Requirement for investments to be within zoned areas | Zoning restrictions | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for investments to take 3 forms | Form of establishment | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for investors other than zone developers to be licensed | Licensing (based on experience, track record, technical requirements, and/or other) | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for license for concession business | Authorization / permit requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for registation to invest in (specific) economic zone business | Authorization / permit requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for registered capital amount to be maintained | Minimum capital requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for representative offices of foregn busininess to be registered, with prohibition on conducting business in Lao PDR | Form of establishment | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for terms of concession investment not to exceed 99 years | Numerical restrictions (duration license) | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement for business operators not to engage in anticompetitve conduct | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Requirement to seek approval for business combination /mergers | Approval of mergers and acquisitions | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on abusing Dominant Market Position and Market Monopoly | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on Discrediting other Business Operators | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on driving other business operators out of the market | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on Engaging in Unfair Sales Promotion | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on impeding other business operators to access to the market | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on imposing the different prices or terms of purchasing and selling of the same kind of goods and services | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on Imposing the terms on purchasing and selling of goods and services | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 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 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 the Fixing of Production Quantities | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |