THE PRIME MINISTER
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No: 100/2009/QD-TTg
Hanoi, July 30, 2009
 
DECISION
PROMULGATING THE REGULATION ON OPERATION OF NON-TARIFF AREAS IN ECONOMIC ZONES AND BORDER-GATE ECONOMIC ZONES
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 29, 2005 Investment Law;
Pursuant to the November 29, 2005 Enterprise Law;
Pursuant to the June 14, 2005 Commercial Law;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 29/ 2008/ND-CP of March 14, 2008, providing for industrial parks, export-processing zones and economic zones;
At the proposal of the Minister of Industry and Trade,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To promulgate together with this Decision the Regulation on operation of non-tariff areas in economic zones and border-gate economic zones.
Article 2. This Decision takes effect on September 15, 2009.
Article 3. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees, heads of management boards of economic zones and border-gate economic zones, and relevant organizations and individuals shall implement this Decision.
 
 
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER


Hoang Trung Hai
 
REGULATION
ON OPERATION OF NON-TARIFF AREAS IN ECONOMIC ZONES AND BORDER-GATE ECONOMIC ZONES
(Promulgated together with the Prime Minister's Decision No. 100/2009/QD-TTgofJuly 30, 2009)
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation and subjects of application
1. This Regulation provides for activities carried out in non-tariff areas in economic zones and border-gate economic zones.
2. Subject to this Regulation are state management agencies and organizations and individuals involved in trade, investment, production and other business activities in non-tariff areas.
3. This Regulation does not apply to non-tariff areas which are export-processing zones, export-processing enterprises, tax suspension warehouses, bonded warehouses, Lao Bao special trade-economic zone and Cau Treo international border-gate economic zone.
Article 2. Interpretation of terms
In this Regulation, the terms below are construed as follows:
1. Non-tariff areas are geographical areas with identified boundaries which are separated from the outside territory by hard fences with entrance gates and doors so as to ensure the control of customs agencies and relevant functional agencies and have customs agencies to conduct supervision and examination of goods brought into and out of and vehicles moving into and out of the areas.
2. Non-tariff areas in economic zones and border-gate economic zones include tax suspension areas, special trade-economic areas, trade-industrial areas, free trade areas and areas bearing other names which are established under the Prime Minister's decisions and have their goods trading and exchange relations with the outside considered as import and export relations.