| Prohibitions imposed on conducting business operations | Prohibition | Bank of the Lao PDR | Regulation For Deposit-Taking MFIs No. 04/BOL, dated 20 June 2008 | 31-12-9999 |
| Registered capital is required | Minimum capital requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Regulation For Deposit-Taking MFIs No. 04/BOL, dated 20 June 2008 | 31-12-9999 |
| Registration fee required | Fee | Bank of the Lao PDR | Regulation For Non-Deposit Taking Microfinance Institutions No. 02/BoL, dated 20 June 2008 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for urgent information disclosure | Administrative Requirements | Security Exchange commission | Decision on information disclosure No. 014/SEC, dated 19 May 2011 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for a licence and paid up capital | Licensing (based on experience, track record, technical requirements, and/or other) | Bank of the Lao PDR | Regulation For Deposit-Taking MFIs No. 04/BOL, dated 20 June 2008 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for a license to establish a securities exchange | Licensing (based on experience, track record, technical requirements, and/or other) | Security Exchange commission | Law on Securities No. 21/NA, dated 10 December 2012 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for a registered capital to operate as an insurance broker | Minimum capital requirements | Ministry of Finance | Insurance Law Amended No. 06/NA, dated 21 December 2011 | 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 annual fee | Fee | Bank of the Lao PDR | Regulation on Depositor Protection Fund No. 283/BoL, dated 30 August 1999 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for application to be submitted to establish and operate an insurance company between a foreign insurance company and insurance broker | Licensing (based on experience, track record, technical requirements, and/or other) | Ministry of Finance | Insurance Law Amended No. 06/NA, dated 21 December 2011 | 31-12-9999 |
| Requirement for approval for foreign fund mobilisation | Authorization / permit requirements | Bank of the Lao PDR | Regulation For Deposit-Taking MFIs No. 04/BOL, dated 20 June 2008 | 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 approval for mergers of public funds | Authorization / permit requirements | Security Exchange commission | Law on Securities No. 21/NA, dated 10 December 2012 | 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 to change nature of securities business operation | Authorization / permit requirements | Security Exchange commission | Law on Securities No. 21/NA, dated 10 December 2012 | 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 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 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 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 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 |
