State Acceptance of Production (russian: Государственная приёмка продукции), commonly abbreviated as State Acceptance (russian: Государственная приёмка, Госприёмка, Gospriyomka), was a procedure of

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of production of enterprises in late

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introduced under

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within the framework of ''

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'' (restructuring of Soviet economy and society). The corresponding organs at the enterprises were also called ''Gospriyomka''. The main state organ in charge was called Chief Administration of State Acceptance (Главное управление Государственной приёмки) and was subordinated to

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, This initiative failed to achieve its goals in full. After the

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, the organ was abolished.

History

Since January 1, 1985, 19 machine-building enterprises were subject to an experiment: after the production was approved by the

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s, a special commission created by

performed additional selective checks. As a result, significant amounts of low-quality production were uncovered and rejected. This experience resulted in the introduction of a new procedure of quality assurance, ''Gospriyomka''."Legal Issues of the State Acceptance of Production"
Емельянова, М. Б., "Правовые вопросы государственной приемки". Правоведение. - 1987. - № 4. - С. 34 - 42 The statute about ''Gospriyomka'' was introduced by the Decree no. 542 of the

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on May 12, 1986. Unlike Technical Control Departments, organs of Gospriyomka were independent of the enterprise and the managerial structures (''vedomstvo'') in control of the enterprise or the corresponding industry. ''Gospriyomka'' was put in force since January 1, 1987 at about 1500 enterprises. Later its scope widened. With the introduction of economic means of production control and the decrease of the dependence on state, such as self-financing (''samofinansirovanie'') and khozraschyot, ''Gospriyomka'' was destined to decrease in importance, but the

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effectively stopped these developments.

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History

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