THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 88/2002/TT-BTC
Hanoi, October 02, 2002
 
CIRCULAR
PRESCRIBING THE REGIME OF COLLECTION, REMITTANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF USE OF NUMERAL CODE AND BAR CODE-GRANTING CHARGE
Pursuant to the National Assembly Standing Committee’s Charge and Fee Ordinance No.38/2001/PL-UBTVQH of August 28, 2001 and the Government’s Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002 detailing the implementation of the Charge and Fee Ordinance;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No.45/2002/QD-TTg of March 27, 2002 stipulating the contents of and agencies performing the State management over numeral codes and bar codes;
After getting opinions of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Finance hereby prescribes the regime of collection, remittance and management of use of numeral code and bar code-granting charge, as follows:
I. CHARGE PAYERS AND LEVELS
1.Vietnamese and foreign enterprises and organizations, when being granted by the agencies in charge of State management over numeral codes and bar codes or their authorized agencies the licenses to use numeral codes and bar codes, provided with use instructions and use maintenance of numeral codes and bar codes, shall have to pay the numeral code and bar code-granting charge according to the provisions of this Circular.
2. The numeral code and bar code-granting charge levels are specified as follows:
- Charge for numeral code and bar code granting and use instructions: VND 1,000,000/granting (VND one million/granting).
- Charge for numeral code and bar code use maintenance: VND 500,000/year (VND five hundred thousand/year).