On 20/08/2018, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular No. 21/2018/TT-BCT amending some articles of Circular No. 47/2014/TT-BCT dated 05/12/2014 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the management of e-commerce websites and Circular No. 59/2015/TT-BCT dated 31/12/2015 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade regulating the management of e-commerce activities through applications on mobile devices. This Circular will be effective on 18/10/2018.
Accordingly, Circular 21/2018/TT-BCT has made many important changes as follows:
– To revoke Article 8, Circular No. 47/2014/TT-BCT on subjects of announcing e-commerce websites. This adjustment aims to eliminate the fear of the procedure in some business objects;
– Article 13 of Circular No. 47/2014/TT-BCT is amended to read: “Subjects registered as traders or organizations having e-commerce websites provide at least one of the following services: E-commerce transaction platform; Online promotion services; Online auction service”;
– To annul Article 21 of the Circular No. 47/2014 / TT-BCT, regulations on the registration of credit rating activities of e-commerce websites;
– To amend Article 10 of Circular No. 59/2015/TT-BCT into “Notification subjects being owners of sale applications, including traders, organizations or individuals that have been granted personal tax identification numbers”;
– Article 13 of Circular No. 59/2015 / TT-BCT is amended to read: “Registered subjects are traders or organizations owning e-commerce services under Clause 3, Article 3 of this Circular”.
As such, Circular 21/2018/TT-BTC has made important changes related to the management of e-commerce activities in general. This revision, aimed primarily at eliminating some unnecessary procedures, is intended to create a comfortable psychological environment for individuals or organizations that own websites or applications that relate to the activity. E-commerce aims to stimulate the development of the economy in the direction of modern, diverse.