What are the requirements for pesticide testing organizations in Vietnam? How to conduct testing of a pesticide product?
What are the requirements for pesticide testing organizations in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 59 of the 2013 Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine in Vietnam stipulating the requirements for pesticide testing organizations in Vietnam as follows:
- The organization’s head must achieve a bachelor degree in plant protection, cultivation, biology or chemistry or higher and a certificate of completion of the training on pesticide testing.
- Employees obtain suitable qualifications and experience the training courses on the pesticide testing;
- The facilities are sufficient for the pesticide testing;
- It does not or is authorized to register pesticides in Vietnam.
What are the requirements for pesticide testing organizations in Vietnam? How to conduct testing of a pesticide product?
How to conduct testing of a pesticide product?
Pursuant to Article 19 of Circular No. 21/2015/TT-BNNPTNT stipulating the testing of a pesticide product as follows:
The testing of a pesticide product against a single organism harmful to a single plant which serves the purpose of registration shall be conducted as follows:
- Testing for the biological efficacy of biological pesticide products (except for the case stipulated in Clause 2 of this Article), and testing of chemical pesticide products requiring the supplemental registration of their scope of application, and change of application dosage, method, formulation type or content of active ingredients, shall include 04 large-scale tests, including;
As for plants or harmful organisms found in 02 production regions (the North and South), for each region, testing shall be conducted at 02 locations (each location in a province) or 02 districts/province (if these plants or harmful organisms are only found in 01 province in these production regions).
As for plants or harmful organisms only found in 01 region or 01 province, the testing shall be conducted at 04 locations in that region (each location in 01 province in that region), or 04 locations in a province (at a minimum of 02 districts in that province).
- Testing for the biological efficacy of chemical pesticide products, and testing of biological pesticide products containing active ingredients, such as pyrethrins, rotenones and avermectins, requiring the official or supplemental registration in which commercial names are added, shall include 08 small-scale tests and 02 large-scale tests. If plants or harmful organisms are only found in 01 production region, the number of tests shall include 06 small-scale tests and 02 large-scale tests as follows:
+ Small-scale testing
As for plants or harmful organisms found in 02 production regions (the North and South), for each region, testing shall be conducted at 04 locations (each location in a province). If there are not enough 04 production provinces in each region, testing shall be conducted at 04 locations in each region (each location in 01 district in these regions).
As for plants or harmful organisms found in 01 production region, the testing shall be conducted at 06 locations (each location in 01 province or 01 district in the region).
As for plants or harmful organisms only found in 01 production province, the testing shall be conducted at 06 locations in at least 03 districts in that province.
As for herbicide products applied on rice, the testing shall be conducted within 02 different crops.
+ Large-scale testing
As for plants or harmful organisms found in 02 production regions (the North and South), for each region, the testing shall be conducted at 01 location.
As for plants or harmful organisms only found in 01 production region, the testing shall be conducted at 02 locations in that region (each location in 01 province in that region), or 02 locations in provinces (each location in 01 district, in case harmful organisms are only found in 01 province).
- Testing of 01 active ingredient applied on a single plant to determine the quarantine period shall include 04 large-scale tests as follows:
As for plants producing multiple crops/year in 02 production regions (the North and South), for each region, testing shall be conducted at 02 locations (each location in 01 province, and for each province, testing shall be conducted on 01 crop or at each location at 01 district in these regions, and for each district, testing shall be conducted on 01 crop).
As for plants producing multiple crops/year in 01 production region, the testing shall be conducted at 04 locations (02 locations/crop; testing shall be conducted at each location in 01 province or 01 district in that region).
As for plants producing only one crop/year in 02 production regions (the North and South), for each region, the testing shall be conducted at 02 locations (each location in 01 province, or each location in 01 district in these regions).
As for plants producing only 01 crop/year and only grown in 01 production region, the testing shall be conducted at 04 locations in that region (each location in 01 province in that region), or 04 locations in provinces (at least 02 districts).
What is included in the applications for issuing pesticide testing permits in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 56 of the 2013 Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine in Vietnam as follows:
Applications and procedures for issuing pesticide testing permits in Vietnam
1. Every application for pesticide testing permit includes:
a) A written request for issuing pesticide testing permit;
b) A proof of the compliance with requirements prescribed in Article 50 of this Law;
c) Technical documents of the pesticide
2. Procedures for issuing pesticide testing permit:
a) The applicant shall send the application for pesticide testing permit to the centrally-governed agency specializing in the plant protection and quarantine.
b) Within 30 days from the full receipt of the valid application, the centrally-governed agency specializing in the plant protection and quarantine shall issue the pesticide testing permit. Otherwise, a written reply and the explanation for this refusal must be sent.
3. The pesticide testing permit shall be valid for 05 years.
According to the above regulations, every application for pesticide testing permit includes:
- A written request for issuing pesticide testing permit;
- A proof of the compliance with requirements prescribed in Article 50 of the 2013 Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine in Vietnam;
- Technical documents of the pesticide
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