Penalties for violations of regulations on licensing for meteorological and hydrological forecasting and warning activities in Vietnam from February 01, 2025

Penalties for violations of regulations on licensing for meteorological and hydrological forecasting and warning activities in Vietnam from February 01, 2025​ (Image from the Internet)

On December 10, 2024, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree 155/2024/ND-CP stipulating the penalties for administrative violations in the field of meteorology and hydrology.

Penalties for violations of regulations on licensing for meteorological and hydrological forecasting and warning activities in Vietnam from February 01, 2025

According to Article 6 of Decree 155/2024/ND-CP, the penalties for violations regarding licenses for meteorological and hydrological forecasting and warning activities in Vietnam are as follows:

- A fine ranging from 15,000,000 VND to 20,000,000 VND for any of the following violations:

+ Conducting forecasting, warning activities beyond the scope permitted by the license content;

+ Providing forecasting, warning information to entities not specified in the license content;

+ Altering or erasing to falsify license content;

+ Conducting meteorological and hydrological forecasting and warning activities with an expired license for less than 6 months;

+ Failing to comply with the procedures registered in the license application.

- A fine ranging from 20,000,000 VND to 25,000,000 VND for acts of unauthorized lending or leasing of licenses.

- A fine ranging from 25,000,000 VND to 30,000,000 VND for any of the following violations:

+ Conducting meteorological and hydrological forecasting, warning activities without a license;

+ Conducting forecasting, warning activities with a license expired for 6 months or more.

- Additional sanctions:

+ Revocation of the license for meteorological and hydrological forecasting, warning activities for from 6 months to 12 months for violations specified in point a and point b, clause 1, Article 6 of Decree 155/2024/ND-CP;

+ Confiscation of the materials and means used to commit violations specified in point c and point d, clause 1, clause 2, and point b, clause 3, Article 6 of Decree 155/2024/ND-CP.

- Remedial measures:

+ Required submission of the altered or erased licenses to the competent authority handling the administrative violation for the violation specified in point c, clause 1, Article 6 of Decree 155/2024/ND-CP;

+ Required submission of the illegal profits obtained from committing violations specified in clauses 1, 2, and 3, Article 6 of Decree 155/2024/ND-CP;

+ Required cancellation of results, products, data, bulletins, publications obtained from violations specified in clause 1 and clause 3, Article 6 of Decree 155/2024/ND-CP.

Note: The fines stipulated in Chapter II of Decree 155/2024/ND-CP apply to administrative violations by individuals. For organizations with the same violations, the fines are double those for individuals. (According to clause 1, Article 5 of Decree 155/2024/ND-CP)

Refer to Decree 155/2024/ND-CP effective from February 1, 2025.

Decree 155/2024/ND-CP annuls the contents in the following Decrees:

- Clause 2, Article 1, Chapter II, point a, clause 2, Article 21; the phrase "meteorology and hydrology" in the title of the Decree, promulgation basis, title of Chapter IV, in clause 1 and clause 4, Article 1, in Article 2, in clause 1, Article 3, point a, clause 1, Article 20 of Decree 173/2013/ND-CP by the Government of Vietnam regarding penalties for administrative violations in the field of meteorology, hydrology, surveying, and cartography;

- Decree 84/2017/ND-CP by the Government of Vietnam amending, supplementing a number of articles of Decree 173/2013/ND-CP by the Government of Vietnam regarding penalties for administrative violations in the field of meteorology, hydrology, surveying, and cartography;

- Article 3 of Decree 04/2022/ND-CP by the Government of Vietnam amending, supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees regarding penalties for administrative violations in the fields of land, water resources, and minerals, meteorology, hydrology, surveying, and cartography.

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