DECISION No DECISION No.58/2000/QD-BTC OF APRIL 21, 2000 PROMULGATING THE TABLE OF FEE LEVELS FOR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR THE USE OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND SUBSTANCES SUBJECT TO STRICT SAFETY REQUIREMENTS THE MINISTER OF FINANCE Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No.15/CP of March 2, 1993 on the tasks, powers and State management responsibility of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies; Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No.178/CP of October 28, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Finance Ministry; Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No.04/1999/ND-CP of January 30, 1999 on charges and fees belonging to the State budget; After consulting the relevant ministries and at the proposal of the General Director of Tax, DECIDES: Article 1.- To issue together with this Decision the table of fee levels for technical expertise and issuance of permits for the use of machinery, equipment, supplies and substances subject to strict safety requirements. The technical expertise fee shall apply as follows: 1. For the first-time expertise to issue permits and the regular expertise to extend permits, the fee level shall be 100% of that prescribed in the table. 2. For the regular expertise according to safety technical standards without the permit extension, the fee level shall be 50% of that prescribed in the table. 3. For the irregular expertise according to safety technical standards or at the request of the concerned establishment, the fee level shall be 100% of that prescribed in the table. Article 2.- Payers of fees at the levels prescribed in this Decision are organizations and individuals (including foreign organizations and individuals, and defense units engaged in economic activities), that have their machinery, equipment, supplies and substances subject to strict safety requirements technically expertized by the safety-expertizing centers set up under decisions of the competent State agencies, and are granted use permits by the labor safety State inspectorate according to law provisions. Article 3.- The safety-expertizing centers set up by decisions of the competent State agencies shall collect the fees for technical expertise and issuance of permits for the use of machinery, equipment, supplies and substances subject to strict safety requirements (referred collectively to as the collecting agencies) and manage and use such fees as follows: 1. For technical expertise fee: a/ Where the fee-collecting agencies are regularly provided with the State budget fund for their expertizing activities, they may make a maximum temporary deduction of 10% (ten percent) of the actually collected fee amount to spend on the organization of fee collection according to the provisions at Point 5.b, Section III of the Finance Ministry�s Circular No.54/1999/TT-BTC of May 10, 1999. The remaining collected fee amount (90%) must be remitted to the State budget. b/ Where the fee-collecting agencies are not regularly provided with State budget fund for their expertizing activities, they may temporarily deduct the collected expertise fee amount before remitting it to the State budget in order to spend on the organization of fee collection and the technical expertise activities according to the expenditure estimates already approved by the competent authorities after getting written consent from the Finance Ministry, provided that the maximum deduction level shall not exceed 90% of the collected fee amount; the remaining fee amount (at least 10%) must be remitted to the State budget. 2. For the permit-issuing fee for the use of machinery, equipment, supplies and substances subject to strict safety requirements, the fee-collecting agencies shall be entitled to deduct 10% of the collected permit-issuing fee amount before remitting it to the State budget for spending on the organization of fee collection; the remaining fee amount (90%) shall be remitted to the State budget. The fee-collecting agencies shall have to organize the collection, remittance and management of fees according to the provisions of Government�s Decree No.04/1999/ND-CP of January 30, 1999 on charges and fees belonging to the State budget and the Finance Ministry�s Circular No.54/1999/TT-BTC of May 10, 1999 guiding the implementation thereof. Article 4.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing. The table of fee levels issued together with this Decision shall replace the table issued together with Inter-ministerial Circular No.66-TT/LB of August 29, 1995 of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. Article 5.- Organizations and individuals being fee payers; units organizing the collection of fees for technical expertise and issuance of permits for the use of machinery, equipment, supplies and substances subject to strict safety requirements and the relevant agencies shall have to implement this Decision. For the Minister of Finance Vice Minister PHAM VAN TRONG TABLE OF FEE LEVELS FOR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR THE USE OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND SUBSTANCES SUBJECT TO STRICT SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (Issued together with the Finance Minister�s Decision No.58/2000/QD-BTC of April 21, 2000) I. TABLE OF TECHNICAL SAFETY EXPERTISE FEE LEVELS: Ordinal number Names of equipment Calculation units Capacity, volume, tonnage Collection level each time (VND) 01 Steam boilers Unit/expertise Under 0.5 T/h 300,000 Ditto From 0.5 T/h to 1 T/h 500,000 Ditto From over 1 T/h to 2 T/h 1,000,000 Ditto From over 2 T/h to 4 T/h 1,500,000 Ditto From over 4 T/h to 6 T/h 1,800,000 Ditto From over 6 T/h to 10 T/h 2,200,000 Ditto From over 10 T/h to 25 T/h 4,000,000 Ditto From over 25 T/h to 75 T/h 6,000,000 Ditto From over 75 T/h to 125 T/h 8,000,000 Ditto From over 125 T/h to 200 T/h 13,000,000 Ditto From over 200 T/h to 400 T/h 18,000,000 Ditto Over 400 T/h 22,000,000 02 Pressure tanks Tank/expertise Under 1m3 150,000 Ditto From over 1m3 to 2m3 300,000 Ditto From over 2m3 to 5m3 400,000 Ditto From over 5m3 to 10m3 600,000 Ditto From over 10m3 to 25m3 800,000 Ditto From over 25m3 to 50m3 1,000,000 Ditto From over 50m3 to 100m3 2,500,000 Ditto From over 100m3 to 500m3 4,000,000 Ditto Over 500m3 6,000,000 03 Gas cylinders Cylinder/expertise Standard cylinders 60,000 Ditto Non-standard cylinders 80,000 04 Cooling system System/expertise Ditto Under 30,000 Kcal/h 1,000,000 Ditto From 30,000 Kcal/h to 50,000 Kcal/h 1,500,000 Ditto From over 50,000 Kcal/h to 100,000 Kcal/h 2,000,000 Ditto From over 100,000 Kcal/h to 250,000 Kcal/h 2,500,000 Ditto From over 250,000 Kcal/h to 1,000,000 Kcal/h 3,000,000 Ditto Over 1,000,000 Kcal/h 4,000,000 05 Gas-regulating and feeding system System/expertise Ditto System with 20 feeding mouths or less 2,000,000 Ditto System with 21 feeding mouths or more 3,000,000 06 Pipe-lines of all types (excluding solvents) Meter/expertise Ditto With a diameter equal to or smaller than 150 mm 10,000 Ditto With a diameter of over 150 mm 15,000 07 Escalators (irrespective of their capacities) Unit/expertise 2,000,000 08 Elevators Unit/expertise For under 10 stories 1,500,000 Ditto For 10 stories or more 2,500,000 09 Mechanical lifts Unit/expertise Ditto Under 1 ton 500,000 Ditto From 1 ton to 3 tons 600,000 Ditto From over 3 tons to 5 tons 800,000 Ditto From over 5 tons to 7.5 tons 1,000,000 Ditto From over 7.5 tons to 10 tons 1,500,000 Ditto From over 10 tons to 15 tons 1,700,000 Ditto From over 15 tons to 20 tons 2,000,000 Ditto From over 20 tons to 30 tons 2,500,000 Ditto From over 30 tons to 50 tons 3,000,000 Ditto From over 50 tons to 75 tons 3,500,000 Ditto From over 75 tons to 100 tons 4,000,000 Ditto Over 100 tons 6,000,000 II. USE PERMIT-ISSUING FEE LEVEL: The permit-issuing fee level for the use of machinery, equipment, supplies and substances subject to strict safety requirements is 40,000 VND/permit.-