Applications and procedures for first recognition of fertilizers in Vietnam

Decree No. 108/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government specifies applications and procedures for first recognition of fertilizers as follows:

1. Submission of applications

- An application form for the recognition of fertilizer using the specimen 01 prescribed in Appendix I of this Decree;

- Written general information on the fertilizer which is provided by its producer and includes type of the fertilizer, main quality criteria, content of restricted elements of the fertilizer, instruction for use, general information on import and export of the fertilizer;

- An original copy of the report on results of fertilizer testing using the specimen 02 prescribed in Appendix I of this Decree (except for the fertilizers prescribed in Clause 2 of Article 13 and the fertilizers included in the list prescribed in Clause 11 Article 47 of this Decree) or results of research projects and subjects of the State, Ministries or provinces and a decision on recognition of technical advances in case of the fertilizers prescribed in Point c, Clause 3 Article 13 of this Decree;

- A specimen of fertilizer label as prescribed in Articles 33 and 34 of this Decree.

2. Procedures

- An organization or individual shall submit an application in person, by post or through web portals.

- Within 03 working days from the day on which the application is received, if it is not valid, a notification of completing the application will be sent to the applicant.

3. Verification of applications for recognition of fertilizers and recognition of fertilizers

Within 03 months from the day on which the valid application is received, the Plant Protection Department shall verify the application.

If the application satisfies regulations on fertilizers, the Plant Protection Department shall issue a decision on recognition using specimen 03 prescribed in Appendix I of this Decree or send a written explanation to the applicant if it refuses to issue the decision on recognition.

Period of a decision on recognition shall be 5 years. At least 03 months before the day on which the decision on recognition expires, the organization or individual shall apply for the re-recognition as prescribed in Article 10 of this Decree.

Decree No. 108/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government takes effect from September 20, 2017.

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