THE
GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
158/2006/ND-CP
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Hanoi,
December 28, 2006
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DECREE
DETAILING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMERCIAL LAW REGARDING
GOODS PURCHASE AND SALE THROUGH THE GOODS EXCHANGE
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on
Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the June 14, 2005 Commercial Law;
At the proposal of the Trade Minister,
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Governing
scope
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Article 2.- Subjects of
application
This Decree applies to the Goods Exchange and
other organizations and individuals involved in the goods purchase and sale
through the Goods Exchange.
Article 3.-
Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the terms below are construed as
follows:
1. Operation charter of the Goods Exchange
(hereinafter referred to as the operation charter for short) means the rules
regulating the transactions of the Goods Exchange, its members and other
subjects involved in the goods purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange.
2. Dealing means goods purchase and sale through
the Goods Exchange by a trading member of the Goods Exchange for itself.
3. Trading order means a written request of a
trading member for a goods purchase or sale transaction to be conducted through
the Goods Exchange.
4. Entrusted trading order means a written
request of a customer for a goods purchase or sale transaction to be conducted
by a trading member through the Goods Exchange under a trading entrustment
contract.
5. First day of contractual trading means the
day specified by the Goods Exchange from which the contractual trading is
allowed to be conducted.
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7. Member status collateral means the depositing
by a member of a sum of money or other valuable papers in a frozen account
designated by the Goods Exchange to secure the performance of the member
obligations.
8. Trading collateral means the depositing by a
member of a sum of money in a frozen account designated by the Goods Exchange
to secure the execution of a transaction.
9. Membership fee means a sum of money paid by a
member to the Goods Exchange according to the operation charter.
10. Trading fee means a sum of money paid by a
member to the Goods Exchange for execution of each transaction.
11. Month of contract maturity means the month
when a trading contract should be performed.
12. Contract final settlement means the final settlement
of all obligations under a contract which the contracting parties ought to
perform.
13. Customer means an organization or individual
that is not a member of the Goods Exchange and conducts goods purchase and sale
through the Goods Exchange by entrusting a trading member of the Goods
Exchange.
Article 4.- State
management
1. The Government performs the unified
management of goods purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange.
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a/ Submitting to the Government for promulgation
legal documents governing goods purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange;
b/ Deciding on the establishment and operation
of the Goods Exchange; approving the operation charter of the Goods Exchange as
well as amendments and supplements thereto; promulgating the list of goods
permitted for trading through the Goods Exchange;
c/ Taking necessary management measures in
emergency circumstances;
d/ Organizing inspection and supervision of
activities related to goods purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange;
e/ Providing for roadmap and conditions for
Vietnamese traders to participate in goods purchase and sale through Goods
Exchanges overseas in each period;
f/ Performing other state management activities
according to its functions, tasks and powers.
3. The State Bank of Vietnam shall guide the
regulations on payment in goods purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange;
and provide specific conditions for operation of the Payment Center.
4. The Finance Ministry shall guide regulations
on taxes, charges and fees for goods purchase and sale through the Goods
Exchange; and coordinate with the Trade Ministry in inspecting the financial
capability of founding members of the Goods Exchange.
5. The Planning and Investment Ministry shall
coordinate with the Trade Ministry in examining the feasibility of the
establishment of the Goods Exchange.
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Article 5.- Goods purchase
and sale through Goods Exchanges overseas
1. Vietnamese traders may participate in goods
purchase and sale through Goods Exchanges overseas according to the roadmap,
conditions and scope specified and announced by the Trade Ministry in each
period.
2. When participating in goods purchase and sale
through Goods Exchanges overseas, Vietnamese traders shall comply with
regulations on export, import, international payment and relevant provisions of
Vietnamese law.
Chapter II
THE GOODS EXCHANGE
Article 6.- Legal
position of the Goods Exchange
The Goods Exchange is a legal entity established
and operating as a limited liability company or a joint-stock company according
to the provisions of the Enterprise Law and this Decree.
Article 7.- Competence
to license the establishment of the Goods Exchange
The Trade Minister shall decide on granting,
re-granting, amending or supplementing the establishment license of the Goods
Exchange; and approve the operation charter of the Goods Exchange.
