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Title: Executive Decree of The President of The Lao People’s Democratic Republic on Fees and Services Charges(Amended 2012) No. 003/PS , dated 26 December 2012
Type: Ordinance
Responsible Agency: Ministry of Finance
Issuing Date: 2017-05-02
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Content

Part I

General Provisions

Article 1. Objective

Article 2. Fees and Services Charges

Article 3. Principles in the Determination of Fees and Services Charges

Article 4. Scope of Applicability

Part II

Fees, Service Charges and Exemption

Chapter I

Finance Sector

Fees

Article 5. Fees for Issuing a License for Specific Invoice Use

Article 6. Documents Registration Fees

Article 7. Duty Stamp

Article 8. Fees on the Issuance of Business license for Accounting Consultancy and Independent Audit, a License for the Use of Set of Orders from Computerized Accounting System.

Article 9. Service Charge of Finance Sectors shall be collected according to each work descriptions as following:

Article 10. Documents with Non-Stamp and non-Registration Fee.

Chapter II

Industrial and Commerce Sector

Article 11. Fees for the Issuance of Enterprise Registration Certificate

Article 12. Fees for the Issuance of Business Operations License on Factory

Article 13. Fee on the issuance of Certificate of Origin

Article 14. The issuance of Business Operation License for Timber Exploitation

Article 15. The issuance of License on timber and plant trading according to CITES

Article 16. The issuance of License on moving and passing of timber and wooden products

Article 17. Service charge for technique of Industry and Commerce Sector shall be collected as follows:

Chapter III

Energy and Mines Sector

Fees

Article 18. Fees on Geology and Mines

Article 19. Fees on Electricity

Article 20. Service charge for Energy and Mining Sector

Chapter IV

Public Works and Transportation Sector

Fees

Article 21. Fees on Transportation

Article 22. Air Transportation Fee

Article 23. Fee for Housing and Urban Plan

Article 24. Service charge on Public work and transportation sector

Article 25. Fee Exception for bridge passing

Article 26. Fee exception for air transportation

Chapter V

Post and Telecommunication Sector

Fees

Article 27. Postal Fee

Article 28. License Fee for Telecommunication

Article 29. Service charge for Postal and telecommunication Sector

Article 30. Fee and Service Charge exception on Telecommunication

Chapter VI

Foreign Affairs Sector

Fees

Article 31. Fees on documentation Issuance of Foreign Affairs

Article 32. Fee on issuance of Passport and Enter-Exit Visa

Article 33. Fees on the Entry Visa into the Lao PDR of Foreigners

Article 34. Service Charge on issuance of foreign affairs documentation

Article 35: Exemption of Consular Fee

Chapter VII

Public Security Sector

Fees

Article 36. Fees on Population Administration

Article 37. Fee on Immigration Control

Article 38. Fee on Making Cars’ Plate

Article 39. Service Charge of Security Sector shall be collected as follows:

Chapter VIII

Agricultural and Forestry Sector

Fees

Article 40. Fee for Issuance of License to Operate Business on Fishery, Aquatic and Wild Animals

Article 41. Fees on the Issuance of License for Business Operation in the Field of Forestry, Irrigation and Agriculture.

Article 42. Service Charges of the Agriculture and Forestry Sector

Article 43. Fees Exemption for Animal Raising and Fishery

Article 44. Fees Exemption for the Registration of Water Motor Pump

Article 45. Fees on Food and Drugs

Article 46. Fees on Treatment

Article 47. Treatment Service Rate

Chapter XI

Information, Culture and Tourism Sector

Fee

Chapter X

Education Sector

Article 48. Fees of State’s Sector

Article 49. Fee of Private Educational Institution

Article 50. Service Charges of Educational Sector

Article 51. Fees on Publishing and Library

Article 52. Fee on the Issuance of Authorization to Establish Entertainment Hall, Karaoke, Games Club, Importation of Equipment and other Games Instruments

Article 53. Fee on the Issuance of Authorization on Goods Advertising and Sign Services

Article 54. Fee on Issuance of Authorization for Museum and Antique

Article 55. Fee on Media Products

Article 56. Fee on Cinematography

Article 57. Fee on the Issuance of Authorization on Art Performance

Article 58. Fee for Issuance of License for Tourism Business Operation

Article 59. Fee for Issuance of License for Operation of Hotel-Resort Business

Article 60. Fee for Issuance of Business Operation License for Guesthouse, Room

Article 61. Fee for Issuance of Business Operation License for Restaurant and Food Garden

Article 62. Fee for Issuance of License for Concession of Tourism Site

Article 63. Fee for Issuance of Business Operation License for Tourism Sector

Article 64. Fee for Issuance of Certificate of Tourist Guide

Article 65. Service Charge for the Information, Culture and Tourism

Article 66. Fee Exemption for Department of Publication

Article 67. Fee exemption for mass-media section

Article 68. Fee Exemption for Museum and Antique

Chapter XII

National Science and Technology Sector

Fee

Article 69. Fee on Registration of Devices and Maintenance of Patent Term

Article 70. Fee on Registration of Invention and the Maintenance of Patent Term

Article 71. Fee on the Registration of Industrial Design

Article 72. Fee on the Registration of the Trademark

Article 73. Fee on the Registration in the measurement Field

Article 74. Service Charge for the Sciences and Technology Sectors

Article 75. Fee on Forest Resources

Article 76. Fee on Geology and Mineral Field

Article 77. Fee on Environment

Article 78. Fee on Land Registration and land document registration

Article 79. Fee for Registration of Legal Document related to Land Use Right

Article 80. Fee for Issuance of a License for State Land Lease or Concession

Article 81. Fee for Land Conversion from one to another category

Article 82. Fee for Conversion of Natural Forest Land into other Category of Land

Article 83. Service Charge of National Resources and Environment Sector

Chapter XIV

Labor and Social Welfare Sector

Article 84. Fee on the Authorization to Issue to Foreign Labor Working in the Lao PDR and for Lao Labour Working in Foreign Countries

Article 85. Fee on Establishment of Employment Service’s Enterprise

Article 86. Fee for Authorizing the Use of Internal Regulation of the Labor Unit

Article 87. Service Charge of the Labor and Social Welfare Sector

Chapter XV

Justice Sector

Fee

Article 88. Fee on Economic Dispute Resolution

Article 89. Fee on the Certification of Documents

Article 90. Fee on the Application to Relinquish Lao Nationality, Request for Acquisition of Lao Nationality, Re-acquisition of Lao Nationality, Demanding a Child to be an Adoptive Son/Daughter, Authorization to be a full lawyer, the establishment of a law firm and the registration of family.

Article 91. Fee for Authorization to be a Lawyer, a Law Firm, a Private or Ad-hoc Economic Dispute Resolution Authority, and the Issuance of Authorization to be a Mediator, Arbitrator

Article 92. Service Charge for Documents shall be collected as follows:

Chapter XVI

People’s Court Sector

Article 93. Court Fee

Article 94. People’s Court Sector

Chapter XVII

Planning and Investment Sector

Service Charge

Article 95. Service Charge of Planning and Investment Sector

Chapter XVIII

Internal Sector

Fees

Article 96. Fee

Article 97. Service Charge

Article 98. Fees Exemption on Geographical Survey’s Instruments

Article 99. Fees Exemption on the Registration of Machinery for Irrigation Construction

Article 100. Fees Exemption on the Registration of Machinery, Geological and Minerals Survey’s Instruments

Chapter XIX

Vientiane Urban Development and Administration of Authority

(VUDAA)

Service Charge

Article 101. Service Charge on Urban Development Authority

Part III

Administration of Fees and Academic Service Charges

Article 102. Administration of the Revenue from the [Collection] of Fees and Academic Service Charges

Article 103. Conditions to Use the Revenue from the Academic Service Charges

Article 104. Preparation of Plan, Summary, Monitoring and Control

Article 105. Prohibition in Fixing the Collection of Fees and Service Charges

Part IV

Policy towards Persons with Good Performance and Measures against Violators

Article 106. Policy toward Persons with Good Performance

Article 107. Fine’s Measures against the Administrator of Fees and Service Charges Collection

Article 108. Fine against Violators who Fail to Pay Fees and Service Charges

Part V

Final Provision

Article 109 Implementation

Article 110. Effectiveness

Unofficial Translation

LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity

No. 003/PS

Vientiane, Dated 26 December 2012

Executive Decree

The President

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Fees and Services Charges

(Amended 2012)

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Based on the Constitution of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Chapter VI, Article 67, Clause 2;
Based on Tax Law No.05/NA dated 20 December 2011
Referencing to the proposal letter of the National Assembly Standing Committee No. 010/NASC dated 24 July 2012.

The President

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic issues an Executive Decree:

Part I

General Provisions

Article 1. Objective

This Executive Decree determines principles, rules, measures on the determination of fees and academic services charges of different sectors of the State in order to manage income of fees and services charges centrally and implement in uniformity throughout the country, to ensure that the income be completely remitted on time into the national treasury, contributed to implement the socio-economic and the national budget plan to reach the objective as determined.

Article 2. Fees and Services Charges

Fees are the collection of an administrative management fees from individuals, legal entities or other organizations that operate on socio-economic activities through different sectors of the State under the form of issuance of certificates and other licenses.

Service charges are the collection of the academic services charges from different sectors of the State in activities to serve the society without hoping to gain profit, and in order to support the State’s budget expenditure.

Article 3. Principles in the Determination of Fees and Services Charges

Principles to determine fees must be the same rate throughout the country with a reasonable level in consistency with the level of the socio-economic growth from time to time.

Principles to determine the services charges are based on the capacity of providing services by the State in each sector.

Article 4. Scope of Applicability

Fees and services charges as provided in this Executive Decree are entered into force in uniformity within the territory of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Part II

Fees, Service Charges and Exemption

Chapter I

Finance Sector

Fees

Article 5. Fees for Issuing a License for Specific Invoice Use

The fees for issuing a license for specific invoice use is 30,000 kip/time.

Article 6. Documents Registration Fees

Documents which must be brought to register at the finance sector must be correct according to the law, documents involved between the State and individuals concerning the use of the State budget, grant aid, internal and foreign loan and be collected at a flat rate of 40.000 kips for each copy at once according to the following items:

Inheritance succession’s ownership assignment letter (movable assets);
Postponement of debt performance or continuation of security (movable assets);
Other documents that are not necessary to register but the interested person had brought to apply to register (movable assets);
Minute on the division of capital of the company which were dissolved and offered to the shareholders;
Minute of the division of assets between the persons who have the co-ownership;
Purchase-sale agreement of animals or all kinds of agricultural production.
The Company’s Articles of Association;
Promissory Note;
Pledge Agreement;
Amendment of Agreement;
Power of Authorization for undertaking activities on one’s behalf;
Guarantee by Moveable Asset;
Letter of Agreement for division of matrimonial property

The absolute registration fee based on the value of the property shall be collected as follows:

Lease agreement and sub-lease agreement of movable and immovable assets:

Value of the Agreement	Lease	Sub-Lease
200,000 kips to 2,000,000 kips	40,000 kips	20,000 kips
> 2,000,000 kips to 10,000,000 kips	50,000 kips	40,000 kips
> 10,000,000 kips to 50,000,000 kips	100,000 kips	60,000 kips
> 50,000,000 kips to 100,000,000 kips	200,000 kips	80,000 kips
> 100,000,000 kips to 250,000,000 kips	300,000 kips	100,000 kips
> 250,000,000 kips to 500,000,000 kips	400,000 kips	120,000 kips
> 500,000,000 kips and over	500,000 kips	150,000 kips

Natural Resources Concession Agreement

Value of the Agreement	Exploration	Activities Operation
From 400,000,000 kips and below	600,000 kips	1,000,000 kips
More than 400,000,000 kips to 2,000,000,000 kips	3,000,000 kips	5,000,000 kips
More than 2,000,000,000 kips to 10,000,000,000 kips	15.000.000 kips	25.000.000 kips
More than 10.000.000.001 kips and over	30,000,000 kips	50,000,000 kips

Transfer of Ownership

No	Description	Rate
1	Agreement on Sale-Purchase of vehicles (per unit), all types of equipment and other types of machinery newly imported with high value	Kip
	From 5.000.000 kips and below	25.000
	More than 5.000.000 kips to 10.000.000 kips	50.000
	More than 10.000.000 kips to 50.000.000 kips	250.000
	More than 50.000.000 kips to 100.000.000 kips	500.000
	More than 100.000.000 kips to 300.000.000 kips	1.000.000
	More than 300.000.000 kips and over	2.000.000
2	Agreement on Sale-Purchase of vehicles (per unit), all types of equipment and other types of machinery that are used in the Lao PDR, the sale-purchase of processed wood, semi-finished and finished wood products exported to abroad, purchase-sale of logs, branches and stumps (tree roots) for export, agreement on sale-purchase of wood for processing and for domestic consumption, with the value:
	From 5.000.000 kips and below	50.000
	More than 5.000.000 kips to 10.000.000 kips	100.000
	More than 10.000.000 kips to 50.000.000 kips	500.000
	More than 50.000.000 kips to 100.000.000 kips	1.000.000
	More than 100.000.000 kips to 300.000.000 kips	2.000.000
	More than 300.000.000 and over	3.000.000

Agreement on Assets Transfer into an Enterprise’s Capital

Those are vehicle, machinery, cash or kind and equipment which are not land	Rate (kip)
- From 10.000.000 kips and below	20.000
- More than 10.000.000 kips to 50.000.000 kips	40.000
- More than 50.000.000 kips to 100.000.000 kips	80.000
- More than 100.000.000 kips and over	120.000

Joint Venture Agreement for Other Types of Business Operation
- Value from 400.000.000 kips and below, the fee to be paid is 200.000 kips
- Value 400.000.000 kips and over, the fee to be paid is 500.000 kips
Other Types of Agreements

Description	From 10 million kips and below	More than 10- 50 million kips	More than 50-100 million kips	More than 100 million kips and over
Agreement on Borrowing of Money or assets	10.000	20.000	50.000	100.000
Transfer of debts undertaking	20.000	50.000	100.000	200.000
Agreement on Assignment or Transfer of Business related to trade, production, services and sale of shares	15.000	25.000	50.000	100.000
Insurances Contract	10.000	20.000	25.000	50.000
Securities Agreement (movable assets) or individual	5.000	10.000	15.000	20.000
Agreement on Conducting Survey and Design	5.000	10.000	15.000	20.000

Agreement on construction, repair, design, constructions supervision, vehicle repair and other services

Project’s Value	Kip/Time
From 500.000 kips and below	20.000
More than 500.000 kips to 5.000.000 kips	25.000
More than 5.000.000 kips to 25.000.000 kips	30.000
More than 25.000.000 kips to 50.000.000.000 kips	50.000
More than 50.000.000 kips to 100.000.000 kips	100.000
More than 100.000.000 kips to 250.000.000 kips	250.000
More than 250.000.000 kips to 500.000.000 kips	500.000
More than 500.000.000 kips to 1.000.000.000 kips	1.000.000
More than 1.000.000.000 kips to 3.000.000.000 kips	2.000.000
More than 3.000.000.000 kips to 5.000.000.000 kips	4.000.000
More than 5.000.000.000 kips to 10.000.000.000 kips	7.000.000
More than 10.000.000.000 kips to 25.000.000.000 kips	17.750.000
More than 25.000.000.000 kips to 50.000.000.000 kips	37.500.000
More than 50.000.000.000 kip to 100.000.000.000 kips	75.000.000
More than 100.000.000.000 kips to 150.000.000.000 kips	100.000.000
More than 150.000.000.000 kips and over	125.000.000

Article 7. Duty Stamp

The rate for affixing duty stamp

No.	Contents	Kip
1	Application form, request form, duplication, certificate, birth certificate, marriage certificate, authorization, memorandum, family registry book, inheritance certificate, property assignment certificate, all non-engine vehicles, copy of court’s judgment that are assigned to the parties, certificate or other authorization regarding domestic animals that are already registered	2.000
2	Sale-purchase document, tax payment declaration, tax remittance order of enterprises, export-import tax declaration, tax payment declaration monitoring book, Articles of Association of enterprise or company, the power of attorney to be its representative for one time or several times	4.000
3	Multilateral agreement signed within the country, a certificate of assignment of moveable property (all categories of machinery vehicle)	6.000
4	Multilateral agreements signed in the Lao PDR with foreign countries, sale- purchase-sale document, inheritance certificate, assignment of fixed assets certificate (land, building and other building structures), shares certificates, memo on profit sharing to shareholders	10.000
5	Certificate on ownership over land and house	15.000
6	Bill of divorce	20.000

In case that the document is circulated through many levels, stamp shall be affixed only at the first stage.

Article 8. Fees on the Issuance of Business license for Accounting Consultancy and Independent Audit, a License for the Use of Set of Orders from Computerized Accounting System.

No	Description	Rate/Kip
1	the Issuance of business license on accounting consultancy and independent audit, one time collection for the whole duration of business operation	500.000
2	The issuance of a license on using set of orders from a computerized accounting system, one time collection for the whole duration of the business operation	500.000

Service Charge

Article 9. Service Charge of Finance Sectors shall be collected according to each work descriptions as following:

Service charge (account transfer, Visa Cheque), shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Rate/kip
1	Transferring (except fuel, electric, faucet water, telephone)	2.000/time
2	Visa cheque	2.000/time
3	Books selling at a fixed price summary, annual Government’s budgetpractice (Official Gazette)	150.000/book

Service charge on accounting work

No	Description	Rate/kip
1	Research and follow up the issuance of business operation license in the field of accounting and independent audit	200.000/set
2	Service charge for a research and follow up the issuance of a license for the use of computerized accounting order	300.000/set
3	Service charge for a research and consultancy on accounting procedures	100.000/set

Service charge for documentation, standard forms related to taxation tasks

No	Description	Rate/kip
1	Service charge for certifying tax payer ID	40.000 kip/time
2	Tax payment follow up book	15.000 kip/an item
3	Certificate (tax payment)	30.000 kip/set
4	Service charge for reviewing documents and drafting agreements	30.000 kip/time
5	Issuance of document seeking exemption/reduction of various types of tax	50.000 kip/time
6	Document certifying various business operations	60.000 kip/time
7	Written legislative and tax clarification toward private consultancy company	50.000 kip/time

Service charge for standard forms and Duty stamp

No	Lists
1	Tax payment certificate for a whole car, CBU (bor-9)	3.000 kip/an item
2	Tax payment declaration in details (large sheet)	1.000 kip/an item
3	Tax declaration sheet in details (Annex)	500 kip/an item
4	Tin pressing fee	4.000/an item
5	Paid duty stamp (large size)	600 kip/an item
6	Paid duty stamp (medium, small size)	500 kip/an item
7	Stamp for duty-free alcohol, stamp sticking to import tobacco	1.500 kip/an item
8	Custom payment certificate for car produced and assembled in the IKD system	3.000 kip/an item
9	Custom declaration of import vehicle for tourism (Bor 53)	3.000 kip/an item
10	Small custom payment declaration (Bor 44)	3.000 kip/an item
11	Service charge for the management system of custom declaration data (Asikuda)	100.000 kip/time
12	Service charge for international cross-border documentation for truck carrying petrol	350.000 kip/batch
13	Service charge for international cross-border documentation for truck carrying chemical substance	200.000 kip/batch
14	Service charge for goods inspection through scanner	350.000 kip/batch

Service charge for standard forms in the management of state’s and state enterprise’s property shall be collected as following:

No	Description
1	Make inventory of all types of vehicles, service charge for the renewal and change of vehicle registration, request for cancellation of license plate for all types of vehicle, for moving of all types of vehicle, conclude sale-purchase agreement for all types of vehicles	20.000/vehicle
2	Service charge for parcel registration	20.000/set
3	Service charge for standard forms	10.000/set

Article 10. Documents with Non-Stamp and non-Registration Fee.

Document with non-stamp fixing
- Request form involving different levels of state organizations, mass organizations, social organizations, religious organizations;
- Loan agreement signed between the Government of the Lao PDR and foreign government, financial institutions and banks;
- Bilateral and multi-lateral Cooperation Agreement signed between the Government of the Lao PDR and foreign governments;
- Goods and service supply document for state administrative sector, mass organization, international organization, religious organizations and foreign embassies or international organizations in the Lao PDR;
- Government share certificate, examination certificate.
Document with fee exemption for document registration
- All types of ownership transferring document to government, embassies or International organizations in the Lao PDR when there is mutual agreement on fee exemption for document registration (based on the consent of the Finance Minister);
- Aids contract, Loan agreement between Lao government and foreign countries or International Organizations, agreement on purchase of private land-house to become the state’s ownership, exemption shall be made to documents for which registered fees are paid by the state.

Chapter II

Industrial and Commerce Sector

Article 11. Fees for the Issuance of Enterprise Registration Certificate

All business entities of individuals or juristic persons which conduct business in every sector must register their enterprises at the industry and commerce sector where one’s operate the activities according to the Enterprise Law and pay fees for the issuance of domestic and foreign enterprise registration certificate with the rate as prescribed for in below tables.

No	Registered Capital of the Enterprise	Kip
1	1.000.000 kip and below	Not specify
2	More than 1.000.000 kips to 10.000.000 kips	20.000
3	More than 10.000.000 kips to 20.000.000 kips	50.000
4	More than 20.000.000 kips to 50.000.000 kips	100.000
5	More than 50.000.000 kips to 100.000.000 kips	300.000
6	More than 100.000.000 kips to 400.000.000 kips	500.000
7	More than 400.000.000 kips to 1.000.000.000 kip	1.000.000
8	More than 1.000.000.00 kips to 10.000.000.000 kips	2.000.000
9	More than 10.000.000.000 kips to 20.000.000.000 kips	3.000.000
10	More than 20.000.000.000 kips and over	5.000.000

The fee on the issuance of enterprise registration certificate is paid one time for the whole duration of business operation in accordance with regulations.

Article 12. Fees for the Issuance of Business Operations License on Factory

The fee for the issuance of business operations license on factory is to perform in accordance with the Law on Industrial Processing and shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Kip
1	To use laborer from 10-25 persons or use machinery less than 5 horsepowers	15.000
2	To use laborer from 26 persons and over or use machinery less than 5 horsepowers	25.000
3	To use machinery from 5 horsepowers but not reach 10 horsepowers	20.000
4	To use machinery from 10 horsepowers but not reach 20 horsepowers	30.000
5	To use machinery from 20 horsepowers but not reach 50 horsepowers	50.000
6	To use machinery from 50 horsepowers but not reach 100 horsepowers	100.000
7	To use machinery from 100 horsepowers but not reach 200 horsepowers	150.000
8	To use machinery from 200 horsepowers but not reach 300 horsepowers	200.000
9	To use machinery from 300 horsepowers but not reach 400 horsepowers	250.000
10	To use machinery from 400 horsepowers but not reach 600 horsepowers	350.000
11	To use machinery from 600 horsepowers but not reach 800 horsepowers	500.000
12	To use machinery from 800 horsepowers but not reach 1,000 horsepowers	750.000
13	To use machinery from 1,000 horsepowers but not reach 2,000 horsepowers	1.000.000
14	To use machinery from 2,000 horsepowers but not reach 3,000 horsepowers	1.250.000
15	To use machinery from 3,000 horsepowers but not reach 4,000 horsepowers	1.500.000
16	To use machinery from 4,000 horsepowers but not reach 5,000 horsepowers	1.750.000
17	To use machinery from 5,000 horsepowers and over	2.000.000

Each category of business operation license on factory as above specified has a term from 3-5 years based on the category and size of the factory and can be extended;
For the small familial factory issuance license’s fee that has a labor force less than 10 persons or using mechanized force less than 5 horsepower is 10.000 kips and has a term validity for 1 year and can be extended;
Rate of fee to extend the business operation license on factory, authorization to extend the activities on factory and the move of factory shall be paid as the same rate as the business operation license fee on factory;
The business operation license fee on factory in case that the authorization is lost, dirty or destroyed (for newly replace license) is to collect 30.000 kips for a copy.

Article 13. Fee on the issuance of Certificate of Origin

The Certificate of Origin shall be collected based on the exported value in the quotation as following:

Issuance of certificate of origin for goods produced in the country: wood products, rattan, bamboo, agricultural items, coffee, forest derived products, minerals and garment, clothes, embroidered carpet that are produced by modern machinery and others in relation to the exported value as following:

No	Exported Value in US Dollars	Kip
1	From 10.000 and below	40.000
2	More than 10.000 to 30.000	60.000
3	More than 30.000 to 60.000	80.000
4	More than 60.000 and over	100.000

Article 14. The issuance of Business Operation License for Timber Exploitation

Shall be collected according to its registered capital as following:

No	Registered Capital	Kip/time
1	From 400.000.000 kip to 1.500.000.000 kip	1.000.000
2	More than 1.500.000.000 kip to 2.500.000.000 kip	1.500.000
3	More than 2.500.000.000 kip and over	2.000.000

Article 15. The issuance of License on timber and plant trading according to CITES

No	Lists	Kip
1	For timber	-
	From 10.000.000 kips and below	100.000
	More than 10.000.000 kips to 50.000.000 kips	200.000
	More than 50.000.000 kips to 100.000.000 kips	500.000
	More than 100.000.000 and over	1.000.0000
2	For plants	50.000

Article 16. The issuance of License on moving and passing of timber and wooden products

No	Lists	Kip/set
1	License on moving of timber	30.000
2	License on passing	100.000

Service Charge

Article 17. Service charge for technique of Industry and Commerce Sector shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	cost
A.	License on car importing
1	fee for car importing license	10.000 kip/set
2	fee for temporary car importing license	10.000 kip/set
3	fee for car spare parts importing license	10.000 kip/set
B.	Documents for Enterprise Registration
1	Proposal for subscription of enterprise’s name	10.000 kip/set
2	Incorporation Contract	10.000 kip/set
3	Application form for declaration of sole-trader enterprise registration	30.000 kip/set
4	Application form for declaration of partnership enterprise registration declaration (state company and mixed company)	70.000 kip/set
5	Fee for photocopy of Enterprise Registration declaration document	2.000 kip/set
C.	Certificate of Origin	10.000 kip/set
D.	Fee for certificate on importation of machine, raw materials, semi-finished products other spare parts for installing, producing, assembling or processing in factory	40.000 kip/set
1	License on fuel importation	10.000 kip/set
2	License on gas importation	10.000 kip/set

Chapter III

Energy and Mines Sector

Fees

Article 18. Fees on Geology and Mines

Issuance of License on prospection, exploration and exploitation of mines shall be collected in one rate of 300.000 kip for an item for the whole duration of business operations.

Article 19. Fees on Electricity

Fee for Issuance of business operation license in the general electricity, without a concession agreement shall be collected once for the whole duration of business operation according to the amount of registered capital as following:

No	Description	Issuance of License (Kip)	Extension of License (Kip)
1	Value from 100.000.000 kips to 400.000.000 kip	300.000/sheet	150.000/sheet
2	More than 400.000.000 kips to 1.000.000.000 kips	600.000/sheet	300.000/sheet
3	More than 1.000.000.000 kips and over	1.500.000/sheet	750.000/sheet

Fee for the issuance of license to conduct business on electricity which produces electric power, is the project that concludes the concession agreement with the government shall be collected only once throughout the term of the concession agreement as follows: one million kip/year multiplied by number of concession year.
Fee for the issuance of business operation license to conduct electric power generation business, which is the renewable energy project that has the installation force under 15 MW shall be collected at once as follows: 100,000 kips/year multiplied by number of year of project term.
Fee for the issuance of certificate on completion of electricity project construction shall be collected according to the electricity installation force as following:

No	Electricity Installation Force (MW)	Fee rate for 1 sheet (kip)
1	From 1 MW and below	No fee collected
2	Bigger than 1 to 15 MW	5.000.000
3	Bigger than 15 to 100 MW	15.000.000
4	Bigger than 100 to 500 MW	20.000.000
5	Bigger than 500 MW and over	25.000.000

Fee for issuance of certificate on economic feasibility studies of electricity project shall be collected according to electricity Installation capacity (MW) and electricity generation capacity (GWh) of the project as:

Certificate on medium level: 7.200 kip x GWh + 32.000 kip x MW;
Certificate on final level: 8.500 kip x GWh + 36.000 kip x MW;
Certificate on completion of project construction:

10.000 kip x GWh + 40.000 kip x MW

Fee rate in A, B and C shall be collected according to the actual calculation but shall not be less than 3.000.000 kip and the highest shall not be more than 100 million kip for a project.

