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B.N.G_ Monthly Law Update CONTENTS I. LAWS & REGULATIONS UPDATE • Agriculture • Civil law & procedures • Customs & import-export • Intellectual property • Investment • Land & property • Military/police/weapons • Naturalization • Public administration • Treaties II. APPOINTMENTS III. REGISTRATION Prepared by BNG Legal Research & Documentation Department October 2008 If you need back copies or our Cambodian law index please access our website at www.bngkh.com B.N.G- Monthly Law Update Page 2 of 16 I. LAWS & REGULATIONS UPDATE AGRICULTURE f Prakas Nº 445 (MEF) of October 9, 2008 on The Service Fees for Inspection of Animal Sanitation and Products Derived from Animals (Ogs, Year 08, N0 77, October 19, 2008): Natural person or legal entity asking for the inspection of animal sanitation and products derived from animals for their goods shall pay service fees on it. The service fees on the inspection of animal sanitation and products derived from animals shall be divided as follows: - Service fee for circulation in the country; - Service fee for import and import circulations; and - Service fee for circulation across the country. The service fees for the inspection of animal sanitation and products derived from animals shall be regulated in the list of annex attached to this Prakas. The list of annex shall be modified if necessary. The service fees for the inspection of animal sanitation and products derived from animals shall be paid to the national budget. Goods items and service fee levels of inspection of animal sanitation and products derived from animals may be added or modified if necessary. CIVIL LAW & PROCEDURES f Sub-Decree Nº 157 (RGC) of October 13, 2008 on Khmer Nationality Identity Cards (Ogs, Year 08, N0 76, October 15, 2008): Article 1 of Sub-Decree No. 60 dated June 12, 2007 on the Khmer Nationality Identity Cards as referenced to in the attached annex shall be modified under this present Sub-Decree. The Khmer nationality identity cards provided by the contents of Sub-Decree No. 60 dated June 12, 2007 shall be still in force. CUSTOMS & IMPORT-EXPORT f Prakas Nº 928 (MEF) of October 2, 2008 on The Temporary Export under the Temporary Admission Regime (Ogs, Year 08, N0 75, October 12, 2008): Imported goods may be authorized by the Customs Administration to be temporarily imported under the admission regime if the importer can show that the goods shall be exported. The temporary import shall be under the control of customs until other conditions under the customs regime are completed in accordance with Article 15 of the Law on Customs. The temporary admissions of imported goods are Customs procedures for authorizing the goods to be imported into Customs territory under the No.079 Z:\Z-Active\LRD-Department\Legal-Update(MLU)\Published-Laws\2008\October2008-Lawupdate(BNG)-Eng.doc B.N.G- Monthly Law Update Page 3 of 16 conditions of tax-free payment or partial tax payment. The goods shall be imported for the purpose of clearance, and shall be exported within a specific time and shall not be recycled or changed, except for simple reduction by means of use. Other detailed procedures related to the temporary import of goods under the temporary admission regime are found in this Prakas. INVESTMENT f Sub-Decree Nº 149 (RGC) of October 3, 2008 on The Organization and Functioning of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (Ogs, Year 08, N0 73, October 8, 2008): The Council for the Development of Cambodia [CDC] is comprised of 23 members led by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The CDC shall be the executive agency of the Royal Government and shall have the following responsibilities: - To be the supporting staffs and one-stop-service of the Royal Government responsible for the rehabilitation, development, public investment, private investment, and establishment and management of special economic zones; - To guide the preparation and the conception of development strategies for Cambodia in cooperation with the relevant institutions; - To establish relations with countries, bilateral/multilateral international organizations and NGOs in order to make them aware of economic strategic conceptions and other priorities of the national development strategy for coordinating the responsibilities and effective use of cooperative financing in accordance with the needs and priorities of the nation by adhering to the roles of owner for achieving results for the country; - To coordinate works between ministries/institutions, donor countries, international organizations, and investors; - To provide guidance for distribution and utilization of public and private resources for the development process of Cambodia; - To enable and facilitate projects of development partners and investors, and - To review and decide all matters pertaining to rehabilitation and development, public investment, private investment, and establishment and management