Chương I Nghị định 86/2014/NĐ-CP: Quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL REGULATION

Article 1. Scope

This Decree provides for the business and conditions for transportation business and the issue of transport business Permit by auto.

Article 2. Subjects of application

This Decree applies to business organizations and individuals or involved in transport business by auto.

Article 3. Explanation of terms

The words below are construed as follows:

1. Transport business by auto is the use of auto to transport goods or passengers on road for profits; includes transport business with direct and indirect money collection.

2. Money collection transport business with direct money collection is the transport business by auto, in which the transport business units provide the transport services and collect freight directly from customers.

3. Transport business without direct money collection is the transport business by auto, in which the transport business units perform the transport phase and perform at least another phase in the process from production to consumption of products or services and collect freight through revenues from such products or services.

4. Transport business units are enterprises, cooperatives and business households involved in transport business by auto.

5. Fixed route is the passenger transport route approved and announced by the competent authorities and is defined by itinerary, station of departure and destination (beginning point and end point for buses) in accordance with the approved route network planning.

6. Internal people transport is the transport activities in which the units use type of auto from 09 seats or more to periodically transport their officials, public servants, officers, employees and students from their living place to working or studying place or vice versa.

7. Passenger transit transport is the transport activities held by enterprises and cooperatives doing business of passenger transport along fixed routes to pick up passengers to stations, pick-up and drop-off place along the routes or vice versa.

8. Auto design payload is the maximum number of people and goods quantity that such auto can carry as prescribed by the producer.

9. Auto permitted payload is the number of people and goods quantity that such auto is permitted to carry, but not exceeding the design payload of the vehicle when operating on road as prescribed by the Ministry of Transport.

10. Transport operator is the legal representative of the transport business unit or is the person assigned tasks in writing by the legal representative of the transport business unit to directly be in charge of transport activities.

11. Passenger auto station (passenger transport station) is the works of road traffic infrastructure performing the services for passenger pickup and drop-off auto and other services of passenger support services.

12. Goods auto station (goods bus station) is the works of road traffic infrastructure performing the services for goods transport auto to load and unload goods and other services supporting of goods transport activities as prescribed.

13. Rest stop is the works of infrastructure of road traffic performing the function of serving the people and vehicles upon stop and rest during circulation on road.