Fee for checking the design of transmission line and power station shall be collected as following:

No	Description	Collection Rate/Kip
1	Small-scale transmission line and power station project	4.000.000
2	Medium-scale transmission line and power station project	6.000.000
3	Large-scale transmission line and power station project	8.000.000

Distribution Part and Electricity Consumer:

No	Description	Collection Rate/Kip
1	Small project	2.000.000
2	Medium project	3.000.000
3	Large project	6.000.000

Fee for issuance and extension of business operation license for electricity business shall be collected according to registered capital as following:

No	Value of Registered Capital	Fee collection rate/sheet(kip)
No	Value of Registered Capital	Issuance	extension
1	Value from 1.000.000.000 kip and bellow	1.000.000	500.000
2	More than 1.000.000.000 kip to 3.000.0000.0000 kip	2.000.000	750.000
3	More than 3.000.000.000 kip and over	3.000.0000	1.000.000

Electricity Sector

Transmission map and dam construction map	Rate in Kip/sheet
- A0	500.000
- A1	400.000
- A2	300.000
- A3	200.000
- A4	50.000

Service charge

Article 20. Service charge for Energy and Mining Sector

Service charge for Energy and Mining Sector shall be collected as following:

No	Description	Unit	Price (kip)
A.	Mining Sector
I.	Study, inspect and approve the exploitation report, processing and Economic feasibility studies-technique in detail for project that has value of:
	From 50.000.000 and below	chapter	10.000.000
	More than 50.000.000-500.000.000 kip	chapter	15.000.000
	More than 500.000.000 kip and over	chapter	20.000.000
II.	Information documents service
1	Painting and typing the map of concession area exploitation, processing and other work related to the mining sector
	- Map size A0	1 piece	400.000
	- Map size A1	1 piece	250.000
	- Map size A2	1 piece	100.000
	- Map size A4	1 piece	50.000
2	Inspecting through plan of machine and equipment importing for using in Mining Industry of the year that has cost as:
	From 50.000.000 kip and below	1 piece	1.500.000
	More than 50.000.000-100.000.000 kip	1 piece	2.000.000
	More than 100.000.000 kip and over	1 piece	2.500.000
3	To certify importation and exportation of sample of minerals for analysis	1 set	50.000
B.	Electricity Sector
I.	Researching and sharing idea
1	Economic-technique feasibility studies	page	150.000
2	Memorandum of Understanding or contract	Page	200.000
3	Extension of Memorandum of Understanding or contract	page	100.000
4	Research and certify project design drawing plan
	- Small-scale dam	Set	4.000.000
	- Medium-scale dam	Set	6.000.000
	- Large-scale dam	Set	10.000.000
	- Small-scale transmission line and station	Set	3.000.000
	- Medium-scale transmission line and station	Set	5.000.000
	- Large-scale transmission line and station	set	7.000.000
	Contribution and consuming • Small • Medium • Large	Set Set Set	500.000 1.000.000 5.000.000
III	Other information document service
1	Electric information research	Hour	30.000
2	Photocopy of document size A4	Page	30.000
3	Photocopy of document size A3	Sheet	40.000
4	Copy information through electronic file	For 1 sheet	01
5	Documents on technical legislation	set	200.000

Chapter IV

Public Works and Transportation Sector

Fees

Article 21. Fees on Transportation

Fee for issuance of license for land transportation with foreign countries shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Fee (Kip)
01	Annual license for business operation involving domestic and international transportation, forwarding and cars rental	200.000
02	Issuance of License for transportation vehicle between countries - Private car, official car, business car and International Organization car - Passenger transportation cars - Goods transportation cars	20.000 30.000 40.000
03	License for running annual transportation car in the country - Passenger transportation cars 1. contain size 2-7 seats 2. contain size 8-35 seats 3. contain size more than 35 seats - Goods transportation car 1. Weight of empty car including goods under 7 tons 2. Weight of empty car including goods from 7 tones and under 15 tons 3. Weight of empty car including goods from 15 tons and more	10.000 20.000 30.000 10.000 20.000 30.000
04	Business operation license for domestic and international transportation station	200.000/year
05	Monitoring book for running passenger transportation car and goods transportation	10.000
06	License for special transportation	100.00/a truck [should be 10.000/a truck]
07	License for transportation of dangerous objects	30.000/a truck
08	License for caravan transportation - 2 wheels motorbike - 4 wheels car	10.000/a motorbike 20.000/a car

Fees on water transportation shall be collected as follows:

Fees for issuance of business operation license

No	Description	Kip/Time
01	License for operation of water and sea transportation business	500.000
02	License for operation of business related to school and navigation training center	500.000
03	Passport for navigators	100.000
04	Boat nationality certificate	30.000
05	Issuance of license for new boat assembly or boat extension	300.000
06	Issuance of license for establishment of water transportation association and boat’s owner association	300.000
07	Issuance of license for establishing boat fixing garage and boat extension	500.000
08	Issuance of captain certificate	30.000
09	Navigation book	30.000
10	Crew registration book	30.000

Fee on the issuance of license for annual navigation

No	Description	Kip/Time
01	Cargo ship for a transport weight under 5 tons	30.000
02	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 5 tons to 15 tons	50.000
03	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 15 tons to 50 tons	80.000
04	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 50 tons to 100 tons	100.000
05	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 100 tons and more	150.000
06	Speedboat	50.000
07	Passenger ship (boat) from 15 seats and below	50.000
08	Passenger ship (boat) from 16-50 seats	80.000
09	Passenger ship (boat) from 51-100 seats	100.000
10	Passenger ship (boat) with more than 101 seats	150.000
11	Ferry boat within the country	150.000
12	Ferry boat between countries	200.000
13	Floating raft and..........	100.000
14	Pushing boat, tug-boat and engineering boat	50.000
15	Sport boat	50.000
16	Fishing boat	100.000
17	Rock, mining and sand exploitation boat	150.000

Registration, technical control and docking at the harbor fee shall be collected as follows:

3.1 Registration fees for different types of boat:

No	Description	Kip/Time
01	Cargo ship for a transport weight under 5 tons	50.000
02	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 5 tons to 15 tons	100.000
03	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 15 tons to 50 tons	150.000
04	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 50 tons to 100 tons	200.000
05	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 100 tons and more	250.000
06	Speedboat	20.000
07	Passenger ship (boat) from 15 seats and below	50.000
08	Passenger ship (boat) from 16-50 seats	100.000
09	Passenger ship (boat) from 51-100 seats	150.000
10	Passenger ship (boat) with more than 101 seats	200.000
11	Ferry boat within the country	200.000
12	Ferry boat between countries	250.000
13	Floating raft and..........	100.000
14	Pushing boat, tug-boat and engineering boat	100.000
15	Sport boat	30.000
16	Fishing boat	100.000
17	Rock, mining and sand exploitation boat	250.000

3.2 Fee for technical control of types of boat shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Kip/Time
01	Cargo ship for a transport weight under 5 tons	20.000
02	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 5 tons to 15 tons	50.00
03	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 15 tons to 50 tons	50.000
04	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 50 tons to 100 tons	80.000
05	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 100 tons and more	100.000
06	Speedboat	20.000
07	Passenger ship (boat) from 15 seats and below	30.000
08	Passenger ship (boat) from 16-50 seats	40.000
09	Passenger ship (boat) from 51-100 seats	80.000
10	Passenger ship (boat) with more than 101 seats	150.000
11	Ferry boat within the country	100.000
12	Ferry boat between countries	150.000
13	Floating raft and..........	50.000
14	Pushing boat, tug-boat and engineering boat	100.000
15	Sport boat	30.000
16	Fishing boat	50.000
17	Rock, mining and sand exploitation boat	50.000

3.3 Fee on docking of types of harbor shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Kip/Time
01	Cargo ship for a transport weight under 5 tons	10.000
02	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 5 tons to 15 tons	20.000
03	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 15 tons to 50 tons	30.000
04	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 50 tons to 100 tons	40.000
05	Cargo ship for a transport weight from 100 tons and more	50.000
06	Speedboat	10.000
07	Passenger ship (boat) from 15 seats and below	10.000
08	Passenger ship (boat) from 16-50 seats	20.000
09	Passenger ship (boat) from 51-100 seats	30.000
10	Passenger ship (boat) with more than 101 seats	40.000
11	Ferry boat within the country	30.000
12	Ferry boat between countries	50.000
13	Floating raft and..........	30.000
14	Pushing boat, tug-boat and engineering boat	30.000
15	Sport boat	15.000
16	Fishing boat	20.000
17	Rock, mining and sand exploitation boat	45.000

Remark: Fee and service charge on docking of harbor for Chinese and Thai boats which transport cargoes and passengers through Mekong river-Lanxang river must implement in according to the regulation that the governments of 4 nations Laos, China, Myanmar and Thailand has signed and approved that is: Boat for a transport weight under 100 tons, empty boat, and passenger boat will be collected $40/time; boat for a transport weight more than 100 tons will be collected $50/time.

Fee for issuance of license on mining-sand-black soil along Mekong River and other rivers.

No	Description	Kip/Time
01	Level 1 (Traditional style)
1.1	Exploitation license	200.000
1.2	Technical Certificate	200.000
02	Level 2 (under 5 hectares)
2.1	Exploitation License	300.000
2.2	Technical Certificate	1.000.000
03	Level 3 (more than 5 hectares)
3.1	Exploitation License	500.000
3.2	Technical Certificate	1.500.000

Fee for issuance of license on construction business along Mekong river and other rivers

No	Description
1	For Inspection, construction plan passing and price certifying on harbor construction, navigating canal and navigating door	1.000.000
2	For Inspection, construction plan passing and price certifying on embankment construction	1.000.000
3	License on sand and mines kneading plant	1.000.000

Driving on road transportation vehicle

Issuance of international driving license

No	Description	Kip/Time
1	Issuance of international driving license block A	30.000
2	Issuance of international driving license block B	60.000
3	Issuance of international driving license block C	100.000
4	Issuance of international driving license block D-E	200.000
5	Authorization on using of international driving license	50.000

Fee on the issuance of driving license within the country

No	Description	Kip/Time
1	Issuance of driving license block A (motorcycle)	5.000
2	Issuance of driving license block A1 (tricycle)	10.000
3	Issuance of driving license block B (light car)	15.000
4	Issuance of driving license block C (truck)	25.000
5	Issuance of driving license block D (passenger transportation)	30.000
6	Issuance of driving license block D1 (passenger tricycle)	15.000
7	Issuance of driving license block E (trailer/bogie)	30.000

Authorization for operation of driving school business

Description

Kip/Time

Issuance of license on driving school business operation

200.000

Issuance of license on traffic sign producing operation, traffic

line and mark drawing

200.000

Fee on the management of land transportation vehicles

Issuance of License for imprinting vehicle number

No	Description	Kip/Time
1	Authorization to imprint the number of the engine, of the chassis of cars assembled in manufacturing in the factory:	50.000
2	Authorization to imprint the number of the engine, of the chassis of the cars from case reconciliation: - motorcycle 2 wheels, 3 wheels - cars from 4 wheels and over	50.000 100.000
3	Authorization to change the color of car:	50.000
4	Authorization to change the engine	150.000

Fee on the registration, technical control and sign issuance 2.1 Fee on the registration of types of cars shall be collected as follow:

No	Description	Kip/Time
1	Motorcycle 2 wheels	20.000
2	tricycle 3 wheels	30.000
3	Light car 4 wheels (sedan, pick up, jeep, mini-bus not exceeding 15 seats)	200.000
4	Passenger car with from 16 seats and more (bus, passenger car)	200.000
5	Truck, weigh of empty car including cargo with total weight under 7 tons	200.000
6	Truck, weigh of empty care including cargo with total weight from 7- under 15 tons	300.000
7	Truck, weigh of empty car including cargo with total weight more than 15 tons and more	400.000
8	Trailer more than 6 wheels	100.000
9	Bogie, with the trail not exceeding 3 axles	200.000
10	Bogie with the trail from 4 axles and more	300.000
11	Construction machinery (bulldozer, road roller, grader, excavator, dip cup, driller, asphalt laying car, gravel spreading car and other cars)	200.000
12	Agricultural machinery (tractor 2 wheels)	100.000
13	Agricultural machinery (tractor 4 wheels), Threshing rice’s car and others	50.000

2.2 Fee on technical control of types of cars shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Kip/Time
1	Motorcycle 2 wheels	20.000
2	tricycle 3 wheels	30.000
3	Light car (sedan, pick up, jeep, van under 15 seats)	50.000
4	Van from 16 seats and more	60.000
5	Empty Truck including cargo with total weight from 3.5 and more	60.000
6	Trailer with 6 wheels and more	60.000
7	Bogie with the trail from 2 axles and more	50.000
8	Construction machinery (bulldozer, grader, excavator, driller, asphalt laying car, gravel spreading car and other cars)	100.000
9	Agricultural machinery (tractor 2 wheels)	10.000
10	Agricultural machinery (tractor 4 wheels), threshing rice’s car and others	30.000
11	Technical control after assembling	1.000
12	Issuance of license on vehicles importing of permanent, temporary technique and technical extension	5.000
13	Issuance of license on technical pieces and parts importing - motorcycle with 2 wheels and 3 wheels - car with 4 wheels and more	1.000 2.000
14	Issuance of license on exporting vehicles permanently and temporarily	5.000
15	Issuance of license on transforming of license plat from temporary imported car sign into permanent imported car sign	5.000

2.3 Issuance of Car License Plate

No	Description
01	Motorcycle with 2 wheels and 3 wheels	5.000
02	Light car (sedan, pick up, jeep, van under 15 seats)	10.000
03	Truck, Cargo transportation car, passenger transportation car from 15 seats and more	20.000

Border passing car and various types of car entry-exit Lao PDR
1. Border passing car

No	Description	Kip/Time
01	sedan, jeep, pick up	25.000
02	Small passenger transportation car with under 7 seats	50.000
03	Medium passenger transportation car from 8-35 seats	80.000
04	Large passenger transportation car with more than 35 seats	150.000
05	Truck with 6 wheels	50.000
06	Truck with from 10-12 wheels	80.000
07	Truck with 18 wheels or trailer	165.000

Country entry-exit cars

No	Description	Kip/Time
01	sedan, jeep, pick up	25.000
02	Small passenger transportation car with under 7 seats	40.000
03	Medium passenger transportation car from 8-35 seats	50.000
04	Large passenger transportation car with more than 35 seats	80.000
05	Truck with 6 wheels	50.000
06	Truck with from 10-12 wheels	80.000
07	Truck with 18 wheels or trailer	120.000

Article 22. Air Transportation Fee

Fee on the issuance of business operation license for aviation business shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Kip/Time
01	Issuance air transportation notebook	200.00
02	Issuance of certificate on airplane importation-exportation	500.000
03	Issuance of license on using airplane after repairing	500.000
04	Issuance/extension of certificate for air transportation business operator(AOC)	1.000.000
05	Issuance of certificate on airplane repairing plant (AMO)	1.000.000
06	Issuance of certificate on air flight institute/training center (ATO)	1.000.000
07	Issuance of certificate on airport technique standard	2.000.000
08	Issuance of certificate on temporary airport technique standard	500.000
09	Issuance of airport registration certificate	750.000
10	Issuance of temporary airport registration certificate	50.000
11	Authorization for exception seeking	100.000
12	Airport Information providing service	50.000
13	Authorization for inspector	50.000
14	Researching to issue certificate of construction buildings (for 1 spot)	50.000
15	Certification on security plan of airport	100.000
16	Certification on security maintenance handbook	50.000
17	Certification/testing of aviation security equipment	50.000
18	Inspection on aviation security work (for entrepreneur)	50.000
19	Inspection on aviation security work (for airlines)	50.000
20	Examination for Inspector	50.000
21	Authorization on being inspector	50.000
22	Examination to certify bag inspector	50.000
23	Air traffic safety audit (ATS Safety audit)	2.000.000
24	Examination for air traffic performing staff (ATC License)	250.000
25	Air traffic staff (ATC license)	200.000
26	Aviation information service officer (AIS officer license)	200.000
27	Airport flight information service officer (AFIS officer license)	150.000
28	Flight Procedure Designer license	200.000
29	Long distance flight control center	1.000.000
30	Flight control Hall	500.000
31	Flight radio equipment	1.000.000

Fee on the extension of air transportation license shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Kip/Time
01	certificate on airport technical standard	50.000
02	Extension on airport registration certificate	100.000
03	Extension on temporary airport registration certificate	100.000
04	Extension on Long distance flight control center certificate	200.000
05	Extension on Flight control Hall certificate	100.000
06	Extension on Flight radio equipment certificate	200.000

Fees on flyover shall be collected as follows:

No	Weight of the Aircraft (Ton/T)	USD/Time
1	From 1-7	60
2	More than 7 - 20	90
3	More than 20 - 50	130
4	More than 50 -100	190
5	More than 100 - 150	210
6	More than 150 - 200	240
7	More than 200-250	280
8	More than 250 - 300	295
9	More than 300 and over	320

+ the weight of the aircraft as above specified is deemed to refer to the highest authorized weight to the aircraft to take off as prescribed for in the technical control certificate of the aircraft;

+ the weight of the aircraft that is a decimal number shall round up in 01 ton.

Registration and technical control fee and extension on civil aircraft

4.1 Registration fee of types of the aircraft shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Kip
1	Air transport from 5,7 tons and below	7.000.000
2	more than 5,7 – 15 tons	8.000.000
3	more than 15 – 50 tons	10.000.000
4	More than 50 – 100 tons	11.000.000
5	More than 100 tons	13.000.000

4.2 Technical control fee of types of aircraft shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Kip/Time
1	Air transport from 5,7 tons and below	1.500.000
2	more than 5,7 – 15 tons	2.000.000
3	more than 15 – 50 tons	2.500.000
4	More than 50 – 100 tons	3.000.000
5	More than 100 tons	3.500.000

4.3 Technical control extension fee

No	Description	Kip/Time
1	Air transport from 5,7 tons and below	800.000
2	more than 5,7 – 15 tons	1.100.000
3	more than 15 – 50 tons	1.400.000
4	More than 50 – 100 tons	1.700.000
5	More than 100 tons	2.000.000

Fees on the cancellation of aircraft registration shall be collected equally to the fee on the extension of each category of the aircraft technical control certificate;

Fees on examination, issuance or extension of authorization to perform the duty as aircrew official

5.1 Fee on examination to get an authorization certificate on category of aircrew official shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Kip/Time
1	1^stclass professional pilot/trainer of PIC, test-inspector	550.000
2	2^ndclass professional pilot (co-pilot)	250.000
3	Commercial pilot	300.000
4	Private pilot, navigator, flight engineer (machine), persons who serve in the aircraft, ground aircraft technician, aircraft maintenance including engineer, technician, mechanic	160.000

5.2 Fee on the issuance of license for category of aviation official:

No	Description	Kip/Time
1	1^stclass professional pilot/trainer of PIC, test-inspector	650.000
2	2^ndclass professional pilot (co-pilot)	450.000
3	Commercial pilot	500.000
4	Private pilot	350.000
5	Navigator, flight engineer (mechanic)	450.000
6	Persons who serve in the aircraft	300.000
7	Ground aircraft technician, aircraft maintenance including engineer/technician/mechanic	250.000

5.3 Extension of license’s fee for a category of aircrew official shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Kip/Time
1	1^stclass professional pilot/trainer of PIC, test-inspector	320.000
2	Commercial pilot	260.000
3	2^nd class professional pilot/co-pilot. Private pilot, navigator, flight engineer (machine)	250.000
4	Persons who serve in the aircraft	200.000
5	Ground aircraft technician	130.000
6	Aircraft maintenance including engineer/technician/mechanic	130.000

Article 23. Fee for Housing and Urban Plan

Fees for issuing license for building construction and house repairing shall be collected as follows:

No	Types of Building	Kip/Time
1	Habitation in urban area: - house in wood or half brick-half wood - standard brick house - town house or flat	30.000 50.000 60.000
2	Education and health care building: - nursery, recreational residence, nursing home - kindergarten, primary school or clinic - secondary school or hospital - high institution or university	50.000 70.000 90.000 100.000
3	Company’s or other organization’s office: - total area of all floors under 500 square meters - total area or all floors more than 500 square meters	100.000 150.000
4	Sport and socio-cultural building: - all types of stadium - exhibition hall or library - club, cultural hall or museum - meeting hall, cinema or theatre	50.000 70.000 90.000 150.000
5	Trade and service building: - warehouse, shop or small - medium restaurant - guesthouse or small size restaurant[should be big size] - trade center, bank or hotel	80.000 100.000 150.000
6	Agricultural building and industrial factory: - livestock or other agricultural processing - handicraft working or small industrial factory - slaughter house, or medium industrial factory - large size industrial plant	50.000 50.000 100.000 150.000
7	7 Cars parking, transportation station and others: - cars parking area or public park - cars parking building or transportation station	70.000 100.000
8	Gas station: - containing capacity under 100.000 liters - containing capacity more than 100.000 liters	100.000 150.000
9	Issuance of land fill license for different types of building construction: - Land fill volume under 100 cubic meters - Land fill volume more than 100-250 cubic meters - Land fill volume more than 250 cubic meters	50.000/copies 100.000/copies 50.000/copies
10	Issuance of license on building land access road or placing of drain pipe	50.000/copies
11	Issuance of license on repairing, adding, demolition or moving house	100.000/copies
12	Issuance of license on changing the objective of using the building	100.000/copies
13	Issuance of license on construction of waste disposal field	50.000/copies
14	Issuance of license on construction of feces disposal field	50.000/copies
15	Issuance of license on advertising sign installation	55.000/copies

Fees for issuance of business operation in the field of building construction and water supply

Types of Business

Kip/Time

1
2
3

I. Survey and design company
- Survey and design of residential, urban plan, water supply
- Soil analysis
- Construction consultancy

100.000
200.000
150.000

1
2
3
4

5
6

II. Building construction and services’ company
- 1st class building construction company
- 2nd class building construction company
- 3rd class building construction company
- Business operation license issuance for construction especially for foreign construction company which obtain project in Laos
- Construction materials manufacturing
- Water supply services

250.000
200.000
150.000

250.000
150.000
200.000

Service Charge

Article 24. Service charge on Public work and transportation sector

Service charge for land transportation service

No	Lists	Kip/Time
1	Issuance of annual license on business operation for transportation, dispatch, car rental both within the country and between countries	50.000
2	Authorization book for transportation car service between countries - Private car - Passenger transportation car 1. from 2-7 seats 2. from 8-35 seat 3. more than 35 seats - cargo transportation car 1. weight of empty car including cargo under 7 tons 2. weight of empty car including cargo from 7 to under 15 tons 3. weight of empty car including cargo from 15 tons and more	35.000 35.000 35.000 35.000 35.000 35.000 35.000
3	License for all types of transportation car service annually within country	15.000
4	License for business operation on transportation station within country and between countries	20.000
5	Monitoring book for passenger car and cargo transportation car service	30.000
6	License for special transportation	50.000
7	License for caravan transportation	50.000

Land transportation vehicle driving

No	Lists	Kip/Time
1 2	1. Issuance of International driving license Driving License block A,B,C,D,E License for using foreign driving license	20.000 30.000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	2. Issuance of local driving license Driving License block A Driving License block A1 (tricycle) Driving License block A2 (Tractor) Driving License block B (light car) Driving License block C (light truck) Driving License block D (passenger car) Driving License block D1 (passenger tricycle) Driving License block E (Trailer, rickshaw)	58.000 60.000 70.000 70.000 70.000 70.000 70.000 70.000
1 2	3. Authorization for driving school business Issuance of license on driving school operation Issuance of license for business operation on traffic sign producing, traffic line and mark drawing	50.000 50.000

Land transportation vehicle management

License issuance on imprint the number of vehicle

Lists

Kip/Time

1

2

3
4

Authorization to imprint the number of engine, of the chassis of cars assembled in the factory
Authorization to imprint the number of engine, of the chassis of the case reconciled cars
- motorcycle 2 wheels and 3 wheels
- cars from 4 wheels and more
Authorization on car color changing
Authorization on car engine changing

1.000

100.000
200.000
50.000
50.000

Fees for registration, technical control and sign issuance 2.1 Car registration No List Kip/time

Lists

Kip/Time

1
2
3
4
5
6

7

8
9
10
11

12
13

Motorbike with 2 wheels
Tricycle with 3 wheels
Light car (sedan, jeep, pick up and van under 15 seats)
Passenger car from 16 seats and more(bus, other passenger car) Truck, weight of empty vehicle including cargo under 7 tons
Truck, weight of empty vehicle including cargo from 7 tons to under 15 tons
Truck, weight of empty vehicle including cargo from 15 tons and more
Rickshaw head with 6 wheels and over
Trailer with tails under 3 axles
Trailer with tails from 4 axles and more
Construction machinery (bulldozer, grader, excavator, driller, asphalt laying car, gravel spreading car and other cars)
Agricultural machinery (tractor 2 wheels)
Agricultural machinery (tractor 4 wheels), threshing rice’s car and others

50.000
50.000
55.000

65.000
65.000

65.000

80.000
65.000
65.000
65.000

80.000
52.000

30.000

2.2 Technical control

Lists

Kip/Time

1
2
3
4
5

6
7
8

9
10

11
12

13

14
15

Motorbike with 2 wheels

Tricycle with 3 wheels
Light car (sedan, jeep, pick up and van under 16 seats)
Passenger car from 16 seats and more
Transportation truck, weight of empty cargo including cargo from 3,5 tons and more
Rickshaw with 6 wheels and over
Trailer with tails from 2 axles and more
Construction machinery (bulldozer, grader, excavator, driller, asphalt laying car, gravel spreading car and other cars)
Agricultural machinery (tractor 2 wheels)
Agricultural machinery (tractor 4 wheels), threshing rice’s car and others
Technical control after assembling
Issuance of license on vehicles importing of permanent, temporary technique and technical extension
Issuance of license on technical pieces and parts importing
- motorcycle with 2 wheels and 3 wheels
- car with 4 wheels and more
Issuance of license on exporting vehicles permanently temporarily Issuance of license on transforming of temporary imported car sign into permanent imported car sign

50.000
50.000
100.000
150.000

150.000
200.000
20.000

100.000
50.000

100.000

10.000

15.000

5.000

10.000

2.3 Sign Issuance

No	List	Kip/Time
1 2 3	Motorbike with 2 wheels and 3 wheels Light car (sedan, jeep, pick up and van under 15 seats) Truck, cargo transportation car, passenger car from 15 seats and more	45.000 140.000 180.000

Border passing car and those types of car entry-exit Lao PDR

Border passing car

No	List	Kip/Time
1	Sedan, jeep, pick up, small passenger car from 7 seats and below, medium passenger car from 8-35 seats	10.000
2	Large Passenger car more than 35 seats, truck from 6 wheels and more or trailer	30.000
3	all types of cars entry-exit the country	5.000

Service Charge on Water transportation
Service charge for issuance of license for operation of water transportation business:

List

Kip/Time

1

2
3
4
5
6

7

8
9
10
11

Annual License on business operation for fluvial transportation between countries
License for navigation school and training center operation
Passport for navigators
Boat Nationality certificate
Issuance of license for new boat extension or for adding
Issuance of license for establishing fluvial transportation and boat’s owner association
Issuance of license for establishing boat fixing and boat extension garage
Issuance of captain certificate
Navigation book
Crew registration book

Fee on the issuance of license for annual navigation

200.000

200.000
20.000
20.000
20.000

200.000

200.000

20.000
20.000
20.000

30.000

Fees for registration, technical control and docking at the harbor fee shall be collected as follows:

5.2.1 Registration fee for types of boat:

List

Kip/Time

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Cargo ship for a loading weight under 5 tons
Cargo ship for a loading weight from 5 tons to under 15 tons
Cargo ship for a loading weight from 15 tons to under 50 tons
Cargo ship for a loading weight from 50 tons to under 100 tons
Cargo ship for a loading weight from 100 tons and over
Speedboat
Passenger boat for a loading weight from 15 seats and below Passenger boat for a loading weight from 16-50 seats
Passenger boat from 51-100 seats
Passenger boat from 101 seats and over
Ferry boat within the country
Ferry boat between countries
Floating raft
Pushing boat, tug boat and engineering boat
Sport boat, fishing boat and rock, mineral and sand exploitation boat

20.000
25.000

30.000

54.000

50.000
10.000
20.000
25.000
30.000
45.000
45.000
50.000
15.000
30.000
20.000

5.2.2 technical control fee of types of boat:

No	Description	Kip/Time
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Cargo ship for a loading weight under 5 tons Cargo ship for a loading weight from 5 tons to under 15 tons Cargo ship for a loading weight from 15 tons to under 50 tons Cargo ship for a loading weight from 50 tons to under 100 tons Cargo ship for a loading weight from 100 tons and over Speedboat Passenger boat from 15 seats and below Passenger boat from 16-50 seats Passenger boat from 51-100 seats Passenger boat from 101 seats and over Ferry boat within the country and between countries Floating raft Pushing boat, tug boat and engineering boat Sport boat, fishing boat and rock, mineral and sand exploitation boat	20.000 25.000 30.000 45.000 50.000 10.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 30.000 30.000 15.000 30.000 20.000

5.2.3 Service charge for docking at the harbor for various types of boat:

Description

Kip/Time

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Cargo ship for a loading weight under 5 tons
Cargo ship for a loading weight from 5 tons to under 50 tons
Cargo ship for a loading weight from 50 tons to under 100 tons Cargo ship for a loading weight from 100 tons and over
Speedboat, passenger boat from 15 seats and below
Passenger boat from 16-100 seats
Passenger boat from 101 seats and over
Ferry boat within the country and between countries
Floating raft, pushing boat, tug boat and engineering boat
Sport boat, fishing boat and Rock, mineral and sand exploitation boat

10.000
15.000

20.000

30.000
10.000
15.000
20.000
30.000
15.000
30.000

Remark: Fee and service charge on docking of harbor for Chinese and Thai boats which transport cargoes and passengers through Mekong river-Lanxang river must comply with the regulation approved by the governments of 4 nations Laos, China, Myanmar and Thailand as follows:

- Boat for a laoding weight under 100 tons, empty boat, and passenger boat will be collected $40/time;
- Boat for a loading weight more than 100 tons will be collected $50/time.

5.3 Service charge for issuance of license on pebble-sand-black soil exploitation along Mekong river and other rivers

Description

Kip/Time

1
-
-
2
-
-
3
-
-

Level 1 Traditional style
Exploitation License
Issuance of Certificate on technique
Level 2 (under 5 hectares)
License on exploitation
Issuance of Certificate on technique
Level 3 (more than 5 hectares)
Exploitation License
Certificate on technique

100.000
100.000

200.000
2.000.000

300.000
2.500.000

5.4 Fee for issuance of license on construction business along Mekong river and other rivers

Description

Kip/Time

1

2

3

For Inspection, construction plan passing and price certifying on harbor construction, navigating canal and navigating door

For Inspection, construction plan passing and price certifying on embankment construction
License on sand and mines kneading plant

500.000

Service charge for Air Transportation

6.1 Service charge for issuance and extension of air transportation business operation license:

No. Description

Description

Issuance
(kip)

Extension
(kip)

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30

Business operation license for flight ticket booking and selling service
License for air transportation business operation(AOC)
Issuance of certificate on airplane repairing factory (AMO) Issuance of certificate on air flight institute/training center (ATO)
Issuance of certificate on airport technical standard
Issuance of certificate on airport technical standard (temporary) Issuance of airport registration certificate
Issuance of airport registration certificate (temporary)
Issuance of authorization for exception
Airport Information providing service
Authorization for inspector
Issuance of certificate on building structure (for 1 spot) Certification on airport security plan
Certification on aviation security handbook
Certification/testing flight security equipment
Inspection on aviation security maintenance (entrepreneur) Inspection on security work of airport (airlines)
Examination for Inspector
Authorization on being inspector
Examination to certify bag inspector
Air traffic staff (ATC license)
Flight information officer (AIS officer license)
Flight information service officer (AFIS officer license)
Flight Procedure Designer license
Long distance flight control center
Short distance flight control Hall
Flight radio equipment
Service charge for checking airport technical document
Service charge for researching Airline establishment request form
Service charge for researching request form on airplane repairing garage, air flight training center
Service charge for researching request form for establishment of ground service unit
Service charge for researching request form for establishment of other service unit related to aviation business
Service charge for researching request form for establishment of

other service units about aviation business
Service charge for researching request form for establishment of airline, air ticket booking and selling agency

750.000

5.000.000 2.500.000 2.000.000 3.000.000 100.000 1.500.000 200.000 100.000 50.000 50.000 100.000 200.000 100.000 150.000 500.000 200.000 250.000 250.000 150.000 150.000 150.000 100.000 150.000 1.500.000 1.000.000 1.500.000 1.000.000

1.000.000

800.000

500.000

375.000

1.000.000 1.000.000 1.000.000

500.000

300.000 200.000

750.000 500.000 750.000

6.2. service charge for over flight

No	Weight of the Aircraft (Ton/T)	USD/Time
1	From 1-7	10
2	More than 7 - 20	20
3	More than 20 - 50	30
4	More than 50 -100	40
5	More than 100 - 150	50
6	More than 150 - 200	60
7	More than 200-250	70
8	More than 250 - 300	80
9	More than 300 and over	90

+ the weight of the aircraft as above specified is deemed to refer to the highest authorized weight to the aircraft to take off as prescribed for in the technical control certificate of the aircraft;

+ the weight of the aircraft that is a decimal number shall round up in 0,1 ton.

