TEHRAN- During the recent session of the Business Environment Improvement Strategic Council of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), the members said that the seventh national development plan has the problems of the previous plans and its only positive point is the president's emphasis on the implementation of this plan.

According to the members of this council, the seventh development plan, since it was emphasized by the 14th government and by the president, can have different conditions than the previous plans; Otherwise, it has all the disadvantages of the previous programs in terms of the preparing method and the ruling view, the ICCIMA portal reported.

Mohammad Reza Ramezani, the Deputy head of 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.

Speaking in a meeting between the private sector representatives of Fars Province with the members of the Parliament Economic Committee in late September, 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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