To undertake funeral service business in China-Japan Friendship Hospital, the government guide price for renting a farewell room is 200 yuan per session, but in fact it charges a "high price" of 1,900 yuan per session, and even bills cannot be provided; The hospital undertakes the funeral service business, and there is no publicized price for "corpse list", "body bag", "undressing" and "labor costs"... The reporter learned from the website of the Beijing Municipal Market Supervision Bureau that Beijing Babaoshan Tianyuan funeral service The center was severely punished for "serious" price violations, with a total fine of 505,312,500 yuan and 262.5 yuan of illegal gains confiscated.

　　The administrative penalty decision issued by the Chaoyang District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau shows that there are three illegal facts in Beijing Babaoshan Tianyuan Funeral Service Center.

　　Among them, Beijing Babaoshan Tianyuan Funeral Service Center began to set up a business site in the China-Japan Friendship Hospital on October 1, 2017 to undertake funeral service business.

There are 1 office, 1 corpse room, 1 farewell room, and no rest room in the place; the area of ​​the farewell room is 40 square meters, with electronic display screen, air conditioner, corpse coffin, coffin flower decoration (silk simple flower decoration) ), picture frame, sad music, 8 wreaths (100cm diameter silk), white flowers, belonging to a class of high-end decoration.

From January 2019 to April 2022, the fee for renting a farewell room for the parties is 1,900 yuan per session.

According to the "Notice of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs on Further Doing a Good Job in the Charges and Management of Funeral Services", "Renting a farewell room: 200-600 yuan per room for first-class high-end decoration, electronic display screen, air conditioner, corpse coffin, coffin flower decoration (silk Simple floral decorations), picture frames, sad music, wreaths (no less than 8, silk with a diameter of not less than 70cm or paper with a diameter of not less than 100cm), white flowers, and the price is limited to 200 yuan per game under 50 square meters. The government-guided price for the farewell room is 200 yuan per session, and the parties did not implement the government-guided price.

Since the parties were unable to provide legal bills for charging within two years, their illegal gains could not be calculated.

　　In addition, the parties signed a "Procurement Contract" with the Civil Aviation General Hospital, and began to set up a business site in the Civil Aviation General Hospital on January 1, 2022 to undertake funeral services.

There are 1 office, 1 mortuary, 1 farewell room and 1 lounge in the place; the parties have hung a "mortuary charge item" notice board on the wall of the office, and announced four charge items: freezing Expenses for mortuary, cosmetic surgery, embalming and renting a funeral room.

From January 1, 2022 to April 15, 2022, there will be no price announcement for the commodities "corpse list", "corpse bags" and service items "undressing" and "labor costs" sold by the parties in the business premises.

In view of the fact that the price of the commodities involved is the market-adjusted price, and the selling price is difficult to calculate fairly, according to the regulations, the above-mentioned behavior of the parties shall be punished according to the provisions of no illegal gains.

　　Not only that, from January 1 to April 15, 2022, the parties provided a total of 5 times of body pick-up services at the business premises located in the Civil Aviation General Hospital, and the charges ranged from 300 yuan/time to 600 yuan/time. The vehicle for the transportation of the remains was a Mercedes-Benz, and the purchase price was 270,000 yuan.

According to the "Letter on Adjusting the Charges of Some Funeral Services" issued by the Municipal Price Bureau and the Municipal Finance Bureau, "the transportation fee for a mid-range car (the purchase price of the car is within 150,000 to 400,000 yuan), the starting price is 50 yuan, and the price is 5 yuan for more than 10 kilometers. /km. 1. When leaving the car at night (from 18:00 to 8:00 the next day), 50% of the fare will be charged. 2. The transportation fee is calculated on a round-trip basis. "According to the "Vehicle Delivery Form for Remains Pickup Service" provided by the parties, the total amount of transportation fees receivable was 1,537.5 yuan, the parties actually charged 1,800 yuan, and the overcharged fees were 262.5 yuan, all of which were counted as illegal gains.

The Chaoyang District Market Supervision Bureau served a notice of ordering a refund on May 15, 2021, and ordered the parties to return the overpaid price of 262.5 yuan to consumers within 5 days from the date of receipt of the notice. Because there is no contact information, the customer was not found.

　　The decision on administrative punishment shows that since Beijing Babaoshan Tianyuan Funeral Service Center falls within the scope of serious price violations, heavier administrative punishments are imposed in accordance with the law, the parties are ordered to correct the violations, 262.5 yuan of illegal gains are confiscated, and a total of 505,312,500 yuan is fined.

　　Reporter Zhang Nan