Circular 17/2021/TT-BCT amending Circular 38/2014/TT-BCT, detailing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP of September 3, 2014, on petrol and oil trading

CIRCULAR

Amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Minister of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 38/2014/TT-BCT of October 24, 2014, detailing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP of September 3, 2014, on petrol and oil trading^[1]

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 98/2017/ND-CP of August 18, 2017, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

 Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP of September 3, 2014, on petrol and oil trading; and the Government’s Decree No. 95/2021/ND-CP of November 1, 2021, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP of September 3, 2014, on petrol and oil trading;

At the proposal of the Director of the Domestic Market Department;

The Minister of Industry and Trade promulgates the Circular amending and supplementing a number of articles of Minister of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 38/2014/TT-BCT of October 24, 2014, detailing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP of September 3, 2014, on petrol and oil trading.

Article 1. To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Minister of Industry and Trade’s Circular No. 38/2014/TT-BCT of October 24, 2014, detailing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP of September 3, 2014, on petrol and oil trading (below referred to as Circular No. 38/2014/TT-BCT), as follows:

1. To amend and supplement Clause 1, Article 1 as follows:

“1. This Circular details a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP of September 3, 2014, on petrol and oil trading (below referred to as Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP), and the Government’s Decree No. 95/2021/ND-CP of November 1, 2021, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP (below referred to as Decree No. 95/2021/ND-CP).”

2. To amend and supplement a number of clauses of Article 2 as follows:

a/ To amend Clauses 3 and 4 as follows:

“3. Petrol and oil seller means:

a/ A key trader or an enterprise empowered to act as the sole agent for selling all petrol and oil products of a petrol and oil factory (in case such factory does not directly sell finished petrol and oil products) to another key trader or to a petrol and oil distributor;