| Requirement for establishment of recruitment service enterprises to be based on meeting technical requirements | Licensing (based on experience, track record, technical requirements, and/or other) | Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare | Amended Labour Law No. 43/NA, dated 24 December 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for establishment of a library enterprise. | Authorization / permit requirements | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism | LAW ON LIBRARIES No. 012/NA, dated 21 December 2011 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for consumer protection organisaitons to provide information on dangerous goods and services | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Consumer Protection Law No. 02/NA, dated 30 June 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for change of ownership of trademark to be recorded | Performance requirements (non-mandatory) | Science Technology and Environment Agency | Decree on Trademarks No. 06/PM, dated 18 January 1995 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for business operators not to engage in anticompetitve conduct | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for business cooperation contract to be declared and certified | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for branches of foreign legal entity to be registered | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Law on Investment Promotion No. 02/NA, dated 8 July 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for authorisation to use rights acquired from land lease or land concession as collateral | Authorization / permit requirements | Land inspection Authority | Prime Ministerial Decree on the Implementation of the Land Law No. 88/PM, dated 3 June 2008 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for approval to grant lease or concession of State land which must specify land use objctives | Administrative Requirements | Land inspection Authority | Prime Minister’s Decree on the Leasing of State Land No. 135/PM, dated 25 May 2009 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for approval of cash withdrawals | Authorization / permit requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Additional Instruction for Implementation of Some Articles of The Instruction No. 01/BOL, dated 05 Feb 2004 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for approval for transferring concession rights or shares | Authorization / permit requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decree on the Implementation of the Investment Promotion Law No. 119/PM, dated 20 April 2011 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for approval for lease or concession of state owned land | Authorization / permit requirements | Land inspection Authority | Instruction As regards the implementation of decree on state-owned land approval for lease or concession No. 20/PMO.NLMA, dated 9 April 2010 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for acquisition of land use rights to be determined on 3 bases | Land Ownership | Land inspection Authority | Law on Land No. 04/NA, dated 21 October 2003 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for a Tax Identification Number | Other measures | Ministry of Finance | Ministerial Instruction On Tax Revenue Collection Management No. 3281/MOF, dated 6 October 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
| Representative office shall stop its operation after parent company is permitted to do investment and register as legal entity | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decision on Establishment and Management of Representative Office for Foreign Legal Entities in Lao PDR no. 1815/MPI, dated 30 July 2018 | 16-09-9999 |
| Representative office shall be registered as legal entity | Form of establishment | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decision on Establishment and Management of Representative Office for Foreign Legal Entities in Lao PDR no. 1815/MPI, dated 30 July 2018 | 19-09-9999 |
| Representative office must be extended 30 days prior to its expiration date | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decision on Establishment and Management of Representative Office for Foreign Legal Entities in Lao PDR no. 1815/MPI, dated 30 July 2018 | 16-09-9999 |
| Representative office must be enterprise or limited company, sole limited company, state enterprise or public company | Form of establishment | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decision on Establishment and Management of Representative Office for Foreign Legal Entities in Lao PDR no. 1815/MPI, dated 30 July 2018 | 19-09-9999 |
| Reporting obligations for Foreign Investors | Performance requirements (mandatory) | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Decree of the Prime Minister Regarding the Implementation of the Law on the Promotion and Management of Foreign Investment in the Lao People's Democratic Republic No. 46/PM, dated 23 March 2001 | 31-12-9999 |
| Registration Requirement for Domestic Private Investor | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Instruction of the Minister of Industry and Commerce regarding the Declaration for Enterprise Registration in accordance with the Enterprise Law No. 0995/MOIC, dated 19 June 2008 | 31-12-9999 |
