Title: Decree 163/2013/NĐ-CP of November 12, 2013, penalties for administrative violations pertaining to chemicals, fertilizers and industrial explosives

Type: Decree

Issuing Agency: Government

Responsible Agency: Relevant Agencies

Issuing Date: 12-11-2013

This Decree deals with the administrative violations, penalties, fines, and remedial measures; the power to impose administrative penalties and make records on administrative violations pertaining to chemicals, fertilizers, and industrial explosives.

For the administrative violations pertaining to chemicals, fertilizers and industrial explosives that are not mentioned in this Decree, the regulations in corresponding Decrees shall apply.

Entities that incur administrative penalties

1. Vietnamese organizations and individuals that commit administrative violations pertaining to chemicals, fertilizers and industrial explosives within the territory of Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

2. The foreign organizations and foreigners that commit administrative violations pertaining to chemicals, fertilizers and industrial explosives within the territory of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, unless otherwise prescribed in International Agreements to which Vietnam is a signatory.

 This Decree takes effect on December 31, 2013.

2. This Decree supersedes:

a) The Government's Decree No. 90/2009/ND-CP dated October 20, 2009 on penalties for administrative violations pertaining to chemicals;

b) The Government's Decree No. 15/2010/ND-CP dated March 01, 2010 on penalties for administrative violations pertaining to manufacture and sale of fertilizers;

c) Section 2 Chapter V of the Government's Decree No. 100/2005/ND-CP dated August 03, 2005 on implementation of Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction;

d) The Government's Decree No. 64/2005/ND-CP dated May 16, 2005 on penalties for administrative violations pertaining to management of industrial explosives.

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