Decree No. 102/2021/ND-CP Amending and supplementing some articles of decrees on administrative penalties for violations in the fields of tax, invoices; customs; insurance business, lottery business; management and use of state assets; thrift and waste prevention; national reserves; state treasury; accounting, independent auditing.

DECREE

Amending and supplementing certain articles of Decrees on administrative penalties

in the fields of tax, invoices; customs; insurance business, lottery business;

state asset management and use; thrift and waste prevention;

national reserves; state treasury; accounting, independent auditing

||| Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated June 19, 2015;

Pursuant to the Law Amending and Supplementing Several Provisions of the Law on Organization of the Government and the Law on Organization of Local Administration dated November 22, 2019;

Pursuant to the Law on Handling Administrative Offenses dated June 20, 2012;

Pursuant to the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations dated November 13, 2020;

Pursuant to the Law on Tax Administration dated June 13, 2019;

Pursuant to the Customs Law dated June 23, 2014;

Pursuant to the Law on Management and Use of State Assets dated June 21, 2017;

Pursuant to the Law on Thrift and Combating Wastefulness dated November 26, 2013;

Pursuant to the Law on National Reserves dated November 20, 2012;

Pursuant to the Accounting Law dated November 20, 2015;

Pursuant to the Independent Auditing Law dated March 29, 2011;

Pursuant to the Insurance Business Law dated December 9, 2000;

Pursuant to the Law amending and supplementing certain articles of the Insurance Business Law and the Intellectual Property Law dated June 14, 2019;

Pursuant to Decree No. 87/2017/NĐ-CP dated July 26, 2017, issued by the Government, stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;

At the proposal of the Minister of Finance;

The Government promulgates this Decree amending and supplementing certain articles of Decrees on administrative penalties in the fields of tax, invoices; customs; insurance business, lottery business; state asset management and use; thrift and waste prevention; national reserves; state treasury; accounting, independent auditing.

PART I

CONTENTS OF AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO DECREES ON ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES IN THE FIELDS OF TAX, INVOICES;

CUSTOMS; INSURANCE BUSINESS, LOTTERY BUSINESS;

STATE ASSET MANAGEMENT AND USE; THRIFT AND WASTE PREVENTION;

NATIONAL RESERVES; STATE TREASURY;

ACCOUNTING, INDEPENDENT AUDITING

Article 1. Amending and supplementing certain articles of Decree No. 125/2020/NĐ-CP dated October 19, 2020 of the Government on administrative penalties for tax and invoice violations

1. Amending Point a Clause 1 Article 8 as follows:

"a) The statute of limitations for administrative penalties regarding invoices is two years."

2. Amending and supplementing Clause 2 Article 22 as follows:

"2. A fine of from VND 20,000,000 to VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of giving or selling invoices, except for the acts stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article."

3. Supplementing Point h to Clause 4 Article 24 as follows:

"h) Issuing an invoice without recording all mandatory contents on the invoice as prescribed."

4. Amending and supplementing Clause 3, Clause 4 Article 26 as follows:

"3. A fine of from VND 4,000,000 to VND 8,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following acts:

a) Losing, burning, damaging invoices that have been issued but not yet recorded;

b) Losing, burning, damaging invoices that have been recorded (the copy given to customers) during use, the seller has declared and paid taxes, with relevant documents and evidence proving the sale of goods or services;

In case the buyer loses, burns, damages the invoice, there must be a record signed by both the seller and the buyer acknowledging the incident.

c) Losing, burning, damaging invoices that have been recorded but not yet declared for tax;

All parties involved must prepare a record acknowledging the loss, burning, or damage of the invoice.

4. A fine of from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for the act of losing, burning, damaging invoices that have been recorded and declared for tax during use or storage period, except for cases stipulated in Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of this Article."

5. Amending and supplementing Point b Clause 2 Article 42 as follows:

"b) During the time considering and deciding to reduce or exempt fines,"

6. Amending and supplementing Article 43 as follows:

"Article 43. Exemption and reduction of fines for administrative violations related to tax and invoices

1. Cases of exemption and reduction of fines for administrative violations related to tax and invoices; authority, procedures, and formalities for exemption and reduction of fines for administrative violations related to tax and invoices shall be implemented according to the provisions of Article 77 of the Administrative Violation Handling Law and Clause 38 of Article 1 of the Law amending and supplementing certain articles of the Administrative Violation Handling Law and Clauses 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Article.

2. The maximum amount of exemption and reduction of fines shall be equal to the amount of fines in the penalty decision and shall not exceed the value of the damaged property or goods, after deducting the insured value or compensation (if any).

In cases where taxpayers suffer losses due to force majeure as stipulated in the Tax Administration Law, the proof of the value of damaged property or goods and the insured or compensated value shall be as follows:

a) An inventory record of material damage value prepared by the taxpayer or their authorized representative;

b) A record of material damage value determined by an organization with valuation functions as prescribed by law (original or certified copy), except in cases where there is a compensation file as stipulated in Point c of this Clause;

c) A compensation file accepted by the insurer according to the law (original or certified copy) (if any);

d) A liability compensation file of organizations or individuals required to compensate according to the law (original or certified copy) (if any).

3. No exemption or reduction of fines for administrative violations related to tax and invoices shall be granted in cases where the penalty decision has been fully executed.

4. If a fine is exempted or reduced, the corresponding late payment fine shall also be exempted or reduced.

5. If a taxpayer has been exempted or reduced a fine but the competent authority or tax authority discovers that the exemption or reduction of the fine does not comply with the provisions of this Article, the authority granting the exemption or reduction of the fine shall issue a decision to revoke or adjust the decision to exempt or reduce the fine. The direct managing tax authority shall be responsible for collecting into the State budget the amount of fine that was incorrectly exempted or reduced and calculating the late payment fee on the incorrectly exempted or reduced fine amount. The date for calculating the late payment fee for the incorrectly exempted or reduced fine is the day when the organization or individual subject to the penalty submits all necessary documents to request the exemption or reduction of the fine."

