JOINT CIRCULAR

AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING JOINT CIRCULAR No. 03/2007/TTLT-BTC-BTP OF JANUARY 10, 2007, GUIDING THE COLLECTION, REMITTANCE, MANAGEMENT AND USE OF THE FEE FOR REGISTRATION AND THE CHARGE FOR SUPPLY OF INFORMATION ON SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002, detailing the implementation of the Ordinance on Charges and Fees, and Decree No. 24/2006/ND-CP of March 6, 2006, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002, detailing the implementation of the Ordinance on Charges and Fees;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 77/2003/ND-CP of July 1, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 62/2003/ND-CP of June 6, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Justice,
The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice jointly guide amendments and supplements to Joint Circular No. 03/2007/TTLT-BTC-BTP of January 10, 2007, guiding the collection, remittance, management and use of the fee for registration and the charge for supply of information on security transactions as follows:

1. To add the following Point d to Clause 3 of Section I:

“d/ To register and supply information on security transactions for assets distrained for judgment enforcement when the judgment-enforcing agency notifies such distraint at the transaction or asset registration center.”

2. To amend Clause 2 of Section III as follows:

“The fee for registration and the charge for supply of information on security transactions specified in this Circular constitute a state budget revenue. The charge and fee-collecting agency shall manage and use the collected charges and fees according to the following regulations:

a/ The security-transaction registration agency defined at Point a, Clause 4, Section I of this Circular may retain 80% (eighty per cent) of the total collected charge and fee amount before remitting it to the state budget in order to cover charge and fee collection expenses according to regulations.

b/ The security-transaction registration agency defined at Point b, Clause 4, Section I of this Circular may retain 50% (fifty per cent) of the total collected charge and fee amount before remitting it to the state budget in order to cover charge and fee collection expenses according to regulations.

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d/ For the security-transaction registration agency defined at Point c, Clause 4, Section I of this Circular: The provincial/municipal People’s Council shall decide on the percentage of collected charge and fee amount which the charge and fee-collecting agency may retain in order to cover charge and fee collection expenses, suitable to the local practical conditions. If revenues from the fee for registration and the charge for supply of information on security transactions are insufficient to cover charge and fee collection expenses according to regulations or in case the competent local state agency does not yet specify charge and fee rates and the collection, remittance, management and use of the fee for registration and the charge for supply of information on security transactions, the local budget shall cover the operating fund of the security-transaction registration agency in accordance with the State Budget Law and guiding documents.”

3. This Circular takes effect 15 days after its publication in “OFFICIAL GAZETTE”. Difficulties or problems arising in the course of implementation should be promptly reported to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice for study and settlement.

FOR THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE
VICE MINISTER




Dinh Trung Tung

FOR THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
VICE MINISTER




Do Hoang Anh Tuan