Vietnam: Oil depot inspection and supervision conditions

According to Clause 11 Article 1 of Decree No. 67/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, oil depot inspection and supervision conditions are specified as follows:

Firstly, the oil depot must have software that is capable of storing, managing and providing online data to customs authorities, including information relating to names, categories, origin, quantity and status of products, times of receiving, dispatching and storing products at the tanks in the oil depot as provided in the customs declaration for management under the automatic customs management and control system.

This regulation does not apply to military oil depots which are used for storing products for business and national defense purposes.

Secondly, the oil depot must be equipped with measuring devices which must be connected online to provide data on amounts of oil and petroleum products stored at tanks to customs authorities.

The measuring devices of military oil depots are only connected online to their supervisory authorities as prescribed by the Ministry of National Defense.

Thirdly, it must be also equipped with the camera system which is connected online with customs authorities; all locations in the oil depot, including the moving of products and means of transport to and out of the oil depot, must be monitored 24/7. Camera images must be kept for at least 06 months.

Where the oil depot has an offshore oil and petroleum pipelines and it is unable to install a camera system at the single-point mooring, the depot operation enterprise must facilitate the customs official’s direct inspection.

This regulation does not apply to military oil depots which are used for storing products for business and national defense purposes.

View full text at Decree No. 67/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from August 10, 2020.

Thu Ba

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