5. A taxpayer who has been exempted or reduced from fines but the competent authority or tax agency discovers that such exemption or reduction does not comply with the provisions of this Article, then the authorized person to grant exemption or reduction shall issue a decision to revoke or adjust the decision on exemption or reduction of fines. The direct managing tax agency shall be responsible for collecting into the State budget the amount of fine that was incorrectly exempted or reduced and calculating late payment interest on the incorrectly exempted or reduced fine amount. The date for calculating late payment interest on the incorrectly exempted or reduced fine is the day when the organization or individual subject to punishment fully submits the application for exemption or reduction of fine.

Article 2. Amending and supplementing some articles of Decree No. 128/2020/NĐ-CP dated October 19, 2020 of the Government on administrative penalties for violations in the customs sector

1. Supplement Article 2a following Article 2 as follows:

"Article 2a. Principles for imposing administrative penalties for multiple violations in the customs sector

Organizations and individuals committing multiple violations shall be subject to separate penalties for each violation, except in the following cases: where they commit individual violations stipulated in points a, b, d Clause 1, point a Clause 3 Article 7; Clauses 1, 2, 3, point d Clause 4, points a, b, c, d Clause 6 Article 8; point a Clause 1, point b Clause 2 Article 11 of this Decree on multiple declarations/documents within customs files at different declaration times but discovered at the same time without prior penalty imposition and beyond the statute of limitations, then a single administrative penalty shall be imposed for the violation, while aggravating circumstances for multiple violations shall be applied."

2. Amending and supplementing Clause 4 as follows:

a) Amend and supplement Clause 2 as follows:

"2. The statute of limitations for other violations in the customs sector shall be implemented according to the provisions of Article 6 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 and Clause 4 Article 1 of the Law amending and supplementing certain articles of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations, except for the case provided for in Clause 1 of this Article.

The time limit for imposing administrative penalties for other violations in the customs sector shall be calculated according to Clause 5, Clause 6 of this Article."

b) Supplement Clause 5, Clause 6 as follows:

"5. The completion of violations and the termination time of such violations are defined as follows:

a) For violations stipulated in Article 7 of this Decree, the termination time is the time of completing customs procedures and submitting tax documents;

b) For violations stipulated in Article 8 of this Decree, the termination time is the time of registering customs declarations; the time of submitting cargo manifests, passenger lists, baggage declarations of transport means' departure, entry, transit;

c) For violations stipulated in Article 10 of this Decree, the termination time is the time when the person completes customs declaration upon departure or entry;

d) For violations stipulated in point a Clause 1 Article 11 of this Decree, the termination time is the time of submitting, presenting, or sending documents in the customs file to the customs authority according to the registered customs declaration;

đ) For violations stipulated in point b Clause 1 Article 11 of this Decree, the termination time is the time when the taxpayer completes the modification and supplementation of the final report;

e) For violations stipulated in point c Clause 2 Article 11 of this Decree, the termination time is the time when the taxpayer submits the final report;

g) For violations stipulated in point a Clause 7 Article 11 of this Decree, the termination time is the time of declaring, submitting, presenting documents and materials to the customs authority;

h) For violations stipulated in point b Clause 7 Article 11 of this Decree, the termination time is the time of ceasing unauthorized use of login accounts, digital signatures issued to other organizations or individuals for customs procedures;

i) For violations stipulated in point c Clause 7 Article 11 of this Decree, the termination time is the time of ceasing unauthorized access, tampering with, or destroying the customs information system;

k) For violations stipulated in Article 9; Clause 8 Article 11; points b, c, đ, e, h Clause 1 Article 14; Clause 1 Article 15; Article 16; Article 17; Article 18; Article 19; Article 20; Article 21; Article 22 of this Decree, the termination time is the time of registering customs declarations.

6. Other administrative violations stipulated in this Decree that do not fall under the cases specified in Clause 5 of this Article are considered ongoing violations."

3. Supplement point d, point e following point d Clause 3 Article 5 as follows:

"đ) When imposing fines, the specific fine amount for a single administrative violation stipulated in Articles 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and Clauses 1, 3, 4 Article 25 of this Decree is the midpoint of the fine range prescribed for that violation. If there are mitigating circumstances, each circumstance reduces the fine midpoint by 10%, but the fine amount for the violation cannot be reduced below the minimum fine level; if there are aggravating circumstances, each circumstance increases the fine midpoint by 10%, but the fine amount for the violation cannot exceed the maximum fine level.

e) When determining the fine amount for a single administrative violation involving both aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the mitigating circumstances shall offset the aggravating circumstances on a one-to-one basis."

4. Amending and supplementing Article 29 as follows:

"Article 29. Authority to impose administrative penalties by customs

The Director of Customs Branch, the Director of Provincial, Interprovincial, and Central City Customs Department, the Director of Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department, the Director of Post-Clearance Audit Department, and the Director General of the General Department of Customs have the authority to impose penalties for false declarations leading to underpayment of taxes due or overpayment of tax exemptions, reductions, refunds, non-collection; tax evasion; violations by commercial banks in failing to transfer funds from taxpayers' accounts to the state budget as required by tax management authorities pursuant to points b, c, d Clause 2 Article 138 of the Tax Management Law.

For other administrative violations, the authority to impose penalties by customs is as follows:

1. Customs officials performing official duties have the right to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Imposing a fine up to VND 500,000 for individuals; imposing a fine up to VND 1,000,000 for organizations.

2. The Team Leader, Group Leader of the Customs Sub-Office; Group Leader of the Control Team under the Provincial, Interprovincial, or Central-Supervised City Customs Office; Team Leader of the Post-Clearance Inspection Sub-Office have the authority to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Impose a fine of up to five million dong on individuals; impose a fine of up to ten million dong on organizations.

3. The Director of the Customs Sub-Office; the Director of the Post-Clearance Inspection Sub-Office, the Team Leader of the Control Team under the Provincial, Interprovincial, or Central-Supervised City Customs Office; the Team Leader of the Criminal Investigation Team, the Team Leader of the Anti-Smuggling Control Team, the Squadron Leader of the Maritime Control Squadron, and the Team Leader of the Anti-Counterfeiting and Intellectual Property Protection Control Team under the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Bureau; the Director of the Post-Clearance Inspection Sub-Office under the Post-Clearance Inspection Bureau have the authority to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Impose a fine of up to twenty-five million dong on individuals; impose a fine of up to fifty million dong on organizations;

c) Confiscate administrative violation objects with a value not exceeding fifty million dong for individuals, one hundred million dong for organizations;

d) Apply remedial measures as prescribed in this Decree.

