Administrative procedures for managing industrial chemicals in Vietnam

According to Circular No. 32/2017/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, issuance, reissue, revision or revocation of certificates of eligibility for conditional industrial chemical production/trade are prescribed as follows:

- Each Department of Industry and Trade of each province/central-affiliated city shall receive applications from, issue, reissue, revise or revoke certificates of eligibility for conditional industrial chemical production/trade to chemical producers whose factories are located in the province;

- The Department of Industry and Trade of province shall receive applications from, issue, reissue, revise or revoke certificates of eligibility for conditional industrial chemical production/trade to chemical traders whose stores are located in the province.

If a chemical trader has a chemical warehouse in another province, the Department of Industry and Trade of province shall send a copy of his/her application for the certificate and an enquiry form to receive comments from the Department of Industry and Trade of the province where his/her warehouse is located. The Department of Industry and Trade of the province where the chemical trader’s warehouse is located shall inspect conditions of the warehouse and complete the enquiry form on satisfaction of requirements for chemical warehouses and send it to the Department of Industry and Trade of the province where the chemical trader’s store is located. The Department of Industry and Trade of province responsible for granting the certificate shall send the certificate to the Department of Industry and Trade of the province where the chemical warehouse is located;

- An entity both producing and trading in conditional industrial chemicals shall make and submit an application for the certificate of eligibility for conditional industrial chemical production/trade including the documents to the Department of Industry and Trade of the province where the entity’s factory/store is located;

Besides, Circular No. 32/2017/TT-BCT stipulates that:

- The Vietnam Chemicals Agency shall receive applications for and issue, reissue, revise, renew or revoke licenses for industrial precursor export/import.

- The Vietnam Chemicals Agency shall receive applications for licenses for restricted industrial chemical production/trade; carry out inspections of applications and organize inspection visits to chemical factories/stores. The Minister of Industry and Trade shall authorize the Director of the Vietnam Chemicals Agency to issue, reissue, revise or revoke licenses for restricted industrial chemical production/trade.

- The Vietnam Chemicals Agency shall receive applications for inspection or approval for plans for prevention of and response to industrial chemical emergencies, request the Minister of Industry and Trade to set up inspection councils and consider approving such plans.

- The Vietnam Chemicals Agency shall receive declaration on imported chemicals made by chemical importers through the national single-window website, develop and implement plans for periodic or ad hoc inspection if necessary.

View more details at Circular No. 32/2017/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, effective from December 28, 2017.

-Thao Uyen-

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