Prohibition on engaging in business activities involving Banknote paper, banknote ink, banknote printer and coin making machine | Prohibition | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | List of Prohibited Business Activities in Lao PDR No. 1592/MOIC.ERM, dated 26 August 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on engaging in business activities involving chemicals of high-level danger type 1 | Prohibition | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | List of Prohibited Business Activities in Lao PDR No. 1592/MOIC.ERM, dated 26 August 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Denial of Access to Certain Facilities resulting in the Creation of Obstacles to Business Operation | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on engaging in business activities involving opium, opium balls, poppy seeds, opium poppies, other opium products, coco leaves, marihuana in various forms, cocaine and their derivatives. | Prohibition | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | List of Prohibited Business Activities in Lao PDR No. 1592/MOIC.ERM, dated 26 August 2013 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Fixing of Market Shares and Sharing/Dividing Markets | Performance requirements (mandatory) | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on engaging in money laundering and the financing of terrorism | Prohibition | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Fixing of Production Quantities | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on false advertisement | Prohibition | Ministry of Health | Law on hygiene, diseasase prevention and health promotion (Amended) No. 08/NA, dated 21 December 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 |
Prohibition on the Fixing of the prices of purchasing and selling goods and services unfairly | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on falsifying documentation or official seals | Prohibition | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Fixing the Price of Goods and Services | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Horsepower Technical Standard of Jumbo vehicles imported into Lao | Prohibition | Ministry of Public Works and Transport | Regulation regarding the technical standard of vehicles and accessories of vehicles which will be obtained the authorization to import for registration and assemble in unit in order to use in the Lao PDR No. 4312/MCTPC, dated 11 November 2002 | 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 |
Prohibition on the Ownership of Land by Foreign Investors, Foreign Investment Enterprise or Foreign National | Land Ownership | 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 |
Rates of Value Added Tax to be levied | Other measures | Ministry of Finance | Law on Value-Added Tax (Revised Version) No. 52/NA, dated 23 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
Horsepower Technical Standard of other motor cycles imported into Lao | Prohibition | Ministry of Public Works and Transport | Regulation regarding the technical standard of vehicles and accessories of vehicles which will be obtained the authorization to import for registration and assemble in unit in order to use in the Lao PDR No. 4312/MCTPC, dated 11 November 2002 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on opening or using anonymous accounts or accounts under the name of other natural persons, legal persons or intangible organisations | Prohibition | Bank of the Lao PDR | Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism No. 50/NA, dated 21 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |
Prohibition on the Selling of goods and services below costs and selling poor quality goods | Prohibition | Business competition commission | Law on Business Competition No. 60/NA, dated 14 July 2015 | 31-12-9999 |
Registration in the Value Added Tax System | Administrative Requirements | Ministry of Finance | Law on Value-Added Tax (Revised Version) No. 52/NA, dated 23 July 2014 | 31-12-9999 |