4. The Director of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Bureau, the Director of the Post-Clearance Inspection Bureau under the General Department of Customs, the Director of the Provincial, Interprovincial, or Central-Supervised City Customs Office have the authority to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Impose a fine of up to fifty million dong on individuals; impose a fine of up to one hundred million dong on organizations;

c) Confiscate administrative violation objects;

d) Apply remedial measures as prescribed in this Decree.

5. Chiefs of the General Department of Customs have the authority to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Impose a fine of up to one hundred million dong on individuals; impose a fine of up to two hundred million dong on organizations;

c) Confiscate administrative violation objects;

d) Apply measures to remedy consequences as prescribed in this Decree.

5. Supplement Clause 2a, amend and supplement Clause 3, supplement Clause 3a, and amend and supplement Clause 4 of Article 30 as follows:

a) Supplement Clause 2a after Clause 2 as follows:

"2a. The Team Leader of the Special Task Force against Drugs and Crime under the Special Task Force against Drugs and Crime has the authority to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Impose a fine of up to ten million dong on individuals; impose a fine of up to twenty million dong on organizations;

c) Confiscate administrative violation objects with a value not exceeding twenty million dong for individuals, forty million dong for organizations;

d) Apply remedial measures as prescribed at point d, Clause 5, Article 5 of this Decree."

b) Amend and supplement Clause 3 as follows:

"3. The Station Commander of the Border Guard Station, the Squadron Leader of the Border Guard Squadron, the Commandant of the Border Guard Command at the Port Gate have the authority to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Impose a fine of up to twenty million dong on individuals; impose a fine of up to forty million dong on organizations;

c) Confiscate administrative violation objects with a value not exceeding forty million dong for individuals, eighty million dong for organizations;

d) Apply remedial measures as prescribed at points a and d, Clause 5, Article 5 of this Decree."

c) Supplement Clause 3a after Clause 3 as follows:

"3a. The Chief of the Special Task Force against Drugs and Crime under the Drug and Crime Prevention Bureau under the Border Guard Command have the authority to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Impose a fine of up to fifty million dong on individuals; impose a fine of up to one hundred million dong on organizations;

c) Confiscate administrative violation objects and means with a value not exceeding one hundred million dong for individuals, two hundred million dong for organizations;

d) Apply remedial measures as prescribed at points a, d, and e, Clause 5, Article 5 of this Decree."

d) Amending and supplementing Clause 4 as follows:

"4. The Commander of the Border Guard Force at the provincial level, the Squadron Leader of the Border Guard Squadron, the Director of the Drug and Crime Prevention Bureau under the Border Guard Command have the authority to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Impose a fine of up to one hundred million dong on individuals; impose a fine of up to two hundred million dong on organizations;

c) Confiscate administrative violation objects;

d) Apply remedial measures as prescribed at points a, d, and e, Clause 5, Article 5 of this Decree."

6. Amend and supplement point c, Clause 4, Clause 5, Clause 6 of Article 31 as follows:

a) Amend and supplement Point c Clause 4 as follows:

"c) Confiscate administrative violation objects with a value not exceeding forty million dong for individuals, eighty million dong for organizations;"

b) Amend and supplement Clause 5 as follows:

"5. The Squadron Leader of the Coast Guard Squadron; the Chief of the Reconnaissance Team, the Chief of the Special Task Force against Drug Crimes under the Vietnam Coast Guard Command have the authority to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Impose a fine of up to thirty million dong on individuals; impose a fine of up to sixty million dong on organizations;

c) Confiscate administrative violation objects with a value not exceeding sixty million dong for individuals, one hundred and twenty million dong for organizations;

d) Apply remedial measures as prescribed at points a and d, Clause 5, Article 5 of this Decree."

c) Amending and supplementing Clause 6 as follows:

"6. The Commander of the Coast Guard Region, the Director of the Operations and Law Bureau under the Vietnam Coast Guard Command have the authority to:

a) To issue warnings;

b) Impose a fine of up to fifty million dong on individuals; impose a fine of up to one hundred million dong on organizations;

c) Confiscate administrative violation objects;

d) Apply remedial measures as prescribed at points a and d, Clause 5, Article 5 of this Decree."

7. Amend and supplement the opening of Clause 4, the name of Clause 6, point b, point c of Clause 6, Clause 9, point d, point e of Clause 10 of Article 32 as follows:

a) Amend and supplement the opening clause of Clause 4 as follows:

"4. In cases where an administrative violation case involves multiple violations, the authority to impose administrative penalties shall be determined according to the following principles:"

b) Amend and supplement the name of Clause 6 as follows: "Customs Authority to Impose Administrative Penalties"

c) Amend and supplement point b, point c of Clause 6 as follows:

"b) The Team Leader, Group Leader of the Customs Sub-Office; Group Leader of the Control Team under the Provincial, Interprovincial, or Central-Supervised City Customs Office; Team Leader of the Post-Clearance Inspection Sub-Office have the authority to impose penalties for the administrative violations prescribed at points a, b, d, Clause 1, Article 7; Clause 2, Article 7; points a, b, c, d, đ, e, h, Clause 3, Article 7; point c, Clause 4, Article 7; Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, Article 8; points a, b, c, d, Clause 6, Article 8; point a, Clause 1, point a, Clause 2, point a, Clause 3, point a, Clause 5, Article 10; Clauses 1, 2, 3, Article 11; Clause 1, Article 12; Clause 1, Article 13; Clauses 1, 2, Article 23; Clauses 1, 2, Article 24 of this Decree;

