Amendments to validity period of the Certificate of quarantine of animals and animal products for export, import in Vietnam as of May 16, 2024

Amendments to validity period of the Certificate of quarantine of animals and animal products for export, import in Vietnam as of May 16, 2024 (Internet image)

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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam issued Circular 04/2024/TT-BNNPTNT dated April 1, 2024 on amendments to some Articles of Circulars on quarantine of terrestrial animals and animal products

Amendments to validity period of the Certificate of quarantine of animals and animal products for export, import in Vietnam as of May 16, 2024

Circular 04/2024/TT-BNNPTNT has amended point b, clause 5, Article 19 of Circular 25/2016/TT-BNNPTNT on the validity period of the Certificate of quarantine of animals and animal products for export, import in Vietnam as of May 16, 2024 are as follows:

The validity period of the Certificate of quarantine of imported animals and animal products is 60 days; the validity period of the Certificate of quarantine of exported animals and animal products is 180 days;

Thus, according to the above regulations, the validity period of the Certificate of quarantine of imported animals and animal products is 60 days; the validity period of the Certificate of quarantine of exported animals and animal products is 180 days.

Additional regulations on marking the imported and exported cattle in Vietnam as of May 16, 2024

Regulations on marking the imported and exported cattle in Vietnam are prescribed in Article 22 of Circular 25/2016/TT-BNNPTNT (amended in Circular 04/2024/TT-BNNPTNT) as follows:

(1) The imported and exported cattle must be marked with plastic ear tag on the inside of their right ear.

(2) The yellow ear tag is shown in figure 3 in Appendix VIII issued with Circular 25/2016/TT-BNNPTNT; there must be the code and number of the cattle on the tag;

(3) The code and number of cattle consist of the code of animal quarantine body at border gate of the Department of Animal Health; code of province (place of animal isolation for quarantine for export and import or place of departure of exported animals); year of issuing ear tag and number of cattle.

(4) The ink used to write the code and number of cattle on the ear tag is specified under the Point c, Paragraph 1, Article 21 of Circular 25/2016/TT-BNNPTNT.

(5) The way to write the code and number of cattle on ear tag (figure 4, Appendix VIII issued with Circular 25/2016/TT-BNNPTNT) is specified as follows:

- The upper line consists of the code of imported and exported animal quarantine body; 02 (two) next digits as the code of province (place of animal quarantine for import and export or place of departure for exported cattle); 02 (two) last digits are the 02 (two) last digits of the year of issuing ear tag.

Where the imported cattle do not have to be raised in isolation for quarantine, the code of the province which has the border gate which carry out the quarantine procedures for cattle import.

- The lower line is the number of the cattle (from 000001 to 999999).

(6)After being quarantined, the cattle must ensure the veterinary sanitary requirements, the animal quarantine body shall make a list of code and number of cattle (under the form in Appendix IX issued with Circular 25/2016/TT-BNNPTNT) with the Certificate of quarantine of animals.

(7) In case of import of livestock marked or issued with ear tags, it is not required to comply with regulations in (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5).  The animal quarantine authority at the import checkpoint shall make a list of codes and numbers of livestock according to regulations in (6) (except for the case where the list of codes and numbers is available and it is enclosed with the veterinary health certificate given by a competent authority of the exporting country).

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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