6.3 Passenger service charge

Passenger that travel within country 20.000/time
Passenger that travel to abroad US$ 15/time

6.4 Registration and technical control fee and technical extension fee on civil aircraft:

Airplane weight

Registration

Technical

control

Technical extension

1
2
3

4
5

from 5,7 tons and below
more than 5 – 15 tons
more than 15 – 50 tons
More than 50 – 100 tons
More than 100 tons

3.000.000 4.000.000 5.000.000 6.000.000 7.000.000

500.000 1.000.000 1.500.000 2.000.000 2.500.000

250.000 500.000 750.000 1.000.000 1.250.000

Fees on the cancellation of aircraft registration shall be collected equally to the fee on the extension of each category of the aircraft technical control certificate;

6.5 Service charge for airplane landing to the airport field

6.5.1 Landing service

Weight of airplane

International Airport/US$

Domestic Airport/kip

1
2
3

4
5

From 7 tons and below
More than 7-20 tons
More than 20-50 tons
More than 50-100 tons
More than 100-200 tons
More than 200-300 tons
More than 300 tons and more

200

400

800

1.200

1.800

80.000
340.000 840.000 1.840.000 3.840.000 5.840.000 7.840.000

Remark: for domestic flight will be calculated according to the rate of Domestic Airport landing

6.5.2 Service charge for parking airplane

Weight of airplane

International Airport/US$

Domestic Airport/kip

1
2
3

4
5

From 7 tons and below
More than 7-20 tons
More than 20-50 tons
More than 50-100 tons
More than 100-200 tons
More than 200-300 tons
More than 300 tons and more

120

180

270

12.000 51.000 126.000 186.000 576.000 876.000 1.176.000

Remark: in the case of parking overnight will be calculated in double(x2) of parking rate for each time

6.5.3 Service charge for using airport electric system

Domestic flight 500.000 kip/flight
International flight US$ 100/flight

6.6 Service charge for airport building

6.6.1 Service charge for radiation checking

Weight of airplane

International

flight(US$/flight)

Domestic flight(kip/flight)

1
2
3

4
5

From 7 tons and below
More than 7-20 tons
More than 20-50 tons
More than 50-100 tons
More than 100-200 tons
More than 200-300 tons
More than 300 tons and more

120

180

250

100.000 200.000 300.000 450.000 600.000 800.000 1.200.000

6.6.2 Service charge for Bag machine belting

Weight of airplane

International

flight(US$/flight)

Domestic flight(kip/flight)

1
2
3

4
5

From 7 tons and below
More than 7-20 tons
More than 20-50 tons
More than 50-100 tons
More than 100-200 tons
More than 200-300 tons
More than 300 tons and more

10.000

20.000

50.000

70.000

100.000 150.000 200.000

6.7 Aircraft parking apron service charge

6.7.1 Service charge for leading aircraft to parking apron

Domestic flight 100.000 kip/flight
International flight US$ 50/flight

6.7.2 Service charge for filling gas of car leading to the parking apron will be collected 10.000 kip/time

6.7.3 Service charge for vehicle and equipment on land for leading aircraft to parking apron will be collected as contractor of land service for each flight

Weight of airplane

International

flight(US$/flight)

Domestic flight(kip/flight)

1
2
3

4
5

From 7 tons and below
More than 7-20 tons
More than 20-50 tons
More than 50-100 tons
More than 100-200 tons
More than 200-300 tons
More than 300 tons and more

100

180

280

450

150.000 300.000 400.000 550.000 800.000 1.000.000 2.000.000

6.8 Service charge for air traffic

Testing and training aircraft will be collected 25% of general service charge rate

6.8.1 International flight

Weight of airplane

Rate/US$

1
2
3

4
5

7
8
9

From 7 tons and below
More than 7-20 tons
More than 20-50 tons
More than 50-100 tons
More than 100-150 tons

More than 150-200 tons

More than 200-250 tons

More than 250-300 tons

More than 300 tons and more

100

250

300

400

500

600

700

800

6.8.2 Domestic flight that use domestic airport

Weight of airplane

Rate/kip

1
2
3

4
5

7
8
9

From 7 tons and below
More than 7-20 tons
More than 20-50 tons
More than 50-100 tons
More than 100-150 tons

More than 150-200 tons

More than 200-250 tons

More than 250-300 tons

More than 300 tons and more

200.000

400.000

1.000.000 1.500.000 2.000.000 2.500.000

3.000.000 3.500.000 4.000.000

5.Service charge for examination, issuance or extension of authorization to perform the duty as aircrew official

Type of aircrew

Examination

License

Issuance

License extension

1
2
3

4
5

7
8

1st class professional pilot/trainer of PIC Examined-tested pilot
2nd class professional pilot (co-pilot)
Commercial pilot
Private pilot, navigator, flight engineer (machine). Persons who serve in the aircraft.
Ground aircraft technician.

aircraft maintenance including engineer, technician, mechanic

250.000 250.000 100.000 200.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000

300.000 300.000 200.000 300.000 200.000 200.000 100.000 150.000

150.000 150.000 100.000 150.000 100.000 100.000 50.000 50.000

Service charge for housing and urban planning

7.1. Service charge for issuance of a License for construction and repair of building shall be collected as follows:

No	Types of Building	Kip/Time
1	Habitation in urban area: - house in wood or half brick, half wood - standard brick house - Town house or flat	10.000 20.000 20.000
2	All types of Education and healthcare building premise	10.000
3	Company’s or other organization’s office: - total area under 500 square meters - total area more than 500 square meters	20.000 30.000
4	all types of Sport and socio-cultural building	20.000
5	Trade and service center: - warehouse, shop or small – medium restaurant - guesthouse or big size restaurant, trade center, bank or hotel	20.000 30.000
6	Agricultural building and industrial factory: - livestock or other agricultural processing, handicraft working or small industrial factory - slaughter house, or medium industrial factory - large size industrial factor	20.000 30.000 50.000
7	Cars parking, transportation station and others: - cars parking area or public park - cars parking building or transportation station	20.000 30.000
8	All sizes of Gas station	50.000
[shou ld have a num ber]	Issuance of license on land fill for all types of building construction: - Volume under 100 cubic meters - Volume more than 100-250 cubic meters - Volume more than 250 cubic meters	10.000/copy 20.000/copy 50.000/copy
9	Issuance of license on construction of land access road or placement of drain pipe, issuance of license on banner installation	5.000/pattern
10	Issuance of license on repairing, adding, demolition or moving house, changing the objective of using the building	20.000/pattern
11	Issuance of license on construction of garbage disposal field, feces disposal field	10.0/pattern[should be 10.000/pattern]

Business operation license’s service charge for building construction and water supply

Types of Business

Kip/Time

All types of Survey and design company

20.000

II. 1 2 3 4

5 6 7

Building construction and services’ company

1st class building construction company

2nd class building construction company

3rd class building construction company

Business operation license issuance for construction especially for foreign construction company which obtain project in Laos Construction materials manufacturing

Water supply services

Garbage storage and toilet sucking service

20.000

30.000

50.000

20.000

50.000

20.000

Service charge for checking technical documents

Description

Kip/time

To check and pass the plan and certify the price:

- Value from 500.000.000 kip and below

- More than 500.000.000-1.000.000.000 kip

- More than 1.000.000.000 kip and more

To check technical documents on building construction plan

To check technical documents on water supply system plan, garbage field design

150.000

200.000

250.000

200.000

150.000

service charge for researching on documents No Description Kip/time

Description

Kip/time

Researching on construction request form

Researching on business operation request form

Researching and giving advice on Investment license

To certify volume of construction material for using in a project

20.000

50.000

100.000

Article 25. Fee Exception for bridge passing

Car procession of the party-state leaders which is processed by police-strike-whistle-emergency light
Car of soldiers and police practicing their mission on nation defense and security (not include a regular traveling to work, traveling for business, private work and others)
Fire truck which being driven to extinguish the fire
Ambulance which go to urgent work for pick up-send patients by opening strike-emergency light

Article 26. Fee exception for air transportation

State airplane and hospital airplane which transport patients will be excepted for the airspace

passing fee

Special airplane of country’s leaders and airplane which work for defense and security of country will be excepted for landing and parking fee
Special airplane of country’s leaders and airplane which work for defense and security of country will be excepted for airport parking and radio using fee
Party and government’s visitors, children under 2 years old and transferred passenger which will transfer will be excepted transferring service fee

Chapter V

Post and Telecommunication Sector

Fees

Article 27. Postal Fee

Fee for issuance of a license for post per year:

No	Enterprise Registration Capital	Kip
1	From 1.000.000 kip and below	Excepted
2	More than 1.000.000 kip to 10.000.000 kip	20.000
3	More than 10.000.000 kip to 20.000.000 kip	40.000
4	More than 20.000.000 kip to 50.000.000 kip	60.000
5	More than 50.000.000 kip to 100.000.000 kip	100.000
6	More than 100.000.000 kip to 400.000.000 kip	140.000
7	More than 400.000.000 kip to 1.000.000.000 kip	200.000
8	More than 1.000.000.000 kip to 10.000.000.000	1.000.000
9	More than 10.000.000.000 kip to 20.000.000.000	2.000.000
10	More than 20.000.000.000 and over	4.000.000

Article 28. License Fee for Telecommunication

License issuance fee for telecommunication

No	Description Fee	rate (Kip)
A	License for types of service per time
1	All systems of Cellular phone	500.000
2	All systems of home phone	200.000
3	Telecommunication infrastructure	100.000
4	Communication station via land satellite	200.000
5	Telecommunication consulting company	50.000
6	Telecommunication materials import-export company	50.000
7	Telecommunication materials supply company	50.000
8	Telecommunication materials installation-reparation company	50.000
9	To audit and certify the standard of technical materials	50.000
10	Agency of foreign company	200.000
11	Telecommunication combining and manufacturing factory establishment	300.000
B	License for service of shops per time
1	Phones and parts selling shop	50.000
2	Telecommunication material communication agency	50.000
3	Phone repairing shop	50.000
C	License for phone number using per number
1	Country code (856) per time	100.000
2	Provincial code per 1 code per time	50.000
3	Cellular phone (first number is 2,5,7,9...) per 1 code per time	150.000
4	Phone number with 3 and 4 number (1xx, 1xxx) per 1 number per time	100.000
D	License per time
1	Telecommunication materials importation	100.000
2	Telecommunication materials exportation	100.000
3	Mobile phone importation	50.000
4	Home phone importation	30.000
5	Frequency Receiver-transmitter column installation	100.000
6	Telecommunication system using test	100.000
E	License extension request	50.000

Fee for issuance of license on frequency per time

No	Description Fee	rate (Kip)
A	License on orbital position of the satellite
1	Orbital position of the satellite from 1.000 km and lower (LEO)	500.000
2	Orbital position of the satellite higher than 1.000 – 10.000 km (MEO)	600.000
3	Orbital position of the satellite higher than 10.000- 40.000 km (GSO)	700.000
B	License on frequency wave
1	Frequency VLF: from 3 -30 KHz	20.000
2	Frequency LF: higher than 30 – 300 KHz	30.000
3	Frequency MF: higher than 300 – 3000 kHz	40.000
4	Frequency HF: higher than 3 – 30 MHz	100.000
5	Frequency VHF: higher than 30 – 300 MHz	150.000
6	Frequency UHF band: higher than 3- 30 MHz	300.000
7	Frequency SHF band: higher than 300 – 3.000 MHz	100.000
8	Frequency EHF: higher than 30 – 300 GHz	50.000
C	License renewal request	50.000

License issuance’s fee on internet

No	Permitted lists	Rate (Kip)
	License
1	Name of internet code Registration service party under .la (notary) per time per year	50.000
	Internet service party(ISP) per time per year	50.000
	Internet café per time per year	50.000
	Website creation service per time per year	50.000
	Storage rental and data saving per time per year	50.000

License issuance’s fee on IT

No	Permitted Lists	Rate(kip)
	License per time per year
1	Software creation service	50.000
2	Software import-export service	50.000
3	Software supply service	50.000
4	IT material combining and manufacturing	50.000
5	Online information and information searching service	50.000
6	Online entertainment service (movie, picture and music)	50.000
7	Online game service	50.000
8	Additional service (message, picture, audio and others)	50.000
9	Other online service	50.000

Service Charge

Article 29. Service charge for Postal and telecommunication Sector

Postal technical service

No	Lists	Rate (kip)
A	Service charge for researching and documenting
1	Authorization on enterprise establishment per year	200.000
2	Checking picture, photo and printing as stamp per pattern - Pattern that contains stamp less than 3 pieces - Pattern that contains stamp from 4 pieces or more - Pattern that contains with souvenir stamp or the first distribution day or both will be collected more - Pattern that contains with silver stamps - Pattern that contains with golden stamps	100.000 200.000 50.000 300.000 400.000
B	Service charge of technical standard and quality management and inspection per year
1	Company or enterprise which provide service to accept taking care of something, deliver, distribute those things and the weight of package, box, bag and others are not more than 50 kg	5.000.000
2	Company or enterprise which provide service to accept taking care of something, deliver, distribute those things and the weight of package, box, bag and others are more than 50 kg	10.000.000

Academic service charge on telecommunication and communication
1. Academic service charge on telecommunication

No	Lists	Rate (kip)
A	License
1	All system of Cell phone per year	35.000.000
2	All system of telephone per year	10.000.000
3	Telecommunication infrastructure per yaer	8.000.000
4	Phone number with 3 and 4 digit (1xx,1xxx) per 1 number per time	100.000
5	Telecommunication business service per year	200.000
6	Telecommunication material import-export company per year	200.000
7	Telecommunication material supply company per year	200.000
8	Phone materials installing-repairing company	200.000
9	To audit and certify technical standard of telecommunication per year	100.000
10	Agency of foreign company per year	1.000.000
11	Telecommunication material combining and manufacturing factory establishment per year	2.000.000
12	Mobile phones and parts selling shop per year	100.000
13	Telecommunication material contribution agency per year	100.000
14	Mobile phone reparation shop per year	100.000
15	Telecommunication material import document per time	100.000
16	Telecommunication material export document per time	100.000
17	Frequency Receiver-transmitter column installation	200.000
18	All system of mobile phone per 1 item per one time	1.000
19	All type of telephone per 1 item per 1 time	500
20	A phone via all system of satellites per 1item per 1 time	100.000
B	Cost for code and phone number using
1	Code of Laos (856) per year	10.000.000
2	Provincial Code per one code per year	1.000.000
3	Mobile phone network code (2,5,7,9) per 1 code per 1 year	5.000.000
4	Mobile Phone number per 1 number per 1 time	1.000
5	Telephone number per 1 number per 1 time	500
6	Phone number with 3 and 4 digits (1xx,1xxx) for those companies which provide telecom service per 1 number per 1 year	100.000

Service charge for Frequency Wave

No	Lists	Rate (kip)
A	Frequency according to their service per year
1	Mobile Phone system and other systems that are similar per 1 KHz:
1.1	Mobile Phone system GSM900 and GSM1800	120.000
1.2	Mobile Phone system CDMA and other technology that are similar	100.000
2	High speed communication system without line and other systems that are similar per 1 KHz:
2.1	System that use technology to divide frequency FDD or divide time TDD	50.000
3	Radio broadcast and Television system per 1 channel
3.1	Radio broadcast system:
	- Vientiane Capital	3.000.000
	- Big Provinces	2.000.000
	- Small provinces	1.000.000
3.2	Television system:
	- Vientiane Capital	12.000.000
	- Big Provinces	10.000.000
	- Small provinces	50.000.000
3.3	Ad TV per 1 channel, frequency per 1 hour( live program of foreign)	2.000.000
4	Trunk Radio System per 1 KHz
	- Vientiane Capital	20.000
	- Big Provinces	15.000
	- Small provinces or rural areas of big provinces	10.000
5	Walkie-talkie system and other similar system per 1 KHz
	- Vientiane Capital	70.000
	- Big Provinces	40.000
	- Small provinces or rural areas of big provinces	20.000
6	Radio System for airplane control per 1 channel:	1.000.000
7	Communication system via satellite calculated per 1 KHz
7.1	Frequency for Lband (2 GHz)	5.000
7.2	Frequency for Cband (4/6 GHz)	10.000
7.3	Frequency for Xband (7/8 GHz)	8.000
7.4	Frequency for Kuband (12/14 and 17/18 GHz)	7.000
7.5	Frequency for Kaband (20/30 GHz)	5.000
8	Volunteer Radio per 1 channel	50.000
9	Constant installation network for spot to spot 1 KHz
9.1	For Frequency 30-300 KHz
	- Frequency band 4 KHz or lower	25.000
	- Frequency band higher than 4 KHz	24.000
9.2	For Frequency higher than 300-3000 KHz
	- Frequency band 6.25 KHz or lower	23.000
	- Frequency band higher than 6.25	22.000
9.3	For Frequency higher than 3-30 MHz
	- Frequency band 12.5 KHz or lower	12.000
	- Frequency band higher than 12.5 KHz	10.000
9.4	For Frequency higher than 30-300 MHz
	- Frequency band 12.5 KHz or lower	10.000
	- Frequency band higher than 12.5 KHz	6.0000
9.5	For Frequency higher than 300-3000 MHz
	- Frequency band 25 KHz or lower	8.000
	- Frequency band higher than 25 KHz	3.000
9.6	For Frequency higher than 3-30 GHz
	- Frequency band 1 MHz or lower	4.000
	- Frequency band higher than 1 MHz	1.000
9.7	For Frequency higher than 30-300 GHz
	- Frequency band 10 MHz or lower	3.000
	- Frequency band higher than 10 MHz	2.000
10	Constant installation network for spot to spots
10.1	For Radio Frequency 1 GHz or lower
	- Radio Frequency band 25 KHz	25.000
	- Radio Frequency band more than 25 KHz	10.000
10.2	For Radio Frequency higher than 1 MHz
	- Radio frequency band 1 MHz or lower	8.000
	- Radio Frequency band more than 1 MHz	4.000
11	Satellite Orbit Position per 1 position
11.1	Orbit lower than 1000 km (LEO)	1.000.000.000
11.2	Orbit from 1000-10.000 km (MEO)	1.500.000.000
11.3	Orbit higher than 10.000-40.000 km (GSO)	3.000.000.000

Academic Service Charge for Internet

No	Permission List Rate	Rate (kip)
A	Permission
1	Internet code under .la registering provider (notary) per time/year	400.000
2	Internet Service Provider (ISP) per time/year	5.000.000
3	Internet café per time/year	200.000
4	Website establishment service per time/year	500.000
5	Website storage rent providing and data maintenance per time/year	300.000
B	Name code and internet number using per year
1	Second level Internet name code under .la (per 1 name code)	30.000
2	Third level Internet name code under .la (per 1 name code)	20.000
3	Special Second level Internet name code under .la (per 1 name code)	800.000
4	Special Third level Internet name code under .la (per 1 name code)	400.000
5	Internet IP (public IP) (per 1 IP)	50

Academic Service Charge for IT

No	Permission List Rate	Rate (kip)
A	Permission License per time/year
1	Software establishment service	500.000
2	Software import-export service	500.000
3	Software distribution service	500.000
4	Assembling and producing IT materials per time/year	1.000.000
5	Online Information and information Search Service	250.000
6	Online Entertainment service (movies, photos, and music) and additional service (messages, photos, audios and etc.)	250.000
7	Online Game service	500.000
8	Other Online service	300.000

Those big provinces and small provinces must define according to Regulation of Ministry of Interior.

Article 30. Fee and Service Charge exception on Telecommunication

Fee and Service Charge are the exception for Nation Defense and Security, Emergency, Natural disaster Defense and Relief for public, National significant missions, embassies and International Organization according to international treaty and treaty which is signed with Government of Lao PDR.

Chapter VI

Foreign Affairs Sector

Fees

Article 31. Fees on documentation Issuance of Foreign Affairs

Fee rate in Domestic

No	Description	Rate (Kip)
1	Fee on the issuance of passport	150.000 Kip/book
2	Fee on the extension of passport	100.000 Kip/time
3	Fee on the issuance of the Visa for many time entry-exit for foreign business people in Laos are defined as following: - 3 months duration multiple entry visa - 6 months duration multiple entry visa - 12 months duration multiple entry visa	300.000/time 600.000/time 1.200.000/time

Fee rate in Foreign countries

No	Description	New Rate in $
1	Issuance of consular card for Lao people	$10/person/time
2	Consular card renewal for Lao people	$10/person/time
3	Issuance of passport for Lao people to return the country	$10/person/time
4	Certificates on family registration issuance	$10/person/time
5	Passport renewal	$10/time

Article 32. Fee on issuance of Passport and Enter-Exit Visa

Fee on issuance of regular passport and boarding pass for Lao people must collected as following:

Description

Rate (Kip)

Fee on Passport issuance

Fee on Passport renewal

150.000

100.000

Fee on Declaration of Country Entry-Exit Visa for foreign business person in Lao the PDR will be collected as following:

Description

Rate (Kip)

Fee on multiple entry Visa within 3 months

Fee on multiple entry Visa within 6 months

Fee on multiple entry Visa within 1 year

300.000

600.000

1.200.000

Fee on consular of Lao PDR in foreign countries must be collected as following:

Regular passport renewal US$10
- Passport for returning the country for individuals US$10

Article 33. Fees on the Entry Visa into the Lao PDR of Foreigners

Fees on the entry visa into the Lao PDR at embassy or general consular of the Lao PDR:

prescribed to collect from 5 to 45 US dollars/ each time/ one person based on agreement of equal rate between countries;
for foreigner who had the Lao nationality by origin (those who were born in the Lao PDR; has father, mother, brother, sister that have the Lao nationality including aliens who were born in Laos and Lao people by origin who have not yet acquired other nationality) shall be collected 20 US dollars/ each time/ one person, to those who live in the country that has the fee rate of visa higher than 20 US dollars and those who live in foreign country that has the rate fee of visa lesser than 20 US dollars is based on the agreement of equal rate between countries;

Fees for visa on arrival:

prescribed to collect not less than 30 US dollars/ each time/ one person, based on the collection with equal rate of the embassy or consulate general of the Lao PDR in foreign countries;
for citizens of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of China is prescribed to collect for a rate of 20 US dollars/ each time/ one person.

Service Charge

Article 34. Service Charge on issuance of foreign affairs documentation

shall be collected as following:

Service charge in foreign countries

No	Description	New rate
1	Consular ticket issuance for Lao people	$2/person/time
2	Consular ticket extension for Lao people	$2/person/time
3	Family registration certificates issuance	$2/person/time
4	Researching on Request Letter for permanent living in Lao PDR	$10/person/time
5	Researching on Request Letter about Nationality	$10/person/time
6	Researching on Request Letter for child adopting	$10/person/time
7	Passport issuance for Lao people to return the country	$2/person/time
8	Visa issuance	$1/person/time
9	Signature certifying	$15/person/set
10	Business Unit certifying	$15/person/set
11	Goods origin certifying	$15/person/set
12	Certificate issuance	$15/person/set
13	Power of Attorney certifying	$15/person/set
14	To make Questionnaire	$15/person/set
15	Information providing such as: - Legislations - Other information	$15/person/book $10/person/set

Service charge in the country

No	Description	New rate
1	Issuance of regular Passport	150.000 kip/book
2	Issuance of letter of authorization for tourists entering the Lao PDR	5.000 kip/person
3	Issuance of letter of authorization for visa on arrival at international checkpoint	5.000 kip/person
4	Issuance of letter of authorization for issuing temporary staying card	5.000 kip/person
5	Issuance of letter of authorization for renewal of temporary staying card	5.000 kip/person
6	Issuance of multiple entry visa for foreign experts	15.000 kip/person
7	Document certification for Lao citizen and legal entities	20,000 kip/person
8	Application for renewal or changing of boarding pass or multiple entry visa	5.000 kip/copy
9	Application for a new boarding pass	10.000 kip/copy
10	Sending telegram to embassies and consulate general of the Lao PDR in foreign countries	20.000 kip/copy
11	Document certification for foreigners and foreign legal entities	100.000 kip/copy
12	Certification of marriage certificate between Lao citizen and foreigner	100.000 kip/copy
13	Study and consideration of application for permanent residency in Laos	50.000 kip/copy
14	Study and consideration of application about nationality	50.000 kip/copy
15	Study and consideration of application for child adoption	50.000 kip/copy
16	Service charge for issuance of visa at international checkpoint	50.000 kip/person/time

Article 35: Exemption of Consular Fee

1. Exemption of fee for issuance of exit visa and issuance of official and diplomatic passport to Lao citizen;

2. Exemption of fee for issuance of passport for returning back to the country for Lao citizen whom official and diplomatic passport being stolen or lost in foreign countries;

3. Exemption of fee for Lao PDR multiple entry visa and multiple entry-exit visa for foreigners who have privileges under the International Treaty in which the Lao PDR is a party in accordance with the regulations issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

4. Exemption of fee for Lao PDR multiple entry visa and multiple entry-exit visa for foreigners and stateless people based on the cases below:

a. Staff of multilateral cooperation office, staff of the United Nations and international organizations working at the representative office in the Lao PDR;

b. Experts or foreign technical staff coming on behalf of the cooperation project between two governments;

c. Experts or foreign technical staff of foreign volunteer organization entering Lao PDR under the Grant Aids project to the Government of the Lao PDR;

d. Experts entering Lao PDR for collecting the information on lending money and project monitoring in accordance with the Loan Agreement to the Government of the Lao PDR;

e. Important persons listed in the plan for granting assistance and honorary person in accordance with the regulations set out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

f. Husband or wife or children of the persons listed from Item a to e.

5. Fee exemption for issuing short-term Visa for entering Lao PDR to foreigners and stateless person with Lao race who applies for Visa at embassy and consulate of the Lao PDR in foreign countries.

6. Fee exemption for issuing short-term Visa for entering Lao PDR to foreigners and stateless person with Lao race whose age reached 65 years and over, a person who is under 15 years of age, who is a monk, an insane person applying for Visa at international checkpoints throughout the country.

Chapter VII

Public Security Sector

Fees

Article 36. Fees on Population Administration

1	Fees on the Issuance of Family Book for Lao Citizen and Aliens	Fee Rate
	- For Lao citizen	2.000 kip/set
	- For aliens	3.000 kip/set
	Issuance of ID card for Lao citizen (card sheet 8Kb and 32Kb)	2.000 kip/set
	Issuance of ID card for aliens (card sheet 8 Kb and 32 Kb)	2.000 kip/set
2	Fee for issuance of seal - oval seal, octagonal seal in Lao language, Lao-foreign language, foreign language - name’s stamp, dry seal, circular seal, rectangular seal, rectangular 3x5, 3x6, small rectangular seal, signature stamp in Lao language, Lao-foreign language, foreign language	10.000 kip/set 5.000 kip/set
4	Fee on the issuance of fire-arms holding card - State administration sector - Business sector	5.000 kip/set 10.000 kip/set

Article 37. Fee on Immigration Control

Fee on immigration control shall be collected as follows:

1	Fee on the issuance of passport and border pass to Lao citizen	Fee
	- passport - border pass	15.000 kip/person 10.000 kip/person
2	Fee on declaration of entry-exit visa of passport, border pass for Lao and foreigners - Lao citizen - Foreigner	10.000 kip/person 10.000 kip/person
3	Fee of registration for a stay and issuance of authorization to permanently residing in Laos for foreigner - issuance of authorization to permanent residence - fee for registration for a stay of 3 months	3.000.000 kip/person 300.000 kip/person
4	Fee on the issuance of card to foreigner - investor card, technical profession card, worker card, expert card (for 1 year) - investor card, technical employee card, expert card (for 6 months) - fee for passport renewal for overstay of foreigner - fee for passport renewal for overstay of Lao nationality holding foreign citizen	1.200.000 kip/person 600.000 kip/person 20.000 kip/day 10.000 kip/day
5	Fee on the issuance of marriage authorization of Lao citizen with foreigner	1.000.000 kip/couple

Article 38. Fee on Making Cars’ Plate

1	Motorcycle 2 wheels and tricycle	5.000 kip/one
2	Sedan, pick up 4 wheels	10.000 kip/one
3	Truck 4 wheels and up	20.000 kip/one

Service Charge

Article 39. Service Charge of Security Sector shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate (kip)
A	Population management task
1	Fee for issuance of family book of Lao citizen and aliens
	- document and Lao family book	13.000 kip/set
	- document and aliens family book	17.000 kip/set
	- fee of application form for moving Lao family book	5.000 kip/set
	- fee of application form for moving aliens family book	10.000 kip/set
2	Fee for loss declaration and issuance of new book
	- for Lao citizen	13.000 kip/set
	- for aliens	17.000 kip/set
3	Fee for issuance of ID card, loss declaration and issuance of new card
	- fee for certifying document to be used as temporary card	5.000 kip
	- fee for declaring the loss of ID card	33.000 kip/set
	- fee for document and card sheet 8 Kb	73.000 kip/set
	- fee for document and card sheet 32 Kb	55.000 kip
	- fee for recording book of registration Lao and alien ID card	10.000 kip/book
4	Village security guard monitoring book (5 types)
5	Fee for document and seal production
	- Oval shape seal in Lao language	50.000 kip/set
	- Oval shape seal in Lao-foreign language	60.000 kip/set
	- Oval shape in foreign language	50.000 kip/set
	- Octagonal shape in Lao language	60.000 kip/set
	- Octagonal shape in Lao and foreign language	65.000 kip/set
	- Octagonal shape in foreign language	60.000 kip/set
	- Name seal in Lao, foreign language	20,000 kip/set
	- Name seal in Lao – foreign language	25.000 kip/set
	- Dry seal	990.000 kip/set
	- One-time seal	500.000 kip/set
	- Round-shape seal	45.000 kip/set
	- Rectangular shape seal	60.000 kip/set
	- Square shape seal 3x5 in Lao language	40.000 kip/set
	- Square shape seal 3x5 in Lao-foreign language	45.000 kip/set
	- Square shape seal 3x5 in foreign language	45.000 kip/set
	- Square shape seal 3x6 in Lao language	50.000 kip/set
	- Square shape seal 3x 6 in Lao-foreign language	55.000 kip/set
	- Square shape seal 3x6 in foreign language	50.000 kip/set
	- Square shape seal 3x6 in foreign language	50.000 kip/set
	- Small square shape seal in Lao language	25.000 kip/set
	- Small square shape seal in foreign language	30.000 kip/set
	- Signature seal	30.000 kip/set
	- Large square shape seal 7x9 in Lao language	60.000 kip/set
	- Large square shape seal 7x4.5 in Lao language	40.000 kip/set
	- Large square shape seal 8 x 4 in Lao language	40.000 kip/set
	- Large square shape seal 7 x 9 in Lao-foreign language	70.000 kip/set
	- Large square shape seal 7 x 4.5 in Lao –foreign language	50.000 kip/set
	- Large square shape seal 8 x 4 in Lao-foreign language	50.000 kip/set
	- Small square shape seal in Lao – foreign language	25.000
	- Small oval shape seal 3x1.5 in Lao-foreign language	25.000
	- Small oval shape seal 3x1.5 in Lao language	50.000 kip/set
	- Small oval shape seal 3x1.5 in foreign language	55.000 kip/set
	- Small oval shape seal 3x1.5 in Lao-foreign language	50.000 kip/set
	- Triangle shape seal 5x5 in Lao language	50.000 kip/set
	- Triangle shape seal 5x5 in foreign language	60.000 kip/set
	- Triangle shape 5x5 Lao-foreign language	50.000 kip/set
6	Cost of document and weapon holding card: - State administrative - Business	20.000 kip/set 25.000 kip/set
B	Immigration inspection activities, aliens management
1	Cost of completing documentation for issuing a passport and a border pass to Lao citizen
	- Cost for documentation and passport - Cost of renewal of border pass - Cost of document and border pass	40.000 kip/book 20.000 kip/book 25.000 kip/sheet
2	Cost of declaring entry-exit for passport, border pass of Lao citizen and foreigner
	- Lao citizen	8.000 kip/person
	- Foreigner	10.000 kip/person
3	Overtime cost for entry-exit the border of Lao citizen and foreigner
	- Lao citizen	8.000 kip/person
	- Foreigner	10.000 kip/person
4	Registration for staying and issuance of permanent residency certificate to foreigners
	- Cost for permanent residency in Lao PDR	100.000 kip/person
	- Cost for registration (3 months)	30.000 kip/person
5	Cost for issuance of License and Visa for foreigners
	- Investor card, technical card, worker card, expert card, student card B2	100.000 kip/person
	- Cost for passport renewal/Visa application when overstay	25.000 kip/time
	- Marriage application document 1 set	100.000 kip/couple
	- Auditing and sign through telegram for foreigner who applies for Visa to operate business in the Lao PDR	15.000 kip/person
	- Declaration of loss passport	30.000 kip/time
	Notice exit banning	100.000 kip/time
C	Car’s license plate producing activities
	- Bicycle (2 wheels)	50.000 kip/car
	- Tricycle (3 wheels)	75.000 kip/car
	- Sedan, pick-up (4 wheels)	145.000 kip/car
	- Truck (4 wheels and over)	185.000 kip/car
D	Tourism activities
1	Application document for importing tourism
	- Tour guide license document	2.000 kip/person/time
	- Issuance of loss certificate	10.000 kip/time
2	Document seeking authorization for importing foreign car to serve in tourism sector
	- Car from 6-12 seats	20.000 kip/vehicle/time
	- Car from 13-25 seats	40.000 kip/vehicle/time
	- Car from 26-45 seats	60.000 kip/vehicle/time
	- Car from 46 seats and over	80.000 kip/vehicle/time
3	Document seeking authorization for importing foreign car caravane
	- Bicycle	5.000 kip/bike/time
	- Motorcycle	10.000 kip/motorbike/time
	- Car with 4-wheels and more	20.000 kip/vehicle/time

Chapter VIII

Agricultural and Forestry Sector

Fees

Article 40. Fee for Issuance of License to Operate Business on Fishery, Aquatic and Wild Animals

Fee on the issuance of license for fishery business operation is 50.000 kip throughout the whole duration of business operation.
Fee on the issuance of business operation license for business involved the move and registration of list of aquatic and wild animals.