c) The Director of the Customs Inspection Division; the Director of the Post-Customs Clearance Inspection Division; the Team Leader of the Control Teams under the Provincial, Interprovincial, and Central City Customs Departments; the Team Leader of the Criminal Investigation Team, the Team Leader of the Anti-Smuggling Control Team, the Squadron Leader of the Maritime Control Squadron, and the Team Leader of the Anti-Counterfeiting and Intellectual Property Protection Team under the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department; the Director of the Post-Customs Clearance Inspection Division under the Post-Customs Clearance Inspection Department have the authority to impose fines, supplementary penalties, and apply measures to remedy consequences for administrative violations stipulated in Article 7; Article 8; Points a, b, c Clause 1, Clauses 2, 3, Point a Clause 4, Points a, b Clause 5 Article 10; Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Article 11; Points a, b, c Clause 8, Clause 9, Clause 10 Article 11; Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 Article 12; Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 Article 13; Points a, b, c, d Clause 1, Clause 4, Clause 5 Article 15; Points a, b, c Clause 1, Clause 2, Clause 3 Article 16; Points a, b, c Clause 1, Clause 2, Clause 3 Article 17; Article 18 (except where the fine amount exceeds the authority of these positions); Article 19; Clauses 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 Article 20; Clauses 1, 2, 4, 5 Article 21; Clauses 1, 2, Points a, b, c, d, đ, e, g Clause 3, Clause 4 Article 22; Article 23; Clauses 1, 2 Article 24; Clauses 1, 3, 4 Article 25 of this Decree;

d) Amend and supplement Clause 9 as follows:

"9. At border areas without customs organizations, the Border Guard units stationed there shall have the authority to impose fines, supplementary penalties, and apply measures to remedy consequences as prescribed in Article 30 of this Decree for administrative violations in the customs sector stipulated in Article 13 of this Decree, specifically as follows:

a) The Station Commander, Team Leader of the Border Guard soldiers performing their duties shall have the authority to impose penalties on violations prescribed in Clause 1 of Article 13 of this Decree;

b) The Team Leader of the Special Task Force against Drugs and Crime under the Special Task Force against Drugs and Crime shall have the authority to impose penalties on administrative violations prescribed in Clause 1, Points a, b Clause 2, Clause 7, Point d Clause 8 of Article 13 of this Decree;

c) The Border Guard Post Commander, Border Guard Squadron Commander, Commanding Officer of the Border Gate Command Post shall have the authority to impose penalties on administrative violations prescribed in Clause 1, Clause 2, Clause 3, Clause 4, Clause 7, Points b, d Clause 8 of Article 13 of this Decree;

d) The Special Task Force Commander against Drugs and Crime under the Counter-Narcotics and Crime Prevention Department of the Border Guard Command shall have the authority to impose penalties on administrative violations prescribed in Article 13 of this Decree;

đ) The Border Guard Commander at the provincial level, Border Guard Flotilla Commander, Counter-Narcotics and Crime Prevention Department Head under the Border Guard Command shall have the authority to impose penalties on administrative violations prescribed in Article 13 of this Decree."

đ) Amend and supplement Points đ, e Clause 10 as follows:

"đ) The Border Surveillance Flotilla Commander; the Reconnaissance Team Leader, the Special Task Force Leader against Drug Crimes under the Vietnam Coast Guard Command shall have the authority to impose penalties on administrative violations prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, Points b, c, d, đ Clause 5, Clause 7, Points b, c and d Clause 8 of Article 13 of this Decree;

e) The Commander of the Coast Guard Region, the Deputy Chief of Staff and Legal Affairs of the Vietnam Coast Guard Command, the Commander of the Vietnam Coast Guard shall have the authority to impose penalties on administrative violations prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Points b, c and d Clause 8 of Article 13 of this Decree."

8. Supplement Article 33a following Article 33 as follows:

"Article 33a. Enforcement of Measures to Remedy Consequences

1. When individuals or organizations enforce measures to compel removal from the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam or re-exportation of contraband goods or means of transport, the customs authority must closely monitor from the storage location of the contraband goods to the exit port.

The results of the monitoring must be confirmed in writing or through other electronic means by the customs office at the exit port and sent back to the customs authority that issued the administrative violation penalty decision within five (5) days from the date the contraband goods or means of transport were removed from Vietnam or re-exported to maintain the case file.

2. Measures to compel removal from the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam or re-exportation at the entry port of contraband goods or means of transport shall be carried out as follows:

a) In cases where contraband goods or means of transport are being stored in the port area, the customs authority must closely monitor to ensure that the contraband goods or means of transport are removed at the entry port. The results of the monitoring shall be recorded in the minutes to be kept in the customs file;

b) In cases where contraband goods or means of transport are no longer stored in the entry port area, the customs authority must closely monitor from the storage location of the contraband goods or means of transport to the entry port for re-exportation. The results of the monitoring must be confirmed in writing or through other electronic means by the customs office at the exit port and sent back to the customs authority that issued the administrative violation penalty decision within five (5) days from the date the contraband goods or means of transport were removed from Vietnam or re-exported to maintain the case file.

3. When individuals or organizations enforce measures to compel the transportation of goods in transit, transfer of port, change of port, change of customs station, temporary import for re-exportation according to the specified port and route, the Customs Division responsible for the departure of the goods shall be responsible for supervising the transportation of the goods and coordinating with the Customs Division at the destination port or relevant agencies to ensure that the goods are transported according to the specified route and customs station."

4. When implementing the measure to compel the removal of packaging and labels that have been changed due to the violation, the individual or organization violating administrative regulations may carry out such measures in the following forms: removal, cancellation, and must redo the packaging and labeling to restore the original state.

When implementing the measure to compel the removal of elements violating the law on product labels before the goods are exported out of the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the individual or organization violating administrative regulations may carry out such measures in the following forms: erasure, removal, and cancellation of the violating elements on the product labels.

5. When implementing the measure to compel the destruction of goods and items harmful to human health, animals, plants, and the environment, cultural products containing harmful content, the individual or organization violating administrative regulations shall implement the destruction based on the nature and characteristics of the goods and items and the requirement to ensure environmental hygiene according to the following methods: using chemicals, mechanical methods, incineration, burial, other methods as prescribed by law. The customs authority shall supervise the destruction directly or through technical means (if available).

The individual or organization violating administrative regulations must prepare a record of destruction according to the model issued together with the Decree detailing certain provisions and enforcement measures of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations when carrying out the destruction of goods and items.

