Decree of the President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on Fees and Service Charges (No. 002/PP)
老挝人民民主共和国国家主席关于规费和服务费的法令（第002/ປປທ号）
ລັດຖະບັນຍັດ ຂອງປະທານປະເທດ ແຫ່ງ ສປປ ລາວ ວ່າດ້ວຍ ຄ່າທຳນຽມ ແລະ ຄ່າບໍລິການ (ສະບັບເລກທີ 002/ປປທ)
Summary
This Decree (President's Decree No. 002/ປປທ, dated June 17, 2021) stipulates principles, regulations, and measures for determining state fees and technical service fees, uniformly managing collection and fully remitting them to the state budget on schedule. Articles 1-13 are general provisions (definitions, principles, fee-setting authority, declaration, remittance, use, and management); Articles 14-53 provide detailed fee schedules for various sectors (planning and investment, finance, industry and commerce, agriculture and forestry, natural resources and environment, public works and transport, posts and telecommunications, education and sports, health, information, culture and tourism, labor and social welfare, justice, courts, interior, public security, foreign affairs, etc.), along with several exemption clauses; Articles 54-60 cover prohibitions, rewards and penalties, implementation, and effectiveness. see the respective article descriptions. This Decree replaces Decree No. 003/ປປທ (dated December 26, 2012).
Articles
Article 1
Purpose. This Decree stipulates the principles, regulations, and measures for determining state fees and technical service charges, aiming to centrally and uniformly manage the collection of fees and service charges, implement them uniformly nationwide, ensure the full and timely remittance of fees and service charges to the state budget, and contribute to the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the state budget plan.
Article 2
Fees and Service Charges. Fees refer to charges for state administrative authority, collected from individuals, legal entities, or organizations engaging in socio-economic activities through confirmation and/or permission by state agencies; Service charges refer to technical administrative costs, collected from individuals, legal entities, or organizations using services provided by state agencies for social purposes (not for profit), to subsidize state budget expenditures.
Article 3
Interpretation of Terms. The terms used in this Decree-Law have the following meanings: 1. "Declarant of fees and service charges" refers to individuals, legal persons, and state organizations that must declare fees and service charges to state authorities or legally responsible legal persons in order to obtain documents confirming the amount of fees and/or service charges payable to the state; 2. "Payer of fees and service charges" refers to individuals, legal persons, and state organizations that must pay fees and service charges to obtain certificates, permits, and services from state authorities; 3. "Fee collector" refers to organizations authorized and responsible for collecting fees; 4. "Service charge collector" refers to state authorities and/or legal persons assigned to collect service charges.
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