This circular stipulates that Industrial Park Management Boards, Economic Zone Management Boards, and High-Tech Zone Management Boards shall not collect certification fees for notarization and authentication when confirming contracts and documents regarding real estate within their management areas. This is based on the recognition that land use activities in industrial parks, economic zones, and high-tech zones are not notarization or authentication activities.
Scope of application
Industrial Park Management Boards, Economic Zone Management Boards, High-Tech Zone Management Boards
Key points
- Industrial Park Management Boards, Economic Zone Management Boards, High-Tech Zone Management Boards → shall not collect certification fees for notarization and authentication when confirming contracts and documents regarding real estate within their management areas.
🌐 Social impact of this document
- Enterprises operating in industrial parks, economic zones, and high-tech zones will not have to pay certification fees for notarization and authentication when confirming contracts and documents regarding real estate, thereby reducing costs and increasing flexibility in asset management.
- However, this may reduce revenue for the state budget from certification fees for notarization and authentication.
❓ Frequently asked questions
Can the Industrial Park Management Board collect certification fees for notarization when confirming purchase and sale contracts for real estate?
No, according to the provisions of this circular, the Industrial Park Management Board shall not collect certification fees for notarization when confirming contracts and documents regarding real estate.
Must enterprises operating in industrial parks pay certification fees for notarization to other certification authorities?
Enterprises must still comply with the legal regulations on certification fees for notarization when transacting with parties outside the management area of the Industrial Park Management Board.
Can the High-Tech Zone Management Board collect certification fees for authentication of documents?
No, according to the provisions of this circular, the High-Tech Zone Management Board also shall not collect certification fees for authentication when confirming contracts and documents regarding real estate.
How does this affect the interests of enterprises?
Enterprises will save on certification fees for notarization and authentication, thereby reducing financial burdens during the process of managing and using assets.
Can the Economic Zone Management Board collect certification fees for notarization for other activities?
This circular only stipulates the prohibition on collecting certification fees for notarization and authentication when confirming contracts and documents regarding real estate. Other activities of the Economic Zone Management Board still comply with current regulations.
Full text
LETTER
OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE NO. 15183/BTC-CST DATED DECEMBER 1, 2006
REGARDING THE NON-COLLECTION OF NOTARIZATION AND CERTIFICATION FEES
WHEN CONFIRMING CONTRACTS AND DOCUMENTS ON REAL ESTATE
OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARDS OF INDUSTRIAL ZONES, ECONOMIC ZONES, HIGH-TECH ZONES
Unit: Equivalent USD- Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies;
- People's Committees of provinces and centrally governed cities.
Implementing Decree No. 17/2006/NĐ-CP dated January 27, 2006 of the Government on amending and supplementing certain articles of decrees guiding the implementation of the Land Law and Decree No. 187/2004/NĐ-CP on the conversion of state-owned enterprises into joint-stock companies, the Ministry of Finance has received proposals from some Management Boards of industrial zones, economic zones, and high-tech zones requesting permission to collect notarization and certification fees when confirming contracts and documents on real estate within industrial zones, economic zones, and high-tech zones according to Circular Joint No. 93/2001/TTLT-BTC-BTP dated November 21, 2001 of the Joint Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Justice guiding the collection, payment, and management of notarization and certification fees.
Pursuant to Decree No. 17/2006/NĐ-CP dated January 27, 2006 of the Government on amending and supplementing certain articles of decrees guiding the implementation of the Land Law and Decree No. 187/2004/NĐ-CP on the conversion of state-owned enterprises into joint-stock companies; Decree No. 57/2002/NĐ-CP dated June 3, 2002 of the Government detailing the implementation of the Law on Fees and Charges; Decree No. 24/2006/NĐ-CP dated March 6, 2006 of the Government amending and supplementing certain articles of Decree No. 57/2002/NĐ-CP; Decree No. 75/2000/NĐ-CP dated December 8, 2000 of the Government on notarization and certification; and the opinion of the Ministry of Justice in Letter No. 2853/BTP-HCTP dated November 9, 2006: "The act of confirmation by the Management Boards of industrial zones, economic zones, and high-tech zones for contracts or papers when using land to implement rights of transfer, lease, sublease, mortgage, guarantee, and capital contribution with land use rights within industrial zones, economic zones, and high-tech zones as stipulated in Decree No. 17/2006/NĐ-CP dated January 27, 2006 of the Government on amending and supplementing certain articles of decrees guiding the implementation of the Land Law and Decree No. 187/2004/NĐ-CP on the conversion of state-owned enterprises into joint-stock companies is not an activity of notarization and certification." Therefore, the Management Boards of industrial zones, economic zones, and high-tech zones shall not collect notarization and certification fees when confirming contracts and documents on real estate within industrial zones, economic zones, and high-tech zones according to Circular Joint No. 93/2001/TTLT-BTC-BTP.
The Ministry of Finance hereby informs relevant agencies for their knowledge and implementation.
DEPUTY MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
Truong Chi Trung
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