On 13/6/2019, the Government issued Decree No. 51/2019/ND-CP stipulating penalties for administrative violations in scientific and technological activities and technology transfer effective August 1, 2019.
Accordingly, Decree No. 51/2019/ND-CP has the following outstanding contents:
– For each act of administrative violation in scientific and technological activities, technology transfer, individuals and organizations subject to one of the main sanctioning forms are caution or fine.
– The maximum fine level in scientific and technological activities and technology transfer for individuals is VND 50,000,000, for organizations being VND 100,000,000.
– Depending on the nature and severity of violations, violating individuals and organizations may also be subject to one or more additional sanctioning forms such as: deprivation of the right to use for a definite term from 01 to 03 months, confiscating material evidences and means of administrative violations.
Thus, Decree No. 51/2019/ND-CP has detailed regulations on violations, sanctioning forms, sanctioning levels, remedial measures and competence to sanction administrative violations in activities. science and technology, technology transfer.