of special economic zones. The structure and other duties of the CDC are found in this Sub-Decree. No.079 Z:\Z-Active\LRD-Department\Legal-Update(MLU)\Published-Laws\2008\October2008-Lawupdate(BNG)-Eng.doc B.N.G- Monthly Law Update Page 4 of 16 LAND & PROPERTY f Sub-Decree Nº 145 (RGC) of September 23, 2008 on The Transfer of State Public Property to State Private Property (Ogs, Year 08, N0 73, October 4, 2008): Under this Sub-Decree, locations of 500.05-square-meter police Inspectorat of Kampong Cham district, 36,006-square-meter land of Kampong Cham former guest house, 3,214-square-meter land of Stung Sen district hall, Kampong Thom province, 104,890-square-meter land of Police Intervention Unit of the Ministry of Interior, a part of 6,048-square-meter land for parking lots in Svay Rieng Veal Yun market, a part of 67,000-square-meter land of intervention Unit of the Heavy Machinery Center of the Ministry of Public Work and Transport, 5,484- square-meter land of Kheang Tboung Forestry Administrative Inspectorat of Tonle Sab lake, 991,470.79-square-meter Tuol Kraseang crop seed laboratory station of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and 2,367-square- meter land of Secretariat of Public Service have been transferred as State private property. The exchange of new property record into the State property inventory shall be reorganized by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Secretariat of Public Service Kampong Cham Provincial Hall, Kampong Thom Provincial Hall and relevant specialized Departments in accordance with the Royal Government’s policy. 646.020-square-meter land (six hundred forty six thousand and twenty square meter) shall be granted to development partners. The land of 430.680 (four hundred thirty thousand six hundred eighty) square meter is a part of State land recorded into State property inventory of Kampong Cham Provincial Hall. The fulfillment of [private] possessive formalities on State station shall be conducted under law and principles in force. MILITARY/POLICE/WEAPONS f Sub-Decree Nº 158 (RGC) of October 14, 2008 on The Procedures and Conditions for Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Ammunition of Royal Cambodian Armed Force, National Police Force, Public Institutions, and Officials (Ogs, Year 08, N0 76, October 15, 2008): The purpose of this Sub-Decree is to regulate procedures and conditions for management and use of weapons, explosives and ammunition of the Royal Cambodian Armed Force, National Police Force, Public Institutions, and Officials as mentioned in the Law on the Management of Weapons, Explosives and Ammunition. This Sub-Decree also aims at the protection of security, social safety, and public order. The Sub-Decree shall have its scope cover the management and use of weapons, explosives and ammunition of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, national police force, public institutions and officials in the Kingdom of Cambodia. No.079 Z:\Z-Active\LRD-Department\Legal-Update(MLU)\Published-Laws\2008\October2008-Lawupdate(BNG)-Eng.doc B.N.G- Monthly Law Update Page 5 of 16 The procedures and conditions for management and authorization to use weapons, explosives and ammunition; import, export and transport of weapons, explosives and ammunition; clubs, training places, workshops and testing locations of weapons, explosives and ammunition; and final provisions are stated in details in this Sub-Decree. NATURALIZATION f Royal Decree NS/0908/1044 of September 17, 2008 on the Granting of Cambodian Nationality by Naturalization to Ms. PARK SOOK HEE, Korean Origin, Korean National, Born in Seoul City, Republic of Korea (Ogs, Year 08, N0 74, October 8, 2008). f Royal Decree NS/0908/1045 of September 17, 2008 on the Granting of Cambodian Nationality by Naturalization to Mr. KIM SONG IL, Korean Origin, Korean National, Born in Phongyang City, People Republic of Korea (Ogs, Year 08, N0 74, October 8, 2008). f Royal Decree NS/0908/1053 of September 23, 2008 on the Granting of Cambodian Nationality by Naturalization to Mr. PARK GYU HO, Korean Origin, Korean National, Born in Seoul City, Republic of Korea (Ogs, Year 08, N0 74, October 8, 2008). f Royal Decree NS/0908/1058 of September 27, 2008 on the Granting of Cambodian Nationality by Naturalization to Mr. KONG HANTAO, New Name KONG SOK VAN, Chinese Origin, Chinese National, Born in Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China (Ogs, Year 08, N0 74, October 8, 2008). f Royal Decree NS/1008/1072 of October 4, 2008 on the Granting of Cambodian Nationality by Naturalization to Mr. LU HIENG HO, New Name LU HENG HOE, Malaysian Origin, Malaysian National, Born in Satrawak Province, Malaysia (Ogs, Year 08, N0 74, October 8, 2008). f Royal Decree NS/1008/1091 of October 8, 2008 on the Granting of Cambodian Nationality by Naturalization to Mr. JIAI HOE BENG, Indonesian Origin, Indonesian National, Born in Medan Province, Indonesia (Ogs, Year 08, N0 79, October 27, 2008).