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Conditions of Wholesale License

Type Class Valid From Valid To
General Goods 03/07/2000
Summary:

General conditions for wholesale licenses include:

1. Compliance: Adhere to the Act, Regulations, and other applicable laws related to labor, safety, hazardous substances, security, health, and environment.
2. Bulk Sales: Sell fuel only in bulk quantities.
3. Sales Restrictions: Fuel sales to entities other than specified ones must follow regulation 8 and only occur at the wholesaler's dispensing point.
4. Approvals and Permits: Obtain all necessary import, export, and wholesale approvals and permits.
5. Record-Keeping: Maintain and submit required records and information to the Minister.
6. Specifications: Ensure petroleum products meet approved specifications.
7. Storage Facilities: Abandon storage facilities only as per Regulations.
8. Duties and Taxes: Pay all applicable duties, levies, and taxes.
9. Facility Changes: Notify the Minister of any changes to storage facilities before making them.
10. Dangerous Situations: Report any dangerous situations and corrective actions to the Minister.
11. Spill Regulations: Follow Regulations related to petroleum product spills.

The Minister may impose additional special conditions on a wholesale license.

Description:

The following general conditions apply to all wholesale licences :

(a) The wholesale licence-holder shall at all times comply with the Act, these Regulations and all other applicable laws, including laws relating to labour, safety, hazardous substances, security, health and environment;

(b) the wholesale licence-holder may sell fuel only in bulk quantities;

(c) if the wholesale licence-holder sells fuel to any person other than a retail licence-holder, certificate-holder, Government institution, local authority or regional council, the provisions of regulation 8 shall apply, with the necessary changes; (d) the sale of fuel to a person referred to in paragraph

(c) may not be made from any place other than from a dispensing point situated at the relevant premises of the wholesaler;

(e) all relevant import and export, and wholesale sale, of fuel, approvals and permits as required under the Act or any other applicable law shall be obtained prior to any import into, export from or wholesale sale of fuel in, Namibia;

(f) the wholesale licence-holder shall keep such records and shall submit such information to the Minister as are required by or under these Regulations;

(g) petroleum products imported or distributed shall comply with approved specifications as made applicable by or under these Regulations;

(h) the wholesale licence-holder may not abandon storage facilities otherwise than in accordance with these Regulations;

(i) all applicable duties, levies and taxes shall be paid to the relevant authorities and bodies;

(j) the wholesale licence-holder shall inform the Minister in writing of any changes to be effected to storage facilities prior to effecting such changes;

(k) the wholesale licence-holder shall inform the Minister as soon as practicable of any dangerous situation arising from the conduct of activities authorised under the licence, including the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the licence-holder to rectify such situation or to eliminate or minimise the danger arising from such situation; and

(l) the wholesale licence-holder shall comply with all provisions of these Regulations relating to petroleum product spills.

(2) The Minister may make special conditions applicable to a wholesale licence

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
2 2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (excluding crude); preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by mass 70 per cent or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Application for Export permit of Exporting petroleum
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Export permit 1 Years No
2 Application for a wholesale License
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Wholesale License No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Petroleum Products Regulations : Petroleum Products and Energy Act, 1990 Act Import/Export