The record of destruction must bear the signatures of the participants in the destruction and the representative of the customs authority supervising the destruction. After the destruction, the individual or organization violating administrative regulations must submit one copy of the record of destruction and related documents to the customs authority that issued the administrative penalty decision within five (5) days from the date of destruction.

6. When implementing the measure to compel the return of the equivalent amount of money equal to the value of the seized, disposed of, or destroyed contraband in violation of the law, the individual or organization violating administrative regulations shall return the corresponding amount recorded in the administrative penalty decision.

7. The individual or organization shall implement the measure to compel the full payment of the evaded tax, underpaid tax; compel the full payment of the tax that was improperly exempted, reduced, refunded, or not collected as recorded in the tax assessment decision into the State Treasury account and submit one copy of the receipt for cash payment (if paying in cash) to the customs authority that issued the administrative penalty decision for tracking and filing the case records.

8. The individual or organization shall implement the measure to compel the affixing of the "Vietnam Duty Not Paid" label before displaying the goods for sale at a tax-free store or before delivering the goods to the buyer in cases where the goods are directly exported from a tax-free warehouse to the buyer. The position for affixing the "Vietnam Duty Not Paid" label shall be carried out in accordance with the Government's regulations on tax-free sales.

9. Amend and supplement Clause 1 of Article 33 as follows:

"1. The procedures for imposing penalties and enforcing administrative penalty decisions in the field of customs shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III, Part II of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations 2012 and Clauses 29 to 45 of Article 1 of the Law amending and supplementing certain articles of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations; Chapter XIV, Section 1 Chapter XV of the Tax Administration Law 2019; Chapter VII of Decree No. 126/2020/NĐ-CP dated October 19, 2020 of the Government detailing certain provisions of the Tax Administration Law and the provisions of this Decree."

10. Amend and supplement Article 34 as follows:

"Article 34. Exemption and reduction of fines for administrative violations in the field of customs

The exemption and reduction of fines for administrative violations in the field of customs shall be carried out in accordance with Article 77 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations and Clause 38 of Article 1 of the Law amending and supplementing certain articles of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations."

Article 3. Amending and supplementing some articles of Decree No. 98/2013/ND-CP dated August 28, 2013 of the Government on administrative penalties for violations in the insurance business and lottery business which has been amended and supplemented with some articles according to Decree No. 48/2018/ND-CP dated March 21, 2018 of the Government and Decree No. 80/2019/ND-CP dated November 1, 2019 of the Government.

1. Amend the name of Article 3, supplement Point c Clause 2 and supplement Clause 3, Clause 4, Clause 5 of Article 3 as follows:

a) Amend the name of Article 3 as follows:

"Article 3. Forms of Administrative Penalties and Statute of Limitations for Administrative Violations"

b) Supplement Point c after Point b Clause 2 as follows:

"c) Principles for applying forms before the right to use the Certificate of Eligibility for Lottery Business for a limited period:

When determining the duration of revoking the right to use the Certificate of Eligibility for Lottery Business against organizations that violate both aggravating circumstances and mitigating circumstances, the mitigating circumstances shall be deducted from the aggravating circumstances according to the principle that one mitigating circumstance offsets one aggravating circumstance.

The specific duration of revoking the right to use the Certificate of Eligibility for Lottery Business for a particular violation is the average of the time frame prescribed for that violation. If there are mitigating circumstances, each mitigating circumstance reduces the duration by one month but not less than the minimum limit of the time frame for revoking the right to use the Certificate of Eligibility for Lottery Business; if there are aggravating circumstances, each aggravating circumstance increases the duration by one month but not exceeding the maximum limit of the time frame for revoking the right to use the Certificate of Eligibility for Lottery Business."

c) Supplement Clause 3, Clause 4, Clause 5 after Clause 2 of Article 3 as follows:

"3. Statute of limitations for administrative penalties in the insurance business sector:

a) The statute of limitations for administrative penalties in the insurance business sector is stipulated in Article 6 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations.

b) For ongoing administrative violations in the insurance business sector, the statute of limitations starts from the day when the competent authority discovers the violation. For completed administrative violations, the statute of limitations starts from the day the violation ends. The end date of the violation for calculating the statute of limitations in the insurance business sector is the day when all legal requirements are met. In cases where the end date cannot be determined, the statute of limitations for administrative penalties in the insurance business sector starts from the day the violation is discovered.

The time of termination of administrative violations to calculate the statute of limitations for certain violations under Chapter II of this Decree is defined as follows:

- For the act of altering, falsifying, or tampering with documents in the application for establishment and operation license under Clause 1, Article 5 and Clause 1, Article 6 of this Decree, the end date of the violation is the day the alteration, falsification, or tampering is discovered.

- For the act of failing to establish and issue internal procedures and guidelines as required under Point b, Clause 3, Article 9 and Point a, Clause 1, Article 12 of this Decree, the end date of the violation is the day the internal procedures are established and issued in accordance with the law.

- For the act of violating the reporting system as required under Point a, Clause 2, Article 18, Point e, Clause 3, Article 18, Point b, Clause 1, Article 21, and Point a, Clause 1, Article 32 of this Decree, the end date of the violation is the day the report is submitted.

4. Statute of limitations for administrative penalties in the lottery business sector:

a) The statute of limitations for administrative penalties in the lottery business sector is one year.

b) For ongoing administrative violations in the lottery business sector, the statute of limitations starts from the day when the competent authority discovers the violation. For completed administrative violations, the statute of limitations starts from the day the violation ends. The end date of the violation for calculating the statute of limitations for certain violations in Chapter 3 of this Decree is specified as follows:

- For the act of altering, erasing, or changing the content of the Certificate of Eligibility for Lottery Business or documents in the application for lottery agency as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 35 and Clause 1, Article 41 of this Decree, if the alteration, erasing, or changing date cannot be determined, the end date of the violation is the day the altered, erased, or changed Certificate of Eligibility for Lottery Business is discovered.

