English Translation

299 Cartel and price department. General affairs. Reckling_of packaging. -7 In recent times, the member companies, in particular those belonging to the iron and metal industry, complain about the fact that packaging, especially crates, is not left behind by the recruiters. In view of a certain scarcity of wood packaging, they retain the same for themselves. OPB has approved the calculation of the purchase price in the event of non-return of packaging, but this measure has remained ineffective, since the purchaser is happy to pay the purchase prices for the packaging if he is still able to acquire them. We have therefore requested the OBB : to calculate to our members the double amount of the purchase price of the unreserved package for those customers who do not return the packaging and also to authorize the exclusion of such a customer from the further deliveries. The Joint Committee for the Management of Cocoa Bolts asked that_him_the_price applications_be presented. As was stated by the regional authorities in Prague and Brno, these authorities were instructed by OPB Division II/3, the request for a price increase,