Prohibition on engaging in business activities involving chemicals of high-level danger type 1 | Prohibition | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | List of Prohibited Business Activities in Lao PDR No. 1592/MOIC.ERM, dated 26 August 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Denial of Access to Certain Facilities resulting in the Creation of Obstacles to Business Operation | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on engaging in business activities involving opium, opium balls, poppy seeds, opium poppies, other opium products, coco leaves, marihuana in various forms, cocaine and their derivatives. | Prohibition | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | List of Prohibited Business Activities in Lao PDR No. 1592/MOIC.ERM, dated 26 August 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Fixing of Market Shares and Sharing/Dividing Markets | Performance requirements (mandatory) | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on engaging in money laundering and the financing of terrorism | Prohibition | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Fixing of Production Quantities | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on false advertisement | Prohibition | Ministry of Health | Law on hygiene, diseasase prevention and health promotion (Amended) No. 08/NA, dated 21 December 2011 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for approval for lease or concession of state owned land | Authorization / permit requirements | Land inspection Authority | Instruction As regards the implementation of decree on state-owned land approval for lease or concession No. 20/PMO.NLMA, dated 9 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Fixing of the prices of purchasing and selling goods and services unfairly | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Health Inspections and Certification required for the transportation of live animals | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Public Works and Transport | Law on Land Transport (Amended version) No. 24/NA, dated 12 December 2012 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on falsifying documentation or official seals | Prohibition | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Fixing the Price of Goods and Services | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for approval for transferring concession rights or shares | Authorization / permit requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decree on the Implementation of the Investment Promotion Law No. 119/PM, dated 20 April 2011 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Ownership of Land by Foreign Investors, Foreign Investment Enterprise or Foreign National | Land Ownership | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decree of the Prime Minister Regarding the Implementation of the Law on the Promotion and Management of Foreign Investment in the Lao People's Democratic Republic No. 46/PM, dated 23 March 2001 | 31-12-9999 |
Rates of Value Added Tax to be levied | Other measures | Ministry of Finance | Law on Value-Added Tax (Revised Version) No. 52/NA, dated 23 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on opening or using anonymous accounts or accounts under the name of other natural persons, legal persons or intangible organisations | Prohibition | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Selling of goods and services below costs and selling poor quality goods | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Registration in the Value Added Tax System | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Finance | Law on Value-Added Tax (Revised Version) No. 52/NA, dated 23 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on persons from bribing health officers | Prohibition | Ministry of Health | Law on hygiene, diseasase prevention and health promotion (Amended) No. 08/NA, dated 21 December 2011 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for approval to grant lease or concession of State land which must specify land use objctives | Administrative Requirements | Land inspection Authority | Prime Minister’s Decree on the Leasing of State Land No. 135/PM, dated 25 May 2009 | 31-12-9999 |