Inventory of Business Licenses

Those who intend to operate the domestic fuel distribution business in Lao PDR.

- Have a business license for domestic distributor company.
- Invest and disburse the registered capital as defined in Article 7, clause 1.2 of Decree No. 331/PM.
- Hold accounts in accordance with the laws
- Have a deposit account with a bank in Lao PDR, additionally all sales and purchase payments shall be made through the bank. 
- Have a Sales and Purchase agreement with a fuel import-export company, and/or fuel driller and manufacturer.
- Have a reserve of fuel in the case of emergency for at least 10 days depending on the averaged daily supply of the previous year in order to supply to their own distribution agents and gas stations.
- Have a capacity to import and distribute fuel of at least 50 million liters per year.
- Have a registered trademark of the enterprise in accordance with the laws.
- Have a fuel depot with the company trademark, and a capacity to store the fuel for 1 million liters or over.
- Have at least 10 fuel transporting vehicles belong to their own company or company group; Each vehicle shall meet required technical standards, be registered and inspected through the relevant sector, attached with a logo and color of the company.
- Have their own invested gas stations as well as gas dealers as defined by the fuel management authority.
- Have testing instruments and octane meter for quality of the fuel as defined by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
- Have at least 2 staff who obtained a certificate of training related to the fuel business certified by the fuel management authority.
- Have insurance in accordance with the insurance law.
- Have a registered capital of 50,000,000,000 LAK or over, including the working capital of 5,000,000,000 LAK or over.

The inspection is not a part of the review process for the issuance of the license.