- For the act of failing to establish and publish detailed procedures for organizing the recovery of unsold lottery tickets, failing to publish public rules for drawing lottery numbers, and failing to issue management and exploitation regulations for lottery data servers as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 40, Clause 1, Article 44, and Clause 1, Article 49 of this Decree, the end date of the violation is the day these procedures, rules, and regulations are established and published.

- For the act of violating the reporting system as stipulated in Article 51 of this Decree, the end date of the violation is the day the report is submitted.

5. Determining the amount of fine for a specific administrative violation in cases involving multiple aggravating and mitigating circumstances:

a) When determining the fine amount for organizations or individuals who violate both aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the mitigating circumstances shall be deducted from the aggravating circumstances according to the principle that one mitigating circumstance offsets one aggravating circumstance.

b) The specific fine for a violation act is the average level within the prescribed fine range for that act. If there are mitigating circumstances, each circumstance will reduce the average fine level by 10%, but the fine for the act shall not be reduced below the minimum level of the fine range; if there are aggravating circumstances, each aggravating circumstance will increase the average fine level by 10%, but the fine for the act shall not exceed the maximum level of the fine range.

2. Amend and supplement point b, Clause 1, Article 19 as follows:

"b) Failure to comply with rules, provisions, and fees as stipulated by law;"

3. Add Article 33a after Article 33 as follows:

"Article 33a. Competence to issue administrative violation records in the insurance business sector

1. The positions specified in Article 33 of this Decree, when discovering acts of administrative violations in the insurance business sector, have the authority to issue administrative violation records according to regulations.

2. Persons authorized to perform official duties in the insurance business sector pursuant to regulatory documents or administrative documents issued by competent authorities or persons authorized must promptly issue administrative violation records and transfer such records to the person authorized to impose penalties for the purpose of imposing penalties."

4. Amend and supplement point d, Clause 2, Article 33 as follows:

"d) Confiscate the objects and means of administrative violations with a value not exceeding VND 100,000,000 for individuals and VND 200,000,000 for organizations;"

5. Add Article 51a after Article 51 as follows:

"Article 51a. Competence to issue administrative violation records in the lottery business sector

Persons authorized to impose penalties as stipulated in Article 52 of this Decree or persons authorized performing official duties who discover acts of administrative violations in the lottery business sector have the authority to issue administrative violation records."

6. Amend and supplement point c, Clause 2, Article 52 as follows:

"c) Confiscate the objects and means of administrative violations with a value not exceeding VND 100,000,000 for individuals and VND 200,000,000 for organizations."

Article 4. Amend and supplement some articles of Decree No. 63/2019/NĐ-CP dated July 11, 2019 of the Government on administrative penalties for violations in the management and use of state assets; thrift and anti-waste; national reserves; state treasury

1. AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING ARTICLE 3 AS FOLLOWS:

"Article 3. Statute of limitations for administrative penalties

1. The statute of limitations for administrative penalties in the management and use of state assets; thrift and anti-waste; national reserves; state treasury as prescribed in this Decree is one year. For violations involving state-owned real estate and infrastructure assets invested and managed by the State, the statute of limitations for administrative penalties is two years.

2. The time point for calculating the statute of limitations for administrative penalties in the management and use of state assets is as follows:

a) For completed acts of administrative violations, the statute of limitations starts from the time the violation ends;

b) For ongoing acts of administrative violations, the statute of limitations starts from the time the violation is discovered;

c) Acts of administrative violations concerning investment and procurement of state assets as stipulated in Article 6 of this Decree are considered completed acts of administrative violations if the investment and procurement of assets have been completed and transferred to the management and use of agencies, organizations, and units; otherwise, they are considered ongoing acts of administrative violations;

d) Acts of administrative violations concerning leasing of state assets as stipulated in Article 7 of this Decree are considered completed acts of administrative violations if the assets have been leased and put into use; otherwise, they are considered ongoing acts of administrative violations;

đ) Acts of administrative violations concerning encroachment on office premises and public service facilities as stipulated in Article 11 of this Decree are determined as follows:

- Acts where organizations or individuals using adjacent land move boundary markers to expand the land area or construct buildings encroaching on the space within the office premises or public service facilities of agencies, organizations, and units are considered completed acts of administrative violations if the expansion or construction has been completed; otherwise, they are considered ongoing acts of administrative violations.

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e) Administrative violations in the management and use of public assets currently being committed include the acts prescribed in Articles 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 of this Decree.

3. The determination of ongoing administrative violations and completed administrative violations for the statute of limitations on administrative violations in thrift and waste prevention is specified as follows:

a) The administrative violation stipulated in Clause 2, Article 31 of this Decree is considered a completed administrative violation if the procurement of assets has been completed and transferred to the managing and using agency, organization, or unit; it is considered an ongoing administrative violation in all other cases;

b) The administrative violation stipulated in Clause 1, Article 32 of this Decree is considered a completed administrative violation if the expenditure from the fund according to the incorrect purpose or charter of the fund has been completed; it is considered an ongoing administrative violation in all other cases;

c) The administrative violation stipulated in Clause 2, Article 32 of this Decree is considered a completed administrative violation if the expenditure from the fund beyond the standards, norms, limits, or unit prices prescribed by law has been completed; it is considered an ongoing administrative violation in all other cases;

d) The violation of the provisions set forth in Clause 1, Article 33 of this Decree shall be determined as a completed administrative violation in cases where the act of illegally obstructing scientific research, application of science and technology, and implementation of projects using recycled resources has ceased; it shall be determined as an ongoing administrative violation in all other cases;

đ) The violation of the provisions set forth in Clause 2, Article 33 of this Decree shall be determined as a completed administrative violation in cases where the act of exploiting and utilizing resources not in accordance with planning, plans, and procedures has ceased; it shall be determined as an ongoing administrative violation in all other cases;

e) The violation of the provisions set forth in Clause 1, Article 35 of this Decree shall be determined as a completed administrative violation in cases where the act of causing waste in the management of office premises and public service facilities has ceased; it shall be determined as an ongoing administrative violation in all other cases;

g) The violation of the provisions on procurement of assets and materials in a state-owned limited liability company as stipulated in Clauses 2 and 3, Article 36 of this Decree shall be determined as a completed administrative violation in cases where the procurement of assets has been completed; it shall be determined as an ongoing administrative violation in all other cases;

h) An ongoing administrative violation in the field of thrift is the violation of the provisions set forth in Clause 1, Article 31, Clause 1, Clause 4, Article 36 of this Decree; the violation of the management and use of capital in a state-owned limited liability company as stipulated in Clause 2, Article 36 of this Decree; the violation of the management and use of assets and materials as stipulated in Clauses 2 and 3, Article 36 of this Decree.

