In Vietnam, what do counterfeit goods include?

In Vietnam, what do counterfeit goods include? (Image from the Internet)

According to Clause 7, Article 3, Decree 98/2020/ND-CP (effective from October 15, 2020) regulating counterfeit goods in commerce, production and trade in counterfeit and prohibited goods, and protection of consumer rights:

- Goods whose uses are not consistent with their nature or names; the goods which are useless or whose uses are other than the announced or registered ones;

- Goods of which one of quality indicators or basic specifications or the amount of primary substances contributing to their uses only reaches 70%, or less, compared to the minimum levels prescribed in technical regulations or quality standards registered, or announced, or specified in their labels or packages;

- Counterfeit drugs defined in Clause 33 Article 2 of the 2016 Law on Pharmacy and counterfeit herbal ingredients defined in Clause 34 Article 2 of the 2016 Law on Pharmacy;

- Veterinary drug or pesticide that does not contain any active ingredients; does not contain all of registered active ingredients; contains active ingredients other than those specified on its label or package; contains at least an active ingredient whose content only reaches 70%, or less, compared to the minimum level prescribed in relevant technical regulations or quality standards registered or announced;

- The good whose label or package containing information forging name or address of manufacturer, importer or distributor, forging registration number, declaration number or barcode of the good, forging package of good of another entity, or forging the origin of good or place of manufacturing, packaging or assembling;

- Counterfeit stamps, labels and packages of goods.

Above is the content on counterfeit goods specified in Decree 98/2020/ND-CP.

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