No.	Description	Kip/Time
1	Registered capital, value 100.000.000 – 400.000.000 kip	300.000
2	Registered capital, value 400.000.000 – 2.000.000.000 kip	1.000.000
3	Registered capital, value 2.00.000.000 – 5.000.000.000 kip	2.000.000
4	Registered capital, value more than 5.000.000.000 kip	3.000.000
5	Permission to move, transit of aquatic and wild animals within the country	300.000
6	Permission to move, transit of aquatic and wild animals to abroad	100.000
7	Permission to move, transit aquatic and wild animals to the 3rd countries	2.000.000
8	Register of list of aquatic and wild animals 50.000 9 Permission to transit of wild plants (wild orchid) to the 3^rd countries	200.000
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Fee on the issuance of license for operating business involved trading of aquatic and wild animals according to international convention (CITES) shall be collected in relation to the goods value as follows:

No.	Description	Kip/Set
1	Value of goods from 10.000.000 kip and below	100.000
2	Value of goods more than 10.000.000 – 50.000.000 kip	200.000
3	Value of goods more than 50.000.000 – 100.000.000 kip	500.000
4	Value of goods more than 100.000.000 kip and over	1.000.000

Article 41. Fees on the Issuance of License for Business Operation in the Field of Forestry, Irrigation and Agriculture.

the issuance of license for seedling or ornamental plant business operation shall be collected 20.000 kip for each activity.
the issuance of the license for trees plantation business operation shall be collected according to registered capital as follows:

No.	Registered Capital	Kip/Time
1	From 10.000.000 kip and below	20.000
2	From 10.000.001 – 50.000.000 kip	50.000
3	From 50.000.001 – 100.000.000 kip	100.000
4	From 100.000.001 kip and over	150.000

the issuance of the license for woods exploitation business operation shall be collected as follows:

No.	Registered Capital	Kip/Time
1	From 400.000.000 – 1.500.000.000 kip	1.000.000
2	From 1.500.000.001 – 2.500.000.000 kip	1.500.000
3	From 2.500.000.001 kip and over	2.000.000

the issuance of the license for business operation involved NTFPs shall be collected as follows:

No.	Registered Capital	Kip/Time
1	From 10.000.000 kip and below	100.000
2	From 10.000.001 – 50.000.000 kip	200.000
3	From 50.000.001 kip and over	300.000

the issuance of the license for business operation related to forestry and plants in according to CITES shall be collected as follows:

No.	Registered Capital	Kip
	Woods’ value from 10.000.000 kip and lower	100.000
	From 10.000.001 – 50.000.000 kip	200.000
	From 50.000.001 – 100.000.000 kip	500.000
	From 100.000.000 kip and over	1.000.000

A license for moving timber and NTFPs within the country, a license for exporting woods and NTFPs to foreign countries, including plantation registration certificate, wood planting certificate shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate (Kip/Set)
1	A license for moving of timber and NTFPs within the country	100.000
2	A license for moving of timber and NTFPs to foreign country	20.000
3	A license for moving of processing wood – natural wood	100.000
4	A license for moving of processing wood – planted wood	20.000
5	A license for moving of all types of NTFPs	30.000
6	Plantation Registration Certificate	20.000
7	Certificate of planted wood	5.000

Issuance of a License for operating business related to irrigation construction and repair shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate (Kip/Set)
1	Amount from 500.000.000 and lower	300.000
2	Amount from 500.000.001 to 1.000.000.000 kip	400.000
3	Amount from 1.000.000.001 and over	500.000

Issuance of a License for operating business related to the survey and design of irrigation shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate (Kip/Set)
1	Amount from 500.000.000 and lower	300.000
2	Amount from 500.000.001 to 1.000.000.000 kip	400.000
3	Amount from 1.000.000.001 and over	500.000

Issuance of a certificate of organic agriculture, clean agriculture and plant hygiene shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate (Kip/Set)
1	Certification of organic agriculture standard and clean agriculture standard: Certification of farm, group
1.1	First issuance of certificate	50.000
1.2	Renewal of certificate (annually)	20.000
1.3	Certification of crop planting (organic, chemical)	50.000
1.4	Certification of first production factor	100.000
1.5	Renewal of certificate of first production factor	50.000
2	Issuance of license for plant import, export, transit in accordance with the law on plant protection:
2.1	Certificate of import plant hygiene	25.000
2.2	Certificate of export plant hygiene	25.000
2.3	Certificate of hygiene for transit or forwarding plant	25.000
2.4	License for operation of business related to plant hygiene	50.000

Issuance of certificate related to fertilizer, pesticide, seeds and technical document shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate (Kip/Set)
1	Certification of document related to fertilizer for agriculture	(Kip)
1.1	Authorization for import and export	25.000 kip/time
1.2	Authorization for distribution	30.000 time/year
1.3	Fertilizer production	30.000/time/year
1.4	Summarizing of information for registration or renewal of fertilizer registration	65.000/
2	Certification of document related to pesticide for agriculture
2.1	Import and export license	24.000/time
2.2	Authorization for distribution
2.3	Pesticide production	30.000/time/year
2.4	Summarizing of data for registration of renewal of pesticide register	100.000/time/year
3	Certification of document related to plant seeds and species:
3.1	Authorization for Import and Export	25.000/time
3.2	Authorization for distribution	30.000/time
3.3	Authorization for certifying plant seeds and species	30.000/time
3.4	Summarizing of data for registration or renewal of plant seeds and species	65.000/time
4	Certification of document on the accuracy of irrigation technique
4.1	Certification of quality of irrigation construction	500.000/set
4.2	Certification of passing the design of irrigation construction	500.000/set
4.3	Certification of studying summarizing plan	500.000/set
5	Service charge for certifying and approval of economic feasibility study on forestry, aquatic animal, wildlife;	500.000/set
6	Certification of document related to livestock raising and veterinarian
6.1	Authorization for import and export of animal, feed and veterinary drug:	25.000/time
6.2	Authorization for distribution of animal, feed and veterinary drug	30.000/time
6.3	Authorization for production of animal, feed and veterinary drug	30.000/time
6.4	Service charge for certifying and approval of economic feasibility study on livestock raising, fishery and animal health	100.000/set

Service Charges

Article 42. Service Charges of the Agriculture and Forestry Sector

Service Charges of Agricultural Sector

Service charges for pest inspection and analysis for import and export and transit shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate (Kip/Set)
1	Document certifying plant hygiene	15.000
2	Group of agricultural and forestry products:
2.1	Products from wood processing of slicing-wood, plywood, processed wood, parts of tree (trunk, root)
	- From 100 m3 and less	65.000
	- From 101 m3 and over	105.000
2.2	Weaving handicraft
	-Wooden Packaging
	• From 10 Kg and less	40.000
	• More than 10 Kg and over	60.000
	-Products made from parts of crops
	• From 10 Kg and less	45.000
	• More than 10 Kg and over	60.000
2.3	Products from nature and agriculture such as: sealing wax, resin, ໝາກຈອງບານ, cardamom, jute, ເປືອກແຄ, ເປືອກເມືອກມ, ຫຍ້າໝວດແມວ:
	-From 5 Kg and less	10.000
	-More than 5– 500 Kg	40.000
	-More than 500 Kg and over	65.000
2.4	Crop and products from agriculture:
	-Coffee, rice, job’s tear, corn, sesame, peanut, soy, crop seeds and flour product
	• From 10 tons and lower	40.000
	• More than 10 tons to 100 tons	65.000
	• More than 100 tons and over	90,000
	-Fibre crop: cotton, ງິ້ວ, silk, jute and other kind of fibres	45.000
	-Tobacco leaf, tea, flowers
	• From 50 Kg and lower	45.000
	• More than 50 Kg and over	60.000
	-Fruits, vegetable, tarot, sweet potato, root, shoot or twig
	• From 100 Kg and less	80.000
	• More than 100 Kg and over	100.000
	-sugarcane and other plants using trunks and other branches
	• From 1 Ton and less	80.000
	• More than 1 Ton and over	100.000
	-Plant seedlings obtaining from gene cultivation	50.000
	-Seedlings with height less than 1 m
	• From 100 seedlings and less	80.000
	• From 100 seedlings and over	100.000
	-Trees
	• From 20 trees and less	80.000
	• More than 20 trees and over	100.000
3	Group of exemplary agricultural products	15.000
4	Group of agricultural products being transited through the Lao PDR to the 3rd countries	15.000
5	Plant hygiene service charge
	-Chemical medical steam charge	60.000 Kip/m3
	-charge for data collection for pest risk assessment for import and export	200.000 Kip/set
	-Insect elimination by chemical drug (spray or soaking in chemical drug)	1.000 Kip/litre of complete drug)
	-Elimination of disease and insect in transportation vehicle
	• Normal vehicle	5.000 kip/vehicle
	• 4 wheel-truck	35.000 kip/vehicle
	• 6 wheel-truck and over	50.000 kip/vehicle
	-Elimination of plant seriously infectious with pest
	• Through burning	100.000 /m3
	• Through burying	200.000/m3
	-Data summary, inspection and certification in order to issue or renewal of crop hygiene business	100.000 Kip/time
6	Service charge for pest analyzing or diagnosing the cause of crop elimination: -Crop disease arising from fungus	60.000 kip/crop/time
	-Crop disease arising from bacteria	80.000 kip/crop/time
	-Crop disease arising from small worm	45.000 kip/crop/time
	-Contagious disease in soil, fertilizer, crop squeezing and other cultivate crops	100.000 kip/time
	-Disease arising from normal bacteria, 1 example	25.000 kip/time
	-Insects in rice balm, not over 5 insect examples	45.000 kip/crop/time
	-Insects in vegetables, fruits and decoration plant, less than 5 example	45.000 kip/crop/time
7	Experimental plantation to keep track of diseases from imported crops
	-seed, core	120.000/experimental set
	-root, shoot, twig	140.000/experimental set
	-plant tissue	150.000/experimental set
	-saplings or logs species, branches	150.000/experimental set

Service charge for analysis and gathering the information for issuance of certificate for crop cultivation farm or crop origin shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate (Kip/Set)
1	Analysis, inspection and gathering of information
	- From 1 ha and less	50.000
	- More than 1 ha and over	100.000
2	Farm inspection and certification of pest status information	150.000

Service charge for inspection of organic agriculture business and clean agriculture including the certificate shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate (Kip/Set)
1	Data analysis and gathering for issuance of a certificate of organic agricultural product and plants products	50.000
2	Inspection of area for production of organic agriculture and clean agriculture	25.000
3	Inspection of products from organic agriculture, clean agriculture	25.000
4	Inspection of production site:
	- Small scale (fully produced in organic form)	250.000
	- Small scale experimental series (produced in organic and chemical forms)	500.000
	- Large scale (fully produced in organic form)	750.000
	- Large scale (produced in organic and chemical forms)	1.500.000
5	Inspection the number of project’s member	50.000 kip/farm
6	Inspection of natural based products	100.000 kip/species
7	Service for yearly export	800.000 kip/year
8	Arrangement of additional documents for export	100.000 kip/species
9	Inspection of production factor	500.000 kip/species

Service Charges for Analysis of Livestock Raising, Veterinary and fishery Shall be Collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate (Kip/Set)
1	Fees for meat inspection at slaughterhouse and small animal killing site:	Kip/head
	- Cow, buffalo, horse,	30.000
	- Pig, sheep, goat	15.000
	- Fowl	2.000
2	Service charges at the laboratory
2.1	Fees for animal disease analysis	Kip/sample
	- Epidemic and bacteria	30.000
	- Fungus	30.000
2.2	Fees for animal species analysis	Kip/sample
	- Skin: salty skin, tanning skin	30.000
	- Meat, milk, eggs and others	30.000
2.3	Fees for killing disease on transportation vehicle:	Kip/vehicle
	- General vehicle	5.000
	- Animal transportation vehicle	25.000
3	Fees for animal feed analysis:
3.1	Fees for analysis of normal animal feed ingredient:	Kip/sample
	- Fiber (CF)	70.000
	- Dry substance or humidity, ash (TA)	30.000
	- Total meat substance (CP), total grease substance (EE)	70.000
3.2	Fees for minerals analysis:	Kip/sample
	- Calcium (Ca)	70.000
	- Phosphorus (P)	70.000
	- Salt (NaCI)	70.000
	- Acid digested fiber (ADF)	70.000
	- Alkaline water digested fiber (NDF)	70.000

Service Charge for Researching of Fish Species, Livestock Species, Vegetation Species, Orchard Tree, Rice, Industrial Crop, Decorative Plant, Industrial Tree, Herbal Medicine, Animal Medicine shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate
1	Service charges for fish species research:
	- Traditional fish species	25.000 Kip/Kg
	- Foreign fish species	20.000 kip/kg
	- Middle age fish (45 days)	300 kip/head
	- Young fish (age 45 days and less)	100 kip/head
2	Service charges for livestock species research:
	- Cow species	15.000 kip/kg
	- Goat species	25.000 kip/kg
	- Small pig species	400.000 kip/head
	- Chick age 1 week	7.000 kip/head
	- Chick age 2 week	8.000 kip/head
	- Chick age 3 week	9.000 kip/head
	- Cow fake hybrid	150.000 kip/head
3	Service charges for plant species research
3.1	Service charges on vegetation species:
	- Chinese cabbage, Chinese mustard	60.000 kip/kg
	- Spinach, lettuce (rainy-dry season), long bean	90.000 kip/kg
	. Dry-season tomato, rainy-season tomato	1.000.000 kip/kg
	. Coriander	40.000 kip/kg
	. Local parsley	45.000 kip/kg
	. Dry-season cucumber, rainy-season cucumber	350.000 kip/kg
	. Short and long eggplants	400.000 kip/kg
	. Small chilly	500.000 kip/kg
	. Peapod	80.000 kip/kg
	. Green bean	70.000 kip/kg
3.2	Service charges for orchard seedlings
	a. branch connected seedling (ເບ້ຍໄມ້ທາບງ່າ)
	- Mango (single pot), monkey apple, tamarin	12.000 kip/seedling
	- Mango (double pot),	50.000 kip/seedling
	- Mango (triple pot)	100.000 kip/seedling
	- Jack fruit	15.000 kip/seedling
	b. branch covering seedling: (ເບ້ຍໄມ້ໂທມງ່າ)
	- Longan, lychee, lemon, grapefruit, guava	10.000 kip/seedling
	- Local lemon, sabovilla	5.000 kip/seedling
	c. ເບ້ຍໄມ້ປ່ຽນຍອດ ແລະ ຕິດຕາ Seedling:
	- Rambutan, lemon, kafir lime	15.000 kip/seedling
	- Mango	12.000 kip/seedling
	d. Sawing and ປັກຊໍາ seeding:
	- Sawing tamarind, sawing monkey apple, sawing orange, sawing papaya, sawing custard apple, sawing small orange, dragon fruit, rambutan, large needle flower, millionaire flower	5.000 kip/seeding
	- Kafir lime	8.000 kip/seedling
	- Normal coconut	10.000 kip/seedling
	- Sweet coconut	15.000 kip/seedling
3.3	Service charges for ornamental flower:
	- Seedling in small bag (golden tea, small needle flower)	1.000 kip/seedling
	- Seedling in large bag (large needle flower, millionaire flower)	5.000 kip/seedling
3.4	Service charges for large pot industrial wood species:ໄມ້ແຄນເຮືອ, ໄມ້ຂະຍອມ, ໄມ້ບາກ, ໄມ້ແຕ້ຂ່າ, ໄມ້ດເລືອດ, ໄມ້ດູ່ກິ່ງອ່ອນ, ໄມ້ ກະຖິນເທພາ, ໄມ້ກະຖິນນະຍົງ, ໄມ້ແດງ, ໄມ້ຕີນເປັດ, ໄມ້ຄໍາພີ, ໄມ້ຍາງນາ , ໄມ້ເປືອຍນໍ້າ	5.000 kip/pot
3.5	Service charges for large pot ornamental tree: ໄມ້ກາກະເລົາ, ໄມ້ຄູນ, frangipani wood, ໄມ້ຝາງແດງ, ໄມ້ກາງຂອງ	500 kip/pot
3.6	Service charges for small pot industrial tree: ໄມ້ແຄນເຮືອ, ໄມ້ແຄນຂະຍອມ, ໄມ້ບາກ, teak, green wood, yang tree, ໄມ້ຄໍາພີ, agar wood, ໄມ້ແດງ, ໄມ້ແຕ້ຂ່າ, ໄມ້ໝາກກອກເຫຼີ້ມ, ໄມ້ແກງແຊງ, ໄມ້ຕີນເປັດ, ໄມ້ເປືອຍນໍ້າ, eucalyptus wood	500 kip/pot
3.7	Service charges for small pot ornamental plant: ໄມ້ກະເລົາ, ໄມ້ ຄູນ, ໄມ້ຝາງແດງ, ໄມ້ກາງຂອງ	500 kip/pot
3.8	Price of NTFPs: different kinds of rattan seedings ເບ້ຍຫວາຍແຍ້, ເບ້ຍຫວາຍທອກ, ເບຍຫວາຍບູ່ນ, ເບ້ຍຫວາຍໂຕ່ນ	500 kip/seeding
3.9	Price of seeds of industrial trees:
	- Green wood	30,000 kip/kg
	- Yang tree, teak	15,000 kip/kg
	- Mai deng	250,000 kip/kg
	- ໄມ້ຄໍາພີ, ໄມ້ຈວງ, ໄມ້ຈັນ, ໄມ້ຕີນເປັດ	500,000 kip/kg
	- ໄມ້ຂະຍຸງ	550,000 kip/kg
	- ໄມ້ແຄນເຮືອ, ໄມ້ແຄນຂະຍອມ, ໄມ້ບາກ	20,000 kip/kg
	- ໄມ້ແຕ້ຂ່າ	10,000 kip/kg
	- ໄມ້ມູກ	300,000 kip/kg
3.10	Price of fast-growing plant species:
	- ໄມ້ກະຖິນນະລົງ, ໄມ້ກະຖິນເທພາ	300,000 kip/kg
	- ໄມ້ວິກ, ໄມ້ສະໂກ	500,000 kip/kg
3.11	Price of ornament tree seeds:
	- ໄມ້ກາລະພຶກ, ໄມ້ຄູນ	100,000 kip/kg
	- ໄມ້ກາກະເລົາ	300,000 kip/kg
	- ໄມ້ຝາງແດງ	50,000 kip/kg
3.12	Price of rice species:
	- Rice species (grade 1)	7,000 kip/kg
	- Rice species (grade 2)	6,000 kip/kg
	- Rice species (grade 3)	5,000 kip/kg
3.13	Price of economic plant species:
	- Mixed-species corn	22,000 kip/kg
	- Sticky-rice corn	10,000 kip/kg
	- Soy bean	12,000 kip/kg
	- Green bean	15,000 kip/kg
	- Black bean	15,000 kip/kg
	- Peanut	18,000 kip/kg
	- Cassava	1,000 kip/trunk
	- Sweet potato	300 kip/kg
3.14	Rice remained from lab testing	1,700 kip/kg
3.15	Price of producing fungus:
	- Fungus in tablet	2,000 kip/tablet
	- Fungus original germs	3,000 kip/bottle
4	Cost of researching pesticide:
	- Pesticide for medicinal plant	20,000 kip/litre
	- Biological germs	20,000 kip/litre (kg)
	- Beneficial insect	50,000 kip/set
5	Service charge on research of veterinarian drugs
	- Vaccine for beef/cow hermmarhoid ......... in oil (HS oil)	12,000 kip/10 needles
	- Vaccine for beef/cow hemmaroid disease....... In gel(HSgel)	6,000 kip/15 needles
	- Vaccine for swelling sickness (BQ)	10,000 kip/10 needles
	- Vaccine for foul cholera (FC)	6,000 kip/50 needles
	- Vaccine for NDF	4,000 kip/100 needles
	- Vaccine for NDM	4,000 kip/100 needles
	- Vaccine for tube infection (IB)	5,000 kip/100 needles
	- Vaccine for duck cholera (DP)	4,000 kip/50 needles
	- Vaccine for chicken pox (FP)	4,000 kip/100 needles
	- Vaccine for NDI2	3,000 kip/50 needles
	- Vaccine for pick cholera (SF)	7,000 kip/10 needles
	- Distilled water 10 cc (DW 10cc)	1,000 kip/10 needles
	- Distilled water 50 cc (DW 50 cc)	2,000 kip/50 needles

Service Charge for Inspection and Certification of Animal Health shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate
1	Elephant	150,000 kip/head
2	Cow, buffalo, horse, donkey, pony, pig, sheep, goat	50,000 kip/head
3	Pig, sheep, goat	10,000 kip/head
4	Foul (specifically for movement in large quantity)	100 kip/head
5	Foul more than 1,000 head/time (specifically for movement in large quantity)	30,000 kip/time
6	Small size foul less than 1,000 head/time	5,000 kip/certificate
7	Domestic animal accompanying a passenger or travelling out of country (dog, cat, fish and other authorized animals)
	- Decorated fish (traditional species)	30,000 kip/head
	- Decorated fish (foreign species)	5,000 kip/head
	- Dog, cat and other animals	30,0 kip/head

Service Charge for animal printing and sanitation of animal products for export

No.	Description	Rate
1	Service charge for animal printing:
	- Cow, buffalo, horse, donkey, pony, pig, sheep, goat	15,000 kip/head
	- Elephant	30,000 kip/head
2	Service charge for sanitation of animal products for export:
	- Bone, horn, nail, fur	100,000 kip/ton
	- Animal excrement	50,000 kip/ton

Survey of Agricultural and Forest Land: Soil, fertilizer, plant analysis

No.	Analysis List	Kip/sample
a.	Service charge for soil analysis
1	Electricity Conductivity (Ec-mmho/cm)	6,000
2	Soil Reaction (pH H₂O; pH KCI)	15,000
3	Calcium Carbonate (% CaCO₃)	12,000
4	Total Potassium (% K₂O)	30,000
5	Organic Matter Content (% OM)	35,000
6	P- available (P-ppm)	50,000
7	Productive Potassium – K₂O – mg/100g soil	30,000
8	Total Nitrogen (% N)	50,000
9	Productive Nitrogen N-mg 100g soil	35,000
10	Total Phosphorus (% P₂O₅)	50,000
11	Ion Exchangeable (electricity transmission capacity)
	Exchangeable base meg/100g soil) (Ca⁺² , K⁺, Na⁺)	35,000
	- CEC effective acidity (A1⁺³, H⁺)	35,000
	- CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity)	35,000
	- CEC Hydrolytic Acidity	25,000
	- ECE (BS)	35,000
12	Soil texture – Water Content (%):
	- Field Capacity = pF 2.5	15,000
	- Moisture Equivalent = pF 3.0	35,000
	- Wilting Point = pF 4.2	20,000
	- Density	15,000
13	Soil texture:
	- Pippettes method (% Coarse sand, fine sand, silt, clay)	35,000
	- Hydrometers method (% sand, silt , clay)	20,000
b.	Plant and fertilizer analysis:
	- pH H₂O; pH KCI	15,000
	- Organic Matter Content (% OM)	35,000
	- Total Nitrogen (% N)	50,000
	- Total Phosphorus (% P₂O₅)	50,000
	- Total Potassium (% K₂O)	30,000
d.	Preparation of sample of soil and plant	10,000

2. Service Charge for land survey including the report and other kind of maps shall be collected as follows:

No.	Size of the Survey Area/hectare	Land Survey Value according to the Level of the Scale of the Map of Survey/ Unit: 1.000 kip/hectare
No.	Size of the Survey Area/hectare	1:2000	1:5000	1:10000	1:25000- 1:30000	1:50000	1:100000	1:200000- 1:250000
1	Less than 20	4.116	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	21 - 50	3.432		-	-	-	-	-
3	51 - 100	-	2.052	1.368	-	-	-	-
4	101 - 200	-	1.368	684	-	-	-	-
5	201 - 500	-	684	204		-	-	-
6	501 - 1.000	-	-	204		-	-	-
7	1.001 – 5.000	-	-	132	72	18
8	5.001 – 10.000	-	-	72	54	36	-	-
9	10.001 – 25.000	-	-	- 54	36	20	13	-
10	25.001 – 50.000	-	-	36	20	13	11	8
11	50.001 – 75.000	-	-	-	13	11	8	5
12	75.001 –100.000	-	-	-	11	8	5	3
13	100.001 – 500.000	-	-	-		6	3	2
14	More than 500.000		-	-		-	2	1

Calculation method: Supposing of surveying of 30 ha of land in scale 1:2,000;

The survey cost shall be calculated as : 1000 (unit price) x 30 (surveying area) x 3,432 (Index) = 102,960,000 kip

Service Charge on Survey, Management, Obligation on reforestation of forestry sector

Service charge on forest survey including report and all kinds of maps shall be collected as follows:

No.

Description

Kip/Unit

Survey on production forests allocation:

- less than 5.000 hectares

- 5.000 – 10.000 hectares

- 10.001 – 20.000 hectares

- 20.001 – 40.000 hectares

- 40.000 hectares and over

50.000/hectare 45.000/hectare 40.000/hectare 35.000/hectare 30.000/hectare

Survey before exploitation

400.000/hectare

Survey of tree plantation area

- 5.000 hectares and below

- 5.001 – 10.000 hectares

- 10.001 – 20.000 hectares

- 20.000 hectares and over

80.000/hectare 75.000/hectare 60.000/hectare 50.000/hectare

Survey to mark the tree for cutting:

- 500 m3 and below

- 501 – 1.000 m3

- 1.001 – 5.000 m3

- 5.001 – 10.000 m3

- 10.000 m3 and over

50.000/ m3

45.000/ m3

40.000/ m3

35.000/ m3

30.000/ m3

Survey after exploitation

- 200 hectares and below

- 201 hectares to 500 hectares

- 500 hectares and over

400.000/hectare 300.000/hectare 200,000/hectare

Survey for forest allocation in the protected and reserved

forest areas:

- 5.000 hectare and below

- 5.001 – 10.000 hectares

- 10.001 – 20.000 hectares

- 20.001 – 40.000 hectares

- 40.000 hectares and over

20.000/hectare 19.000/hectare 18.000/hectare 17.000/hectare 18.000/hectare

Survey of wild animals

- 10.000 hectares and below

- 10.000 hectares and over

12.000/hectare

10.000/hectare

Survey of forest derived products:

- 500 hectares and below

- 501 – 1.000 hectares

- 1.001 – 3.000 hectares

- 3.001 – 5.000 hectares

- 5.000 hectares and over

20.000/hectare 18.000/hectare 16.000/hectare 14.000/hectare 12.000/hectare

Survey on the limitation and demarcation of protected

forest, reserved forest, forest for production:

- mountainous area

- plain area

200.000/km 100.000/km

Survey of forest located at the area of hydropower dam

(survey 10% including to limit the flood area):

- 5.000 hectares and below

- 5.001 – 10.000 hectares

- 10.001 – 20.000 hectares

- 20.001 – 40.000 hectares

- 40.000 hectares and over

70.000/hectare 60.000/hectare 50.000/hectare 45.000/hectare 40.000/hectare

Survey tree at the wood haulage way and electricity

transmission line range:

- 60 hectares and below

- 61 – 150 hectares

- 151 – 300 hectares

- 300 hectares and over

650.000/hectare 600.000/hectare 550.000/hectare 500.000/hectare

Survey of forest area to transfer to another target (survey

100% including to mark the limitation):

- 500 hectares and below

- 501 – 1.000 hectares

- 1.001 – 3.000 hectares

- 3.001 – 5.000 hectares

- 5.001 hectares and over

700.000/hectare 650.000/hectare 600.000/hectare 550.000/hectare 500.000/hectare

Forest map

- size A0 (paper sheet)

- size A0 (plastic sheet)

- size A3 (paper sheet)

- size A3 (plastic sheet)

- size A4 (paper sheet)

- size A4 (plastic sheet)

Digital file/map sheet:

- 1/100.000

- 1/50.000

- 1/20.000

- 1/10.000

- 1/5.000

400.000/sheet 500,000/sheet 100.000/sheet 150,000/sheet 25,000/sheet 50.000/sheet

500.000/sheet 1.000.000/sheet 1.500.000/sheet 2.000.000/sheet 2.500.000/sheet

Service charge for measurement, listing, classification of wood’s quality and control of logs in the log yard II shall be collected as follows:

No.	Type of wood	Rate Kip/m³
1	Prohibited woods	30,000
2	Protected woods	20,000
3	Plantation woods	20,000

Service charges on stamping release and issuance of authorization to move logs from Log yard II shall be collected as follows

No.	Type of wood	Rate Kip/m³
1	Prohibited woods	20,000
2	Protected woods	10,000
3	Plantation woods	10,000

Service charge on the control of importation, exportation, re-exportation and transit in according to the International Treaty on the trade of aquatic animals, wild animals and endangered species of wild plants and animals shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate Kip/time
1	Inspection and issuance of certificate on the origin of aquatic animals, wild animals and plants:
	- Prohibited woods or on the List I	200,000
	- Protected woods or on the list II	150,000
	- General types of on the List III	100,000
2	Inspection and issuance of authorization to trade aquatic animals, wild animals, woods and plants according to the International Treaty (CITES)	200,000 kkp/set
3	Inspection and issuance of authorization to importation of aquatic animals, wild animals, parts of aquatic and wild animals and plants in transit to the 3^rd country	200,000 kip/time
4.	Inspection and issuance of authorization to bring the sample of aquatic animals, wild animals and plants for research and analysis in foreign countries	70,000 kip/set

Obligation charge on reforestation, management of woods and NTFPs trading shall be collected as follows:

No.	Category of Woods and Forest Derived Products	Obligation on the Reforestation Kip/Unit	Management Fee kip/Unit
1	Type of logs: - prohibited woods I and II - special woods - protect woods I and II - protected woods III	200,000/m³ 100,000/m³ 70,000/m³ 50,000/m³	15,000/m³ 15,000/m³ 15,000/m³ 15,000/m³
2	Type in cane: - rattan (big) - rattan (small)	200.000/ton 200.000/ton	15.000/ton 15.000/ton
3	Type of parts of tree: - parts of Aquilaria • grade A • grade B • grade C • out of grade - parts of perfume tree • Cinnamomum Liseafolium, Pterocarpus Santslims • Mansonia Gagel - Cassia Futula - bud wood - fire wood - fence pole - charcoal for export - charcoal for domestic consumption	100.000/kilo 60.000/kilo 40.000/kilo 30.000/kilo 5.000/kilo 5.000/kilo 100.000/ton 1.500.000/ton 2.000/yard 100 /poles 20.000/ton 1.000/ton	5.000/kilo 5.000/kilo 5.000/kilo 5.000/kilo 1000/kilo 1000/kilo 10.000/ton 100.000/ton 1.000/yard 10/ poles
4	Type in latex: - ຢາງເກື້ອມ, ຕັງ, ຕູມ and others - resin and pure resin - benzoin, lac, resin	100.000/ton 200.000/ton 100.000/ton	20.000/ton 20.000/ton 20.000/ton
5	Type in fiber:	100.000/ton	20.000/ton
6	Type in flowers: - [Dok Khem] and other flowers	20.000/ton	2.000/ton
7	Type in fruit: - manila tamarind - cardamom - ໝາກຂາໄກ່,ດ ໝາກຫວາຍ, ໝາຍແສງເບື່ອ,ໝາກເກື້ອມ and others - malva nut, palm date	500.000/ton 20.000/ton 5.000/ton 15.000/ton	50.000/ton 2.000/ton 500/ton 1.500/ton
8	Type in bark: - ເປອກຫິນ, ເປອກເມືອກ, ເປືອກຫາດ, ເປືອກສີສຽດ and other barks - ເປືອກແຄ, ເປືອກບົງ - Kenaf	10.000/ton 30.000/ton 50.000/ton	1.000/ton 3.000/ton 5.000/ton
9	Type of terminal bud: - ຍອດບູ່ນ, rattan bud, bamboo shoot and other buds	10.000/ton	1.000/ton
10	Type of bulb: - ມັນອ້ອນລິງ, ຢາຫົວ, ຫົວກະບຸກ and other	5.000/ton	500/ton
11	Type of root: - ຮາກຕີນຮຸ້ງ, edible bracken and other roots	120.000/ton	2.000/ton
12	Type of bamboo (in trunk): ໄມ້ຟາງ, ໄມ້ເຮຍ, ໄມ້ຫົກ	2.000/10 pieces	1.000/10 pieces
13	Type in vine:
	- ເຄືອແຫມ	100.000/ton	10.000/ton
	- ເຄືອເຂົາຮໍ and other	20,000/ton	2,000/ton
14	Type in leaf:
	- ໃບຫອມ, ໃບລາຍ	100,000/ton	10,000/ton
	- Other leaves	50,000/ton	5,000/ton

Service Charge for Survey of Irrigation Design and Management of Construction Activity

No.	Type of Activity Located at the Plain	Size of the Activity			Survey and New Design Value (Kip/ha)	Value at New Modification of the Design (Kip/ha)
No.	Type of Activity Located at the Plain	Electric Energy KW	Height for Pumping (m)	Irrigated Area (ha)	Survey and New Design Value (Kip/ha)	Value at New Modification of the Design (Kip/ha)
Water pumping system: all types of fixed water pumping station
1	Large size	Larger than 1.000	Base on the installed location	Larger than 1.500	900.000	400.000
2	Medium size	Larger than 500-1000	Based on the installed location	1.000 – 1,500	800.000	350.000
3	Small size	From 500 and lower	Based on the installed location	Lower than 1,000	700.000	300.000
II Floating water pumping system (floating water pumping system station)
1	Large size	Larger than 1.000	Base on the installed location	Larger than 1.500	900.000	400.000
2	Medium size	Larger than 500-1000	Based on the installed location	500 – 1.000	800.000	350.000
3	Small size	From 500 and lower	Based on the installed location	Lower than 500	700.000	300.000
III	Dam system (Type of catchment pond)
1	Large size	Larger than 30	Base on the installed location	Larger than 1000	1.200.000	1.000.000
2	Medium size	Larger than 15 - 30	Based on the installed location	500 – 1.000	1.100.000	750.000
3	Small size	From 15 and lower	Based on the installed location	Lower than 500	1.000.000	600.000
IV	Weir system (spilling weir)
1	Large size	Larger than 5	Base on the installed location	From 501 and over	900.000	600.000
2	Medium size	Larger than 3 - 5	Based on the installed location	101 - 500	800.000	500.000
3	Small size	From 3 and lower	Based on the installed location	From 100 and lower	700.000	450.000

Remark:

For mountainous area, an additional 10% of the plain’s rate shall be calculated
Value of passing the design shall be 5% of the cost of survey and design;
Cost of field supervisory shall be 1.5% of the construction value.

