Are goods imported from abroad to Vietnam for business required to conduct announcement of standard conformity?

Are goods imported from abroad to Vietnam for business required to conduct announcement of standard conformity?

Pursuant to Clause 8, Article 3 of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations 2006 provides for the interpretation of terms as follows:

8. Announcement of standard conformity means announcement by an organization or individual of the conformity of objects of activities in the domain of standard with relevant standards.

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 3 of Circular 28/2012/TT-BKHCN stipulating the interpretation of terms as follows:

1. Declaration of standard conformity means the self-declaration made by an organization or individual whose products, goods, services, process, environment are conformable to respective standards.

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 7 of Circular 28/2012/TT-BKHCN stipulating principles for declaration of standard conformity as follows:

1. Objects of declaration of standard conformity include products, goods, services, process, environment specified in the respective standards. Declaration of standard conformity is a voluntary operation.

According to this Article, announcement of standard conformity is a voluntary activity, so the goods your company imports from abroad to Vietnam for business are not required to announce standard conformity.

What is application for registration of the declaration of standard conformity in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 9 of Circular 28/2012/TT-BKHCN, application for registration of the declaration of standard conformity is as follows:

The product owner shall make 02 (two) sets of application for registration of the declaration of standard conformity, in which 01 (one) application shall be submitted directly or through post office to the Sub-Departments and 01 (one) application shall be kept by the product owner. An application includes documents as follows:

1. In case of declaration of standard conformity based on result of certifying the standard conformity of the registered certifying organizations (the third party), application for registration of the declaration of standard conformity includes:

a) Declaration of standard conformity (made according to Form 2. CBHC/HQ specified in Annex III of this Circular);

b) Original copies of documentary evidences about business operation of the product owner (written enterprise registration or the Business registration certificate or Business household registration certificate or investment certificate or decision on establishment or other papers as prescribed by law);

c) Original copy of the applied standard;

d) Original copy of the standard conformity certificate issued by the registered certifying organizations, enclosed with standard conformity marking specimen.

While processing the application, if it is necessary, the copies may be considered or compared with the originals or the authenticated copies may be required for supplementation.

2. In case of declaration of standard conformity based on result of self assessment of the first party, application for registration of the declaration of standard conformity includes:

a) Declaration of standard conformity (made according to Form 2. CBHC/HQ specified in Annex III of this Circular);

b) Original copies of documentary evidences about business operation of the product owner (written enterprise registration or the Business registration certificate or Business household registration certificate or investment certificate or decision on establishment or other papers as prescribed by law);

c) Original copy of the applied standard;

d) In case where the product owner has not yet been granted the certificate of standard conformity about management system (ISO 9001, ISO 22000, HACCP...) by the registered certifying organizations, the application must include the production process enclosed with plan on quality control formulated and applied (according to form 1. KHKSCL specified in Annex III of this Circular) and plan on supervising the management system;

dd) In case where the product owner has been granted the certificate of standard conformity about management system (ISO 9001, ISO 22000, HACCP...) by the registered certifying organizations, the application must include copy of valid original of certificate of conforming standards about management system;

e) Report on assessing the standard conformity (made according to form 5. BCDG specified in Annex III of this Circular), enclosed with original copy of the test result of sample within 12 months calculated to time of submitting application for registration of the declaration of standard conformity made by the registered testing organizations.

While processing the application, if it is necessary, the copies may be considered or compared with the originals or the authenticated copies may be required for supplementation.

Best Regards!