Settlement for cases where Category I enterprises are facing criminal prosecution or incur administrative penalties in Vietnam

11:07, 07/09/2020

This is the notable content specified in Decree 102/2020/ND-CP on Vietnam Timber Legality Assurance System.

Settlement for cases where Category I enterprises are facing criminal prosecution or incur administrative penalties in Vietnam (Internet image)

According to Decree 102/2020/ND-CP, in case a Category I enterprise or its legal representative is facing criminal prosecution as prescribed in Article 232 of the 2015’s the Criminal Code (amended in 2017) or incurs administrative penalties for illegal logging, deforestation, transport of forest products, trade or processing of forest products that carries a fine of 25.000.000 VND or above:

- Within 01 working day from the day on which information about the violations is received from a competent authority, the receiving authority shall issue a decision to put the enterprise into Category II, update the enterprise classification system and provide explanation therein;

- Within 01 working day from the day on which the enterprise classification system is updated, Forest Protection Department shall publish the list of reclassified enterprises on www.kiemlam.org.vn.

More details can be found in Decree 102/2020/ND-CP, which comes into force from October 30, 2020.

Ty Na

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