Chương II Nghị định 94/2017/NĐ-CP về hàng hóa, dịch vụ, địa bàn thực hiện độc quyền nhà nước trong hoạt động thương mại: Thực hiện độc quyền nhà nước trong hoạt động thương mại

Chapter II

STATE MONOPOLY ON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

Article 4. Principles of state monopoly on commercial activities

1. The State only holds monopoly on essential goods and services that are related to national defense or security or national interests security or those that other economic sectors are not able or do not wish to provide.

2. A regulatory agency shall hold monopoly on commercial activities whether directly or by assigning another organization or individual. The assignment must be decided in writing by the head of a competent authority.

3. State monopoly on commercial activities shall be implemented under the supervision of regulatory agencies according to regulations.

4. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies and local authorities shall not regulate which activities, goods, services on which monopoly is held by the State and geographical areas thereof. The Minister of Defense and the Minister of Public Security shall provide guidance on goods/services serving national defense and security on which monopoly is held by the State and geographical areas thereof.

Article 5. List of commercial goods and services on which monopoly is held by the State and geographical areas thereof

1. The list of commercial goods and services on which monopoly is held by the State and geographical areas thereof (hereinafter referred to as “the List”) is promulgated together with this Decree.

2. The list comprises of goods and services on which monopoly is held by the State and the commercial activities corresponding to such goods and services.

Article 6. Revisions to the list

1. Revisions to the list shall be made in consideration of requests for State management proposed by ministries, ministerial-level agencies or provincial People's Committees or the written proposals expressing the desire and ability of enterprises of all economic sectors to participate in commercial activities related to goods and services on which monopoly is held by the State in the list.

2. Ministries and ministerial agencies shall review suggestions of enterprises of all economic sectors to evaluate capability of enterprises for satisfying the conditions for business investment, conditions for ensuring security, defense, national interests and other conditions as prescribed by relevant laws.

3. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall collect the proposals and cooperate with relevant ministries, ministerial agencies to review, evaluate such proposals and request the Government to consider revising the List.

4. The procedures for requesting and making revisions to the list shall comply with the law provisions on the elaboration of legal documents applied to amendment and supplementation of the Government's Decree.

Article 7. Responsibilities of entities directly holding state monopoly on commercial activities

Entities directly holding state monopoly on commercial activities have the following responsibilities:

1. Organizations, individuals and regulatory agencies exercising state monopoly on commercial activities shall be put under control by competent state agencies according to the provisions of the law on competition, law on price and other related regulations.

2. Regulatory agencies implementing national reserve activities shall comply with the law on national reserve.

3. The use of state capital by state-owned enterprises in the business of goods and services on the list must comply with the law on management and use of state capital.

Article 8. Responsibilities of regulatory agencies managing the entities directly holding state monopoly on commercial activities

Regulatory agencies managing the entities directly holding state monopoly on commercial activities shall examine and supervise commercial activities under state monopoly of such entities as follows:

1. Take responsibilities of an assigned state capital owner as specified in the Law on management and utilization of state capital invested in the enterprise’s manufacturing and business activities, Law on enterprises.

2. Provide supervision, examination and report of the implementation of strategies and plans; the objectives and tasks assigned to organizations and individuals according to the provisions of law.

3. Comply with the provisions in Clause 2, 3 and 4 Article 6 and Article 15 of the Law on competition.

4. Ministries, ministerial agencies and provincial People’s Committees shall review the list and send recommendation on the amendments of the list to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for compilation and reporting to the Government.