Circular 01/2022/TT-BCT amending Circular 47/2014/TT-BCT, on the management of e-commerce websites, and Circular 59/2015/TT-BCT, providing the management of e-commerce activities via mobile applications

Regulation on provision of e-contract certification services must be publicized on the homepage

The Circular No. 01/2022/TT-BCT amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 47/2014/TT-BCT of December 5, 2014, on the management of e-commerce websites, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 59/2015/TT-BCT of December 31, 2015, providing the management of e-commerce activities via mobile applications is issued on January 18, 2022 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Accordingly, traders and organizations developing websites for e-commerce service provision shall send online reports via the E-Commerce Management Portal or send written reports by post to the Ministry of Industry and Trade with statistics on their operations in the preceding year.

A Regulation on provision of e-contract certification services shall be publicized on the homepage of the website and must have the following contents: Rights and obligations of service-providing traders and organizations; Rights and obligations of service users; Description of methods and process of certification of e-contracts; Limitation of the liability of service-providing traders and organizations.

In addition to the above-mentioned contents, a Regulation on provision of e-contract certification services also contains information security and management in the provision of e-contract certification services; mechanism for settlement of complaints and disputes between parties related to the provision of e-contract certification services; measures to handle violations for those who do not comply with the Regulation.

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