10 prohibited crop production activities in Vietnam from January 01, 2020

The Law on Crop Production 2018 has supplemented prohibited crop production activities more specifically in comparison with the Ordinance on plant varieties 2004. Specifically, according to the Law on Crop Production 2018 of Vietnam, 10 prohibited crop production activities include:

1. Manufacturing, trading and importing plant varieties which have not obtained circulation decisions or circulation self-declaration, unless otherwise permitted by competent authorities.

2. Producing, trading and importing fertilizers which have not yet obtained circulation recognition decisions in Vietnam, except for the import of fertilizers specified in clause 2 of Article 44 herein, and the production of fertilizers for export under contracts with foreign organizations and individuals.

3. Producing and trading plant varieties that do not meet production and trading requirements; producing and trading fertilizers which have not yet been granted the certificates of compliance with fertilizer production or trading regulations.

4. Producing, trading and importing plant varieties, fertilizers, other agricultural supplies and plant products which are counterfeit, expire and are of unknown origin.

5. Providing information on plant varieties and fertilizers which is inconsistent with information already approved by competent authorities or self-declared information.

6. Illegally rendering such services as testing, trial and assessment of plant variety fields, evaluation and certification of quality of plant varieties, crop products and fertilizers.

7. Providing the wrong or forged results of trial, testing, assessment of crop variety cultivation field, inspection, evaluation, certification of quality, conformance to standards and regulations regarding agricultural supplies and crop products.

8. Illegally exporting plant varieties in the nomenclature of crop genetic resources prohibited for export.

9. Exercising farming practices harming crops, livestock and human health; causing environmental pollution; degradation and depletion of land, water resources and biodiversity.

10. Illegally extracting and using topsoil of arable land for wet rice cultivation for non-agricultural purposes.

View more details at the Law on Crop Production 2018 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2020.

- Thanh Lam -

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