Article 43. Fees Exemption for Animal Raising and Fishery

Fees for issuance of animal authorization;

Movement of animal within the country (between district, province); foul, pig, sheep, goat, cow, buffalo, donkey, fish and aquatic animals, elephant.
Movement of animal – importation of: foul, pig, sheep, goat, buffalo, cow, horse, donkey, elephant, fish and aquatic animals and other species of animals.
Movement of animals – exportation to foreign countries: foul, pig, sheep, goat, buffalo, cow, horse, donkey, elephant, fish and aquatic animals and other species of animals.

Fees on issuance of authorization to move animal products:

Movement of animal products imported to the country: consumed type animal products, non-consumed type animal products such as: grind bone, grind meat, grind fish.
Movement of animal products exported from the country: consumed type of animal products that were not used for consumption such as: bone, horn, nail, foul fur, skin (including salted skin, tanning skin, skin for dog’s toy);

Fees for issuance of authorization for movement of food and animal feed raw material: movement of food and animal feed raw material imported in the country, exported to foreign countries, transit of food and animal feed raw material;
Movement of animal – transportation to the 3^rd countries: foul, pig, sheep, goat, buffalo, cow, horse, donkey, elephant, fish and aquatic animals, and other species of animals.

Article 44. Fees Exemption for the Registration of Water Motor Pump

No.

Types of Water Motor Pump, Horse Power (HP), (KW)

Water motor pump using gasoline:

From 7 HP and below

From 14 HP to 46 HP

From 50 HP to 128 HP

Electrical water motor pump

From 1 kw to 37 kw

From 45 kw to 90 kw

From 132 kw to 230 kw

Chapter IX

Public Health Sector

Article 45. Fees on Food and Drugs

For medicine

No	Description	Unit	Kip
1	Registration to import medicine	3 years/time/item	1.500.000
2	Registration of medicine produced domestically	3 years/time/item	1.500.000
3	Registration of imported medical equipment
3.1	Medical equipment A	5 years/time/item	1.000.000
3.2	Medical equipment B	5 years/time/item	1.200.000
3.3	Medical equipment C	5 years/time/item	1.600.000
3.4	Medical equipment D	5 years/time/item	2.000.000
4	Issuance of GMP certificate for factory	2 years/time	2.000.000
5	Issuance of registration certificate for pharmaceutical specialist	3 years/time	500.000
6	Issuance of registration certificate for pharmaceutical specialist in the field of factory	2 years/time	200.000
7	Issuance of registration certificate for pharmaceutical specialist for whole sale company	2 years/time	600.000
8	Issuance of registration certificate for pharmaceutical specialist of import-export company	2 years/time	1.000.000
9	Issuance of registration certificate for pharmaceutical specialist of import-export company branch	2 years/time	500.000
10	Issuance of registration certificate for pharmaceutical specialist of drugs store category I	2 years/time	200.000
11	Issuance of registration certificate for pharmaceutical specialist of drugs store category II	2 years/time	160.000
12	Issuance of registration certificate for pharmaceutical specialist of drugs store category III	2 years/time	100.000
13	Issuance of registration certificate for pharmaceutical specialist to the assistant of drugs store of category I	2 years/time	100.000
14	Issuance of registration certificate for pharmaceutical specialist to the assistant of drugs store of category II	2 years/time	100.000

Traditional medicine

No	Description	Unit	Kip
1	Registration of imported traditional medicine and health supplemental products	3 years/time	600.000
2	Registration of traditional medicine and health supplemental products produced within the country	3 years/time	600.000
3	Issuance of registration certificate to factory which produces traditional medicine and health supplemental products	3 years/time	600.000
4	Issuance of registration certificate to traditional medicine and supplemental products import company	2 years/time	600.000
5	Issuance of registration certificate to branch of traditional medicine and supplemental products company	2 years/time	400.000
6	Issuance of registration certificate to traditional medicine and supplemental products processing room	2 years/time	400.000
7	Issuance of registration certificate to the shop selling traditional medicine and supplemental products	2 years/time	600.000
8	Issuance of license for import-export of traditional medicine and health supplemental products	Each time	20.000
9	Issuance of quota for exploitation, purchasing and planting of medicinal natural resources in accordance with Decree No. 155/PM	2 years/time	2.000.000
10	Issuance of GMP standard certification from Ministry to factory which produce traditional medicine and health supplemental products	3 years	2.000.000

For food

No	Description	Unit	Kip
1	Registration of foods that are domestically produced	2 years/time/item	100.000
2	Registration of imported foods	2 years/time/item	100.000
3	3 Issuance of GMP, HACCP certificate	2 years/time	500.000

Chemicals and cosmetics

No	Description	Unit	Kip
1	Declaration of imported cosmetics products	2 years/item	150.000
2	Technical registration of cosmetics, chemicals	2 years/time	150.000
3	Technical registration of dangerous chemical products using in the household	2 years/time	200.000

Article 46.Fees on Treatment

the issuance of license for private hospital business operation shall be collected at once for the whole period of business undertakings as follows:

Class	Description
1^st	1.500.000 kip
2^nd	400.000 kip
3^rd	200.000 kip

Fees on the issuance of a business operation license for a private clinic
- issuance of business operation license for a clinic open 24 hours services

Class	Fees for 2 years
1^st	600.000 kip
2^nd	400.000 kip
3^rd	200.000 kip

the issuance of the technical license to operate business of clinic providing services out of business hour

Class	Fees for 2 years
1^st	200.000 kip
2^nd	100.000 kip
3^rd	50.000 kip

issuance of certificate to practice general treatment including pharmacy professional for a period of 2 years shall be collected 100.000 kip.
issuance of certificate on importation of medical equipment is 50.000 for each time.

Article 47. Treatment Service Rate

The Government is in charge of determining specific rate of treatment service separately as proposed by the Ministry of Health.

Supply of Medicine and Medical Equipment

Anti-Virus B, price of medical glass, price of medicine, medical equipment for sale at pharmacy shall be calculated based on the buying price and actual cost
Service charge for repairing of medical equipment

Repair within the centre

No.	Within half day (kip)	Within 2 days (kip)	Within 4 days (kip)	More than 5 days (kip)
1	20,000	40,000	60,000	80,000
2	40,000	60,000	80,000	100,000
3	60,000	80,000	100,000	120,000

Repair outside the center

No.	Within half day (kip)	Within 2 days (kip)	Within 4 days (kip)	More than 5 days (kip)
1	40,000	60,000	80,000	100,000
2	60,000	80,000	100,000	120,000
3	80,000	100,000	120,000	140,000

Service charge for food and drug document

No	Description	Unit	Rate (kip)
1	Amendment of registration certificate for food, medicine, traditional medicine and health supplemental products	Time/sheet	50,000
2	Research and consideration the registration certificate for food, medicine, traditional medicine and health supplemental products	3 years/time/item	100,000
3	Research and consideration of food registration certificate	Per item	50,000
4	Issuance of quality certification (Lao language)	Time	10,000
5	Issuance of quality certification (English version)	Time	20,000
6	Issuance of export certification (English version)	Time	50,000
7	Issuance of food import license	Per invoice/time	50,000
8	Inspection of medicine and imported medical products (document inspection)	Per time	20,000
9	Inspection of medicine and imported medical products (actual inspection out of site)	Per time	50,000
10	Inspection of imported-exported food	Per invoice/time	50.000
11	Solving case related to food, medicine, chemical and cosmetic products	Time	100.000
12	Issuance of certificate for demolition of food, medicine and medical products	Time	100.000
13	Inspection of company and factory to issue a quality proving certificate, including the quality inspection of each size of production site:
	- Large size	Time	100.000
	- Medium size	Time	50.000
	- Small size	Time	20.000
14	Factory inspection for GMP and HACCP based on the principle	Time	500.000
15	Scrutinizing the content of sign advertisement, printed products, leaflet and poster	1 year/time	50.000
16	Scrutinizing the content of radio advertisement	3 months/time	50.000
17	Scrutinizing the content of TV advertisement	3 months/time	100.000
181	Scrutinizing the content of exhibition, fair, seminar, training course and website	Time	100.000

Food and Drugs Analysis

No	Description	Unit	Rate (kip)
	I. Inspection of raw materials and
1	Inspection done during the handing over, keep specimen, registration sample and answering the result of analysis, physical observation by touch: odor, taste, color, shape, label, feeling	Specimen	25.000
2	Initial testing of raw materials and medicinal products
	Volume	Specimen	25.000
	Transparency level of liquid medicine, injection medicine	Specimen	56.000
	Remainder from evaporation	Specimen	250.000
3	Testing of pill, ......., powdery medicine from fragmentation of pill	Specimen	50.000
	Deficiency of pill mass, ........., powdery medicine, fragmentation of bullet, oval shape pill	Specimen	75.000
	Fragmentation of intestine enamel pill	Specimen	100.000
	Dissolution test	Specimen	625.000
4	Pureness testing, contamination testing: each simple Ion, .......	Specimen	50.000
5	Determination of water capacity , loss of water capacity through drying
	Baking method,	Specimen	150.000
	Karlfisher method	Specimen	375.000
6	Ash waste: general ash, non-acid melting ash, Sulfate ash, water melting ash	Specimen	312.000
7	Rotten point
	Known element	Specimen	150.000
	Unknown element	Specimen	375,000
8	PH measurement
	Direct	Specimen	50,000
	Indirect	Specimen	125,000
9	Measurement of alcohol degree
	Simple method	Specimen	50,000
	Complicate method	Specimen	100,000
10	Microbiology testing
	Testing sickness prone element (Pyrogen), germs sterilization through distillery, limiting quantity of anti-biotic (finished drug)	Specimen	625,000
	Testing germs sterilization through direct microbe growing	Specimen	375,000
	Divide and determine microbe (for each microbe)	Specimen	250,000
	Determine the quantity of anti-biotic medicine (raw material)	Specimen	500,000
	Determine the quantity of anti-biotic (complete drug must be undergone through the processing)	Specimen	750,000
11	Testing of drug substance, determining drug quantity
a	Color testing through chemical process	Specimen	312,000
b	Machine testing
	U-V Spectrophotometer	Specimen	694,000
	PHLC	Specimen	1,245,000
	GC	Specimen	530,000
	Potentiometer	Specimen	500,000
	FTIR	Specimen	437,000
	TLC	Specimen	250,000

Remarks: For the quantity of the full-completed medicine with many kind of medicines are mixed, the second and third kind of medicine shall be calculated based on the actual use.

Inspection of Drug and Mentality Affected Object

No	Description	Unit	Rate (kip)
A	Custom testing prove	Specimen	312.000
B	By equipment
	Thin later color recording	Specimen	250.000
	GC (Gas Chromatography)	Specimen	625.000
C	Inspection of drug in the urine
	Through ETS machine	Specimen	150.000
	Through Rapid Scanning Test	Specimen

Analysis of Cosmetic Products

No	Description	Unit	Rate (kip)
1	Physical setting
	Direct observation, color setting, odor setting	Specimen	25.000
	Drying method	Specimen	150.000
2	Determining smoothness, softness
	Direct feeling	Specimen	20.000
	........ method	Specimen	150.000
3	Determining .............., volume, weight,	Specimen	225.000
4	Determining water containing, vaporizing	Specimen	150.000
5	Determining loss quantity after burning	Specimen	225.000
6	Determining element: Tretinoid, colerang, hydrokinon, paraban, stayroy, heavy metal	Specimen	675.000
7	Efficiency testing micro-biological,	Specimen	250.000

Analysis of Food and Drink

No	Description	Unit	Rate (kip)
1	Physical observation through touching: odor, taste, color, shape	Specimen	25.000
2.	Chemical residue from Pesticides: water, vegetable, rice, fish	Specimen	1.500.000
3	Chemical contaminant in food: NO3, NO2, formalin	Each substance	1.500.000
	Phosphorus	Each substance	187.000
	Sulfus	Each substance	375.000
	Chrome, sulfia, selenium, tin (Cr, S, Se, Sn)	Each substance	250.000
	Manganese, Magnesium, Almanium, Cadmium, Copper, Comium, Ciyanite, Ma...., Zinc, Aluminium (Mn, Mg, NH4, Cd, Cu, Cr, CN, Pb, Hg, Zn, Fe, Al)	Each substance	250.000
	Pesticides consist of 03 groups (OC, OP, Synthetics)	Time/group	937.000
4	Toxic from fungus: Alfatoxin	Specimen	937.000
5	Nutritional substance and others
	Protein, sugar, vitamin, mineral	Each substance	375.000
	Fat		300.000
6	Beverage, artisan well, well, other kind of water
	Fakfouran, Ethanol, Carbonic	Each substance	75.000
	Color, Ammonia, Arsenic, Ka....	Each substance	187.000
	Sakkalin	Each substance	437.000
	Syania, Methanol, Mercury, Plumb, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Aluminium	Each substance	150.000
	Toughness of water	Specimen	137.000
	Alkaline	Specimen	62.000
	Calcium, Magnesium, Carbonate, Bicarbonate	Each substance	87.000
	Potassium Sodium	Each substance	137.000
	Chlor, Cafeine, TLC	Each substance	375.000
	Cafeine HPLC method	Specimen	1.000.000
	Sodium benzoate	Specimen	437.000
	Sodium benzoic	Specimen	600.000
	Sorbic Acid	Specimen	437.000
	Humidity	Specimen	150.000
	Dirtiness	Specimen	150.000
	Ash	Specimen	312.000
	Sodium mono glutamate	Specimen	125.000
	Borax	Specimen	75.000
	Sodium Chlorite (NsCI)	Specimen	375.000
	Sodium Hydrosite (NaoH	Specimen	150.000
	Acetic acid	Specimen	150.000
	Methanol (MeOH)	Specimen	187.000
	Niterus, Nitro Sulfus (NO3, NO2, SO4) (in water- type substance)	Each substance	187.000
	Acid value	Specimen	225.000
	Peroxyde value	Specimen	225.000
	Chrome, Sulfia, Selenium, Tin (Cr, S, Se, Sn)	Each substance	150.000
	Total solids	Specimen	125.000
	Nickel (Ni)	Specimen	187.000
	Acid Sulfuric (H₂SO₄)	Specimen	150.000
	Odor	Specimen	75.000
	Turbidity	Specimen	87.000
	Electric conductivity	Specimen	87.000
	Phosphor (p)	Specimen	187.000
	Acidity (Meq/kg)	Specimen	375.000
	Hydroxy methy Furtural (Mg/kg)	Specimen	375.000
	Insoluble Material in water (%)	Specimen	87.000
	Glucose, Lactose, Maltose, Saccharose	Specimen	437.000
	Manganese, Ammonium (Mn, NH4	Each substance	187.000
7	Microbiology Analysis
	Total Bacteria	Specimen	87.000
	Total coliforms, Shigella	Each germ	137.000
	Escherichia coll, yeasts and mould, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens	Each germ	206.000
	Stapylococcus Aureus, Vibro cholera, Vibrio parahemolyticus	Each germ	250.000
	Salmonella	Each germ	312.000

Document related to analysis

Application form for specimen analysis 5.000 kip/set
Report in Lao language 10,000 kip/set
Report in English 30,000 kip/set

Water and Environmental Inspection Committee.

No.	Description	Unit	Service charge
1	Measurement on acid and alkaline (pH)	time	15.000 kip
2	Inspection of Conductivity	time	15.000 kip
3	Inspection of Turbidity	time	15.000 kip
4	Inspection of taste and odor	time	15.000 kip
5	Inspection of Iron	time	35.000 kip
6	Inspection of Manganese	time	35.000 kip
7	Inspection of Fluoride	time	35.000 kip
8	Inspection of Arsenic	time	40.000 kip
9	Inspection of Water Total Hardness	time	35.000 kip
10	Inspection of Nitrate	time	35.000 kip
11	Inspection of Nitrite	time	35.000 kip
12	Inspection of Residual Chloride in Chlorinated water supply)	time	20.000 kip
13	Total Coliform	time	30.000 kip
14	Themotolerant Coliform	time	30.000 kip
15	........	time	5.000 kip
16	......	time	5.000 kip

Medical Field Education No. Unit Intermediat

No.		unit	Intermediate	High education	Bachelor	In-dept to sector	Master degree/ Level 1 expert	Doctorate/ Level II expert
2	Registration fee	Kip/year	130,000	165,000	175,000	200,000	250,000	620,000
3	Electricity cost	Kip/year	80,000
4	Water supply cost	Kip/year	Living in dormitory = 35,000 and not living in dormitory = 20,000
5	Sport and literature	Kip/year	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000
6	School renovation	Kip/year	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000
7	Dormitory maintenance	Kip/year	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000
8	Cost for certificate handing over ceremony (for the final year of the curriculum)	Kip/year	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000
9	Cost for examination to gain certificate (for the final year of the curriculum)	Kip/year	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000	200,000
10	Cost of credit (based on curriculum)	Kip/credit	26,000	26,000	26,000	350,000	470,000	833,000
11	Cost for school security guard	Kip/year	120,000	120,000	120,000	120,000	120,000	120,000
12	Cost for library maintenance	Kip/year	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000
13	Welfare	Kip/year	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000
14	Student handbook (for the first year)	Kip	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000
15	Cost of maintenance of studying-teaching equipment	Kip/year	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000

Chapter X

Education Sector

Article 48. Fees of State’s Sector

Fee on the issuance of a certificate or diploma shall be collected as follow:

General Education (formal and non-formal)

No.	Description	Unit
01	Certificate of upper secondary school	10.000/kip/copy

Professional and high education sector

No.	Description	Unit
1	Primary grade	10.000/kip/copy
2	Intermediate grade	12.000/kip/copy
3	High education / diploma	15.000/kip/copy
4	Bachelor degree	20.000/kip/copy
5	Master degree	35.000/kip/copy
6	PHD degree	50.000/kip/copy

Article 49. Fee of Private Educational Institution

Fee of the issuance of authorization to establish a school shall be collected as follows:

Normal education

No.	Description	Kip/Copy
1	Kindergarten, primary school	50.000
2	Lower secondary, upper secondary	100.000

Vocational and high education sector

No.	Description	Kip/Copy
1	Vocational center, primary level	100.000
2	Intermediate level	150.000
3	High level	200.000
4	Bachelor	250.000
5	Master	300.000
6	PHD	350.000

Service Charges

Article 50. Service Charges of Educational Sector

For normal education, the collection shall be as follows:

No.	Description	Unit	Lower Secondary	Upper Secondary
1	Annual registration fee	Kip/per/year	-	15,000
2	Textbook maintenance fee	Kip/per/year	1,500	2,000
3	Cost for end of term examination/upgrade examination	Kip/per/year	-	5,000
4	Cost of final examination	Kip/per	-	20,000
5	Cost of ticket for entering examination room	Kip/per	-	3,000
6	Cost of
7	Cost of temporary certificate: -Lao language -Foreign language	Kip/copy	-	10,000
8	Cost of score sheet in Lao, foreign language	Kip/copy	-	5,000
9	Cost copy	Kip/sheet	-	5,000
10	Service charge for document, proposal, application, certificate, .........	Kip/sheet	-	2,000
11	For primary level, lower secondary, the cost of annual registration, end-of term examination, upgrading examination and student monitoring book.			Exemption, as being considered as the basic level of education.

Vocational line, the collection shall be made as follows:

No.	Description	Unit	Primary Level	Intermediate Level	High Level
1	Service charge for entrance exam	Kip/per/set	15,000	15,000	25,000
2	Service charge for document, application/proposal/certificate/ leave permission	Per/kip/copy	2,000	2,000	2,000
3	Student registration fee	Kip/per/year	128,000	130,000	165,000
4	Service charge for dormitory maintenance - Category 1 dormitory - Category 2 dormitory - Category 3 dormitory - Category 4 dormitory	Kip/per/year Kip/per/year Kip/per/year Kip/per/year	Exempted Exempted Exempted Exempted	120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000	120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000
5	Cost for Study (special sector) -Administrative subject (49-62) -Technical subject (49-62)	Kip/credit Kip/credit	Exempted Exempted	23,000 26,000	23,000 26,000
6	Cost re-registration -Administrative subject -Technical subject	Kip/credit Kip/credit	Exempted Exempted	23,000 26,000	23,000 26,000

Teacher Building Sector shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Unit	Intermediate	High	Bachelor
1	Service charge for entrance exam	Kip/per/set	20,000	25,000	30,000
2	-Service charge for document, application/.proposal -Certificate/Leave permission	Kip/copy Per/Kip/copy	2,000 2,000	2,000 2,000	2,000 2,000
3	Student registration fee	Kip/per/year	110,000	120,000	150,000
4	Cost for dormitory maintenance (for student living in dormitory)	Kip/per/year	100,000	100,000	100,000
5	Student fee (special line) paid study -First year (51) -Second year (49 -Third year (42) -Forth year	Kip/credit Kip/credit Kip/credit Kip/credit	10,000 12,000 14,000	12,000 14,000 16,000	15,000 18,000 20,000 22,000
6	Fee for re-registration	Kip/credit	14,000	16,000	20,000
7	Defend	Kip/per/course	90,000	120,000	150,000
8	Library membership card	8 Kip/card	15,000	15,000	15,000
9	Student Identification Card	Kip/card	15,000	15,000	15,000

University shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Unit	High level	Bachelor	Master	PHD
01	Service charge for document, application form/proposal/student transferring document/leave permission	Kip/copy	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000
	-Score sheet (Lao/foreign language)	Per/kip	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000
	-Document for sending students back to their local area	Per/kip/sheet	4,000	4,000	4,000	4,000
	-Library membership card, student card	Per/kip/sheet	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000
	-Handover ceremony of final year completion certificate	Per/kip/sheet	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000
02	University exam fee	Per/kip/set	35,000	35,000	80,000	100,000
03	Registration fee for University student: 1^st year	kip/per/year	210,000	210,000	210,000	210,000
	-2^ndyear to final year	Kip/per/year	190,000	190,000	Exempted	Exempted
	-Maintaining of student status	Kip/year	190,000	190,000	190,000	190,000
04	Tuition fee for paid course -Science field -Social field -Registration fee for re- study subjects gaining low scores or fail	Kip/credit Kip/credit Kip/credit	30,000 30,000 30,000	30,000 30,000 30,000	300,000 to 600,000 300,000 to 600,000 Calculating as 50% of credit of such subjects	800,000 to 1,000,000 800,000 to 1,000,000 Calculating as 50% of credit of such subjects
05	Fee for dormitory maintenance -Type 1 -Type 2 Fee for dormitory at SEA Game Residence: -4-bed bedroom (Lao student) -4-bed bedroom (VIP) -3-bed bedroom (VIP) -2-bed bedroom (VIP) -1-bed bedroom (VIP)	Kip/per/year Kip/per/year Kip/per/year Kip/per/night Kip/per/night Kip/per/night Kip/per/night	280,000 250,000 840,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000	280,000 250,000 840,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000	280,000 250,000 840,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000	280,000 250,000 840,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000
06	Location service fee:			Unit	Kip/day
	Dongdok large conference hall
	-Organization (state-party, mass)			Kip/day	1,000,000
	-International organization, company, shop, private				2,000,000
	Sport stadium:
	- Football field rental fee (outsider and outsider)			Kip/day	300,000
	-Football field rental fee (insider and outsider)			kip/day	250,000
	-Football field rental fee (insider and insider)			Kip/day	200,000
07	Foreign student	Unit	High diploma	Bachelor	Master	PHD
	Student under the Government schorlarship :
	-Fee for dormitory maintenance	Kip/per/year	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000
	-Student registration fee	Kip/per/year	Based on the Contract signed between both parties
	-Tuition fee	Kip/per/year	Based on the Contract signed between both parties
	-Dormitory rental fee	Kip/per/year	Based on the Contract signed between both parties
	Self-paid student	Unit
	-Student registration fee	Kip/per/year		210,000	210,000	210,000
	-Tuition fee	Kip/per/year		86,000	300,000 to 600,000	800,000 to 1,000,000
	-Dormitory rental fee	Kip/per/year		1,500,000	1,500,000	1,500,000

Remark: - A separate regulation shall be applied for private education;

- Exemption for fee and service charge shall be applied for ethnic dormitory school.

Chapter XI

Information, Culture and Tourism Sector

Fee

Article 51. Fees on Publishing and Library

Fees on publishing and library shall be collected according to the description as follows:

No.	Description	Unit/Kip
01	Certificate for printing of book for sale	25,000 kip/book/topic
02	Authorization for establishment and extension of printing house and translation company	100,000 kip/time/year
03	Authorization for establishment and extension of printing house, printing shop and printing design shop	100,000 kip/time/year
04	Authorization for establishment and extension of advertising company and bookshop	100,000 kip/year
05	Authorization for establishment of library	20,000 kip
06	Issuance of authorization for translation service unit of party- state and public organization	50,000 kip/time
07	Issuance of license for importation of printing machine, photocopy machine	50,000 kip/time
08	Issuance of license for exportation of printing machine, photocopy machine	50,000 kip/time
09	Authorization for book and printed matters exhibition	50,000 kip/time
10	Authorization for importation of book and printed matters	100,000 kip/time
11	Authorization for exportation of book and printed matters	25,000 kip/time
12	Authorization of advertising content through printed matters	50,000 kip/time/shop
13	Authorization for the use of labels	50,000 kip/time/pattern

Article 52. Fee on the Issuance of Authorization to Establish Entertainment Hall, Karaoke, Games Club, Importation of Equipment and other Games Instruments

No.	Description	Unit (Kip)
01	Authorization for establishment and extension of permit for entertainment hall and karaoke	2,000,000 kip/time/year
02	Authorization for establishment and extension of permit for games club	2,000,000 kip/time/year
03	Fee for authorizing the importation of games’ devices for intelligence testing	500,000 kip/time
04	Fee for importation of playing card	200,000 kip/time
05	Fee for importation of slot game	500,000 kip/time
06	Fee for importation of roulette game	500,000 kip/time
07	Fee for authorization of casino service	1,000,000 kip/year
08	Fee for opening of gambling game club	1,000,000 kip/year
09	Authorization for opening of intelligence testing games club service	1,000,000 kip/year
10	Authorization for opening of entertainment hall service	1,000,000 kip/year
11	Authorization for opening of beer garden, open-door entertainment	500,000 kip/year
12	Authorization for opening of karaoke room (for 10 rooms and over)	1,000,000 kip/year
13	Authorization for opening of karaoke room (for 9 rooms and less)	500,000 kip/year
14	Extension of permit for opening of casino service, gambling game club, intelligence testing game, beer garden, open-door entertainment, karaoke room....	100% of a permit

Article 53. Fee on the Issuance of Authorization on Goods Advertising and Sign Services

No.	Description	Unit
01	Authorization for soft sign (banner, pictures, painting made by fabric, vinyl) hanging at shop or public site	100,000 kip/time
02	Fee for issuance of goods advertising sign and all types of service	100,000 kip/time
03	Fee for issuance of permit for model sign	100,000 kip/year
04	Fee for issuance of permit for electronic sign through LED screen	100,000 kip/year
05	Fee for organizing sale promotion activities	100,000 kip/year
06	Fee for issuing permit for organizing contest activities related to culture	100,000 kip/year
07	For enterprise sign, company and shop which provide its name and business in accordance with the ERC, add the ERC No., enterprise code no., location, small size contact information 100 cm x50 cm, 200 cm x 100 cm (without any messages and advertising picture)	100,000 kip/time/year

Article 54. Fee on Issuance of Authorization for Museum and Antique

fee on authorization to establish business involving the sale of duplicated artifacts: 200,000 kip/time/year
fee on the approval to restore pagoda church, sanctuary 50.000 kip/time
fee on the authorization to excavate antique and research on heritage: 2,000,000 kip/time.