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The Goods Exchange is established when the
following conditions are satisfied:
1. Its legal capital is one hundred and fifty
billion dong or more;
2. Its operation charter is compliant with this
Decree;
3. Its director or general director possesses
bachelor or higher degree and has worked in the economic-financial domain for
at least five years; has full civil act capacity and is not banned from
corporate administration according to the provisions of the Enterprise Law;
4. Other conditions specified by the Enterprise
Law.
Article 9.- Dossier of
application for establishment license of the Goods Exchange
The dossier of application for establishment
license of the Goods Exchange comprises:
1. An application for establishment license of
the Goods Exchange, made according to a form set by the Trade Ministry;
2. A list of members in case the Goods Exchange
operates as a limited liability company and the following enclosed documents:
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b/ For institutional members: Copies of their
establishment decisions, business registration certificates or other equivalent
documents; powers of attorney, identity cards or lawful personal identification
papers of their authorized representatives.
3. A list of founding shareholders in case the
Goods Exchange operates as a joint-stock company and the following enclosed
documents:
a/ For individual shareholders: Copies of their
identity cards or other lawful personal identification papers;
b/ For institutional shareholders: Copies of
their establishment decisions, business registration certificates or other
equivalent documents; powers of attorney, identity cards or lawful personal
identification papers of their authorized representatives.
4. The competent agency's written certification
of the legal capital;
5. The econo-technical explanation, stating
objectives, location, schedule for establishment and operation commencement,
and technological solutions to conduct transactions;
6. Draft operation charter of the Goods
Exchange;
7. Draft charters of enterprises.
Article 10.-
Examination of conditions and dossier and grant of establishment license of the
Goods Exchange
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2. Within seven working days after receiving the
dossier of application for establishment license of the Goods Exchange, the
Trade Ministry shall examine its validity and may request supplementation of
the incomplete dossier contents according to Article 9 of this Decree.
3. The Trade Ministry shall complete the
examination within forty five days after receiving the valid dossier. This time
limit may be prolonged but must not exceed sixty days.
4. Upon the expiration of the time limit
specified in Clause 3 of this Article, the Trade Ministry shall decide to grant
or refuse to grant the establishment license of the Goods Exchange. In case of
refusal to grant the license, the Trade Ministry shall notify it in writing,
clearly stating the reason therefor.
Article 11.- Contents
of the establishment license of the Goods Exchange
The establishment license of the Goods Exchange
serves concurrently as its business registration license and contains the
following information:
1. The name and address of the head office of
the enterprise, its representative offices and branches and the place where
goods purchase and sale transactions are conducted;
2. The full name, permanent residence address,
nationality, serial number of identity card, passport or another personal
identification number of the representative at law of the Goods Exchange;
3. The full names, permanent residence addresses,
nationalities, serial numbers of identity cards, passports or other personal
identification numbers of the Goods Exchange's founding members or individual
shareholders;
4. The serial numbers of the establishment
decisions or the business registration certificates of the owner of the company
or the members in case the Goods Exchange operates as a limited liability
company;
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6. The charter capital in case the Goods
Exchange operates as a limited liability company; the number of shares, value
of paid-up equity capital and number of shares eligible for sale offer in case
the Goods Exchange operates as a joint-stock company;
7. Type of goods to be traded.
Article 12.- Amendments
and supplements to the establishment license of the Goods Exchange
1. In case of a change in the contents of the
establishment license specified in Article 11 of this Decision, the Goods
Exchange shall file to the Trade Ministry a dossier of request for amendment or
supplementation of the establishment license.
2. A dossier of request for amendment or
supplementation of the establishment license of the Goods Exchange comprises:
a/ A written request for amendment or
supplementation of the establishment license of the Goods Exchange, made
according to a form set by the Trade Ministry;
b/ The original establishment license of the
Goods Exchange.
3. Within 15 days after receiving the valid
dossier specified in Clause 2 of this Article, the Trade Ministry shall decide
on amendment or supplementation of the establishment license of the Goods Exchange.
In case the amendment or supplementation of the establishment license of the
Goods Exchange is rejected, the Trade Ministry shall notify the rejection in
writing, clearly stating the reason therefor.
Article 13.- Re-grant
of the establishment license of the Goods Exchange
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2. A dossier of application for re-grant of the
establishment license of the Goods Exchange comprises:
a/ An application for re-grant of the
establishment license of the Goods Exchange, made according to a form set by
the Trade Ministry;
b/ The original or a copy of the establishment
license of the Goods Exchange (if any).
