Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	Vessel Registration Certificate
Type of formality	Registration
Date of last modification	17.11.2017
Responsible Authorities	Department of Waterways
LSIC	H - Transportation and storage
Who should complete this business formality?	Must be the owner of a vessel which may be an individual, legal entity or any organization that has an ownership certificate in accordance with the law
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality
Additional Comment	Waterway Department will register the vessel under its supervision as follows: - All types of vessels for passenger transport and goods transport for cross-border; - Vessel for passenger transport and vessel for tourist with a capacity more than 100 seats; - Vessel for goods transport with capacity more than 300 tons; - Restaurant raft with a capacity of more than 100 people; - Rock-sand mining boat and big-scale construction vessel.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Regulations on Vessel Registration	00177/MPWT	04.01.2013	Chapter 2, Article 6, and Article 7	""
Presidential Ordinance on Fees and Service Fees	003/PO	26.12.2012	Article 21.II.3.1 and Article 24.V.5.2.1
Instruction on Vessel Registration	17069/MPWT.IWTD	15.12.2013		""

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Photo of Boat (in right side, full, size 10x15 cm)	Confirmative act
Boat Importation / Shipping and Invoice Documents	Confirmative act
Customs Clearance for the Imported Boat	Confirmative act
Certificate of the Boat Ownership	Confirmative act
Certificate to Cancel the Boat Registration that is undertaken abroad	Confirmative act	in case the vessel was registered abroad before
Address Certification	Confirmative act	from village authority (issued within 3 months)
Application Form	Confirmative act
Copy of ID	Confirmative act	For Lao citizen, Alian or Stateless person
Passport	Confirmative act	For foreigner
Copy of Enterprise Registration Certificate	Confirmative act	For legal entity
Vessel Technical Inspection Certificate	Formality
Certificate of Ship Buidling	Confirmative act	and a copy of the Enterprise Registration Certificate of the shipyard (in case the ship is built by the shipyard)
Certificate of Ship Buidling	Confirmative act	and the Family Registration Book of the ship builder (in case of the ship is built by individual)
Sales and Purchase Agreement	Confirmative act	or Certificate of Transferring Ownership (if there are any sale-purchase involved)
Confirmation for Security of Technical and Environment of Boat	Confirmative act

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment

LIST OF ATTACHED DOCUMENTS FOR FIRST TIME APPLICATION
Type of document	Document Name
Application form	Boat Registration
Example of resolution	ໃບທະບຽນເຮືອ

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation	At the Authority Offices
Address of authority	Department of Waterways, Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Processing Time (Day(s))	10	- If the document is incomplete [the authority] must inform the owner of the vessel no later than 07 working days from the date of receiving the application in order to correct it; - Once the documents are complete [the authority] will inspect the vessel and the technical condition of the vessel. If there is any defect, [the authority] must notify the owner of the vessel to solve or improve the condition of the vessel based on the information stated in the document, when it is resolved, the vessel registration authority shall be notified for further inspection. - If the condition of the vessel complies with the information, the authority shall issue the vessel registration certificate to the owner of the vessel no later than 10 working days from the date of inspection of the vessel.

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	YES
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	60
What is the process and conditions to get the formality?
What is the process and conditions to renew the formality?	The vessel registration certificate is valid for 5 years, after is expired the entrepreneur should prepare an application and submit for renewal, and the technical inspection committee will inspect the vessel if the vessel is not in a good it needs to be repaired and fixed so that the vessel can sail normally

 

ISSUING FEES
Has application fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Application fees	Total fees
YES	50000.00	250000.00	0.00	300000.00
Comments	Fee and Service Charge will be based on the type of vessel that is different from each type which stated in the Ordinances of the President No. 003/PO

 

RENEWAL FEES
Has renewal fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Renewal fees	Total renewal fees
NO	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Comments

   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Document Name	Comment
Photo of Boat (in right side, full, size 10x15 cm)
Boat Importation / Shipping and Invoice Documents
Customs Clearance for the Imported Boat
Certificate of the Boat Ownership
Certificate to Cancel the Boat Registration that is undertaken abroad	in case the vessel was registered abroad before
Address Certification	from village authority (issued within 3 months)
Application Form
Copy of ID	For Lao citizen, Alian or Stateless person
Passport	For foreigner
Copy of Enterprise Registration Certificate	For legal entity
Vessel Technical Inspection Certificate
Certificate of Ship Buidling	and a copy of the Enterprise Registration Certificate of the shipyard (in case the ship is built by the shipyard)
Certificate of Ship Buidling	and the Family Registration Book of the ship builder (in case of the ship is built by individual)
Sales and Purchase Agreement	or Certificate of Transferring Ownership (if there are any sale-purchase involved)
Confirmation for Security of Technical and Environment of Boat

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2016	4	0
2017	3	0
2020	4	0