Article 55. Fee on Media Products

Authorization to establish magazine and newspaper 100.000 kip/time/year;
Authorization on the importation of satellite receiver 150.000 kip/set;
Authorization on the importation of media products, newspaper, magazine 100.000 kip/ time;
Fee for issuance of permit for the establishment of radio broadcasting station, cable TV and wireless TV 200,000 kip/station/year.

Article 56. Fee on Cinematography

Fee for importation of story film, documentaries, advertising film, song and cartoon film in 35 mm, 16 mm: 300,000 kip/story
Fee for importation of story film, documentaries, advertising film, song and cartoon film in VCD, DVD: 30,000 kip/story

Article 57. Fee on the Issuance of Authorization on Art Performance

No	Description	Unit (Kip)
01	Fee for issuance of permit for musical band to perform in the province or Vientiane Capital – if conduct activity in different province	500,000 kip/year 60,000 kip/time
02	Fee for issuance of permit for small musical band, electronic music	200,000 kip/year
03	Fee for issuance of large-size studio	1,000,000 kip/year
04	Fee for issuance of permit for small-size studio	500,000 kip/year
05	Fee for issuance of business operation license to supply medical equipment	150,000 kip/year
06	Fee for issuance of permit for distribution of musical equipment	200,000 kip/year
07	Fee for issuance of permit to set up complete amateur musical band with a value from 20,000,000 kip and lower	400,000 kip/year
08	Fee for issuance of permit to set up complete amateur musical band with a value higher than 20,000,000 kip to 50,000,000 kip	400,000 kip/year
09	Fee for issuance of permit to set up complete amateur musical band with a value higher than 50,000,000	600,000 kip/year
10	Fee for issuance of diploma of Information and Cultural School	30,000 kip/year
11	Fee on the completion of registration document to enter in school	10,000 kip/per
12	Fee for certification of contents on the importation of art performance products (CD, VCD, DVD)	50,000 kip/song
13	Fee for certification of contents on the exportation of art performance products (CD, VCD, DVD)	10,000 kip/song
14	Fee for authorizing foreign artists to organize a concert: -solos -in team mixed with Lao artists -in team	1,000,000 kip/time 2,000,000 kip/time 3,000,000 kip/time
15	Organize an exhibition on information and culture activities	200,000 kip/time
16	Fee for issuing permit to organize performance stage, light, color, sound	600,000 kip/year
17	Fee for registration of copyright for song, folksong	50,000 kip/year
18	Fee for registration of copyright for script	100,000 kip/story
19	Fee for issuance of business operation license for art performance culture (club, musical, song, dance training center)	600,000 kip/year

Article 58. Fee for Issuance of License for Tourism Business Operation

The issuance of license for tourism business operation shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Fee for License Issuance
1	License for tourism business operation (in partnership with foreign investor)	1,500,000 kip
2	License for tourism business operation (domestic investor)	1,500,000 kip
3	License for tourism business operation for international tourism	1,000,000 kip
4	License for tourism business operation for domestic tourism	1,000,000 kip
5	License for tourism business operation for specific area	500,000 kip

Article 59. Fee for Issuance of License for Operation of Hotel-Resort Business

Fee for issuance of business operation license for hotel-resort shall be collected as follows:

For hotel-resort at 5-stars rate: 5,000,000 kip
For hotel-resort at 4-stars rate: 4,000,000 kip
For hotel-resort at 3-stars rate: 3,000,000 kip
For hotel-resort at 2-stars rate: 2,000,000 kip
For hotel-resort at 1-star rate: 1,000,000 kip
For hotel-resort without rating: 800,000 kip

Article 60. Fee for Issuance of Business Operation License for Guesthouse, Room

Fee for issuance of license for business operation related to guesthouse, room service shall be collected as follows:

Operating guest house business at 3 frangipani size: 2,000,000 kip
Operating guest house business at 2 frangipani size: 1,000,000 kip
Operating guest house business at 1 frangipani size: 800,000 kip
Operating guest house business without rating: 400,000 kip

Article 61. Fee for Issuance of Business Operation License for Restaurant and Food Garden

Fee for issuance of license for operation of restaurant, food garden shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Fee
1	Value of Investment from 30,000,000 kip and less	300,000 kip/document
2	Value of investment from 30,000,000 kip to 400,000,000 kip	1,000,000 kip
3	Value of investment more than 400,000,000 kip – 1,000,000,000 kip	2,000,000 kip
4	Value of investment more than 1,000,000,000 kip and over	3,000,000 kip

Article 62. Fee for Issuance of License for Concession of Tourism Site

The issuance of license for concession of tourism site shall be collected as follows:

No	Description	Fee
1	License for tourism site at national level	5,000,000 kip
2	License for tourism site at provincial level	3,000,000 kip
3	License for tourism site at district level	1,000,000 kip
4	License for tourism site at village level	200,000 kip

Article 63. Fee for Issuance of Business Operation License for Tourism Sector

The fee for issuance of a license for operate tourism business shall be collected as follows:

License for operating transport-tourism business: 1,000,000 kip/copy
License for operating business of recreational park: 1,000,000 kip/copy
License for operating business of tourism consultancy: 1,000,000 kip/copy
License for operating other businesses not mentioned above: 1,000,000 kip/copy

Article 64. Fee for Issuance of Certificate of Tourist Guide

The fee for issuance of certificate for tourist guide shall be collected as follow: 1. Tourist guide at national level : 500,000 kip/copy 2. Tourist guide at provincial level : 300,000 kip/copy 3. Area tourist guide : 100,000 kip/copy

Service Charge

Article 65. Service Charge for the Information, Culture and Tourism

Service charge for National TV

No	Description	Kip/time/day/hour/minute
1	Advertisement during night time news, 18:15 – 20:00 o’clock	500,000/1 minute
2	Advertisement during morning news, 6:30 – 08:00 o’clock	400,000/1 minute
3	Advertisement during mid-day news, 12:00 – 12:30 o’clock	400,000/1 minute
4	Cinema, play program	300,000/1 minute
5	Entertainment, sport, game	300,000/1 minute
6	Social education program	300,000/1 minute
7	Children program, cartoon	200,000/1 minute
8	Advertisement with logo and moving alphabet on TV screen	50,000/time
Press Release on Business-Social Service
9	Announcement of debt (before mid-day news)	700,000/time/day
10	Announcement of loss object	100,000 twice/day
11	Announcement for public relation service with government authorities	100,000/twice/day
12	Announcement for public relation service, private	150,000/twice/day
13	News on business-social service with video photo, service charge for recording photo, live broadcasting and production of good advertisement spot	300,000/twice/day
14	Service charge for photo recording (state) Service charge for photo recording (firm)	3,000,000/1 hour 6,000,000/1 hour
15	Live broadcast in various event (state) Live broadcast in various event (firm)	8,000,000/1 hour 15,000,000/1 hour
16	Service charge for production of good advertisement spot	5,000,000/1 spot
17	Service charge for dubbing and fixing customer’s spot	1,500,000/1 spot
Service Charge for Broadcasting Time Rental
18	Time rental for organizing broadcasting program	850,000/1 hour
19	Time rental for organizing live program (Monday to Sunday)	750,000/1 hour
20	Time rental for organizing live program (Monday to Friday)	650,000/1 hour
21	Time rental for organizing broadcasting program (Monday to Sunday) self-produced	500,000/1 hour
22	Time rental for organizing broadcasting program (from Monday to Friday) self-produced	450,000/1 hour
Service Charges for National Radio Broadcasting
Time for advertising spot after news program		50,000/1 hour
Service charge for advertisement of goods imported from foreign countries, extravagant goods, cosmetic, hotel, guesthouse, restaurant, large industry, company operate business legally, (no longer than 1 mn) goods produced domestically: small industry, agriculture, industry.
Official press release (no longer than 1 mn)		18,000/1 time
Public relation such as: sending news to relatives, announcement of loss, death announcement (no longer than 1 mn)		15,000
There are 3 types of Time Rental
Type 1
1	Lowest price (hour/month)	3,500,000/hour/month
2	Highest price (hour/month)	5,000,000/hour/month
Type 2
1	Lowest price (hour/month)	3,300,000/hour/month
2	Highest price (hour/month)	4,500,000/hour/month
Type 3
1	Lowest price (hour/month)	3,200,000/hour/month
2	Highest price (hour/month)	4,000,000/hour/month
Live broadcast
1	Lottery live broadcast with the length not over 30 mn	1,200,000/time
Service Charge for Pathet Lao Newspaper
Black and white
1	Full page advertisement (35x48 cm)	1,000,000/time/day
2	1⁄2 page advertisement (35 x 24 cm)	500,000/time/day
3	1/3 page advertisement (35 x 16 cm)	350,000/time/day
4	1⁄4 page advertisement (24 x 18 cm)	250,000/time/day
5	1/6 page advertisement (18 x 16 cm)	200,000/time/day
6	1/8 page advertisement (18 x 12 cm)	6 88.000/time/day
Color
1	Full page advertisement (35 x 48 cm)	3,200,000/time/day
2	1⁄2 page advertisement (35 x 24 cm)	2,000,000/time/day
3	1⁄4 page advertisement (35 x 48 cm)	1,000,000/time/day
4	Death announcement	20,000/time/day
5	Small piece advertisement 1 cm	600/time
Service Charge for KPL Newspaper
Black and white
1	1 full page advertisement (35 x 48 cm)	700,000/day
2	1⁄2 page advertisement (24 x 35 cm)	350,000/day
3	1⁄4 page advertisement (18 x 24 cm)	175,000/day
4	1/6 page advertisement (12 x 18 cm)	117,000/day
5	1/8 page advertisement (12 x 18 cm)	88,000/day
Color
1	1 full page advertisement (35 x 48 cm)	3,000,000/day
2	1⁄2 page advertisement (35 x 24 cm)	2,000,000/day
3	Small piece advertisement 1 cm	500/time
4	Death announcement	20,000/time
Service Charge for Pasason Newspaper
Color
1	1 full page advertisement (35 x 48 cm)	3,200,000/day
2	1⁄2 page advertisement (35 x 24 cm)	2,000,000/day
3	1/3 page advertisement (35 x 24 cm)	1,500,000/time
4	1⁄4 page advertisement (35 x 48 cm)	1,000,000/time
Black and white News Type Advertisement
1	1 full page advertisement black-white (35 x 48 cm)	1,000,000/time
2	1⁄2 page advertisement black-white (35 x 24 cm)	500,000/time
3	1/3 page advertisement black-white (35 x 16 cm)	350,000/time
4	1⁄4 page advertisement black-white (24 x 18 cm)	250,000/time
5	1/6 page advertisement black-white (34 x 16 cm)	175,000/time
6	1/8 page advertisement black-white (18 x 16 cm)	125,000/time/day
7	Small piece advertisement black-white 1 cm	600/time
8	Death announcement
Service Charge for Foreign Newspaper, Renovator
1	Full page advertisement (20x28.3 cm)	800,000/time/week
2	Full page advertisement black-white (20 x 28.3 cm)	500,000/time/week
3	1⁄2 page advertisement color (18 x 12.5 cm)	500,000/time/week
4	1⁄2 page advertisement black-white (18 x 12.5 cm)	250,000/time/week
5	1/3 page advertisement black-white (18 x 8.9 cm)	300,000/time/week
6	1⁄4 page advertisement color (8.9 x 13 cm)	500,000/time/week
7	1⁄4 page advertisement black-white (8.9 x 13 cm)	150,000/time/week
8	1/6 page advertisement color (8.6 x 10 cm)	300,000/time/week
9	1/6 page advertisement black-white (8.6 x10cm)	150,000/time/week
10	1/6 page advertisement color (8.6 x 10 cm)	200,000/time
11	1/8 page advertisement black-white (8.6 x8 cm)	80,000/time/week
12	1/16 page advertisement black-white (8.6 x 5.5 cm)	80,000/time/week
13	1/20 page advertisement black-white (4 x 5.5 cm)	30,000/time/week
Service Charge for Magazine Subscription
1	Regular Renovator magazine	10,000 every Monday
2	Self-pick up Renovator magazine	260,000/6 months 572,000/1 year
3	Direct delivery Renovator magazine	286,000 kip/6 months 572,000/1 year
Online Subscription of Renovator
1	Online subscription of Renovator magazine	150,000/3 months 200,000/6 months 350,000/1 year
Service Charge for Vientiane Times Newspaper
1	Full color page advertisement (28.2 x 40.5 cm)	3,000,000/time/day
2	Full black-white page advertisement (28.2 x 40.5 cm)	1,300,000/time/day
3	1⁄2 color page advertisement (28.2 x 20 cm)	2,000,000/time/day
4	1/3 black-white page advertisement (15.5 x 30 cm)	450,000/time/day
5	1⁄4 color page advertisement (14.5 x 20 cm)	1,500,000/time/day
6	1⁄4 black-white page advertisement (14.5 x 20 cm)	350,000/time/day
7	1/6 color page advertisement (14.5 x 20 cm)	1,000,000/time/day
8	1/6 black-white page advertisement (14.5 x 15.3 cm)	250,000/time/day
9	1/8 color page advertisement (14.5 x 10.3 cm)	750,000/time/day
10	1/8 black-white page advertisement (14.5 x 10.3 cm)	200,000/time/day
11	1/16 color page advertisement (8 x 10 cm)	300,000/time/day
12	1/16 black-white page advertisement (8 x 10 cm)	100,000/time/day
13	1/20 color page advertisement (7.5 x 6.8 cm)	200,000/time/day
14	1/20 black-white page advertisement (7.5 x 8 cm)	50,000/time/day
15	1/40 black-white page advertisement	50,000/time/day
16	1⁄2 half black-half white page advertisement (28.2 x 20 cm)	650,000/time/day
Service Charge for Subscription of Vientiane Times Newspaper
1	Vientiane time Newspaper (regular)	4,500 (daily Mon-Sat)
2	Self-pick up	117,000/month 609,000/6 months 1,217,000/1 year
3	Site delivery	135,000/month 780,000/6 months 1,560,000/year
Vientiane Times Online Service Charge, reading through internet
1	Online subscription of newspaper through internet	50,000/month 270,000/6 months 500,000/year
Service Charge for Vannasin Newspaper
1	Cover page advertisement (21 x 6 cm)	1,500,000/time/month
2	Back cover advertisement (21 x 29 cm)	1,000,000/time/month
3	Inside cover page advertisement (21 x 29 cm) 1	3,500,000/time/month
4	1⁄2 page advertisement	600,000/time/month
5	1⁄4 page advertisement	300,000/time/month
Service Charge
Service Charge for Art Performance
1	Service charge for scrutinizing foreign art performance	500,000/time
2	Service charge for scrutinizing program of Lao artist concert	300,000/time
3	Service charge for scrutinizing the content of song downloaded through cell phone system	15,000/script
4	Service charge for scrutinizing the content of newly composed song	50,000/song
5	Service charge for correcting photos in song-folksong cassette VCD, DVD	30,000/song
6	Service charge for correcting DVD, VCD	30,000/song
7	Service charge for correcting the content of folk-song poem	35,000/script
8	Service charge for correcting the creation of new musical band	50,000
9	Service charge for correcting new comic script	100,000/script
10	Service charge for correcting the script of newly formed short play (1-15 mn)	50,000/script
11	Service charge for correcting the script of newly formed short play (15-30 mn)	70,000/script
12	12 Service charge for correcting the script of newly formed short play (30-60 mn)	100,000/script
13	Service charge for correcting the script of newly formed short play (60-120 mn)	200,000/script
14	Service charge for correcting the newly formed dancing script (5-10 mn)	100,000/script
15	Service charge for correcting the newly formed dancing script (10-30 mn)	300,000/script
16	Service charge for correcting of acrobatic script	100,000/program
17	Service charge for correcting of folk-song music	25,000/script
18	Service charge for composing new song	1,500,000/song
19	Service charge for composing the script of new comic play	500,000
20	Service charge for composing the script of newly formed short play (1-15 mn)	500,000
21	Service charge for composing the script of newly formed short play (15-30 mn)	700,000
22	Service charge for composing the script of newly formed short play (30-60 mn)	1,000,000
23	Service charge for composing the script of newly formed short play (60-120 mn)	1,500,000
24	Service charge for composing of new dancing script	1,500,000/script
25	Service charge for composing of music playing script for dancing	1,500,000/script
26	Service charge for composing dancing script at national level using 500 performers and more	15,000,000/script
27	Service charge for singer in a single recording room	200,000/person/song
28	Service charge for sound mixing	150,000/song
29	Service charge for recording room	250,000/song
30	Service charge for pure music	50,000/...
31	Service charge for harmony singer	100,000/person/song
32	Service charge for writing script for large performance program	30,000,000/program
33	Script for harmony musical play for dancing – singing 2-4 mn	700,000/script
34	Script for harmony musical play for dancing – singing 2-10 mn	1,000,000/script
35	Script for Symphony Orchestra from 1-3 mn	2,500,000/script
36	Script for Symphony Orchestra from 3 – 5 mn	3,500,000/script
37	Script for Symphony Orchestra from 6 – 10 mn	5,000,000/script
38	Script for Symphony Orchestra from 10 – 20 mn	10,000,000/script
39	Script for Symphony Orchestra from 20 – 30 mn	20,000,000/script
40	Script for Symphony Orchestra from 30 – 40 mn	30,000,000/script
41	Script for Symphony Orchestra from 40 – 60 mn	50,000,000/script
42	Script for Symphony Orchestra – Copyright charge	1,000,000/script/time
43	Service charge for using song copyright, dancing and folkdance..each script	1,000,000/script
44	Service charge for composing folk-song poem to the play from 1-3 mn	100,000/script/story
45	Service charge for composing special folk-song poem	500,000/script/story
46	Service charge for composing of .................	4,000,000/script/story
47	Service charge for composing script for one story without folk- song poem	1,000,000/script/story
48	Service charge for editing script for story with folk-song poem	2,500,000/script/story
Publication Service
1	Cost of scrutinizing requesting document for registration of book publication	25,000/topic
2	Cost of scrutinizing document requesting for establishment and further establishment of printing house, translation company and translation unit	300,000/time
3	Cost of scrutinizing application form for establishment-extension and inspection of printing house	500,000/time
4	Cost of translation Lao language into foreign language	80,000/A4
5	Cost of translation foreign language into Lao language	60,000/A4
6	Cost of interpretation	50,000/A4
7	Cost of printing the manuscript	15,000/A4
8	Cost of borrowing books and other printed products	10,000/time
9	Cost of scrutinizing document and inspecting the importation of printing machine, photocopy machine, printing equipment	300,000/time
10	Cost of scrutinizing document and inspecting the exportation of printing machine, photocopy machine, printing equipment	150,000/time
11	Cost of providing written information	10,000/A4
12	Cost of passing the import-export of books and other printing matters	100,000/time
13	Cost of scrutinizing the content of the use of label, sticker, poster and advertisement through printed matters.	100,000/time/model
14	Cost of scrutinizing the content of Banner advertisement	5/1cm
15	Cost of scrutinizing document requesting for organizing art performance activities, such as: Project for testing student writing contest	100,000/time
16	Cost of book cover design	200,000/model
17	Cost of drafting document	30,000/A4
18	Cost of printing document	5,000/A4
19	Cost of editing document	10,000/A4
20	Cost of providing technical data related to publication, printing, distribution, library and literature.	50,000/time
21	Cost of building manuscript or book ............	10,000/page
22	Cost of cover sheet design	100,000/model
23	Cost of drawing for book	50,000/model
24	Cost of providing information through writing	10,000/A4
25	Cost of borrowing books and other printed items	10,000/book
26	Cost of scrutinizing documents of NGO	25,000/time
Cultural Service Charge
1	Service charge for monitoring of Casino service	3,000,000/year
2	Service charge for authorization for importing card	50/set
3	Service charge for monitoring the opening of authorized game and gambling club	2,500,000/year
4	Service charge for monitoring the opening of game for intelligence testing club	100,000/machine
5	Service charge for opening of game for intelligence testing club	2,000,000/year
6	Service charge for monitoring the opening of entertainment room	3.000,000/year
7	Service charge for opening of outdoor beer garden	2,000,000/year
8	Service charge for opening of Karaoke (for 9 room and less)	1,500,000/year
9	Service charge for opening of karaoke (for 10 room and over)	2,000,000/year
10	Service charge for importation of slot game	500,000/machine
11	Service charge for importation of roulette game	1,000,000/machine
12	Service charge for importation of roulette game	3,000,000/year
13	Service charge for authorizing the posting of soft sign (banner, photo, drawing made from fabric) hanging along the shop or public spot	1/1cm/sheet
14	Service charge for inspecting the installation of all types of approved advertisement signs	200,000/sheet/year
15	Service charge for authorizing good advertisement sign and all types of service	6/cm/sign
16	Service charge for passing the new advertisement sign	500,000/model
17	Service charge for authorization of model sign	100,000/sign
18	Service charge for sale promotion activity	200,000/place
19	Service charge for cultural related contest activity	200,000/time
20	Service charge for providing of cultural information	10,000/page
21	Service charge for scrutinizing document and giving comment to Lao language investment license application form	10,000/page
22	Service charge for scrutinizing document and giving comment to foreign language investment license application form	30,000/page
23	For enterprise sign, company and shop indicating their activities in accordance with the ERC, ERC No., enterprise code no., location of contact data, small size 100 cm x 50 cm and 200 cm x 100 cm without text and advertisement photo, the fee shall be exempted (but the service charge for monitoring shall be collected)	100,000/time
National Cultural Hall
For Party-State Organizations, mass organizations
1	Cost of organizing an event at the performance stage of large lobby	4,000,000/time/day
2	Cost of organizing an event at the meeting room (3rd floor)	2,500,000/day
3	Cost of organizing an event at the meeting room (4th floor)	2,500,000/day
4	Cost of organizing an event in normal small room	1,000,000/day
5	Cost of organizing an event at the entrance lobby	2,500,000/day
6	Cost of organizing an event at the parking lot	3,000,000/day
7	Cost of organizing an event at the fountain court	2,500,000/day
8	Cost of organizing a practice event	1,500,000/day
9	Cost of organizing an event for shooting video of musical song and other shooting at the national cultural hall	1,000,000/day
For international organizations, company, shop and private
1	Cost of organizing an event at the performance state of large lobby	5,500,000/time/day
2	Cost of organizing an event at the meeting room (3^rd floor)	3,500,000/day
3	Cost of organizing an event at the meeting room (4^th floor)	3,500,000/day
4	Cost of organizing an event at normal small room	1,500,000/day
5	Cost of organizing an event at the entrance lobby	3,500,000/day
6	Cost of organizing an event at the parking lot	5,000,000/day
7	Cost of organizing an event at the fountain court	4,000,000/day
8	Cost of organizing a practice event	2,500,000/day
9	Cost of organizing an event for shooting video of musical song and other shootings at the national cultural hall	2,000,000/day
Art performance, singing, dancing, musical and on –stage art performance
1	For foreigner, international organization, no entrance fee to be Collected	4,500,000/night
2	Performance of state organization, countries that sign cultural exchange cooperation contract without entrance fee	3,500,000/time/day
3	Practice day	1,750,000/time/day
4	Performance organized by party-state organization	1,500,000/day
Photo and cultural products exhibition
1	State organization, international organization, private sectors	2,500,000/day
Wedding, reception, gala dinner that two forms of service charge are collected
Approach 1 (Inside and in-front of building)
1	Room at 3^rd-4^th floor, service charge is collected	4,000,000/event/day
2	Entrance hall at 1st floor, service charge is collected	4,000,000/event/day
3	Outside yard in front of the building, service charge is collected	3,500,000/event/day
4	In case of taking two site, inside and outside in front of the building	6,000,000/event/day
Approach 2 (car parking lot)1
1	Fair event at car parking lot	5,500,000/event/day
2	Ball at car parking lot	5,500,000/event/day
3	Wedding party	4,000,000/time
4	Concert at car parking lot	5,500,000/event/night
Service charge for film show at the cultural hall
1	Film show for dissemination of social-cultural documentary	3,000,000/event/day
International organization, companies and shops (if a proposal is submitted at ministry-level)
1	Film festival to disseminate business	4,500,000/event/day
Cost of shooting video and photo taking at the cultural hall
1	Service charge for video shooting at the performance hall	2,000,000/time
2	Service charge for music shooting at outside area near fountain	2,000,000/time
Museum visitor
	There are 2 types of ticket selling
-	Vientiane Capital
1	Foreign guest	10,000/person
2	Lao guest	2,000/person
-	Luangprabang Province
1	Foreign guest	30,000/person
2	Lao guest	5,000/person
-	Champasack Province
1	Foreign guest	30,000/person
2	Lao guest	5,000/person
Natural Library
-	Service charge collected from membership card
1	Monk, student, official	15,000/per/year
2	Foreign researcher	30,000/per/year
Cinema Service Charge
1	For establishment of cinema	500,000/year
2	For opening of company engaged in shooting film, documentaries, document film, cartoon, advertising, song film	300,000/year
3	For establishment of mobile film unit	400,000/time/year
4	Scrutinizing the content (story film) 35mm, 16 mm system	150,000/story
5	To allow Lao people to shoot story film (30 mn and over)	1,000,000/story
6	To allow Lao people to shoot story film (30 mn and less)	500,000/story
7	To scrutinize the content of document film, documentaries, cartoon, advertising, song film	1,000,000/story
8	To scrutinize the content of story film in VCD and DVD	100,000/story
9	To scrutinize the content of document film, documentaries, cartoon, song, advertising film in VCD and DVD	50,000/story
10	To export story film to foreign countries (35 mm and 16 mm)	100,000/story
11	To export story film, document, documentaries and cartoon to foreign countries in VCD and DVD	50,000/story
12	To allow foreigner to shoot story film in the country (cinema film) 35 mm and 16 mm system DVD and HD system	2,500,000/story
13	To allow foreigner to conduct film shooting, document film, documentaries, song and cartoon in the country	1,500,000/story
14	To allow foreign countries to shoot story film through film production company or Lao citizen living in foreign countries	1,500,000/story
15	To allow foreigners to shoot documentaries, cartoon document and advertising film through film production company or Lao citizen living in the country	500,000/story
16	To issue a certification card to ............. of film, documentaries, document film, dong, advertising film and cartoon	30,000/per/time
17	To issue film ..........	200,000/time
18	To inspect the content of film shooting script	10,000/printed page
19	To allow Lao citizen to conduct film shooting, documentaries, document film, cartoon, song advertising film	300,000/story
Mass-media products
1	Service charge for establishment of radio station, cable and wireless TV	1,000,000/station/year
2	Service charge for scrutinizing the content, advertising spot through mass media	100,000/program/time
3	Service charge for scrutinizing the content of radio, TV program	300,000/program/time
4	Service charge for scrutinizing the content of magazine	400,000/1 magazine/time
5	Service charge for issuing journalist card	10,000/time/per/year

Service Charge for Traditional Fine Art

No.	Description	Rate/Kip
01	-Service charge for authorizing traditional fine art activities, each time -Service charge for establishment of business shop selling traditional fine art activities	20,000/year 150,000/time/year
02	Service charge for authorizing the scrutiny of repair, renovation of religious site, archaeological site, artefact related traditional fine art	150,000/time
03	Service charge for issuing a license for scrutinizing the new establishment of religion, archaeological site, artefact related to traditional fine art	20,000/time
04	Service charge for issuing a license for exporting copycat product of antique artefact	20,000/time
05	Issuance of license for importing copycat product of antique artefact	200,000/product

Service Charge for Contemporary Fine Art

No.	Description	Rate/Kip
01	Service charge for authorization of contemporary fine art activities nationwide (each time)	20,000/year
02	Service charge for establishment of business for selling of contemporary fine art products	150,000/time/year
03	Service charge for authorization of the examination to pass the importation of contemporary fine art products	150,000/type of product
04	Service charge for authorization the examination to pass the exportation of contemporary fine art products	100,000/type of product
05	Service charge for authorization the examination to pass the design of sculpture (sculpture of revolutionary leaders, revolutionary hero ancestor. Important person at national and local level, memorial and others)	50,000/design
6	Service charge for examination to pass private sector architectural designs related to fine art task of state sector	200,000/design
7	Service charge for management of monument sculpture and drawing calculated based on the value of art work prior to taxation	Kip/design
7.1	From 500,000,000 kip and below	10,000,000
7.2	More than 500,000,000 – 1,000,000,000 kip	20,000,000
7.3	More than 1,000,000,000 – 1,000,000,000 kip	36,000,000
7.4	More than 2,000,000,000 – 3,000,000,000 kip	48,000,000
7.5	More than 3,000,000,000 – 4,000,000,000 kip	56,000,000
7.6	More than 4,000,000,000 kip and above	60,000,000
08	Labour cost for the design of sculpture and drawing (calculated based on the value of art labour before taxation)	Kip/design
8.1	800,000,000 kip and lower	80,000,000
8.2	More than 800,000,000 – 2,000,000,000 kip	170,000,000
8.3	More than 2,000,000,000 – 3,000,000,000 kip	219,000,000
8.4	More than 3,000,000,000 – 4,000,000,000 kip	272,000,000
8.5	More than 4,000,000,000 – 5,000,000,000 kip	310,000,000
8.6	More than 5,000,000,000 – 6,000,000,000 kip	350,000,000
8.7	More than 6,000,000,000 – 7,000,000,000 kip	392,000,000
8.8	More than 7,000,000,000 – 8,000,000,000 kip	424,000,000
8.9	More than 8,000,000,000 – 9,000,000,000 kip	450,000,000
8.10	More than 9,000,000,000 kip and over	470,000,000

Service Charge for Task related to Exhibition Room and Exhibition Activities

No.

Description

Kip/time/year

Service charge for authorization of examination to pass the fine art

exhibition room (each time)

100,000 kip/time/year

Service charge for authorization of examination to pass the

exhibition of different types of fine art

100,000 kip/time

Service Charge for the Task for Management of Curriculum for Vocational Studying and Teaching

Service charge for authorization to pass curriculum of vocational studying and teaching

Intermediate level 5,000 kip/subject
High diploma 6,000 kip/subject
Bachelor degree 8,000 kip/subject
Master degree 9,000 kip/subject
PHD 10,000 kip/subject
1. Service charge for authorization to pass teaching texbook

Intermediate level 10,000 kip/book
High diploma 15,000 kip/book
Bachelor degree 20,000 kip/book
Master degree 25,000 kip/book
PHD 30,000 kip/book
1. Service charge for scrutinizing to pass the content of fine art curriculum 1,000 kip/page
2. Service charge for scrutinizing the fine art teaching textbook 5,000 kip/page

Service Charge for Tourism Activities

Fee for researching document for the establishment and operation of tourism business shall be collected as follows:
- Establishment of tour company, tourism business, amusement park, establishment of tourism transportation company: 2,000,000 kip/time/item;
- Operation of tourism business other than specified above: 800,000 kip/time

Fee for researching the categorization of hotel, accommodation shall be collected as follows:
- Hotel-resort, at 5-star grade: 2,000,000 kip/time
- Hotel-resort at 4-star grade: 1,500,000 kip/time
- Hotel-resort at 3-star grade: 1,000,000 kip/time
- Hotel-resort at 2-star grade: 800,000 kip/time
- Hotel-resort at 1-star grade: 600,000 kip/time
- Hotel-resort at 3 frangipani grade: 500,000 kip/time
- Guesthouse at 2 frangipani grade: 400,000 kip/time
- Guesthouse at 1 frangipani grade: 300,000 kip/time

Fee for attending training course of service staff in tourism sector
- at national level: 800,000 kip/time
- at provincial level: 500,000 kip/time
- hotel and restaurant service: 200,000 kip/time

Fee for service related to document and printed matters to advertise tourism
- Fee for issuance of tour guide: 250,000 kip/card
- Fee for issuance of standard certificate of tourism sector: 100,000 kip/page
- Fee for document, book, standard form, tourism printed matters: 50,000 kip/sheet/book
- Fee for application form requesting for training course: 5,000 kip/copy
- Fee for document certification: 5,000 kip/copy

Fee for Obligation to join the National Tourism Fund

5.1 Obligation fee for joining the fund in 2 US Dollars/person/time shall be as follows:

Foreigners travel to Lao PDR for tour using passport;
Law citizen, aliens, foreigners and stateless people living in the Lao PDR and travelling abroad using passport, where the obligations are collected from a tour company that provides service.