3. Within 10 days after receiving the valid
dossier specified in Clause 2 of this Article, the Trade Ministry shall
re-grant the establishment license of the Goods Exchange. In case of refusal to
re-grant the establishment license of the Goods Exchange, the Trade Ministry
shall notify it in writing, clearly stating the reason therefor.
Article 14.- The
operation charter of the Goods Exchange
1. The operation charter of the Goods Exchange
must have the following principal contents:
a/ Conditions and procedures for recognizing the
member status; rights and obligations of members;
b/ Cases of termination of the member status and
responsibilities thereupon;
c/ Type of goods for trading; standards and
units of measurement of such type of goods;
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e/ Time limit for contractual trading and
trading process;
f/ Trading limits, collateral and fee;
g/ Methods and procedures for contract
performance;
h/ Information to be disclosed by the Goods
Exchange and operation reports and financial statements of the members;
i/ Risk management measures;
j/ Settlement of disputes;
k/ Amendment or supplementation of the operation
charter;
l/ Other relevant contents.
2. The operation charter of the Goods Exchange
must not contravene the provisions of this Decree and current provisions of
law.
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1. To select goods on the list of goods
specified in Article 32 of this Decree and organize the trading of that goods
through the Goods Exchange.
2. To organize, administer and manage goods
purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange.
3. To accept or revoke the member status
according to the provisions of the operation charter of the Goods Exchange.
4. To request trading members to pay member
status collaterals and trading collaterals according to the operation charter
of the Goods Exchange.
5. To collect membership fee, trading fee,
information supply service charge and other service charges according to the
provisions of the operation charter of the Goods Exchange and provisions of
law.
6. To promulgate regulations on listing,
information disclosure and goods purchase and sale at the Goods Exchange.
7. To inspect and supervise trading and information
disclosure activities of members.
8. To request members to take risk management
measures specified in the operation charter of the Goods Exchange.
9. To designate another trading member to
perform a contract being currently held by a trading member whose member status
has been terminated according to the provisions of Article 24 of this Decree.
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11. To exercise other rights provided for in
this Decree, its operation charter and law.
Article 16.-
Responsibilities of the Goods Exchange
1. To organize goods purchase and sale in strict
compliance with the provisions of this Decree and its operation charter.
2. To organize goods purchase and sale
transactions through the Goods Exchange in a fair, orderly and efficient
manner.
3. To announce its operation charter and
establishment license which have already been approved, granted, amended or
supplemented by the Trade Minister; to announce the list of and information on
its members; to disclose information on transactions and trading orders for
goods purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange and other information
according to its operation charter.
4. To report periodically or extraordinarily at
the request of the Trade Ministry on information related to goods purchase and
sale through the Goods Exchange and the list of members at the time of
reporting.
5. To supply information on and coordinate with
competent agencies in inspecting, preventing and combating law-breaking acts
related to goods purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange.
6. To observe the statistical, accounting and
audit regimes provided for by law.
7. To bear the final responsibility for all
activities of goods purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange.
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9. To pay compensations for damage caused by the
Goods Exchange to its members, except for damage caused by force majeure
circumstances as prescribed by law.
10. To perform other obligations specified in
this Decree, the Enterprise Law, the operation charter of the Goods Exchange
and relevant provisions of law.
Chapter III
MEMBERS OF THE GOODS
EXCHANGE
Article 17.- Members of
the Goods Exchange
1. Members of the Goods Exchange include:
a/ Brokers (hereinafter referred to as brokerage
members);
b/ Traders (hereinafter referred to as trading
members).
2. Only trading members of the Goods Exchange
are allowed to conduct activities of goods purchase and sale through the Goods
Exchange.
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Article 18.- Acceptance
of Goods Exchange member status
1. Traders wishing to become members of the
Goods Exchange may request the Goods Exchange to accept their member status.
2. Based on the conditions specified in Articles
19 and 20 of this Decree and the provisions of its operation charter, the Goods
Exchange shall consider the acceptance of the member status for traders.
3. In case of refusal to accept the member
status, the Goods Exchange shall reply traders in writing, clearly stating
reasons for the refusal.
