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Legal Document
Title: Decree On Adoption of the List of Controlled Business No. 68/PM, dated 28 April 2008
Type: Decree
Responsible Agency: Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Issuing Date: 2008-04-28
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LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity

The Office of Prime Minister No. 68/PM
  Vientiane Capital, dated 28 April 2008

                                                                                        

Decree

On Adoption of the List of Controlled Business

- According to the Law on Government of Lao PDR, No. 02/NA, dated 6 May 2007.

- According to the Enterprise Law, No. 11/NA, dated 9 November 2005.

- According to the proposal of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, No. 1557/IC, dated 31 August 2007.

The Prime Minister issues the Decree:

Article 1.         Adopted the list of controlled businesses according to the enclosed annex “A” of this Decree.

Article 2.         The list of the controlled businesses means the list of the business which is the high sensitive such as [relation to] the stability of the Nation, the public order, culture and the well-National tradition and the environment. [these businesses] must necessary considered looking over through the relevant authority before registering the enterprise. The list of the controlled business is not the list of prohibition business operation in the Lao PDR.

Article 3.         The Government of Lao PDR promotes the investment and broadens the occupation creation for Lao people by gone through the registration on one stop-shop system which simpler and easier means that:

- The business types will be registered which is not in the list of controlled business, the official at the enterprise registration office of commerce sector must considers issuing the enterprise registration certificate which is not going through the consideration and looking over by the relevant authority, at the latest not more than 10 working days from the date of receiving the enterprise registration application onward.

- The business type will be registered of the enterprise if in the list of controlled business, the commerce sector must send immediately to related authority. The related authority must consider and reply not more than 10 working days at the latest, except some types of business that necessary to look over through the technical or technician may need a longer time. Thereafter, the commerce sector must consider issuing the enterprise certificate not more than three working days at the latest. If [commerce sector] does not issue the enterprise certificate must reply in writing, [and] also explain the reasons to the applicant.

Article 4.         The relevant authority to improve or issue the legal acts regarding the consideration and looking over procedures before registering the enterprise which is in the list of controlled business within its own sector in detail, clear and simple according to the timeframe stated in the with paragraph two of article 14 of the enterprise law and this decree.

Article 5.         The relevant authority can propose to the Government to consider increasing or decreasing the list of business type which is in the list of controlled business that the related authority in charges if it is an adequate and necessary from time to time.

It is prohibition for any authorities to increase or decrease the list of controlled business or extend the consideration time for issuing the enterprise certificate by contradiction with the enterprise law and this decree. In the case of violation, the measure mentioned in the enterprise law will be strictly used against the violator.

Article 6.         The relevant authorities shall revoke the legal acts, rules and consideration procedures, looking over or issuing the approval within its authority before registration of the enterprise of any type of business which are not in the list of controlled business.

Article 7.         The relevant authorities shall urgently improve the existing legal acts or issue the new legal acts if necessary, make it be clearer, sharper and comply with the laws and other legal acts of the government in order to strengthen management for the business activity adjustment for the enterprises that already registered with authority such: the determination of any condition for business activity, the looking over, the confirmation, an adoption or extension approval for the business within and with out the list of controlled business as determined in the second paragraph of Article 230 of the enterprise law.

Article 8.         The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is the main authority in order to efficiency disseminates, instructs, monitors, and shoves for the implementation of this decree. All ministries, organizations and local administration authorities shall strictly implement this decree.

Article 9.         This decree is effectiveness from the date of signing onward.

The Prime Minister of Lao PDR

 

Official seal and signature

Bousone Boupphavanh


 

Annex “A”

The list of the controlled business or the list of the business types need to be prior looking over

by the relevant authorities before registering the Enterprise

(in accordance to Article 2 of enterprise law)

Sectors

ISIC codes

Type of Business

Respond Sector

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery

 

0170

Hunting, Trapping and other similar activities

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

 

0210

Plantation and forestry activities

MOAF

 

0220

Logging

MOAF

 

0230

Harvesting the forest productions

MOAF

 

0312

Fishery

MOAF

Operate various mines and gravel-sand

 

0510

Exploitation of Coal

Ministry of Energy and Mine

 

0520

Exploitation of Lignite

MoEM

 

0610

Exploitation of Oil Crude

MoEM

 

0620

Exploitation of Natural gas

MoEM

 

0710

Exploitation of Iron ore

MoEM

 

0721

Exploitation of Uranium and Thorium

MoEM

 

0729

Exploitation of other minerals not iron ore

MoEM

 

0810

Exploitation of limestone, sandstone and Clay

MoEM

 

0891

Exploitation of Chemicals and natural fertilizer

MoEM

 

0892

Exploitation of peat sediment

MoEM

 

0893

Exploitation of Salt

MoEM

 

0899

Exploitation of other minerals and stones not classify

MoEM

Electricity supply, gas, hot air and air modification

 

3510

Produce, transmit, and distribution

MoEM

 

3520

Gas production, gas distribution through the big pipeline

MoEM

Water supply, the treatment of waste in the channel, management of the waste and improvement activities

 

3600

Store up, treatment and water supply

MCTPC

 

3700

The treatment of waste by channel

MCTPC

 

3812

Storage of the dangerous waste

MCTPC

 

3822

Remain and destroy the dangerous wastes

MCTPC

Transportation and storage of goods

 

4911

Railway transportation for passengers

MCTPC

 

4912

Railway transportation for goods

MCTPC

 

4930

Transportation by pipe

MCTPC

 

5110

Air transportation for passengers

MCTPC

 

5120

Air transportation for goods

MCTPC

 

5310

Postage activities

MCTPC

Information and Telecommunication

 

5811

Reading material publishment

Ministry of Information and Culture

 

5813

Newspaper, Article and Magazine publishment

MoIC

 

5911

Produce film, VIDEO and television programs

MoIC

 

5912

Modify the film, VIDEO and television program

MoIC

 

5913

Distribution of film, VIDEO and television program

MoIC

 

5920

Publishment of songs and audio

MoIC

 

6010

Radio broadcasting

MoIC

 

6021

Television broadcasting

MoIC

 

6022

Lease-buy the program through the cable TV, satellite and others

MoIC

 

6110

Landline Telecommunication services

MCTPC

 

6120

Wireless Telecommunication services

MCTPC

 

6130

Satellite Telecommunication services

MCTPC

 

6190

Other types of telecommunication services

MCTPC

Finance Activities and Insurance

 

6411

Banking activity

Bank of Lao PDR

 

6419

Financial brokers

BOL

 

6420

Holding company

MOF

 

6430

Treasury, funds and other financial mechanisms

BOL

 

6491

Financial leasing

BOL

 

6492

Other credit providing

BOL

 

6499

Other financial activities except the insurance and retirement fund

BOL

 

6511

Life Insurance

MOF

 

6512

Other insurance except life insurance

MOF

 

6520

Sub-insurance

MOF

 

6530

Retirement fund

MOF

 

6611

Financial market management

MOF

 

6612

Security and purchase-sell brokers contract

MOF

 

6619

The activities that support financial activities

MOF

 

6630

Management fund activity

MOF

Public health and social activities

 

8610

Hospital activity

MOH

 

8620

Medical and dental activities

MOH

 

8690

Other public health activities

MOIH

Art, Entertainment and Pleasure

 

9200

Lucky draw and gambling activities

MoIC

 

9321

Amusement park LNTA,

MoIC

 



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