Responsibilities of agencies in safe management in the field of liquefied petroleum gas in Vietnam

Responsibilities of agencies in safe management in the field of liquefied petroleum gas in Vietnam (Internet image)

Circular 41/2011/TT-BCT stipulates the responsibilities of agencies in safe management in the field of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Vietnam as follows:

1. The responsibility of Department of technical safety and industrial environment

- To organize direction, guidance, examination of performance of safety work in LPG sector.

- To approve the reports on assessment of risks, the plans on emergency rescue of establishments storing LPG, LPG-bottling stations, automobile LPG-filling stations, LPG supply stations which state enterprises are holding dominant shares, which representatives of capital owners are Ministries, branches, or State Capital Investment Corporation, enterprises with foreign capital.

- Receiving dossiers, appraising and submitting to Ministerial leaders for approval of grant of certificate of eligibility for LPG-bottle testing stations; establishments producing, repairing LPG-containing bottles.

2. The responsibility of Department of market management

To direct forces of market management to cooperate with functional agencies to organize examination, supervision of establishments trading LPG, relevant organizations and individuals in nationwide on implementation of provisions in this Circular and other related provisions of law on trading LPG.

3. The responsibility of the Service of Industry and Trade of central-affiliated cities and provinces

- To guide and examine implementation of provisions on safety in LPG field for establishments trading LPG in their management localities.

- To approve the reports on assessment of risks, the plans on emergency rescue of establishments storing LPG, LPG-bottling stations, automobile LPG-filling stations, LPG supply stations of enterprises in their management localities apart from provisions in clause 2 Article 50 of this Circular.

- To grant certificates of eligibility of LPG-bottling, certificates of eligibility of automobile LPG-filling, certificates of eligibility of LPG supply, certificates of eligibility of LPG-selling stores as prescribed in the Decree No. 107/2009/ND-CP.

- To organize implementation of examination and grant of certificates of training technical safety for operators of transport means, escorts, storekeepers, staff of LPG store as prescribed.

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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