4. If the Goods Exchange accepts the member
status of traders that fail to satisfy the conditions specified in Article 19
or Article 21 of this Decree, the Trade Ministry may terminate the member
status of those traders. The Goods Exchange shall bear responsibility for the
consequences of that termination.
Article 19.- Brokerage
members
A brokerage member must fully satisfy the
following conditions:
1. Being an enterprise established under the
Enterprise Law.
2. Having legal capital of five billions Vietnam
dong or more.
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4. Other conditions specified in the operation
charter of the Goods Exchange.
Article 20.- Rights and
obligations of brokerage members
Rights and obligations of brokerage members
shall comply with the Commercial Law and the operation charter of the Goods
Exchange.
Article 21.- Trading
members
A trading member must fully satisfy the
following conditions:
1. Being an enterprise established under the
Enterprise Law.
2. Having legal capital of seventy five billions
Vietnam dong or more.
3. Its director or general director possesses
the university degree (bachelor or higher degree), has full civil act capacity
and is not banned from corporate administration according to the provisions of
the Enterprise Law.
4. Other conditions specified in the operation
charter of the Goods Exchange.
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1. To conduct dealing activities or be entrusted
to conduct goods purchase and sale for their customers through the Goods
Exchange.
2. To request their customers to pay collateral
to secure the performance of transactions in case they are entrusted to conduct
goods purchase and sale for their customers through the Goods Exchange.
3. Other rights provided for in this Decree and
the operation charter of the Goods Exchange.
Article 23.-
Obligations of trading members
1. To strictly and fully perform the obligations
arising from transactions through the Goods Exchange.
2. To pay member status collateral and trading
collateral before conducting transactions through the Goods Exchange.
3. To pay the membership fee, trading fee and
other fees specified in the operation charter of the Goods Exchange.
4. To set up a system for internal control, risk
management and monitoring and prevention of internal and transaction conflicts
of interest.
5. In case of undertaking entrustment, to sign
written entrustment contracts with their customers and be allowed to conduct
transactions for their customers only when receiving entrusted trading orders
from customers.
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7. To keep all documents and accounts
specifically and accurately reflecting transactions for their customers and for
themselves.
8. To execute their customers' entrusted trading
orders before their own ones.
9. To conduct honest and fair transactions in
their customers' interest.
10. To separately account activities of goods
purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange for each customer and for itself.
11. To abide by the Goods Exchange's designation
according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 25 of this Decree.
12. Other obligations specified in this Decree
and the operation charter of the Goods Exchange.
Article 24.-
Termination of the member status
The member status of a trader is terminated in
the following cases:
1. It no longer satisfies the conditions for
being a member.
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3. It proposes at its own will the termination
of its member status and gets approval of the Goods Exchange according to the
operation charter of the Goods Exchange.
4. It commits a violation constituting a
condition for termination of its member status as specified in the operation
charter of the Goods Exchange or the provisions of law.
Article 25.-
Performance of obligations upon member status termination
1. When its member status is terminated, a
trader shall notify its customers of the reason(s) for the termination of its
member status and the performance of contractual obligations as entrusted by
its customers.
2. In case of termination of member status of a
member according to this Decree, the Goods Exchange may request that member to
authorize another member to perform the contractual obligations. If the
terminated member fails to make authorization, the Goods Exchange may designate
another member to do so.
3. The trader with its member status terminated
is obliged to transfer necessary information on customers to the authorized or
designated member.
4. After the authorization or designation of a
member to perform the contractual obligations according to the provisions of
Clause 2 of this Article is made, the collateral paid by customers for the
trader with its member status terminated must be converted into collateral of
customers for the authorized or designated trading member.
5. The trader with its member status terminated
shall pay charge for the performance of contractual obligations to the trader
authorized by itself or designated by the Goods Exchange according to the provisions
of the operation charter of the Goods Exchange.
6. Upon the termination of its member status,
the trader shall perform obligations arising towards its customers and other
subjects related to its trading activities at the Goods Exchange. If damage is
caused to customers, it shall pay compensations therefor according to law.
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THE PAYMENT CENTER AND
THE GOODS FORWARDING CENTER
Article 26.- The
Payment Center
1. The Center for payment for goods purchase and
sale through the Goods Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the Payment Center
for short) means an organization functioning to provide payment services for
goods purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange.
