Applicants shall submit testing results of genetically modified organisms to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam

14:59, 10/10/2020

Recently, the Government of Vietnam has issued Decree No. 118/2020/NĐ-CP on amendments to Decree No. 69/2010/NĐ-CP dated June 21, 2020 of Vietnam’s Government on biosafety for genetically modified organisms, genetic specimens and products of genetically modified organisms.

Tổ chức gửi báo cáo kết quả khảo nghiệm SV biến đổi gen tới Bộ NNPTNT, Nghị định 118/2020/NĐ-CP

According to Clause 11 Article 1 of Decree No. 118/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government amending Article 21 of Decree No. 69/2010/NĐ-CP, acknowledging testing results of genetically modified organisms is prescribed as follows:

- Applicants shall submit testing results of genetically modified organisms using Form No. 8 under Annex attached to Decree No. 118/2020/NĐ-CP to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in person, via postal service or via the internet.

- Within 30 days for acknowledging results of limited testing and 45 days for acknowledging results of large-scale testing from the date on which adequate reports are received as specified under Clause 1 of this Article, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall organize the Council to appraise the test results.

- Within 10 days from the date on which appraisal results are available, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall consider acknowledging or rejecting test results of genetically modified organisms. In case of rejection, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall inform the applicants and specify reasons in writing.

- Within 10 days from the date on which decisions on acknowledging test results of genetically modified organisms, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall send 1 original copy to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and publicize the decisions on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

View details at Decree No. 118/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from October 02, 2020.

Le Vy

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