Decree No. 54/2012/ND-CP dated June 22, 2012 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 39/2009/ND-CP of April 23, 2009 on industrial explosives

FIVE-YEAR-TERM FOR INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVE’S LICENSE

On June 22, 2012, the Government promulgates the Decree No. 54/2012/ND-CP on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 39/2009/ND-CP of April 23, 2009 on industrial explosives.

Under the Decree, the term of the License to trade industrial explosives is within five years for the License to use industrial explosives serving mineral extraction.

The term of the License to use industrial explosives for works, research, pilot and petrol operation and the term of the License of blasting services are still calculated according to the term of works and within 02 years.

At the same time, the terms of the License to trade industrial explosives, the Certificate of eligibility to produce industrial explosives, explosive precursor substances are not defined. Annually, the agencies that issue the Business license and the Certificate of capability shall cooperate with relevant agencies to inspect the fulfillment of the conditions prescribed in the License, the Certificate with which the organizations that have been issued; impose sanctions against the violations as prescribed by current provisions on sanctions against administrative violations of industrial explosive management.

The Licenses to trade explosive precursor substances issued before this Decree takes effect are still valid under the term in such Licenses.