Vietnam: Storing LPG bottles at a warehouse that fails to ensure the safety conditions shall be fined at least VND 5 million

According to Article 54 of Decree No. 99/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, penalties for violations against other regulations on gas trading are specified as follows:

1. A fine ranging from VND 500,000 to VND 1,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Using refilled mini-bottled LPG in the case of mini LPG bottles that are prohibited from being refilled at food and drink establishments;

- Transporting bottled LPG together in an elevator if there is someone in the elevator, except for the one directly transporting it.

2. A fine ranging from VND 1,000,000 to VND 3,000,000 shall be imposed for transporting bottled LPG by (two wheeled) mopeds without any bottled LPG rack or arranging bottled LPG on the means of transport against regulations.

3. A fine ranging from VND 3,000,000 to VND 5,000,000 shall be imposed for transporting bottled LPG by automobiles without arranging bottled LPG thereon according to regulations.

4. A fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for storing LPG bottles or bottled LPG at a warehouse that fails to ensure the safety conditions applied to LPG bottle warehouses in accordance with regulations.

5. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed on:

- a gas exporter, gas importer, gas producing and processing entity or gas trader that fails to notify any change of the LPG selling prices in writing to units in the distribution system, the Department of Industry and Trade and Department of Finance of the province where the distribution system is set up; or

- a gas exporter, gas importer or gas producing and processing entity that fails to the Ministry of Science and Technology of the standards applied to the additives used for gas blending in accordance with regulations; or

- for purchasing, selling, transporting or storing LPG bottles and bottled LPG in the case of not being an LPG trading establishment, except for the case of purchasing them for production and consumption purposes.

For the violation of purchasing, selling, transporting or storing LPG bottles and bottled LPG in the case of not being an LPG trading establishment, except for the case of purchasing them for production and consumption purposes, the violator is compelled to:

- return LPG bottles to their owner in the case of the violation if the legal owner, manager or user does not deliberately let the violator use the exhibit to commit the administrative violation.

- return the illegal profits obtained from the violation.

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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