4. The determination of ongoing administrative violations and completed administrative violations for the statute of limitations for administrative penalties in the field of national reserves is prescribed as follows:

a) Ongoing administrative violations are those administrative violations prescribed in Articles 41, 42, 47, Points b and c, Clause 3, Article 48, and Article 49 of this Decree;

b) Except for the administrative violations mentioned in Point a of this clause, all other administrative violations are determined as completed administrative violations.

5. The time point at which administrative violations in the field of state treasury are determined to have ended is prescribed as follows:

a) For administrative violations prescribed in Articles 54, 57, 58, 59, and 60 of this Decree: the end time point is the time point when the relevant documents are submitted to the State Treasury;

b) For administrative violations prescribed in Articles 55, 56, and 61 of this Decree: the end time point is the time point when the State Treasury receives the conclusion from the criminal investigation agency regarding the case without signs of criminal offenses.

2. Amend and supplement Clause 7 of Article 4 as follows:

"7. Organizations and individuals subject to administrative penalties under this Decree shall not use state budget funds or funds derived from the state budget to pay fines and mitigate consequences caused by their violations, except as provided for in Clause 8, Article 37 of Government Decree No. 10/2021/NĐ-CP dated February 9, 2021 on the management of construction investment costs."

3. Amend and supplement Article 5 as follows:

"Article 5. Application of Fine Amounts

1. The fine amounts prescribed in Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, and Section 4 of Chapter II, Section 1 of Chapter III, Section 1 of Chapter IV, Section 1 and Section 2 of Chapter V of this Decree are the fine amounts prescribed for administrative violations committed by organizations; for the same administrative violation, the fine amount for individuals is half the fine amount for organizations (except as provided for in Articles 17, 23, and 27 of this Decree).

2. When imposing a fine, the specific fine amount for an administrative violation is the average of the fine range prescribed for that violation. If there are mitigating circumstances, each circumstance reduces the fine amount by 10% of the average fine amount within the fine range but the fine amount for the violation cannot be reduced below the minimum fine amount within the range; if there are aggravating circumstances, each aggravating circumstance increases the fine amount by 10% of the average fine amount within the fine range but the fine amount for the violation cannot exceed the maximum fine amount within the range.

3. When determining the fine amount for an administrative violation that involves both aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the mitigating circumstances can offset the aggravating circumstances according to the principle that one mitigating circumstance offsets one aggravating circumstance.

4. Amend and supplement Point c, Clause 1, Point c, Clause 2, Point c, Clause 3 of Article 30 as follows:

a) Amend and supplement Point c, Clause 1 of Article 30 as follows:

"c) Confiscate the objects and means of administrative violations with a value not exceeding VND 1,000,000;"

b) Amend and supplement Point c, Clause 2 of Article 30 as follows:

"c) Confiscate the objects and means of administrative violations with a value not exceeding VND 100,000,000;"

c) Amend and supplement Point c, Clause 3 of Article 30 as follows:

"c) Confiscate the objects and means of administrative violations with a value not exceeding VND 140,000,000;"

5. Amend and supplement Point c, Clause 1 of Article 51 as follows:

"c) Confiscate the objects and means of administrative violations with a value not exceeding VND 100,000,000."

6. Amend and supplement Point c, Clause 1 of Article 52 as follows:

"c) Confiscate the objects and means of administrative violations with a value not exceeding VND 1,000,000."

7. Amend and supplement Point c, Clause 2 of Article 52 as follows:

"c) Confiscate the objects and means of administrative violations with a value not exceeding VND 100,000,000."

8. Amend and supplement Point c, Clause 3 of Article 52, Point c, Clause 1 of Article 53 as follows:

"c) Confiscate the objects and means of administrative violations with a value not exceeding VND 140,000,000."

9. Amend and supplement Clause 1, Clause 2 of Article 56 as follows:

"1. A fine of from VND 10,000,000 to VND 15,000,000 shall be imposed on the act of creating false documents and submitting them to the State Treasury for payment of regular expenditure, recurrent public service expenditure, national target program expenditure, and public service expenditure funded from regular budget expenditure (excluding expenditures for repair, maintenance, renovation, upgrading, and expansion of material facilities from regular budget funds and retained fees under regulations for regular expenditure with a total investment amount of VND 500,000,000 or more)."

"2. A fine of from VND 30,000,000 to VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed on the act of creating false documents and submitting them to the State Treasury for payment of capital investment from state budget funds and state investment funds for implementing national target programs or for repair, maintenance, renovation, upgrading, and expansion of material facilities from regular budget funds and retained fees under regulations for regular expenditure with a total investment amount of VND 500,000,000 or more."

10. Supplement Point c Clause 1 Article 62 as follows:

"c) Inspectors and persons assigned to perform specialized inspection tasks while performing official duties."

"a) A fine of up to VND 70,000,000,"

Article 5. Amending and supplementing some provisions of Decree No. 41/2018/ND-CP dated March 12, 2018 of the Government on administrative penalties in the field of accounting and independent auditing

1. Amend and supplement Clause 3 of Article 3 as follows:

"3. The time limit for imposing administrative penalties in the field of accounting and independent auditing shall be determined as follows:"

a) For completed acts of administrative violations, the statute of limitations starts from the time the violation ends;

b) For ongoing acts of administrative violations, the statute of limitations starts from the time the violation is discovered;

"c) For violations related to accounting and independent auditing prescribed in this Decree, the time point at which the violation ends for calculating the time limit for imposing administrative penalties is:"

"- The time when organizations and individuals complete the business process or work requirements according to the laws on accounting and independent auditing;"

"- The time when organizations and individuals cease the violation and comply with the laws on accounting and independent auditing."

