Legal Document Updates in English (22/2015)

LICENSE CHARGE FOR PRODUCTION OR TRADING OF CHEMICALS IS VND 200.000
 

In accordance with the Circular No. 85/2015/TT-BTC dated June 03, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance providing for rates, collection, payment, management and use of charges and fees in chemical business any organization/individual applying for a license or a certificate relating to chemical business; any organization/individual applying for approval for the Plan or Measures for chemical emergency response and prevention shall pay the charges and fees in accordance with regulations.

Within that, the fee for the issuance of the License for chemicals production of Schedule 1 substances,  Schedule 2 substances, Schedule 3 substances, DOC, DOC-PSF chemicals is VND 200.000. This fee also applied  to the initial issuance of the License for production or trading of chemicals; Certificate of eligibility to produce or trade in chemicals, Certificate of eligibility to produce and trade in

ISSUE NOTIFICATION OF CLASSIFICATION RESULTS IS WITHIN 5 WORKING DAYS
 

This is the content prescribed at the Circular No. 14/2015/TT-BTC dated January 30, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the classification, analysis for classification; analysis for quality inspection and food safety inspection of exports and imports.

Accordingly, within 5 working days, or 20 working days in case the analysis time depends on the technical analysis process, after receiving a complete dossier and samples, the General Director of Customs shall issue a notice of goods classification result, for an analysis request dossier with 2 or more goods samples or with complicated goods samples requiring longer analysis time, the time limit for analysis, classification and notification of classification

DEVELOPMENT STAGE DRILLING MUST HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
ON A TRIENNIAL BASIS
 

On May 28, 2015, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issued the Circular No. 22/2015/TT-BTNMT stipulating the environmental protection in the process of using drilling fluids; waste management and environmental monitoring for offshore oil and gas operations.

In accordance with regulations prescribed in this Circular, During the development stage drilling process, petroleum organizations must perform environmental monitoring.  The background environmental monitoring is performed once before the commencement of development and extraction drilling; once within 01 year from the time of gaining the first commercial oil or gas flow. Executing the environmental monitoring program on a triennial basis that begins on the time of commencing the first environmental monitoring program in the post-development drilling stage. Similarly,  as for oil and gas exploration drilling operations using non-water-based mud in the waters which are 3 nautical miles away from the shore and environmentally sensitive area, the background environmental monitoring must be performed once before each exploration drilling and once

COMBAT THE ENCROACHMENT UPON LAND AROUND WATER SOURCES PROTECTION CORRIDORS
 

In accordance with the Decree No. 43/2015/ND-CP dated May 06, 2015 of the Government providing the establishment and management of water source protection corridors, a water source protection corridor shall be established to protect the bank stability and prevent and combat the encroachment upon land around water sources; prevent and combat activities threatening to pollute and degrade water sources and protect, conserve and develop the aquatic ecological system and natural animal and plant species adjacent to water sources;

Therefore, prohibited acts within water source protection corridors include acts that threaten to cause or cause the decrease of the function of water source protection corridors; cause river, stream, canal, ditch or reservoir bank slide, or seriously affect or threaten the stability and safety of rivers, streams, canals, ditches or reservoirs; encroaching upon, illegally using land within water source protection corridors; using land at variance with approved land use purposes; constructing or expanding contagious disease hospitals or clinics, cemeteries, waste dumping

EXEMPT ELECTRICITY ACTIVITY PERMIT FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY
WITH INSTALLED CAPACITY OF LESS THAN 50 KW FOR SELLING ELECTRICITY
 

On May 29, 2015, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issue the Circular No. 10/2015/TT-BCT providing the order and procedure for issue, revocation and duration of electricity activity permit, within that, the most important content is on exemption from electricity activity permit.

Accordingly, beside the case of exempting the electricity activity permit generating electricity with installed capacity of less than 50 kW for selling electricity to other organizations and individuals, individuals and organizations generating electricity for self use without sale to other organizations and individuals or carrying on electricity trading in rural, mountainous areas or islands, buying electricity with capacity of less than 50 kVA from the power distribution grid for selling electricity directly to customers in rural, mountainous areas or islands and dispatching the national electricity system and operating the transactions of electricity market are exempted the electricity activity permit.

To the electricity activity permit’s duration,  the electricity activity permit is issued with different durations for each