Vietnam: Trader retailing petrol at an establishment failing to have the certificate of eligibility to act as a petrol and oil retail outlet shall be fined up to VND 30 million

Specifically, according to Article 14 of the Decree No. 99/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, penalties for violations against regulations on conditions to be satisfied by petrol and oil retail outlets are specified as follows:

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

- on a petrol and oil retail outlet that operates without maintaining its satisfaction of conditions in conformity with the national technical regulation on design requirements for petrol and oil retail outlets; or

- on a floating petrol filling station that operates without maintaining its satisfaction of conditions in conformity with the national technical regulation on design requirements for floating petrol filling stations; or

- for employing the manager or staff who has not been trained in fire safety and environmental protection as prescribed to work at the petrol and oil retail outlet.

2. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed on a trader retailing petrol at an establishment failing to have the certificate of eligibility to act as a petrol and oil retail outlet unless otherwise prescribed by law.

In addition to being imposed fines, the certificate of eligibility to act as a petrol and oil retail outlet shall be suspended for 01 - 03 months if the violation specified in Point a or b Clause 1 of this Article is committed. The violator is compelled to return the illegal profits obtained from the violation specified in Clause 2 of this Article.

View more details at the Decree No. 99/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from October 11, 2020.

Le Vy

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