DECISION

AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE FINANCE MINISTER’S DECISION No. 10/2003/QD-BTC OF JANUARY 24, 2003, PROMULGATING THE TARIFF OF CHARGES FOR TECHNICAL SAFETY AND QUALITY INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND SPECIAL-USE EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY

THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002, detailing the implementation of the Ordinance on Charges and Fees;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 24/2006/ND-CP of March 6, 2006, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002, detailing the implementation of the Ordinance on Charges and Fees;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 77/2003/ND-CP of July 1, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
After obtaining opinions of the Ministry of Transport in Official Letter No. 7104/BGTVT of September 26, 2008;
At the proposal of the Director of the Tax Policy Department,

DECIDES:

Article 1.- To amend and supplement the Minister of Finance’s Decision No. 10/2003/QD-BTC of January 24, 2003, promulgating the Tariff of charges for technical safety and quality inspection of motor vehicles and special-use equipment and machinery (below referred to as Decision No. 10/2003/QD-BTC) as follows:

1. To amend and supplement Clause 1, Article 5 of Decision No. 10/2003/QD-BTC as follows:

“1. Motor vehicles include automobiles, tractors, trailers and semi-trailers, motorized two-wheelers, motorized three-wheelers, mopeds, electric motorbikes and the like, including also motor vehicles for people with disabilities.”

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2.1. To amend and supplement Tariff 1, Section I on charges for technical safety inspection of motor vehicles currently in circulation as follows:

Unit of calculation: VND 1,000/vehicle

No.

Types of motor vehicles

Charge rates

1

Trucks, trailer trucks (truck tractors + semi-trailers) of over 20 tons and special-use automobiles and tractors of all kinds

400

2

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250

3

Trucks of between over 2 and 7 tons

230

4

Trucks of up to 2 tons

200

5

Bong sen and cong nong tractors (two kinds of home-made three-wheeled tractors) and similar means of transport

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6

Trailers and semi-trailers

130

7

Passenger cars of over 40 seats (including driver), buses

250

8

Passenger cars of between 25 and 40 seats (including driver)

230

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Passenger cars of between 10 and 24 seats (including driver)

200

10

Cars of less than 10 seats; ambulances

160

11

Lambrettas, three-wheeled motorized pedicabs

70

2.2. To amend and supplement Clause 3, Section I on charges for technical safety inspection of motor vehicles currently in circulation as follows:

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2.3. To amend and supplement Tariff 3, Section III on charges for technical safety and quality inspection of motor vehicles and special-use vehicular machinery in transformation as follows:

Tariff 3a

Unit of calculation: VND 1,000/vehicle

No.

Contents of transformation

Charge rates

First unit delivered from workshop

The second unit on

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650

200

2

Change of systems and complete parts of motor vehicles and special-use vehicular machinery

400

130

Tariff 3b

Unit of calculation: VND 1,000/model

No.

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Charge rates

1

Examination of transformation designs

200

2

Inspection and compilation of dossiers of vehicles transformed according to model designs

200

2.4. To amend and supplement Section IV on charges for quality inspection of parts and motor vehicles tested for manufacture and assembly as follows:

“1. Basic charges:

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Unit of calculation: VND 1,000/model

No.

Contents

Charge rates

1

Testing of overall safety of motorcycles and motorbikes

5,000

2

Testing of overall safety requirements for automobiles and trailer trucks (truck tractors for trailers and semi-trailers) manufactured or assembled from complete knocked-down parts

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3

Testing of overall safety requirements for automobiles and trailer trucks (truck tractors for trailers and semi-trailers) newly built on the basis of automobile chassis or other kinds of automobiles

5,000

4

Testing of frames or engines, tires and safety glass used for automobiles, semi-trailers and trailers

3,500

5

Testing of lights, mirrors and other parts used for automobiles, semi-trailers and trailers

2,000

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Testing of frames used for motorcycles and mopeds

3,000

7

Testing of engines used for motorcycles and mopeds

3,500

8

Testing of other parts

1,500

2. The charge specified at Point 8 of Tariff 4 for testing of many models of the same type or kind must not exceed VND 2,000,000/type or kind.

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- Testing overall safety requirements for motorcycles and mopeds,

- Testing frames or engines used for motorcycles and mopeds,

- Testing other parts of motorcycles and mopeds.”

2.5. To amend Clause 3, Section V as follows: “For motor vehicles and special-use equipment and vehicular machinery subject to design approval, the design approval charge is equal to 8% of the design cost, but must be at least VND 1,000,000/design.”

2.6. To amend and supplement Section VII on charges for quality inspection of motor vehicle-inspecting equipment as follows:

“1. Basic charge:

Tariff 7

Unit of calculation: VND 1,000/equipment

No.

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Charge

1

Quality inspection of motor vehicle-inspecting equipment

450

2. If, through inspection, equipment fails to satisfy manufacturer standard and must be repaired, adjusted and re-inspected, the re-inspection charge is equal to 50% of that specified in Tariff 7.

3. In case inspecting equipment suddenly break down and must be repaired and re-inspected ahead of schedule, the inspection charge specified in Tariff 7 will apply.

4. The charge for inspection and checking for notification of the quality of motor vehicles and special-use equipment and vehicular machinery is equal to that specified in Tariff 7.”

Article 2.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Gazette.

Article 3.- Organizations and individuals liable to pay charges, inspecting agencies and concerned agencies shall implement this Decision.

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FOR THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPUTY MINISTER




Do Hoang Anh Tuan