2. The Goods Exchange may establish its attached
payment center or authorize a credit institution to function as a payment
center.
3. The Payment Center shall operate
independently from members of the Goods Exchange.
4. The State Bank shall specifies the conditions
for establishment and operation of the Payment Center.
Article 27.- Rights of
the Payment Center
1. To request parties involved in the goods
purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange to perform the payment security
obligations.
2. To collect the payment service charge.
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4. Other rights provided for by law on payment
service provision and this Decree.
Article 28.-
Obligations of the Payment Center
1. To keep collaterals of members and documents
related to transactions.
2. To ensure accurate payment for transactions.
3. To notify accurately and promptly information
on accounts of members.
4. To perform obligations related to information
confidentiality.
5. Other obligations specified by law on payment
service provision and this Decree.
Article 29.- The Goods
Forwarding Center
1. The Goods Forwarding Center is an
organization functioning to store, preserve and forward goods for purchase and
sale through the Goods Exchange.
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Article 30.- Rights of
the Goods Forwarding Center
1. To refuse to receive goods not up to the
requirements of the Goods Exchange.
2. To refuse to receive or deliver goods without
sufficient valid documents.
3. To collect goods storage and preservation
charges specified by the Goods Exchange.
4. Other rights provided by the Goods Exchange
and this Decree.
Article 31.-
Obligations of the Goods Forwarding Center
1. Not to receive goods not up to the
requirements of the Goods Exchange.
2. To preserve goods to ensure their standards,
quality and quantity for a duration requested by the Goods Exchange.
3. To deliver goods under delivery orders of the
Goods Exchange when receiving sufficient valid documents.
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5. Other obligations specified by the Goods
Exchange and this Decree.
Chapter V
GOODS PURCHASE AND SALE
THROUGH THE GOODS EXCHANGE
Article 32.- Goods
permitted for purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange
1. The Trade Minister shall announce a detailed
list of goods permitted for purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange in
each period.
2. The Goods Exchange may only organize the
purchase and sale of goods on the list promulgated by the Trade Minister
mentioned in Clause 1 of this Article.
3. Quality, units of measurement and other
standards of goods shall be announced by the Goods Exchange in compliance with
current law on standards and measurement.
Article 33.- Trading
time
1. The Goods Exchange shall announce specific
trading time, including trading day, trading session, time of matching trading
orders and opening and closing hours of the trading day.
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a/ The trading system is out of order, making it
impossible to normally execute trading orders;
b/ The trading order transfer systems of more
than half of members are out of order;
c/ Force majeure circumstances specified by law.
3. Upon occurrence of the circumstances
specified in Clause 2 of this Article, the Goods Exchange shall temporarily
cease trading until those circumstances are redressed. If a circumstance cannot
be redressed within a trading session, that trading session is considered
closed at the preceding order matching.
4. The Goods Exchange shall promptly announce
circumstances specified in Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article.
Article 34.- Trading
limits
1. The total trading limit for a type of goods
of all contracts within the trading time limit in a year must not exceed 50% of
the total volume of such goods made in Vietnam in the preceding year.
2. The trading limit of a member must not exceed
10% of the total trading limit specified in Clause 1 of this Article.
3. The Goods Exchange may set specific trading
limits compliant with the provisions of Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.
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Article 35.- Trading
orders
1. Trading members request transactions through
the Goods Exchange with trading order.
2. Contents of trading orders for each kind of
transaction and each type of goods are specified by the Goods Exchange.
3. Members may modify or cancel their trading
orders if the orders are not yet matched and in other circumstances specified
in the operation charter of the Goods Exchange.
Article 36.- Trading
mode
The Goods Exchange organizes trading by mode of
centralized matching of buying orders and selling orders on the following
quoting principles:
1. The executed price conducive to the largest
trading volume is chosen;
2. When there are many prices satisfying the
condition specified in Clause 1 of this Article, the price equal or closest to
the executed price of the latest order matching is chosen;
3. When there are still many prices satisfying
the condition specified in Clause 2 of this Article, the highest one is chosen.
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The principle for matching orders requires:
1. Buying orders with higher prices are executed
first;
2. Selling orders with lower prices are executed
first;
3. When orders of the same type have the same
price, the trading orders earlier entering the trading system are executed
first.
