Amending eligibility conditions for organizations conducting field trials of pesticides in Vietnam

17:38, 20/09/2018

Decree No. 123/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government was issued on September 17, 2018. One of the notable contents of this Decree is the regulation amending the eligibility conditions for organizations conducting field trials of pesticides previously prescribed in Decree No. 66/2016/NĐ-CP.

Specifically, according to Clause 4 Article 1 of Decree No. 123/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government amending Article 6 of Decree No. 66/2016/NĐ-CP, organizations carrying out field trials of pesticides must meet conditions prescribed in Article 59 of the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine of Vietnam, and the following specific conditions:

1. The person directly running and managing an organization carrying out field trials of pesticides must obtain at least bachelor degree in one of the following majors, e.g. plant protection, crop cultivation, chemistry, biology or agronomy, and the certificate of completion of the pesticide field trial training program.

2. These organizations’ employees must hold relevant qualifications in the following majors, e.g. plant protection, crop cultivation, chemistry, biology or agronomy, and attain the certificate of completion of the pesticide field trial training program.

3. These organizations must provide means and equipment specified in Appendix II attached to Decree No. 66/2016/NĐ-CP.

4. The organization carrying out field trials to determine the wait time between pesticide applications must have pesticide residue analysis laboratories which have already been registered or designated as per laws on eligibility conditions for the license to provide product conformity assessment and product quality assessment services.

In cases where there are none of such laboratories, the organization must enter into a contract with residue testing and analysis laboratories which have already been registered or designated as per laws on eligibility conditions for the license to provide product conformity assessment and product quality assessment services.

View more relevant details at Decree No. 123/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government effective from September 17, 2018, amending and supplementing certain articles of Decree No. 66/2016/NĐ-CP.

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