Vietnam: Annulment of certain provisions on plant quarantine in Circular 34/2018/TT-BNNPTNT

Annulment of certain provisions on plant quarantine in Circular 34/2018/TT-BNNPTNT in Vietnam

Circular 03/2024/TT-BNNPTNT annuls certain provisions in Circular 34/2018/TT-BNNPTNT related to plant quarantine, including:

- Annulment of Clause 3, Article 1 of Circular 33/2014/TT-BNNPTNT dated October 30, 2014, by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, which regulates the procedures for import, export, transit, and post-import quarantine of goods subject to plant quarantine in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as Circular 33/2014/TT-BNNPTNT) amended and supplemented in Clause 1, Article 1 of Circular 34/2018/TT-BNNPTNT.

- Annulment of Article 7b, Appendix Ib of Circular 33/2014/TT-BNNPTNT amended and supplemented by Clause 3, Article 1 of Circular 34/2018/TT-BNNPTNT.

- Annulment of Article 18a and Article 18b of Circular 33/2014/TT-BNNPTNT amended and supplemented by Clause 4, Article 1 of Circular 34/2018/TT-BNNPTNT.

- Annulment of Article 2 of Circular 34/2018/TT-BNNPTNT.

Note: For applications for plant quarantine and state quality control of imported plant-based animal feed submitted before May 16, 2024, follow the provisions of Circular 34/2018/TT-BNNPTNT;

- For applications for exemption from state quality control of imported plant-based animal feed submitted before May 16, 2024, the Plant Protection Department of Vietnam continues to follow legal regulations on animal husbandry and aquaculture;

- For imported plant-based animal feed products that the Plant Protection Department of Vietnam has issued documents confirming exemption from state quality control, such products continue to be exempted according to the validity period stated in the confirmation document.

Detailed contents may be found in Circular 03/2024/TT-BNNPTNT effective from April 1, 2024.

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