Fine of up to VND 20,000,000 for selling unsealed bottled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Vietnam

Fine of up to VND 20,000,000 for selling unsealed bottled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Vietnam (Internet image)

Article 46 of Decree 99/2020/ND-CP stipulates penalties for violations against regulations on LPG trading at bottled LPG retail outlets in Vietnam as follows:

1. A fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Failure to check the tightness of the bottle valves, couplings and flexible hoses after installing or replacing LPG bottles for users;

- installing or replacing an LPG bottle without having the checking process witnessed and the delivery record signed by its user as prescribed;

- Failure to provide guiding documents and directly give instructions about necessary information on safe use of LPG, precautions and steps to be taken to deal with LPG leakage; procedures for using gas stoves, storage bottles and accessories for users using the outlet’s gas stoves and LPG bottles;

- Providing bottled LPG to users without providing them with or keeping at the outlet the goods delivery slip containing adequate information about the owner, bottle type, bottle serial number, the company purchasing the bottle for the outlet, names and addresses of users, date of delivery, name, address and contact phone number of the outlet;

- Failure to put up the signboard and logo of the LPG trader concluding the bottled LPG sale contracts with the outlet;

- Preparing a logbook or developing an electronic database applying information technology to monitor LPG bottles sold at the bottled LPG retail outlet without including adequate information about LPG bottles therein as prescribed.

2. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Failure to provide or hire an organize to provide training in safety techniques to employees at the bottled LPG retail outlet as prescribed;

- Employing the manager or staff who has not been trained in safety techniques and fire safety as prescribed to work at the bottled LPG retail outlet as prescribed;

- Selling unsealed or leaked bottled LPG or bottled LPG whose quality or volume is consistent with that written on the label to customers as prescribed;

- Replacing or providing for customers the spare parts which are not safe to use or are not specialized ones for LPG as prescribed;

- Failure to prepare a logbook or develop an electronic database applying information technology to monitor LPG bottles sold at the bottled LPG retail outlet.

3. A fine ranging from VND 20,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Purchasing or selling bottled LPG, mini LPG bottles or LPG bottles failing to satisfy the conditions for circulation on the market;

- Selling bottled LPG of another LPG trader without a contract or selling bottled LPG not stated in the signed contract;

- Storing or collecting another LPG trader’s LPG bottles not stated in the contract signed by the outlet.

More details can be found in Decree 99/2020/ND-CP, which comes into force from August 26, 2020.

Le Vy

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