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TAX – FEE – CHARGE |
| FINANCE - BANKING | |||
1 | Circular No. 73/2016/TT-BTC dated May 20, 2016 of the Ministry of Finance on amending export tax rates on sawdust briquettes in the Heading No. 44.02 in schedule of coal export tariff issued together with the Circular No.182/2015/TT-BTC dated November 11, 2015 of the Minister of Finance |
| * To supplement export tax rate of 5% for the charcoal | Page 2 | |
2 | Circular No. 66/2016/TT-BTC dated April 29, 2016 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the implementation of the Government’s Decree No. 12/2016/ND-CP of February 19, 2016 on environmental protection charge on mineral exploitation |
| * To public the environmental protection charge on mineral exploitation submitted before March 31 | Page 2 | |
CONSTRUCTION |
| CONSTRUCTION | |||
3 | Circular No. 18/2016/TT-BXD dated the Ministry of Construction detailing and guiding some contents on project appraisal and approval and design and estimate of works construction |
| * Regulations on project appraisal and approval and design and estimate of works construction | Page 2 | |
NATURAL RESOURCES – ENVIRONMENT |
| NATURAL RESOURCES - ENVIRONMENT | |||
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| * A license for hydro-meteorological forecast and warning activities is valid for 5 years at most | Page 3 | |
TRANSPORTATION |
| TRANSPORTATION | |||
5 | Decree No. 63/2016/ND-CP dated July 01, 2016 of the Government on requirements for motor vehicle inspection service business |
| {C}{C}* Organizations performing motor vehicle inspection services not be allowed to be involved in auto transport services | Page 3 | |
SUMMARY:
Ü TAX – FEE – CHARGE
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On May 20, 2016, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 73/2016/TT- BTC dated May 20, 2016 of the Ministry of Finance on amending export tax rates on sawdust briquettes in the Heading No. 44.02 in schedule of coal export tariff issued together with the Circular No.182/2015/TT-BTC dated November 11, 2015 of the Minister of Finance. | Accordingly, from July 04, 2016, the export tax rate for charcoal made from cultivated-forest tree is 5%. For other commodities, the export tax rates have no change with 10% for bamboo, 5% for sawdust briquettes and 0% for coconut shell… This Circular takes effect on July 04, 2016. | |
TO PUBLIC THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CHARGE
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In accordance with the Circular No. 66/2016/TT-BTC dated April 29, 2014 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the implementation of the Government’s Decree No. 12/2016/ND-CP of February 19, 2016, on environmental protection charge on mineral exploitation, No later than March 31 annually, environmental protection charge collecting agencies shall make public the volume of exploited minerals, the volume of earth and stone excavated and discharged and the charge amount paid by each enterprise in the previous year in the mass media. Also in accordance with this Circular, a mineral exploiter shall submit an environmental protection charge declaration dossier to the tax agency at which it declares and pays royalties. In case no environmental protection charge for mineral exploitation arises in a month, a charge payer shall still fill in and submit a charge declaration form to the tax
| agency. In case a mineral purchaser registers to pay environmental protection charge on behalf of mineral exploiters, it shall submit a charge declaration dossier to its managing tax agency. The deadline for making a monthly charge declaration to a tax agency is the 20th of the subsequent month. Environmental protection charge for mineral exploitation shall be exempted for cases of exploiting minerals for used as ordinary building materials within the residential land area under the use rights of a household or an individual to build a work of such household or individual therein; and exploiting earth and stone for leveling grounds or building security and defense works and for prevention, control and mitigation of natural disasters. This Circular takes effect on June 13, 2016, and applies to the declaration and payment period starting from May 2016. | |
Ü CONSTRUCTION
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On June 30, 3016, the Ministry of Construction issued the Circular No. 18/2016/TT-BXD detailing and guiding some contents on project appraisal and approval and design and estimate of works construction. In accordance with this Circular, project submission and appraisal, design and estimate of works construction in accordance with authority to ensure the prescribed appraisal procedures and time limit; appraisal of design and construction estimate is done with the entire works or each works of project or by phase or project package but must ensure the consistency and uniformity of content and grounds for calculation in appraisal results; openness and transparency on order, procedures, dossier and appraisal result and compliance with regulations on reform of administrative procedures during the appraisal; project approval and design and estimate of works construction in accordance with authority or authorization after there is a Notice of appraisal result and the dossier submitted for approval is added or completed as required by the appraisal body… | For projects which have a number of steps of design more than the prescribed number, the specialized construction body only appraises the design dossier at the step of design according to regulation of law, the remaining steps of design shall be decided by the investment decider for appraisal and approval. Where the name and content of steps of design of project follow the international practices other than the prescribed steps of design, the specialized construction body only appraises the design dossier with the content corresponding to the basic and technical steps of design or construction drawing design. The investor inspects, reviews and take responsibility before the appraisal body and law for the legitimacy and contents of appraisal dossier; explains and completes appraisal dossier as required by the appraisal body; directly chooses the qualified consultant to carry out the verification for the appraisal and takes responsibility for checking the content of verification of the consultant to meet the verification requirements…. This Circular takes effect on August 15, 2016. | |
Ü NATURAL RESOURCES - ENVIRONMENT
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In accordance with the Decree No. 38/2016/ND-CP dated May 15, 2016 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Hydro-meteorology, a license for hydro-meteorological forecast and warning activities is valid for 5 years at most and extend at least 30 days before the license expires and with each extension not exceeding 5 years. Besides, the Decree also prescribes some regulations on works subject to hydro-meteorological observation, including: airports; irrigation reservoirs with flood control valve gates and hydropower reservoirs with an aggregate capacity of three million cubic meters (3,000,000 m3) or more; and reservoirs regulated by an operation process of river basin inter-reservoirs; class-I and class-II seaports; bridges over coastal estuaries, straits or bays, or to or between islands in the internal waters, with a clearance of 500 meters or more; radio or television wave transmission-reception towers concurrently providing sightseeing | and catering services; suspension cables serving sightseeing and tourist activities; national parks. An organization to carry out hydro-meteorological forecast and warning activities must have the legal person status as prescribed by the civil law; possesses physical and technical foundations that satisfy the minimum requirements of hydro-meteorological forecast and warning, including equipment and systems to compute, receive and process hydro-meteorological information and data; stable sources of data supply; technical processes and forecasting tools to ensure scientificity, independence and objectivity of forecast products; and processes to control and assess the quality of forecast and warning; and possesses at least three employees, of whom at least one possesses a university or higher degree in hydro-meteorology and has at least three years’ experience of carrying out hydro-meteorological forecast and warning activities. This Decree takes effect on July 01 ,2016. | |
Ü TRANSPORTATION
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On July 01, 2016, the Government issued the Decree No. 63/2016/ND-CP on requirements for motor vehicle inspection service business (automobiles, trailers, semi-trailers hauled by automobiles and similar vehicles). Organizations that are granted inspection condition certificates shall be eligible for performing motor vehicle inspection services. Organizations performing motor vehicle inspection services shall not be allowed to be involved in provision of auto transport services, services of motor vehicle care, repairs or establish relationship with organizations performing such services. If the inspection organization is a joint-stock company, the organization providing auto transport services, services of motor vehicle care, repairs shall own no more than 10% of the inspection organization’s shares. | For registration units with one Type I inspection line, minimum area of the premises for inspection activities is 1,250 m2. The registration unit should have offices, lounge for drivers, vehicle owners. Roads for motor vehicles entering and leaving the inspection station, internal roads: should be at least three meters in width, parking lot should be paved with asphalt concrete or cement concrete. Inspection stations with only one inspection line: Minimum size including clearance around the vehicle (length x width x height): 30 x 4 x 3.5 (m); Inspectors must obtain at least university degrees in automotive mechanical engineering, automotive engineering technology or mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology… This Decree takes effect on July 01, 2016. | |
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