"d) To determine whether the administrative violation has ended or is ongoing, in addition to relying on Point c above, the competent authority for imposing administrative penalties shall base its determination on the laws on accounting and independent auditing, relevant documents, and specific circumstances of each case to ascertain whether the violation has ended or is still ongoing."

2. Amending and supplementing Clause 2, Clause 3 Article 6 as follows:

"2. The fines prescribed in Chapter II and Chapter III of this Decree apply to organizations except where provided in Article 7, Clause 1; Article 8; Article 9; Article 10; Article 11; Article 13; Article 14; Article 15; Article 16; Article 17; Article 19; Clause 1, Clause 3 Article 21; Article 22; Article 23; Article 24; Article 26; Article 33; Article 34; Clause 1, Clause 3 Article 36; Clause 1 Article 38; Clause 2, Clause 3 Article 39; Clause 1, Clause 2 Article 48; Clause 1 Article 57; Clause 1, Clause 2 Article 61; Article 67. These fines apply to individuals. In cases where both an individual and an organization commit the same violation, the fine for the organization is twice the fine for the individual."

3. The authority to impose penalties for administrative violations committed by individuals as prescribed in Chapter IV of this Decree applies to one administrative violation committed by an individual. In cases involving fines, the authority to impose penalties on organizations is twice that on individuals for the same position."

3. Amending and supplementing Point c Clause 2 Article 70 as follows:

"c) Seizure of contraband items with a value not exceeding VND 50,000,000 for individuals and VND 100,000,000 for organizations."

4. Amending and supplementing Point c Clause 1 Article 71 as follows:

"c) Seizure of contraband items with a value not exceeding VND 10,000,000 for individuals and VND 20,000,000 for organizations."

Article 6. Supplementing, removing some phrases, abolishing clauses in certain articles as follows

1. Supplementing phrases, abolishing Clause 3 of Article 5 of Decree No. 125/2020/NĐ-CP dated October 19, 2020 of the Government on administrative penalties for violations related to tax and invoices as follows:

a) Supplementing the phrase "administrative" in the phrases "repeated violations" to become "repeated administrative violations" at Point a, Point b, Point c, Clause 3, Article 5.

b) Abolishing Clause 3, Article 8.

2. Supplementing, removing some phrases in Decree No. 128/2020/NĐ-CP dated October 19, 2020 of the Government on administrative penalties for violations in the customs sector as follows:

a) Supplementing the phrase "and Clause 31, Article 1 of the Law amending and supplementing some provisions of the Law on Administrative Violations" after the phrase "the Law on Administrative Violations 2012" at Clause 3, Article 4.

b) Supplementing the phrase "and Clauses from 61 to 67, Article 1 of the Law amending and supplementing some provisions of the Law on Administrative Violations" after the phrase "the Law on Administrative Violations 2012" at Clause 1, Article 26.

c) Supplementing the phrase "and the Law amending and supplementing some provisions of the Law on Administrative Violations" after the phrase "the Law on Administrative Violations 2012" at Clause 2, Article 36.

d) Removing the phrase "with a value not exceeding the fine amount prescribed in Point b of this Clause" at Point c, Clause 1, Article 28.

3. Removing some words, phrases, supplementing phrases in Decree No. 98/2013/NĐ-CP dated August 28, 2013 of the Government on administrative penalties for violations in the insurance business and lottery business which has been amended and supplemented some provisions according to Decree No. 48/2018/NĐ-CP dated March 21, 2018 of the Government and Decree No. 80/2019/NĐ-CP dated November 1, 2019 of the Government as follows:

a) Supplementing the phrase "competent authority to issue administrative violation notices" after the phrase "competent authority to impose penalties" at Clause 1, Article 1.

b) Supplementing the phrase "issue administrative violation notices and" after the word "competent authority" in the titles of Section 7 and Section 8, Chapter II.

c) Removing the phrases "to be used for" and "used for" at Point b, Clause 2, Article 3; Point b, Clause 1, Point d, Clause 3, Article 33; Point a, Clause 6, Article 36; Point b, Clause 1, Point c, Clause 2, Point d, Clause 3, Article 52.

4. Removing, amending phrases in Decree No. 63/2019/NĐ-CP dated July 11, 2019 of the Government on administrative penalties for violations in the management and use of state assets; thrift and anti-waste; national reserves; state treasury as follows:

a) Removing the phrase "with a value not exceeding the fine amount prescribed in Point b of this Clause" at the end of Point c, Clause 1, Article 29.

b) Amending the phrase "Funds with origins from the State budget" to "State financial funds outside the State budget" at Article 32.

5. Removing phrases in Decree No. 41/2018/NĐ-CP dated March 12, 2018 of the Government on administrative penalties for violations in the accounting and independent auditing sectors as follows:

a) Removing the phrase "with a value not exceeding the fine amount prescribed in Point b of this Clause" at the end of Point c, Clause 2, Article 71.

b) Removing the phrase "for individuals" at Point b, Clause 3, Article 71.

Chapter II

IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS

Article 7. Transitional Provisions

1. For cases where decisions on administrative penalties have been issued before the effective date of this Decree but after the effective date of this Decree, if individuals or organizations subject to administrative penalties still file complaints, they shall be resolved according to the Decree on administrative penalties that was in effect at the time the administrative violation occurred.

2. For administrative violations in the fields of tax and invoices; customs; insurance business and lottery business; management and use of state assets; thrift and anti-waste; national reserves; state treasury; accounting and independent auditing occurring before the effective date of this Decree but discovered or under consideration for administrative penalty resolution thereafter, the provisions on administrative penalties stipulated in this Decree shall apply if this Decree does not provide for lighter legal liability for violators.

3. For applications for exemption from tax and invoice administrative fines received by tax authorities before the effective date of this Decree, Decree No. 125/2020/NĐ-CP dated October 19, 2020 of the Government on administrative penalties for violations related to tax and invoices shall be applied to resolve them according to regulations.

Article 8. Responsibilities for Implementation

Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of government-affiliated agencies, Chairpersons of all levels of People's Committees, and other relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals are responsible for implementing this Decree.

Article 9. Effective Date

This Decree takes effect from January 1, 2022.