5.2 Obligation fee for joining the fund in 1 US Dollar/person/time shall be as follows:

Foreigners living near the borderline who travel for tour in the Lao PDR by using passport, border pass.
Lao citizen, aliens, foreigners and stateless people living in the Lao PDR and travel abroad by using a passport, border pass, where the obligations are collected from a tour company that provides service.

Exemption

Article 66. Fee Exemption for Department of Publication

Registration of import-export book for distribution;
Import-export of printing machine of the state to serve administrative work;
Import-export of book, other printed matters of party-state and international organization.

Article 67. Fee exemption for mass-media section

Fee for authorizing video shooting for Lao people living abroad who come to take picture of nature or shooting of play, fee for authorizing photography of motionless picture, fee for making importation license, fee for importation of mass-media printed matters, fee for registration of video shooting camera, fee for registration of camera.

Article 68. Fee Exemption for Museum and Antique

a. Fee for importation of Buddha, gong, drawing, sculpture, artifact handicraft made from metal, fabric, wood that are modeling in the style of antique;

b. Fee for exportation of Buddha, gong, drawing, carving, sculpture, artifact handicraft made from metal, fabric, wood that look familiar with or are copied from antique styple.

Chapter XII

National Science and Technology Sector

Fee

Article 69. Fee on Registration of Devices and Maintenance of Patent Term

The registration of invention and maintenance of patent term has the protective term in total 20 years and shall be collected as the below table:

No.	Term of Patent	Kip/invention
1	4 beginning years	300.000
2	5^th year	300.000
3	6^thyear	400.000
4	7^thyear	500.000
5	8^thyear	600.000
6	9^thyear	800.000
7	10^th year	1.000.000
8	11^thyear	1.400.000
9	12^thyear	1.800.000
10	13^th year	2.300.000
11	14^th year	2.800.000
12	15^th year	3.300.000
13	16^th year	3.900.000
14	17^thyear	4.500.000
15	18^th year	5.100.000
16	19^thyear	5.700.000
17	20^th year	6.500.000

Article 70. Fee on Registration of Invention and the Maintenance of Patent Term

The registration of invention (with the protective term of 10 years and can be extended to 02 more years) and shall be collected as the below table:

No.	Term of Patent	Kip/invention
1	1^st year	200.000
2	2^ndyear	150.000
3	3^rdyear	200.000
4	4^th year	300.000
5	5^th year	400.000
6	6^thyear	500.000
7	7^thyear	700.000
8	8^thyear	900,000
9	9^thyear	1,100,000
10	10^th year	1,300,000

Article 71. Fee on the Registration of Industrial Design

The registration of industrial design has a protective term in total 15 years and shall be collected as the below table:

No.	Protective Term	Kip/industrial design
1	First 5 years	500,000
2	Following 5 years	800,000
3	Last 5 years	1,000,000

Article 72. Fee on the Registration of the Trademark

Fee for registration of trademark (with protective term of 10 years and can be renewed in every 10 years) shall be collected as follows:

No.	Protective Term	Kip/trademark
01	10 years	800,000

Fee for work related standard and quality shall be collected as follows:

2.1 Application for registration of goods product

No.	Protective Term	Kip/product
01	Temporary certificate on quality	50,000

2.2 Fee for inspection quality of goods

No.	Protective Term	Kip/product
01	Fee for goods quality certificate	30,000

2.3 Fee for the use of standard label

No.	Protective Term	Kip/product
01	Application for use	30,000

Article 73. Fee on the Registration in the measurement Field

The registration of measurement vehicle testing shall be collected according to the size of each item as below:

No.	Protective Term	Rate/Kip
01	Weight unit	10,000/unit
02	Mechanic weighting scale	6,000/unit
03	Electronic weighting scale	25,000/unit
04	All kinds of measure’s bucket	15,000/unit
05	Instrument for measuring the solid of metal	20,000/unit
06	Instrument for measuring size	5,000/unit
07	Electric fuel pumping injector	20,000/pump
08	Non-electric fuel pumping injector	10,000/pump
09	Electricity meter (01 phase)	1,000/unit
10	Electricity meter (03 phases)	1,500/unit
11	Different sizes of water supply meter: -From 15 to 25 mm -More than 25 to 50 mm -More than 50 to 100 mm -More than 100 mm and over	1,000/unit 1,500/unit 2,000/unit 2,500/unit

Fuel loading vehicle

No.	Description	Kip/vehicle
01	All kinds of fuel loading vehicles	30,000

Packaging goods

No.	Description	Kip/product
01	All kinds of packaging goods	20,000

Service Charge

Article 74. Service Charge for the Sciences and Technology Sectors

Service charge prior to the registration of invention for acquiring patent shall be collected as follows:

No.	Protective Term	Unit/Kip
01	Application for registration	200,000/application
02	Initial scrutiny of application	100,000/application
03	Scrutiny of application form more than 50 pages, additional charge shall be calculated	20,000/page
04	Checking the information related to invention	100,000/invention
05	Submission of additional document after submitting the application	50,000/copy
06	Opposition against registration	200,000/invention
07	Amendment of application for registration	100,000/application
08	Issuance of a copy of patent	100,000/application
09	Approval of agreement for seeking the right to use, transfer, name change	400,000/invention
10	Changing of address	100,000/application
11	Consultation	100,000/application
12	Cancellation request made by the owner of invention	200,000/invention
13	Cancellation request made by other parties	600,000/invention
14	Scrutiny for categorizing section	150,000/section
15	Confirmation about registration	100,000/copy
16	Announcement/dissemination of application for registration of invention	400,000/invention
17	Announcement/dissemination of invention after obtaining registration certification	400,000/invention
18	Announcement/dissemination application for registration of invention before and after obtaining the registration with supporting pictures in more than one A4 page, additional pay shall be made	50,000/A4 size one page
19	Fee for claiming protective right which have more than 15 items, additional charges shall be calculated	50,000/page/item
20	Scrutiny on the content of the invention shall be based on the actual amount of the scrutiny in which the project’s owner should pay to the relevant scrutinized office of any foreign countries where the scrutiny takes place

Service charge for protection of patent term shall be collected as follows:

No.	Term of patent	Kip/invention
1	Year 5	400,000
2	Year 6	400,000
3	Year 7	400,000
4	Year 8	400,000
5	Year 9	400,000
6	Year 10	400,000
7	Year 11	400,000
8	Year 12	400,000
9	Year 13	400,000
10	Year 14	400,000
11	Year 15	400,000
12	Year 16	400,000
13	Year 17	400,000
14	Year 18	400,000
15	Year 19	400,000
16	Year 20	400,000

Service charge for registration of invention shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Unit/kip
01	Application for registration	100,000/application
02	Initial scrutiny of application	100,000/application
03	Scrutiny of application form more than 40 pages, additional charge shall be calculated	10,000/page
04	Checking the information related to invention	100,000/invention
05	Submission of additional document after submitting the application	30,000/copy
06	Opposition against registration	100,000/invention
07	Amendment of application for registration	100,000/application
08	Issuance of a copy of patent	100,000/copy
09	Approval of agreement for seeking the right to use, transfer, name change	400,000/invention
10	Changing of address	100,000/application
11	Consultation	50,000/application/time
12	Cancellation request made by the owner of invention	200,000/invention
13	Cancellation request made by other parties	500,000/invention
14	Scrutiny for categorizing section	100,000/section
15	Confirmation about registration	100,000/copy
16	Announcement/dissemination of application for registration of invention	300,000/invention
17	Announcement/dissemination of invention after obtaining registration certification	300,000/invention
18	Announcement/dissemination application for registration of invention before and after obtaining the registration with supporting pictures in more than one A4 page, additional pay shall be made	50,000/page A4
19	Fee for claiming protective right which have more than 15 clauses, additional charges shall be calculated	50,000/item
20	Scrutiny on the content of the invention shall be based on the actual amount of the scrutiny in which the project’s owner should pay to the relevant scrutinized office of any foreign countries where the scrutiny takes place

Service charge for maintaining the protective term of sub-patent shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Unit/kip
1	Year 2	200,000
2	Year 3	200,000
3	Year 4	200,000
4	Year 5	200,000
5	Year 6	200,000
6	Year 7	200,000
7	Year 8	200,000
8	Year 9	200,000
9	Year 10	200,000

Service charge for registration of industrial design shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Unit/kip
1	Application for registration	100,000/application
2	Initial scrutiny of application	100,000/application
3	Scrutiny of application form more than 40 pages, additional charge shall be calculated	10,000/page
4	Checking the information related to industrial design	100,000/industrial design
5	Submission of additional document after submitting the application	30,000/copy
6	Opposition against registration	200,000/industrial design
7	Amendment of application for registration	100,000/application
8	Issuance of a copy of industrial certificate	100,000/copy
9	Approval of agreement for seeking the right to use, transfer, name change	400,000/industrial design
10	Changing of address	100,000/application
11	Consultation	100,000/application
12	Cancellation request made by the owner of industrial design	100,000/industrial design
13	Cancellation request made by other parties	400,000/industrial design
14	Scrutiny for categorizing section	50,000/section
15	Confirmation about registration	100,000/copy
16	Announcement/dissemination of industrial design Registration	200,000/industrial design
17	Announcement/dissemination of industrial design with pictures covering more than one A4 page, additional payment is required	50,000/one page A4
18	Fee for claiming protective right that have more than 15 items, additional charges shall be calculated	50,000/item

Service charge to maintaining the term of industrial design shall be collected as follows:

No.	Term of industrial design	Kip/copy
1	The first 5 years	200,000
2	The following 5 years	200,000
3	The last 5 years	200,000

Trademark
1. Service charge for registration of trademark shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Unit/Kip
1	Application for registration and renewal	20,000/application
2	Consultation	50,000/application
3	Scrutiny for categorizing section	50,000/section
4	Checking the information related to trademark	100,000/trademark
5	Confirmation about registration	100,000/copy
6	Cancellation request made by trademark owner	200,000/trademark
7	Cancellation request made by other parties	400,000/trademark
8	Issuance of a copy of trademark registration certificate	100,000/copy
9	Approval of agreement for seeking the right to use, transfer, name and address change and merging of companies within the same trademark	400,000/industrial design
10	Changing of address	100,000/application
11	Charge collected for additional section	1,000,000/one additional section
12	Fee for publication and dissemination of the registration outcome	200,000/trademark

The service charge for declaring the information on copyright or related rights shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Unit/Kip
1	Application for declaring information
2	Service charge for declaring the information on copyright or related rights	20,000/work result
3	Service charge for information sharing	10,000/time
4	Application to request the change, cancellation and issuance of a certificate of repeated information sharing	5,000/work result
5	Request for change, cancellation and issuance of a certificate of information sharing	20,000/work result

Service charge for complaining about copyright infringement shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Unit/Kip
1	Invention	300,000/invention
2	Creation	300,000/creation
3	Industrial design	10,000/time
4	Trademark	200,000/trademark
5	Copyright and rights related to copyright	200,000/application
6	Beside the service charge, the owner of the right shall join additional expense in implementing actual work

Service in the field of standard and quality

8.1 Service charge for registration of goods products shall be collected as follow:

No.	Description	Unit/Kip
1	Application	5,000/application
2	Service charge for declaring information on copyright or related rights	15,000/products
3	Service charge for each time of quality inspection shall be based on the actual testing value of relevant inspection office

8.2 Service charge for testing of goods quality shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Unit/Kip
1	Application	5,000/application
2	Service charge for goods quality testing	600,000/time
3	Service charge for each time of quality testing shall be based on the actual amount of testing done by the relevant inspection office

Service charge in the field of measuring sale-purchase and service shall be collected as follows:

9.1 Service charge for weigh unit testing

No.	Description and measurement means (weigh unit)	Level of clearness	Service Charge (Kip/Unit)
1	Service charge for weigh unit testing 1mg to 500 mg	E1 E2 F1 F2 M1 M2 M3	35,000/5 years 30,000/5 years 25,000/2 years 20,000/2 years 15,000/year 10,000/year 5,000/year
2	1 g to 500 g	E1 E2 F1 F2 M1 M2 M3	40,000/5 years 35,000/5 years 30,000/2 years 25,000/2 years 20,000/year 15,000/year 10,000/year
3	1kg to 50 kg	E1 E2 F1 F2 M1 M2 M3	100,000/5 years 90,000/5 years 80,000/2 years 70,000/2 years 30,000/year 25,000/year 20,000/year

Service charge for inspection of scales

Description

(Kip/Unit)

1. Mechanical type of scales:

- Scales weighing from 5 Kg and lower

- Scales weighing more than 5 – 15 kg

- Scales weighing more than 15 – 50 kg

- Scales weighing more than 50 – 100 kg

- Scales weighing more than 100 – 1,000 kg

- Scale weighing more than 1,000 kg and over, another 10,000 kip/1,000kg shall be added

5,000

7,000

10,000

20,000

50,000

2. Electronic type of scales:

- Scales weighing from 1kg and lower

- Scales weighing more than 1 – 10 kg

- Scales weighing more than 10 – 20 kg

- Scales weighing more than 20 – 100 kg

- Scales weighing more than 100 – 500 kg

- Scales weighing more than 100 – 500kg

- Scales weighing more than 500 – 2,000 kg

- Scales weighing more than 2,000 – 10,000 kg

- Scales weighing more than 1,000 kg and over, another 50,000 kip/10,000 kg shall be added

50,000

7,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

300,000

350,000

Remarks: Service charge for this inspection shall be used for scales level IV

For scales level III, the inspection service charge shall be multiplied by 2

For scales level II, the inspection service charges shall be multiplied by 3

For scales level I, the inspection service charges shall be multiplied by 5

9.3 Service charge for testing of measuring cup

No.

Description

Rate/Kip/year

Measuring cup made by plastic or glass:

- Volume from 1 litre and less

- Volume more than 1 – 5 litres

- Volume more than 5 – 20 litres

- Volume more than 20 litres and over

20,000

40,000

70,000

100,000

2 Measuring cup made by metal:

- Volume from 1 litre and less

- Volume more than 1 – 5 litres

- Volume more than 5 – 20 litres

- Volume more than 20 – 100 litres

- Volume more than 100 – 1,000 litres

- Volume more than 1,000 litres and over, 30,000 kip/1,000

litres shall be calculated

5,000

10,000

25,000

50,000 200,000 300,000

9.4 Service charge for testing toughness and size

No.	Description	Rate/Kip/year
1	Testing the hardness of metal	200,000
2	Service charge for testing each size: - Length from 1 m and lower - Length more than 1 – 5 m - Length more than 5 – 10 m - Length more than 10 – 50 m - Length more than 50 m and over shall be calculated an additional of 10,000 Kip/1 m	25,000 50,000 100,000 150,000
3	Service charge for testing micro-meter: - Normal type - Digital type	150,000 250.000

9.5 Service charge for testing of fuel truck

Description

Rate/Kip/container/year

- Volume from 7,000 litres and lower

- Volume more than 7,000 – 9,000 litres

- Volume more than 9,000 – 12,000 litres

- Volume more than 12,000 – 16,000 litres

- Volume more than 16,000 – 24,000 litres

- Volume more than 24,000 – 30,000 litres

- Volume more than 30,000 – 35,000 litres

- Volume more than 35,000 – 40,000 litres

- Volume more than 40,000 litres and over

800,00

950,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,900,000

2,300,000

2,600,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

9.6 Service charge for fuel pump testing:

Electricity-run fuel pump 20,000 Kip/pump/year
Non-electricity fuel pump 10,000 Kip/pump/year

9.7 Service charge for ................ Testing:

Testing of ................... 01 phase 1,500 Kip/unit/2 years
Testing of ................... 03 phase 2,500 Kip/unit/2 years

9.8 Water Supply ........ Testing

Water................ Size from 15 – 20 mm 1,500 Kip/unit/2 years
Water................ Size from 25 – 50 mm 3,500 kip/unit/2 years
Water .............. Size from 50 – 100 mm 100,000 kip/unit/2 years
Water ............... Size from 100 mm and over 150,000 kip/unit/2 years

9.9 Service charge for testing of packaging goods

No.	Description	Rate/Kip/set
1	Products showing service charge set by weight, volume, amount and area	200,000
2	Products showing service charge set by volume in special liquid	250,000
3	Products showing service charge set by volume in liquid, mix substance and gas	300,000

Chapter XIII

Water Resources and Environment Sector

Fee

Article 75. Fee on Forest Resources

No.	Description	Kip/project
1	Fee for inspection parts of agar wood and ................. oil * Grade A * Grade B * Grade C	500,000/Kg 400,000/Kg 300,000/Kg 100,000/Kg
2	Fee for wild orchid	100,000/ton
3	Fee for other plant species based on the international treaty	100,000/time
4	Fee for issuance of registration certificate for aquatic and wildlife raising farm	50,000/set
5	Fee for issuance of annual Business Operation License for aquatic and wildlife raising yearly	300,000/set/year
6	Fee for issuance of a license for establishment of aquatic, wildlife and wild plant farm	500,000/set

Article 76. Fee on Geology and Mineral Field

The issuance of mines prospecting, exploration and exploration license shall be set to collect in one rate of 300,000 kip per item throughout the business operation.

Article 77. Fee on Environment

Fee on environment shall be set to collect based on the following performance:

No.	Description	Kip/doc
1	Certificate of Initial Environment and Social Feasibility Study (IESE)	500,000
2	Certificate of Environment and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)	1,000,000
3	License for operation of technical service in the field of environment and society ( 2-years term)	2,500,000
4	Certificate of Environment and Society Management Plan (for projects which are not lied under the list of projects conducting IEE/EIA)	200,000
5	Certificate to acknowledge the environment and social management plan (for projects which are not lied under the list of projects conducting (EMMP and SMMP) for projects currently invest and operate but are required to re-develop a social-environment management plan and for project that environmental certificate has issued but such plan shall be amended periodically	500,000
6	Consulting company or foreign consultant who has obtained a business operation license in the field of environment service in any countries but comes to register for conduct environment impact assessment service with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (2 years-term)	2,500,000
7	Fee for registration as Consultant for Environment and Social Impact Assessment	1,000,000
8	A certificate of Clean Development Mechanism Project	No rate
9	A certificate of authorizing the release of pollution	500,000

Article 78. Fee on Land Registration and land document registration

Fee on land registration shall be collected as follows:

No	Fee on Land Registration	Fee Rate to each land parcel
		Urban and suburb area	Rural area
1	Systematic registration or upon the request	30.000 kip/a land title	15.000 kip/a land title

Fee on registration of legal document related to change of land use right shall be amended as follows:

No.	Contents of registry on land use rights change	Rate
1	Registration of inheritance and transfer of land use right to children (.........., adoptive children, stepchildren, husband or wife who is still alive and descent heirs of the deceased person.	0,2% of the land value which has the assessment of the actual value in each area and each land category
2	Registration of inheritance and transfer of land use right to descent relative (parents or grand-parents or great-grand- parents) of the deceased person.	0,3% of the land value which has the assessment of the actual value in each area and each land category
3	Registration of inheritance and transfer of land use right to ascendant successors (brothers, sisters or uncles, aunts or grand-children) of the deceased person.	0,5% of the land value which has the assessment of the actual value in each area and each land category
4	Registration the transfer of land use right from land owner who are not relative and inherit in according to the will that are not relative as provided for in clause 1, 2 and 3 above.	1% of the land value which has the assessment of the actual value in each area and each land category.
5	Registration of redemption contract in the event that the seller fails to re-buy within the timeframe	1% of the land value which has the assessment of the actual value in each area and each land category
6	Registration of exchange contract	1% of the land value which has the assessment of the actual value in each area and each land category
7	Registration the use of land as share in according to the contract	1% of the land value which has the assessment of the actual value in each area and each land category
8	Registration the expropriation of land use right to under the state ownership	50,000 kip/parcel
9	Registration of transforming the state land use right into individual legal entity land use right	80,000 kip/parcel

Article 79. Fee for Registration of Legal Document related to Land Use Right

Fee for registration of legal document related to land use right shall be collected as follows:

No.	Content of registration of legal document related to land use right	Rate/Kip
1	Registration of Loan Security Agreement through land use right	0.2% of borrowed amount
2	Registration of Land Lease Agreement	0.2% of rental fee
3	Registration for Cancellation of Security Agreement	20,000
4	Registration for Cancellation of Lease Agreement	20,000
5	Registration for Cancellation of .....................	20,000
6	Registration of State Land Use Right Permission	50,000
7	Issuance of Land Survey Certificate for State Land	30,000
8	Registration for the transfer of Lease Agreement	30,000
9	Registration to allow sub‐lease by others	30,000

Article 80. Fee for Issuance of a License for State Land Lease or Concession

The issuance of a license for state land lease or concession shall be set in a single rate: 50,000 kip/license.

Article 81. Fee for Land Conversion from one to another category

Fee for land conversion from one to another category shall be collected as follows:

No.	Land conversion objectives	Land conversion fee rate per sq meter/Kip
No.	Land conversion objectives	Urban	Suburb	Rural
1	Conversion of agricultural land into construction land for commercial purpose	2,000	1,000	500
2	Conversion of agricultural land into construction land to be used as living place for family (except rice field land)	100	50	30
3	Conversion of construction land into agricultural land	5	3	2

Article 82. Fee for Conversion of Natural Forest Land into other Category of Land

In special case where the natural forest land must be converted to other category of land, beside the fee, the natural resources fee must be paid as provided in the Executive Decree. The land conversion fee is as follow:

No.	Land conversion objectives	Fee rate (Kip/m2)
No.	Land conversion objectives	Urban	Suburb	Rural
1	Conversion of natural forest land to other land category	25,000	20,000	15,000

Service Charge

Article 83. Service Charge of National Resources and Environment Sector

Service Charge in the Field of Geology-Minerals

No.	Description	Unit	Rate
a.	Geology and mines sector
I.	Preparation and processing of model:
	Streaming, crushing, grinding the model	Model	40.000
II.	Analysis of model,
1	Analysis to search for element (single element): Ag, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn .... Using AAS tool
	* Primary element	Element	50,000
	* Second element and next element	Element	20,000
2	Analyze element: Au
	* By absorption (AAS)	Element	80,000
	* By smelting (Fire assay)	Element	200,000
3	Analyze mixed element
	* Element: SiO2, SO3, BaO, LOI, H2O through Gravimetry method	Element	80,000
	* Element: CaO, MgO, AI2O3, P2O5 through Volumetry method	Element	70,000
	* Element: Fe2O3, MnO, Na2O, K2O, TiO2 through AAS method	Element	60,000
4	Analyze of Coal:
	* Heating Value	Model	100,000
	* Sulphur	Model	100,000
	* Moisture	Model	50,000
	* Ash	Model	50,000
	* Volatile	Model	50,000
	* Fixed Carbon	Model	30,000
5	Analyze of density	Model	50,000
6	Analyze through splitting of heavy-piece minerals , ............	Model	170,000
7	Analysis through developing Thin Section	Model	200,000
8	Other Services:
	Cutting rock model (rigidity > level 4)	Line	50,000
	Cutting rock model (rigidity < level 4)	Line	30,000
	Cutting + scrubbing rock model (rigidity >)	Front	150,000
	Cutting + scrubbing rock model (rigidity <)	Front	100,000
9	Analysis of gold, silver, platinum element through the use of X-Ray tool	Element	200,000
III	Geology and Mineral Exploration
1	Elaboration of technical plan	Writing	10,000,000
2	Exploration to dress up the geological map and mineral plan
	- Map with scale: 1/200,000	Km2	1,500,000
	- Map with scale: 1/100,000	Km2	2,250,000
	- Map with scale: 1/50,000	Km2	3,500,000
3	Prospection of minerals resources:
	- Scale: 1/25,000	Km2	6,500,000
	- Scale: 1/10,000	Km2	10,000,000
4	Exploration of minerals sources
	- Half-detailed level, scale 1/5,000	Km2	550,000,000
	- Detailed level, scale 1/2,000	Km2	650,000,000
5	Topographic measurement:
	- Clearing measurement stripe	Km2	800,000
	- Measurement of level line	Point	50,000
	- Measurement of length	Point	100,000
6	Measurement of geological physic:
	- Measurement of radioactivity	Point	40,000
	- Measurement of magnetic force of gravity	Point	20,000
	- Measurement of characteristic quality of minerals	Point	50,000
	- Measurement by electricity	Point	60,000
	- Measurement vy vibration	Point	900,000
	- Measurement of karotas – drilling hole	Time	650,000
7	Digging hole and clearing exploration bank:
	- Digging hole to create hard soil zone	M3	250,000
	- Digging hole to create soft soil zone	M3	50,000
	- Digging canal in hard soil zone	M3	200,000
	- Digging canal in soft soil zone	M3	50,000
	- Digging-clearing exploration bank	M3	80,000
8	Drilling for exploration:
	- Drilling by compression	M	150,000
	- Drilling shallow hole by machinery	M	100,000
	- Drilling shallow hole by gimlet	M	125,000
	- Drilling deep hole:
	1. Depth from 00 – 30 m	M	600,000
	2. Depth more than 30 – 50 m	M	650,000
	3. Depth from more than 50 – 100 m	M	1,000,000
	4. Depth from more than 100 – 200 m	M	1,500,000
	5. Depth from more than 200 – 300 m	M	3,000,000
	6. Depth from more than 300 – 400 m	M	5,000,000
	7. Depth more than 400 m	M	Calculation in specific case
9	Create drilling range and pass	M2	50,000
10	Filling up drilling hole	M	20,000
11	Elaboration of technical report:
	- Report on prospection result	report	75,000,000
	- Report on exploration	Report	100,000,000
	- Initial economic-technical feasibility study	Report	150,000,000
	Remark: Geology and minerals exploration shall be implemented by a specific technical division
IV	Study, examination and adoption of technical report, initial economic feasibility study
1	Prospection and exploration plan
	- Value less than 5 billion kips	Report	2,500,000
	- Value from 5 – 10 billion kips	Report	3,000,000
	- Value more than 10 – 20 billion kips	Report	3,500,000
	- Value more than 20 billion kips	Report	4,000,000
2	Prospection and Exploration Report
	- Value less than 1 billion kips	Report	4,000,000
	- Value from 1 – 5 billion kips	Report	4,250,000
	- Value more than 5 – 10 billion kips	Report	4,500,000
	- Value more than 10 – 50 billion kips	Report	4,750,000
	- Value more than 50 – 100 billion kips	Report	5,000,000
	- Value more than 100 billion kips	Report	6,500,000
3	Initial Economic-Technique Feasibility Study (examination of a feasibility study and the source of field data)
	- Value less than 5 billion kips	Report	8,000,000
	- Value from 5 – 10 billion kips	Report	12,000,000
	- Value more than 10 – 50 billion kips	Report	50,000,000
	- Value more than 50 – 100 billion kips	Report	100,000,000
	- Value more than 100 – 500 billion kips	Report	150,000,000
	- Value more than 500 – 1,000 billion kips	Report	250,000,000
	- Value more than 1,000 billion kips	Report	350,000,000
V	Service Charge on providing documents of data
1	Computerize data analysis	Hour	50,000
2	Drawing map of concession area, A4 size	Sheet	100,000
3	Printing of License	Sheet	100,000
4	Book for geology term	Book	100,000
5	Book for defined technical term	Set	300,000
6	Data study	Hour	300,000
7	Cost of geology – minerals map
	- Scale: 1/100,000 (original version)	Sheet	1,200,000
	- Scale: 1/1,000,000 (new printed copy)	Sheet	750,000
	- Scale: 1/500,000	Sheet	500,000
	- Scale: 1/200,000, 1/50,000	Sheet	400,000
8	Photocopy of data map
	- A4 size map
	1. Scale: 1/500,000 – 1/1,000,000	Sheet	10,000
	2. Scale: 1/100,000 – 1/200,000	Sheet	20,000
	3. Scale 1/25,000 – 1/50,000	Sheet	50,000
	4. Scale: 1/25,000	Sheet	100,000
	- A3 size map	Sheet	100,000
	- A2 size map	Sheet	120,000
	- A1 size map	Sheet	150,000
	- A0 size map	Sheet	200,000
9	Drawing and printing of data map
	- A4 size map	Sheet	100,000
	- A3 size map	Sheet	100,000
	- A2 size map	Sheet	200,000
	- A1 size map	Sheet	350,000
	- A0 size map	Sheet	500,000
10	Topographical drawing (Digitize)	M2	50,000
11	Geology borderline drawing	M2	100,000

3. Service Charge on Land

3.1 Service charge for measurement of construction land shall be collected as follows:

No.

Survey/measurement

Area

Service Charge Rate (Kip/m2)

Municipality

Suburb

Rural area

1. 2. 3.

Plain area

Plateau area

Mountainous area

350 kip/m2

300 kip/m2

200 kip/m2

300 kip/m2

250 kip/m2

150 kip/m2

250 kip/m2

200 kip/m2

100 kip/m2

3.2 Service charges for measurement of agricultural land, forest land and development projects, such as survey and measurement of land of power projects, special economic zone, specific economic zone (Casino), industrial estate and others shall be collected as follows:

No.

Survey/measurement

Area

Service Charge Rate (Kip/ha)

1. 2. 3.

Plain area

Plateau area

Mountainous area

300,000 kip

250,000 kip

200,000 kip

250,000 kip

230,000 kip

180,000 kip

230,000 kip

200,000 kip

150,000 kip

3.3 Service charge for issuing land related certificates as follows:

No.	Description	Kip/sheet
1	Issuance of Certificate on accuracy of land title	50,000
2	Issuance of land survey certificate	300,000
3	Issuance of land use certificate	100,000
4	Issuance of land development certificate	50,000

3.4 Exemption of service charge

Exemption from service charge for land measurement to issue land title or state land survey certificate to the state organization, political authority, Lao Front for National Construction, mass organizations, state economic organization and the people living in poor villages.