Article 38.- Disclosure
of trading information by the Goods Exchange
The Goods Exchange shall disclose the following
information:
1. Trading quotations on total volume of goods
traded each day, including opening, closing, the highest and lowest prices and
prices matched for each type of goods traded through the Goods Exchange.
2. Trading results by mode of order matching and
order matching contents, including types of goods and volumes of goods for
which selling orders match buying orders and other contents specified in the
operation charter.
3. Other information specified in the operation
charter of the Goods Exchange.
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1. The Goods Exchange specifies the initial
collateral level for placement of trading orders, which, however, must not be
lower than 5% of the value of each trading order.
2. When placing trading orders through the Goods
Exchange, trading members shall ensure that the balance of their accounts
opened at the Payment Center satisfies the conditions on the trading collateral
level for order placement.
3. Within a time limit specified in the
operation charter of the Goods Exchange, trading members shall add collateral
amounts upon any price fluctuation. If collateral amounts are not added in
time, the Goods Exchange may finally settle contracts with those trading
members.
4. If the account balance exceeds the required
collateral amount, trading members may withhold the excess.
Article 40.-
Contractual trading time limit
1. The time limit for contractual trading
through the Goods Exchange is counted from the first trading session of the
first day of contractual trading to the last trading session of the last day of
contractual trading.
2. Upon expiration of the contractual trading
time limit, the contract holding parties are obliged to perform the contract.
Article 41.- Mode of
contract performance
1. Term-contract trading parties may choose to
perform their contract by either of two following modes:
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b/ Delivery and receipt of goods through the
Goods Forwarding Center.
2. Contractual trading parties may choose to
perform their contract by either of two following modes:
a/ Exercise of the right to option by the modes
specified in Clause 1 of this Article;
b/ Non-exercise of the right to option.
3. Before the last day of contractual trading,
the Goods Exchange shall, as required by its operation charter, request trading
members to choose to perform contracts by the modes specified in Clauses 1 and
2 of this Article.
4. Trading members shall, as required by the
operation charters of the Goods Exchange, notify in writing the Goods Exchange
of their option to perform contracts by mode of goods forwarding.
5. If choosing to perform a contract by mode of
goods forwarding, within a time limit specified by the Goods Exchange, a
trading member is obliged:
a/ To remit money into its account if it is the
purchaser;
b/ To deliver goods to the Goods Forwarding
Center if it is the seller.
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1. The Payment Center shall notify trading
members of account balance of members entitled to clearing payment on a day at
closed trading price of that trading day.
2. The clearing of transactions must be made in
compatibility with goods volumes and money amounts written in transaction
documents.
Article 43.- Goods
delivery and receipt
The delivery and receipt of goods of each
contract must be effected on goods forwarding days of the month following the
month of contract maturity as announced by the Goods Exchange.
Article 44.- Goods
assessment
1. The Goods Exchange designates assessing
organizations to assess goods purchased and sold through the Goods Exchange.
2. Trading members may select specific assessing
organizations among those designated by the Goods Exchange to assess goods.
Chapter VI
ENTRUSTED GOODS PURCHASE
AND SALE THROUGH THE GOODS EXCHANGE
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1. Organizations and individuals other than trading
members of the Goods Exchange may entrust trading members to conduct goods
purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange.
2. The entrusted goods purchase and sale through
the Goods Exchange must be conducted on the basis of written trading entrustment
contracts.
3. Entrusted trading orders are executed for
each specific trading on the basis of a trading entrustment contract. Entrusted
trading orders may be made in writing or in other archivable forms as agreed
upon by the parties.
4. Trading members may only conduct transactions
for their customers after receiving entrusted trading orders.
5. On the basis of written requests of customers
for adjustment or cancellation of entrusted trading orders, trading members
shall adjust or cancel the corresponding trading orders for those customers if
such orders are not matched.
6. Trading members shall archive trading
entrustment contracts, entrusted trading orders and customers' requests for
adjustment or cancellation of entrusted trading orders.
Article 46.- Contents
of trading entrustment contracts
1. Contents of a trading entrustment contract is
agreed upon by contracting parties.
2. An entrusted trading order consists of the
following principal contents:
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b/ Goods for trading;
c/ Trading volume;
d/ Price;
e/ Trading contract.
