Instructions for ensuring safety of liquefied petroleum gas stores in Vietnam

Instructions for ensuring safety of liquefied petroleum gas stores in Vietnam (Internet image)

Circular 41/2011/TT-BCT stipulates that the safety of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stores in Vietnam is as follows:

1. General provisions for LPG stores in Vietnam

The LPG stores must implement related provisions from Article 3 to Article 6 of this Circular and the following requirements:

- To abide by conditions prescribed in from Article 29 to Article 32 of the Decree No. 107/2009/ND-CP and granted certificate of eligibility of LPG trading and provisions in this Circular.

- The construction structure, the fire-resistance rank of stores is grade II minimally. Electrical equipment of stores must be kinds of explosion prevention, with distance at least 1.5 m from LPG bottles.

- Officers of LPG stores must be trained on profession, technical safety; must be examined, tested and granted certificate as prescribed in clause 4 Article 52 of this Circular.   

- To arrive fast at places where customers using LPG to remedy unsafe malfunctions when receiving notices of customers.

- LPG stores must have books monitoring enter and ex-warehousing of LPG-containing botlles, in which they must have information:   Serial number, kind of bottle, testing date written on bottle, place of receiving bottle, date of receipt, name and address of users, date of handing bottles for users.

2. Provisions on premises

- The premises of stores are not less than 12 m2.

- Stores must be isolated with sources causing fire at least 3 m toward place having no fire-isolated wall; in case having fire-isolated wall, distances between sources causing fire and stores are not required.  

3. Provisions on storage and display of LPG bottles in Vietnam

- It is just allowed to display on advertising racks for bottles not containing LPG.

- Places containing LPG bottles must ensure aeration. Not arrange in closed rooms, closed cellars. If there is warehouse to store goods, warehouse must have at least 01 main door and 01 emergency escape with door opened in outside direction. 

- Not store LPG bottles in zones of doors, public paths.

- Bottles containing LPG, when selling them for customers, must be still sealing, absolute closure, ensure quality, weight and labels as registered.

- To ban repairing bottles, filling LPG at the stores.

-. To ban selling mini LPG bottles which being refilled (all bottles are permitted to fill with LPG just once).

More details can be found in Circular 41/2011/TT-BCT, which comes into force from February 1, 2012.

Thuy Tram

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