Title: Circular 39/2013/TT-BCT dated December 30, 2013, procedures for adjustments to planning, management of investment in projects of oil, liquefied petroleum gas, and liquefied natural gas depots

Type: Circular

Issuing Agency: Ministry of Industry and Trade

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Industry and Trade

Issuing Date: 30-12-2013

 

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope

1. This Circular deals with procedures for adjustments to the planning for projects of investment in construction or expansion of oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and liquefied natural gas (LNG) depots; management of projects of investment in construction of oil depots, LPG depots, and LNG depots, including major depots and minor depots (oil depots, LPG depots, and LNG depots are hereinafter referred to as oil depots).

2. This Circular does not apply to the projects of investment in bonded warehouses, depots of crude oil, lubricants, liquid asphalt, and other petrochemical products; oil depots and LPG tanks of oil refineries; oil reservoirs at oil outlets, gas stations; LPG bottling stations, reservoirs of oil serving the armed forces and internal use of companies; LPG/LNG supplying stations and tanks serving industrial use, apartment buildings, or skys­crapers.  

Article 2. Subjects of application

This Circular is applied to:

a) Investors in oil depot projects within the territory of Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

b) The agencies, units, and individuals related to the management of oil depots LPG depots, or LNG depots.

Article 3. Interpretation of terms

1. Oil tanks, LPG tanks, and LNG tanks are the works for storing oil, LPG, and LNG that comply with regulations on technology, fire safety, and environmental safety.

2. Oil depot means an area where one or multiple oil tanks serving the storage, supply, and distribution of oil.

3. An LPG depot or LNG depot is an area where multiple LPG or LNG tanks are located to serve the storage, supply, and distribution of LPG/LNG.

4. Major depots are those that can receive oil LPG and LNG from the vehicles that transport oil, LPG, and LNG that are imported, or from oil refineries through pipeline.

5. Minor depots are those that receive oil, LPG, and LNG from major depots.

6. Investment in construction of an oil depot means the execution of a project of investment in construction of an oil depot, LPG depot, or LNG depot at a location where such a depot is not available.

7. Investment in expansion of an oil depot means the execution of a project of investment in additional construction of an existing oil depot, LPG depot, or LNG depot to increase its capacity.

8. Investor means an organization or individual that establishes a company under the Company law and is licensed to do oil/LPG/LNG business in Vietnam.

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