65438-0998, the oil industry was reorganized, and the national oil business was allocated to Sinopec, PetroChina and CNOOC according to the different regions of South China, North China and Shanghai. The three companies are responsible for the upstream, downstream, wholesale and retail business and import and export operation rights in their respective regions. Therefore, the private enterprises that were originally concentrated in the downstream wholesale and retail links basically withdrew.
1998 is a crucial year for private enterprises. At that time, the State Economic and Trade Commission and other departments issued the "Opinions on Cleaning up and Rectifying Small Refineries and Regulating the Circulation Order of Crude Oil and Refined Oil" (No.38 document), stipulating that crude oil and refined oil can only be operated by wholesale enterprises of PetroChina and Sinopec, and refineries are not allowed to sell themselves, and those that do not meet the requirements will be shut down. Other qualified wholesale enterprises can be reorganized by two groups according to law.
200 1 The State Economic and Trade Department and other five departments issued the Opinions on Further Rectifying and Regulating the Order of the Refined Oil Market (No.72). The opinion holds that there are still some problems in the market order of refined oil products, including the blind construction of gas stations due to vicious competition, which disrupts the market order, and stipulates that "from the date of issuing this opinion, all new gas stations in various regions will be wholly owned or controlled by oil groups and petrochemical groups", and measures such as stopping construction and revoking business licenses will be taken for gas stations that have not obtained the approval certificate for retail operation of refined oil products.
Therefore, at present, crude oil is a franchise product, and it is illegal for ordinary people to buy and sell crude oil without obtaining a franchise certificate.
Article 225 Whoever, in violation of State regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disrupts the market order, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times for illegal gains or confiscation of property:
(a) operating a franchise or monopoly commodity or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission;
(2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;
(three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business;
(four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.