Pursuant to Decree on Petroleum Business no. 331/GoL, dated 27 October 2017. Operation of petroleum business consists of 04 types: Import and Export of Petroleum Company, Petroleum Company for domestic distribution, Gas station and Petrol business Service Company. The petrol business operator who violate this decree they will be fined as follow: 

A. To importer and exporter of petroleum

  1. To Import unqualified fuel as national standard that will be exported and get fined for 10% of found value of fuel.
  2. to supplies unqualified fuel as national standard that will be seized and fined to 50% of the proven fuel value.
  3. If importer supplies the fuel directly to gas station they will be fined 50% of the proven fuel value.
  4. Rejecting the supply of fuel to their domestic distributor company unreasonably they must be fined to five million (5,000,000) kip per time.
  5. To assign the right  to their network domestic distributor to import fuel will be get fined to 30% of the proven fuel value;
  6. Let another person to use their  business registration certificate  they will be fined to one hundred million (100,000) kip per time and also stop the that person’s movement;
  7. Importing fuel without the business license they will be fined 50% of the proven fuel value;
  8. Import and supply the petrol without hiring through the petrol depot they will get fine to 20% of proven fuel and refresh the procedure.
  9. import of fuels illegally as per the permitted amount they will be seized and fined 50% of the proven fuel value.
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B. to domestic distributor company

  1. import the fuel by themselves will be seized and be fined 50 of proven fuel value;
  2. to supply unqualified fuel as national standard will be seized and be fined 50 of proven fuel value;
  3. to reserve the fuel in the matter to prosperous the profit or create situation for a market that will be fined ten million (10.000.000) kip per time;
  4. supplying of the petrol to the gas station or representative gas station who are not their own network  they will be fined 50% of proven fuel value;
  5. reject to supply the fuel unreasonably to their network gas station or representative gas station they will be fined five million (5.000.000) kip per time;
  6. supply the petrol without hiring through the petrol depot they will be get fine to 20% of proven fuel and refresh the procedure.
  7. import of fuels without pay the obligation or not fulfilled commission they will be seized and fined 50% of the proven fuel value.
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C. petroleum business for gas station 

  1. Distribute the unqualified as national standard will be seized and fined to 20% of the proven fuel value.
  2. Fuel supply is insufficient to be fined two million  (2,000,000) kip per time
  3. To temporarily or permanently suspend gas station without notification to local authority such as District and Municipal and Municipal industry and commerce of three days prior they will be fined for five million (5,000,000) kip per time.
  4. The sale of fuel is different price other than the conducted price by Lao petroleum authority had defined, the gas station must be fined five million (5,000,000) kip per time;
  5. Buy and sell the fuel from  import or export of petroleum company and local distributor company  who is not their network they will be fined fifteen million (15,000,000) kip per time;
  6. Allow another person to apply a business registration certificate that will be fined thirty million (30,000,000) kip per time.
  7. Distribute the Fuel without business license that will be fined ten million (10,000,000) kip per time.
  8. There are own Vehicles to transporting oil by themselves that will be fined fifteen million (15,000,000) kip per time.
  9. Import the petrol by their own importation that will be fined 50% of proven fuel value;
  10. Distribute the fuel outside the system that will be seized and fined 50% of the proven fuel value.
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D. petroleum business operator 

  1. Give a service without signing a contract with any petroleum business operator that will be fined for fifteen million (15,000,000) kip per time;
  2. Fuel overloaded of transport vehicles capacity accords to relevant rules that will be fined for fifteen million (15,000,000) kip per time;
  3. Transit Fuel to other location without permit that will be fined for fifteen million (15,000,000) kip per time;
  4. Import the petrol with their own importation that will be fined 50% of proven fuel value;
  5. Allow another person to apply a business registration certificate that will be fined thirty million (30,000,000) kip per time.
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