apply to cases of “sales of goods used in the production process” (item 23).
4. The regulation depends on a) the purpose of the sale and b) the status of the customer.
5. Sales of “building” consumer goods (Annex 1 to Resolution No. 713) a) to business entities b) for use in the production of construction work (including maintenance and landscaping) and (or) materials for construction and goods from the Resolution  № 447- only the “building” Resolution № 447 applies.
6. Sales of “building” consumer goods to citizens not for entrepreneurship - the Resolution  No. 713 applies.
7. The building materials prices are not regulated if а) the building materials are from the lists of the Resolution  № 447 and the Resolution  № 713 b) sold to business entities с) rom stores, pavilions, kiosks d) for maintenance and landscaping of their own territories.