Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	Approval of Movie Content
Type of formality	Other
Date of last modification	30.12.2017
Responsible Authorities	Department of Cinema
LSIC	R - Arts, entertainment and recreation
Who should complete this business formality?	Any person or legal entity that intends to import the foreign film to show in Lao PDR.
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality	The film to be screened must be a good film that is progressive, does not conflict with the good traditions of the nation, the order of society and does not affect the solidarity with friendly countries in the world, the movie must be dubbed in Lao language, except for documentary films, science-technology and foreign languages educational film.
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Decree on Movie	246/GOV	23.07.2014	Part 3 (Activities on cinema) Article 16 and Article 20
Presidential Ordinance on Fees and Service Fees	003/PO	26.12.2012	Chapter IX, Article 65, page 123

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Example of Product	Confirmative act
Request Letter	Confirmative act

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation	At the Authority Offices
Address of authority	Department of Cinema, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
Processing Time (Day(s))	1	The relevant legal act does not define the review period but the authority informed that the normal review period do not exceed 1 working day.

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	NO
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	0
What is the process and conditions to get the formality?
What is the process and conditions to renew the formality?

 

ISSUING FEES
Has application fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Application fees	Total fees
YES	150000.00	0.00	0.00	150000.00
Comments	Refer to the Ordinance 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
Example of Product
Request Letter

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2016	144	0
2017	136	0
2018	105	0
2019	148	0