4. Service Charge for Environmental Aspect

No.	Description	Kip/sheet
1	Service charge for scrutinizing the report on Initial Environment Education (IEE) and measures for safeguarding and alleviating the impact to the environment and society (besides this, the company shall be further responsible for actual cost in conducting field inspection, the opening of consultation meeting and the public participation based on the actual demand)	3,000,000
2	Service charge for scrutinizing the report on Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environment Management and Monitoring Plan (EMMP) and Social Management and Monitoring Plan (SMMP) (in addition the company shall take further responsibility for the actual cost in conducting field inspection, the opening of consultation meeting and the public participation based on the complexity of the project	36,000,000
3	Renewal of Environmental Certificate for projects obtaining the Environmental Certificate but have no project activities during the period of 2 years	1,000,000
4	License for proceeding social-environment technical service (for the period of 2 years)	1,500,000
5	Service charge for revising the environment and social management plan (small-scale projects that are not included in the list of project IEE and EIA)	500,000
6	Service charge for revising the Environment Management and Monitoring Plan (EMMP, SMMP) for projects currently operate business but the environmental and social management plan must be re-made and for any projects for which an environmental certificate was issued by such plan must be updated periodically	1,500,000
7	Service charge for revising of annexes on the environmental and social obligation of concession agreement	5,000,000
8	Certificate on approval of clean development mechanism project	3,000,000

5. Service Charge in the Field of Meteorology and Hydrology

No.	Description	Kip/year
1	Daily meteorology data
	-air temperature (Tmean, ExtTx, ExtTn), underground temperature, air humidity (Umean, Ux, Un), sunlight, wind, evaporate gas, rain, pressure at the station, pressure comparing to the sea surface, long sight, temperature of fog spot, clouds covering, weather appearance	20,000/station/factor
2	Daily hydrology data:
	- Water level	20,000/station/factor
	- Water flow	40,000/station/factor
	- Each measurement of water flow	10,000/measurement time
	- Sediment-water	10,000 kip/measurement time
3	Monthly meteorology data:
	- air temperature (Tmean, ExtTx, ExtTn), weather humidity (Umean, Ux, Un ), sunlight, wind, evaporate gas, rain	10,000 /station/factor
	- Underground temperature, pressure at the station, pressure comparing to the sea surface, long sight, temperature of fog spot, cloud covering, weather appearance	10,000/station/factor
4	Monthly hydrology data: water level	10,000/station/factor
5	Earthquake data	200,000/set of document
6	Analysis and elaboration of document
	- Elaboration of meteo-hydrology documents	150,000/set of document
	- Regular rain (5-30 year)	150,000/station
	- Intensity of rain (with showing line)	350,000/ 1 set of document
	- Water flow showing line	350,000/ 1 set of document
	- Graph of wind	350,000/1 set of document
7	-Service related to providing information on weather situation, water, forecast of weather during a period less than 24 hours to the users: - Transmission from radio, telephone, facsimile	-200,000 kip/1set of document -5,000 kip/time
8	Provide weather substance to airline: - Domestic - International	-200,000/flight/airport -800,000/flight/airport

Service charge for the research of natural resources and environment shall be collected as follows:

6.1 Heavy metal

No.

Description

Kip/year

Service charge for analysis of collected water sample (water

analysis), mercury (Hg), Asenic (As), selenium (Se)

150,000/sample

6.2 Service charge for analysis of water sample

No.	Description and Method of Analysis	Unit	Price (kip)
1	Turbidity	NTU	40,000
2	Temperature (Laboratory & other non-depth measurement)	oC	20,000
3	Temperature (Depth measurement)	oC	40,000
4	Acidity – Alkalinity (pH)	pH Unit	40,000
5	Electricity conductivity (EC)	mS/m	40,000
6	DO (Direct Sensing Membrane Diffusion Method)	mg/L	60,000
7	DO (Winkler Method)	mg/L	80,000
8	Acidity	mg/L	50,000
9	Alkalinity	mg/L	60,000
10	Color (Platinum Cobalt Method)	Color unit	60,000
11	Odor (Threshold-Odor Test)		40,000
12	BOD	mg/L	100,000
13	COD Mn	mg/L	100,000
14	COD Cr	mg/L	120,000
15	Total Coliform	MPN/100 ml	150,000
16	Escherichla Coli	MPN/100 ml	150,000
17	Fecal Coloforms	MPN/100 ml	150,000
18	Fecal Streptococci	MPN/100 ml	150,000
19	Total Plat Cout	CFU/ml	150,000
20	Micro-bacterium Salmonella	MPN/100 ml	150,000
21	Oil and grease Partion-Gravimetric Method	MPN/100 ml	120,000
22	Oil and grease Extraction Method for Sludge samples	mg/L	200,000
23	Total Nitrogen (T-N) Peroxodisulphate digestion	mg/L	120,000
24	Total Nitrogen (T-N) Kjeldahl digestion	mg/L	200,000
25	Total Hardness	mg/L	80,000
26	Nitrate Nigtrogen (NO₃– N)	mg/L	80,000
27	Fluorite (F)	mg/L	80,000
28	TSS	Mg/L	100,000
29	TDS	mg/L	100,000
30	TVOC Ignited at 550 oC	mg/L	120,000
31	Ammonia – Nitrogen (NH3– N)	mg/L	100,000
32	Nitro – Nitrogen (NO₂– N) KMnO₄ Consumed	mg/L	70,000
33	Sodium (Na)	mg/L	120,000
34	Protessium (K)	mg/L	120,000
35	Calcium (Ca)	mg/L	120,000
36	Magnesium (Mg)	mg/L	120,000
37	(Pb) AAS	mg/L	150,000
38	Aluminium (Al)	mg/L	120,000
39	(Cd) AAS	mg/L	150,000
40	Zinc (ZN) AAS	mg/L	150,000
41	Copper (Cu) AAS	mg/L	150,000
42	Iron (Fe) AAS	mg/L	150,000
43	Manganese (Mn) AAS	mg/L	150,000
44	Chrome 6 (Cr₆₊) AAS	mg/L	150,000
45	Total Chrome (T-Cr)	mg/L	120,000
46	(CN^-)	mg/L	120,000
47	(T-CN^-)	mg/L	200,000
48	Phosphate – Phosphorus (PO₄-P)	mg/L	120,000
49	Total Phosphorus (T-P)	mg/L	120,000
50	Phosphorus (P)	mg/L	200,000
51	Arsenic (As) AAS	mg/L	150,000
52	Selenium (Se) AAS	mg/L	200,000
53	Mercury (Hg) AAS	mg/L	200,000
54	Nickel (Ni) AAS	mg/L	150,000
55	CI^-	mg/L	150,000
56	Free Chlorine (Cl₂)	mg/L	120,000
57	Sulfur (S²)	mg/L	120,000
58	Ba	mg/L	120,000
59	(Li)	mg/L	120,000
60	Sulfate (SO₄^2-)	mg/L	120,000

6.3 Service charge on the collection of sample and weather analysis

No.	Description	Kip/Spot
1	TSP, TSP with the size smaller than 10 micron (PM10), Noise	1,000,000
2	Nitro-dyoxide (NO₂), Sulfur-dyoxide (SO₄), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Ozone (O₃), Hydrocarbon (HCs), Pb, Hydrogen Sulfy (H₂S), VOCs	4,000,000
3	Technical charge: Survey of location, installation of equipment, collection of sample, report text.	10,000,000

Chapter XIV

Labor and Social Welfare Sector

Article 84. Fee on the Authorization to Issue to Foreign Labor Working in the Lao PDR and for Lao Labour Working in Foreign Countries

No.

Description

Rate/Kip

Description Issuance of authorization card for foreign labor working in the Lao PDR

85,000 kip/per/month

Issuance of authorization to send Lao labor to work in foreign

countries

100,000 kip/per/month

Article 85. Fee on Establishment of Employment Service’s Enterprise

No.	Description	Rate/Kip
01	Issuance of a license for establishment of employment service’s enterprise within the country and in abroad	1,000,000 kip/time
02	Renewal of a license for establishment of employment service’s enterprise within the country and in abroad	500,000 kip/time
03	Issuance of a license for establishment of employment service’s enterprise within the country	500,000 kip/time
04	Renewal of a license for establishment of employment service’s enterprise within the country	250,000 kip/time

Article 86. Fee for Authorizing the Use of Internal Regulation of the Labor Unit

No.	Description	Rate/Kip/Sheet
1	Authorizing the use of use of internal regulation of the labor unit in the field of production, business and service	100,000 kip/time
2	Fee for issuance of an authorization for establishment of vocational training center and labor skill development center	500,000 kip/time
3	Certificate of labor skill standard level:
	Level 1	25,000
	Level 2	35,000
	Level 3	50,000
	Level 4	60,000
4	Certificate of labour skill development and vocational training	Kip/sheet
	3 Level 1-2 (primary level)
	Level 3 (intermediate level)
	Level 4 (high level)

Service Charges

Article 87. Service Charge of the Labor and Social Welfare Sector

1. Service charge for documentation:

No.	Description	Rate/Kip/Sheet
01	Service charge for passing document related to employment procurement and labor moving
	- Passing document at village level	1,000 kip/time
	- Passing document at district level	1,000 kip/time
	- Passing document at provincial level	1,000 kip/time
	- Passing document at the central level	5,000 kip/time
02	Form seeking authorization to use foreign labor
	- Labor quota form	10,000 kip/set
	- Labor registration form	10,000 kip/set
	- Labor card renewal form	10,000 kip/set
	- Service charge for issuance of authorization for foreign labor importation	50,000 kip/set
	- Provision and information on labor need	10,000 kip/set
	- Application form for establishment of vocational training center/labor skill development	10,000 kip/set
03	Service charge for study and scrutinizing the internal regulation of labor unit
	- Scrutinizing of internal regulation of labor unit in various fields	50,000 kip/labor unit

Chapter XV

Justice Sector

Fee

Article 88. Fee on Economic Dispute Resolution

The settlement of economic dispute shall be collected according to the value as follows:

No.	Contents	Fee
1	Dispute with a value from 50,000,000 kips and less	200,000 kip
2	Dispute with a value more than 50,000,000 kip to 100,000,000 kip	300,000 kip
3	Dispute with a value more than 100.000.000 kip to 500,000,000 kip	500,000 kip
4	Dispute with a value more than 500,000,00 to 100,000,000 kip	1,000,000 kip
5	Dispute with a value higher than 100.000.000 kip	2,000,000 kip

Article 89. Fee on the Certification of Documents

The certification of the authenticity of document shall be collected in a flat rate of 20.000 kip for one copy according to the contents of the document as follows: certify the right on inheritance or relinquishment to a heritage, certify the ownership related to the community assets and personal property of the husband-wife, certify the duplication of documents, certify the authenticity of the signature, certify a person identity comparing to the photograph, certify other agreements, power of attorney, certify the time and date of the submission of documents, certify a will, certify a letter or other documents as provided by laws.

Application to relinquish Lao nationality, acquisition of Lao nationality, re-acquisition of Lao nationality, demanding a child to be an adoptive son/daughter, an authorization to be a full lawyer, the establishment of a law firm and the registration of family shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Fee
1	Application to relinquish nationality, request for acquisition of Lao nationality	2,000,000 kip
2	Request for re-acquisition of Lao nationality	500,000 kip
3	Demanding a child to be an adoptive son/daughter of a foreigner	300.000 kip
4	Seeking authorization for establishment of a law firm	400,000 kip
5	Issuance of license to become a full lawyer	100,000 kip
6	Family registration to apply for relinquish/acquisition of Lao nationality	50,000 kip
7	Family registration to apply for re-acquisition of Lao nationality	20,000 kip
8	Family registration to demand a child to be an adoptive son/daughter of a foreigner	100,000 kip
9	Demanding a child to be an adoptive son/daughter of a Lao citizen	20,000 kip
10	Family registration, acknowledgment of fatherhood, guardian, lost person, dead person	30,000 kip

Article 91. Fee for Authorization to be a Lawyer, a Law Firm, a Private or Ad-hoc Economic Dispute Resolution Authority, and the Issuance of Authorization to be a Mediator, Arbitrator

No.	Description	Fee
1	Issuance of authorization to be a full lawyer	50.000 kip/a file
2	Issuance of authorization of establishment of a law firm	100.000 kip/a file
3	Issuance of authorization to be a mediator, arbitrator	50.000 kip/a file
4	Issuance of authorization to a private and ad-hoc dispute resolution authority	200,000 kip/file

Service Charge

Article 92. Service Charge for Documents shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Kip/file
1	Application to relinquish nationality, request for acquisition of Lao nationality, request for re-acquisition of Lao nationality	200,000
2	Demanding a child to be an adoptive son/daughter of a foreigner	300,000
3	Demanding a child to be and adoptive son/daughter of a Lao citizen	30,000
4	Consideration of authorization to be a full lawyer	150,000
5	Consideration of authorization the establishment of a law firm	200,000
6	Consideration of document prior to issuing marriage certificate between Lao citizen and a foreigner	100,000
7	Service charge for providing legal feedback	50,000
8	Family registration for relinquish/acquisition of Lao nationality	30,000
9	Family registration for re-acquisition of Lao nationality	20,000
10	Family registration to demand a child to be an adoptive son/daughter of a foreigner	30,000
11	Family registration to demand a child to be an adoptive son/daughter of a Lao citizen	20,000
12	Family registration to acknowledge fatherhood, guardian, lost person and dead person	20,000
13	Economic dispute resolution	150,000

Chapter XVI

People’s Court Sector

Article 93. Court Fee

The court fee shall be collected in compliance with the rate as stipulated in the Law on Court Fees.

For the issuance of the certificate on criminal clearance No. 3 shall be collected at 5.000 kip/time.

Service Charge

Article 94. People’s Court Sector

The service charge for all types of application forms shall be collected at 5,000 kip/set.

Chapter XVII

Planning and Investment Sector

Service Charge

Article 95. Service Charge of Planning and Investment Sector

The service charge for various standard forms shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Rate
01	Investment application form	50,000 kip/set
02	Legal act documents	30,000 kip/set
03	Concession form	50,000 kip/sheet
04	Standard form for MoU, agreement of all concession projects	500,000 kip/text
05	Standard form of investment information	10,000 kip/set

Chapter XVIII

Internal Sector

Fees

Article 96. Fee

Fee for Survey-Measurement activities, aerial photographs and map

No.	Description	Unit	Fee (kip)
1	Issuance of a certificate of authorizing the import-export of map data	1 sheet	2,000
2	Issuance of a certificate of authorizing the import-export of all forms of aerial photographs data	1 sheet	5,000
3	-Issuance of a certificate of authorizing the import-export of level recording camera -Issuance of a certificate of authorizing the import-export of angle measuring cameral -Issuance of a certificate of authorizing the import-export of Total Station camera	1 set 1 set 1 set	20,000 25,000 30,000
4	GPS: -Issuance of a certificate of authorizing the import-export of GPS (mobile model) -Issuance of a certificate of authorizing the import-export of GPS (1-2 frequency model)	1 machine 1 machine	10,000 30,000
5	Issuance of authorization to fly for aerial photos taking	1 time	50,000

Fee for copied document

No.			Fee (kip)
No.			Document from 1954 backward	Document from 1954 to 1975	Document from 1975 to the present
1	Fee for issuance of a membership card for joining the research of copied document	1 card	10,000	10,000	10,000
2	Certification of copied document based on the original version	1 copy	15,000	12,000	10,000

Fee on Activities of Social Organization Authority

No.	Description	Fee (kip)
1	Authorization of the establishment (adoption of by-laws), merging and splitting up of foundation	15,000

Fee on population management

No.	Description	Fee (kip)
1	Issuance of a citizen moving authorization	20,000 kip/set
2	Registration of birth Except	(as state in the children right treaty)
3	Registration of marriage	20,000 kip/set
4	Registration of divorce	50,000 kip/set

Article 97. Service Charge

Service charge for survey-measurement, aerial photograph and map shall be collected as follows:

No.	Description	Unit	Service charge (kip)
1	* Service charge on map data Map in scale 1/100,000 digital system, size A1) -in the form of ARCINFO: road, borderline between countries, buffer zone, density zone, high spot and other building structures, line pictures, Raster area; -in the form of ARCINFO: river, level line, land use, duplicate form of land and house in line, area, spot and Raster -in the form of TIFF File, photo from satellite, Raster photo	1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet	5.000 kip 10,000 kip 15,000 kip
2	Map in scale 1/5,000 (numeric system, size A1) -in the form of shape file and others: line, spot -in the form of shape file: water, line, core -in the form of shape file: road -in the form of shape file: name, spot	1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet	10,000 kip 20,000 kip 3,000 kip 40,000 kip
	-in the form of shape file: elevation point, spot - in the form of shape file: line level, line, spot -in the form shape file: area, line, spot, location	1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet	50,000 kip 100,000 kip 200,000 kip
3	Topographic map size A1 (Off-set printing system) -Scale 1/1,000, --- -Scale 1/500,000, 1/250,000, 1/200,000 -Scale 1/100,000 -Scale 1/50,000, 1/25,000, 1/10,000 -Scanning map and record in CD size A 1	1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet	5,000 kip 6,000 kip 7,000 kip 8,000 kip 50,000 kip
	- Data in the form of JPEG, PDR and Shape File - Improvement and arrangement of new map in numeric system, printing plotter: Scale 1/5,000, 1/10,000 and 1/100,000: -A₄ -A₃ -A₂ -A₁ -A₀	1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet 1 sheet	80,000 kip 50,000 kip 100,000 kip 120,000 kip 150,000 kip 200,000 kip
4	Ad Hoc map:
	-Tourism map	1 sheet	15,000 kip
	-Global, administrative, geographic map, Vientiane capital map	1 sheet	15,000 kip
*Service Charge for Aerial Photographs and Map:
1	Scanning film and photo:
1.1	*Scanning film*
	-from 12 um-24 um	1 sheet	250,000 kip
	-from 24 um and over	1 sheet	150,000 kip
1.2	*Scanning film + photo film*
	- A₀ size	1 sheet	200,000 kip
	- A₁ size	1 sheet	150,000 kip
	- A₂ size	1 sheet	120,000 kip
	- A₃ size	1 sheet	80,000 kip
2.1	*Scanning map*
	- A₀ size	1 sheet	50,000 kip
	- A₁ size	1 sheet	40,000 kip
	- A₂ size	1 sheet	30,000 kip
	- A₃ size	1 sheet	20,000 kip
2.2	*Scanning and Printing*
	- A₀ size	1 sheet	200,000 kip
	- A₁ size	1 sheet	150,000 kip
	- A₂ size	1 sheet	120,000 kip
	- A₃ size	1 sheet	80,000 kip
3	Service Charge for Aerial Photograph (numeric system)	1 Km²	6,000 kip
4	Service Charge for Aerial Photograph	1 time	0.15% of flying cost for aerial photography
*Service charge for Survey-Measurement Data
1	- Ground gravity spot	1 spot	250,000 kip
2	- Astronomy spot	1 spot	300,000 kip
3	- Coordinates spot level I	1 spot	300,000 kip
4	- Coordinates spot level II	1 spot	250,000 kip
5	- Coordinates spot level III	1 spot	200,000 kip
6	- Altitude level II	1 spot	150,000 kip
7	- Altitude level III	1 spot	100,000 kip
8	- Altitude level IV and technique level	1 spot	70,000 kip
* Inspection Service Charge
1	Inspection of content and amendment of ad hoc map	1 sheet	20,000 kip
2	Inspection of aerial photograph	1 sheet	5,000 kip
3	Inspection of survey-measurement activities and drawing of topographical map
	- Survey-measurement of coordinate point - Survey and measurement of level - Creating topographical map	1 ha	0.2% of survey- measurement cost 0/2% of survey- measurement cost 1,000 kip

Service charge on copy document

No.			Service charge (kip)
No.			Document from 1954 backward	Document from 1954 to 1975	Document from 1975 to the present
* Service Charge for Researching on Copy Document
1	Administrative document	1 copy	3,000	2,000	1,000
2	2 Scientific research document	1 copy	3,000	2,000	1,000
3	Infrastructure building document	1 copy	4,000	3,000	2,000
4	Photo document	1 sheet of photo	3,000	2,000	1,000
5	Sound recording document	1 hour	30,000	30,000	30,000
6	Document on microphone, digital	1 sheet of photo	3,000	2,000	1,000
7	Document in the internet	1 hour	15,000	10,000	8,000
* Providing Photocopy of Document
1	Photocopy in black and white
1.1	Administrative document	Page A4	1,000	1,000	1,000
1.2	Scientific research document	Page A4	1,000	1,000	1,000
2	Infrastructure building document
2.1	Technical design document	Page A4	10,000	8,000	6,000
2.2	Detailed technical design document	Page A4	3.000	2,000	1,000
3	Other infrastructure building documents	Page A4	20,000	20,000	20,000
4	Color photocopy	Page A4	15,000	10,000	8,000
5	Film processing	mn	15,000	12,000	10,000
6	Copy black and white photo from original film	Size 10 x 15 cm	20,000	15,000	10,000
7	Photograph, copy black and white photo from original photo	Size 10 x 15 cm	30000	20,000	15,000
8	Copy document on recording	1 hour	40,000	30,000	20,000
9	Copy from Microfilm document (normal paper)
9.1	Administrative document	Page A4	3,000	2,000	1,000
9.2	Scientific research document	Page A4	3,000	2,000	1,000
10	Infrastructure building document
10.1	Technical design document	Page A4	30,000	25,000	20,000
10.2	Detail technical design document	Page A4	50,000	40,000	30,000
10.3	Other infrastructure building documents	Page A4	5,000	4,000	3,000
11	Copy from digital document
11.1	Copy in black and white	Page A4	8,000	5,000	3,000
12	Color copy
12.1	Copy in normal paper	Page A4	15,000	10,000	8,000
12.2	Copy in photo paper	Book	40,000	30,000	20,000
13	Document in form of book	Sheet	5,000	4,000	3,000
14	Copy of map	Sheet	5,000	3,000	2,000

Remarks: For aliens and foreigners entering the Lao PDR to make a research on copied document, collect free and service charge shall be calculated as two folds.

3. Service charge for the activities of the social organization

No.	Description	Service Charge (kip)
No.	Description	Association, foundation that perform activities across the country	Association, foundation that perform activities across the country
1	Approval of the establishment, merging, division of foundation	150,000 kip	1,20,000 kip
2	Approval of the executive committee of the foundation	50,000 kip	40,000 kip
3	Approval of the committee organizing the establishment of association	50,000 kip	40,000 kip
4	Approval of the temporary establishment of association	50,000 kip	40,000 kip
5	Approval of the by-law of the association	50,000 kip	40,000 kip
6	Approval of the executive committee of the association	50,000 kip	20,000 kip
7	Study on other requests submitted by the association, Foundation	20,000 kip

Service charge for population management activities

No.	Description	Service Charge (Kip)
1	Relocation of population
	a. Relocation from one village to other village - Request for relocation (from former village) - Certify of acceptance (from new village) - Authorization (from former village)	5,000 kip/set 5,000 kip/set 5,000 kip/set
	b. Relocation from district to district - Agreement to accept from new district - Agreement to approve the relocation from former district	5,000 kip/set 5,000 kip/set
	c. Relocation from province to province - Agreement to accept from new province - Agreement to approve the relocation form former province	5,000 kip/set 5,000 kip/set
2	Birth registration	Except (in according to the Treaty on Population Right)
3	Marriage registration
	- Between Lao citizen - Lao citizen and aliens - Lao citizen and foreigner - Between foreigners	20,000 kip 25,000 kip 100,000 kip 100,000 kip
4	Registration of Divorces
	- Between Lao citizen - Between Lao citizen and aliens - Between Lao people and foreigners - Between alien people	100,000 kip 150,000 kip 200,000 kip 200,000 kip
5	- Registration of Death	5,000 kip

Article 98. Fees Exemption on Geographical Survey’s Instruments

Geographical survey’s instruments for irrigation work;
Geological survey’s instruments for irrigation work;
Quality inspection instruments for irrigation construction work;
Hydrological survey’s instruments for irrigation work and machinery for irrigation construction, soil and stone hoe or drilling vehicle, truck equipped with drilling machine, soil analysis mobile office for irrigation construction.

Due to the fact that such items are associated with the construction unit price, inflation rate, imported construction materials and the fluctuation of fuel price.

Article 99. Fees Exemption on the Registration of Machinery for Irrigation Construction

Heavy machinery for construction;
Certification of quality condition of irrigation construction.

Article 100. Fees Exemption on the Registration of Machinery, Geological and Minerals Survey’s Instruments

Truck equipped with drilling machine;
Soil and stone drilling machine;
Machinery and survey’s instruments;
Minerals testing and analysis machine.

Chapter XIX

Vientiane Urban Development and Administration of Authority

(VUDAA)

Service Charge

Article 101. Service Charge on Urban Development Authority

No.	Description	Rate/kip	Calculation Unit	Remark
1	Parking lot service	3,000	3 hours	Collected on a monthly basis
2	Waste water treatment	2,000	01 electric meter/month	Collected on a monthly basis
3	Electricity power	2,000	01 electric meter/ month	Collected on a monthly basis
4	The use of fuel: - Gasoline - Super gasoline - diesel	40 50 30	Per 1 litre	Collected on a monthly basis
5	For business location: -from hotel and guest house	10,000 – 30,000	1 room/month	Collected on a monthly basis
6	Urban cleaning	600	Per 1 person/month	Collected on a monthly basis

Part III

Administration of Fees and Academic Service Charges

Article 102. Administration of the Revenue from the [Collection] of Fees and Academic Service Charges

The administration of the revenue from the collection of fees and academic service charges shall be implemented as follows:

The revenue from the collection of fees, academic service charge and the fines as provided in this Executive Decree shall remit into the State’s budget in a full and timely manner through the computation, control and order from tax authority.

For fees are to fully remit into the State’s budget; For the revenue from academic service charges shall be calculated, computed for income and expense, then compile into the annual budget plan of relevant organizations to adhere to the finance regulations of the state and under the supervision of relevant sectors and finance sector.

For the fine from the violation against this Executive Decree, 70% shall be remitted to the state’s budget, while 30% shall be given as bonus of case proceeding sector;

For academic incomes that are collected into the state’s Fund is to perform in compliance with the specific regulations of the Fund;

Fees, academic service charges and fine as fixed in foreign currency in this Executive Decree shall be able to remit into the budget in Kip or in foreign currency by the computation according to the rate of exchange issued by the State’s bank from time to time. For fees and academic services at the Lao embassies and consulates in foreign countries, fees for over flight on the Lao PDR territory and some kinds of income of which the government has fixed to be collected in foreign currency are to pay in foreign currency.

Article 103. Conditions to Use the Revenue from the Academic Service Charges

The income from the academic fees shall be able to use under the following conditions:

-Budget unit which has the revenue from academic services shall establish its annual budget revenue plan according to the procedures and rules as provided for in the Law on State’s Budget;

Academic budget’s unit shall open an account at the National Treasury in order to manage and monitor other expenditure to be accurately matched with the budget’s content and annual budget, it is not authorized to every level of budget’s unit which has academic service revenue to open a particular saving account out of the National Treasury system without authorization from the first authorized representative.
Regular administrative expenditure which serves every level of budget’s unit shall have a detailed plan of budget’s expenses by adhering to procedures and rules of the State’s budget plan preparation;
Approval of expense of budget’s unit which has a revenue on academic services from the authorized representative by the assignment of the rights from the Minister of Finance shall be correctly passed through a summary, computation of income-expenses from the financial sector; in the event that the income is insufficient comparing to the expenses, the State will be the body to support, if the income is more than the expenses it should remit into the State’s budget;
If the performed revenue from academic services has passed the annual revenue plan, it is to assign to the concerned sector to use it totally according to the consent of the government.
In case of implementing lump sum obligation, 25% shall be remitted to the budget while the rest 75% shall be kept as working capital to allow the academic administrative unit to apply the above condition as the basis for the use of income from such service charges.

Article 104. Preparation of Plan, Summary, Monitoring and Control

Different sectors shall prepare the plan, implement, summarize, report, monitor and inspect as follows:

Annually prepare the revenue plan on fees and academic service charges by sending to the Ministry of Finance to compile and then submit to the government for consideration in order to submit to the National Assembly to adopt, including to take responsibility in the collection of fees and academic service charges to remit into the State’s budget and also submit the plan to use the revenue from academic services fees according to the approval of the Ministry of Finance;
Organize to collect and remit the revenue from fees and services fees into the budget’s accounting at the National Treasury from month to month but not later than the 10th of the next month and summarize, report regarding the implementation in each month, term, six months, year and send to the Ministry of Finance no later than the 15th of the next month;
Monitor and control of the revenue on fees and academic service charges of its sector by performing the rights and other duties as provided for in the Law on State’s Budget;
When it is deemed that the rate of fees and academic services fees are not appropriate in respect to the actual situation, it should make a research and propose to the Ministry of Finance in order to submit to the government for consideration.

Article 105. Prohibition in Fixing the Collection of Fees and Service Charges

State authority, local administrative authority at each level are definitely prohibited from determining the rate of collecting fees and service charges and academic service charges, unless it is provided in this Executive Decree, any infringement shall be imposed with punishment in accordance with the laws and regulations.

Part IV

Policy towards Persons with Good Performance and Measures against Violators

Article 106. Policy toward Persons with Good Performance

Individuals, legal entities or organizations who participate in the inspection, monitoring, searching or provided the information that enable the collection of fees and services charges to meet the plan or exceed the plan, to remit into the budget on a timely basis, shall receive commendation in accordance with the laws and regulations.

Article 107. Fine’s Measures against the Administrator of Fees and Service Charges Collection

Each level of state’s sectors who are responsible to collect fees and service charges from individuals, legal entities and organizations which violates the collection, notification, remittance and report will be imposed by measures on a case-by-case basis as follows:

First time: To be warned, re-educated and be recorded of an offense; Second time: To be subject to a fine of 5% of the amount of fees and service charges due in each month.

In case of failure to record or provide account inaccurately, remit incomplete amount, collect money not accurate with the rate determined in this Executive Decree; fail to issue the receipt or issue but not in according to the standard form provided by the Ministry of Finance shall be imposed with measures as follows:

-For the loss of fees and academic service charges from 5,000,000 kip and less, the offender shall be imposed with a warning, to write a disciplinary text then to re-pay the loss money in full; in case of being an offender shall be ordered to remove to be in charge of other works that are not related;

-For the loss of fees and academic service charges from 5,000,001 kip and over, the offender shall be asked to write a disciplinary text, pay back the loss money in full amount as well as to be imposed with punishment in accordance with the laws and regulations.

Article 108. Fine against Violators who Fail to Pay Fees and Service Charges

Individuals, legal entities and organizations which have the duties to pay fees and service charges but fail to pay fees or service charges or inaccurately declare certified document including basic data and incorrect calculation as issued by the state’s management sector shall be imposed to the following measures:

First time: To be warned, instructed, educated, repaid in full amount;
Second time: To be repaid in full and be fined 20% of the repayment value;
Third time: To be repaid in full and be fined 50% of the repayment value;
Forth time: To be subject to case proceeding according to the justice procedures.

Part V

Final Provision

Article 109 Implementation

The Ministry of Finance, relevant sectors and local administrative authorities have the duties to implement the collection of fees and academic service charges throughout the country and to delegate of responsibility in accordance with its own role as follows:

The Ministry of Finance has the duty to issue supplement guideline for the implementation;
Relevant sectors, local ad local administrative authorities have the duty to direct the sectors which are under their responsibility to be responsible in the implementation, the collection in a proper and full amount in accordance with the Executive Decree and remit to the State’s budget including to report on the collection and remit such revenue to the Ministry of Finance according to the regulations;
The Ministry of Finance has the duty to issue the printed form of the receipt, a regular remittance’s order of fees and academic service charge into the budget on a regular and monthly basis.
The Ministry of Finance has the duty to fully implement the collection of fees and academic service fees into the National Treasury through the relevant sectors.

Article 110. Effectiveness

This Executive Decree is effective from the date of its signature, by replacing the Executive Decree on Fees and Service Charges No. 03/PO, dated 19 November 2008.

Any provisions, regulations which contradict to this Executive Decree shall be hereby repealed.

The President of the Lao PDR

[seal and signature]

Choummaly Sayasone

Download English:Executive Decree of The President of The Lao People’s Democratic Republic on Fees and Services Charges(Amended 2012) No. 003/PS , dated 26 December 2012

Download Lao:Executive Decree of The President of The Lao People’s Democratic Republic on Fees and Services Charges(Amended 2012) No. 003/PS , dated 26 December 2012

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