Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	License to Distribute Agriculture Tools, Fertilizers, Pesticides, Seeds Retail License
Type of formality	License
Date of last modification	30.09.2020
Responsible Authorities	Agriculture and Forestry Department
LSIC	A - Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Who should complete this business formality?	Any legal entities that intend to conduct retail business of agriculture tools, fertilizers, pesticides, seeds in Lao PDR.
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality
Additional Comment

LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Law on Agriculture	01/98/NA	10.10.1998
Law on the Protection and Quarantine of Plants	13/NA	15.11.2016
Presidential Ordinance on Fees and Service Fees	003/PO	26.12.2012	Article 41.10.1.2
Decree on Pesticide Management	258/GOV	24.08.2017		""
Decision on Pestidcide Import Management	0688/MVTE	13.07.2018

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Training Certificate on Pesticide	Confirmative act	or related academic certificate
Application Form	Confirmative act	Application form of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane Capital 
Copy of Enterprise Registration Certificate	Confirmative act

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation	At the Authority Offices
Address of authority	Agriculture and Forestry Department, Vientiane Capital
Processing Time (Day(s))	5

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	YES
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	12
What is the process and conditions to get the formality?
What is the process and conditions to renew the formality?	use the same procedures with the first-time application

 

ISSUING FEES
Has application fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Application fees	Total fees
YES	0.00	30000.00	50000.00	80000.00
Comments	Refer to the Presidential Ordinance on Fees and Service charges (No. 003/PO), the fee is 30,000 LAK/time/year/type

 

RENEWAL FEES
Has renewal fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Renewal fees	Total renewal fees
YES	0.00	30000.00	50000.00	80000.00
Comments	Refer to the Presidential Ordinance on Fees and Service charges (No. 003/PO), the fee is 30,000 LAK/time/year/type

   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Document Name	Comment
Training Certificate on Pesticide	or related academic certificate
Application Form	Application form of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane Capital 
Copy of Enterprise Registration Certificate

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2016
2017