Vietnam: Illegally separating, portioning or filling LPG shall be fined up to VND 60 million

Specifically, according to Article 47 of Decree No. 99/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, penalties for violations against regulations on bottling LPG are specified as follows:

1. 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 LPG bottling station as prescribed;

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

- Failure to develop a safety management program, a risk assessment report and an emergency response plan as prescribed;

- Preparing a logbook or developing an electronic database applying information technology to manage LPG bottling at the LPG bottling station without including adequate information about LPG bottles therein as prescribed.

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

- Storing LPG bottles and bottled LPG of another trader without a contract for hiring an LPG bottling service provider;

- Concluding a contract for bottling LPG with a trader that does not have an effective gas trading license or a certificate of trademark registration as prescribed;

- Failure to prepare a logbook or develop an electronic database applying information technology to manage LPG bottling at the LPG bottling station.

3. A fine ranging from VND 40,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Filling LPG into the LPG bottles failing to fully satisfy the conditions for circulation on the market;

- Filling LPG into the LPG bottles not under the ownership of the trader owning the filling station, except for the case where a contract for hiring a filling service provider is concluded;

- Filling LPG bottles with LPG whose volume or quality is not conformable with the label, national technical regulation or quality standard issued by the gas producing and processing entity, gas exporter or importer;

- Illegally separating, portioning or filling LPG from a gas tank or tank truck into an LPG bottle or from a large LPG bottle to another smaller one or mini LPG bottle.

View more details at Decree No. 99/2020/ND-CP that was issued on August 26, 2020 by Vietnam’s Government.

Le Vy

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