3. Trading members may add other contents,
depending on particular characteristics of each type of transaction, type of
goods to be traded and the Goods Exchange's regulations on contents of trading
orders.
Article 47.- Methods of
securing transaction execution
1. Trading members of the Goods Exchange shall
request their customers to pay collaterals to secure the execution of
transactions entrusted by customers to them through the Goods Exchange.
2. Collateral forms include initial collateral,
additional collateral and other collateral forms as agreed upon by trading
members and their customers.
3. Collateral level is specifically determined
according to agreement between parties but must not be lower than 5% of the value
of the entrusted trading order. That collateral level must be maintained in the
form of additional collateral upon each trading day to ensure the collateral
level agreed upon by the parties.
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5. If the collateral level exceeds the necessary
level specified in Clause 3 of this Article, the customer may withhold the
excess.
Article 48.-
Notification of execution of transactions
1. Right after executing transactions for their
customers, trading members shall notify in writing those customers of results
of order placement through the Goods Exchange.
2. In case of order matching, trading members
shall notify their customers of the following information:
a/ Trading form;
b/ Goods for trading;
c/ Time and date of transaction execution;
d/ Number of sale or purchase contracts;
e/ Trading price;
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g/ Trading charge;
h/ Other contents as agreed upon between them
and their customers.
3. If trading orders cannot be executed, trading
members shall promptly notify their customers of the failure, clearly
justifying the reasons therefor.
4. After receiving notices on execution of
transactions according to Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, if detecting that
those notices are incorrect or inappropriate, customers may lodge with trading
members written complaints about the notified contents.
5. In case of contract performance by the mode
of goods delivery and receipt, trading members shall notify their customers of
the contents specified in Clause 2 of this Article and the following contents:
a/ The name of the goods warehouse;
b/ The name of the goods seller or purchaser;
c/ The certification number of the warehouse;
d/ Other contents as agreed upon by the parties.
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1. Trading members shall regularly notify in
writing their customers of the status of their accounts and request the latter
to certify that account status.
2. If the collateral amounts exceed the
necessary level agreed upon by the parties, trading members shall promptly
notify their customers of the excess and refund that collateral excess at the
request of the customers.
3. If the collateral amounts do not reach the
necessary level agreed upon by the parties, trading members shall promptly
notify their customers of the deficit and request the latter to pay additional
collateral amounts to ensure necessary collateral level.
4. When disagreeing with information on account
status notified by trading members, customers shall promptly complain with
trading members and those trading members shall reply in writing the customers.
Chapter VII
HANDLING OF VIOLATIONS,
SETTLEMENT OF COMPLAINTS, DENUNCIATIONS AND DISPUTES
Article 50.- Settlement
of disputes
Disputes related to goods purchase and sale
through the Goods Exchange shall be settled according to the provisions of the
Commercial Law and relevant laws on settlement of commercial disputes.
Article 51.- Settlement
of complaints and denunciations
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Article 52.-
Law-breaking acts in goods purchase and sale through the Goods Exchange
1. The Goods Exchange, its members and concerned
organizations and individuals involved in goods purchase and sale through the
Goods Exchange that commit the following acts of violation shall, depending on
the nature and severity of their violations, be administratively sanctioned
according to the provisions of law on handling of administrative violations:
a/ Taking the prohibited acts specified in
Articles 70 and 71 of the Commercial Law;
b/ Failing to fulfill obligations related to
state management or failing to satisfy requests of competent state management agencies
defined in the Commercial Law and this Decree;
c/ Violating other provisions of this Decree and
relevant laws.
2. If traders commit acts of violation causing
damage to material interests of concerned organizations and individuals, they
shall pay compensations therefor according to the provisions of law.
Article 53.- Competence
and procedures for handling of administrative violations
Competence and procedures for handling of acts
of administrative violation specified in Article 52 of this Decree shall comply
with the provisions of law on handling of administrative violations.
Chapter VIII
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Article 54.- Effect
This Decree takes effect 15 days after its
publication in "CONG BAO."
Article 55.-
Organization of implementation
1. The Trade Minister, other ministers and heads
of concerned ministerial-level agencies shall, within the ambit of their
respective functions, tasks and powers, guide the implementation of this
Decree.
2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level
agencies, heads of government-attached agencies and presidents of
provincial/municipal People's Committees shall implement this Decree.