TEHRAN - Mohammad Reza Ramezani, the Deputy head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) for Legal Affairs has called for the full implementation of the law on continuous improvement of the business environment.

Pointing to the fact that the mentioned law was approved in 2010 and hasn’t been fully implemented yet, the official called for its implementation especially with regard to supplying electricity and gas to industries, the ICCIMA portal reported.

Speaking in a meeting between the private sector representatives of Fars Province with the members of the Parliament Economic Committee on Sunday, Ramezani said: “This issue is one of the important concerns of economic operators, and steps must be taken to resolve it.”

“One of the articles included in this law is Article 25, which emphasizes that cutting off electricity and gas in production units should not be considered during peak consumption periods, while today this issue has been reversed and we are witnessing the cutting of electricity in production units,” he said.

Emphasizing the need for the participation of the members of provincial chambers of commerce in expressing their opinions about the parliament plans and bills, he said: “We will send these plans and bills to all provincial  chambers of commerce when they are announced in the parliament, and economic operators are expected to provide their opinions about them to the Iran chamber of commerce so that the submitted opinions will be provided to the relevant committees of the parliament after summarizing.”

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