Circular 27: Guiding the inspection plan of market surveillance authorities in Vietnam

According to Article 5 of the Circular No. 27/2020/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, inspection plan of market surveillance authorities is specified as follows:

1. The inspection plan of Department of Practices and Department of province consists of:

- Routine inspection plan is an inspection plan that is formulated and issued to undertake the tasks in the following year. Time frame of a routine inspection plan starts on January 1 and ends by November 15 of the inspecting year;

- Themed inspection plan is an inspection plan that is formulated and issued in response to the case at point a clause 2 Article 6 of this Circular and be undertaken for a specific period of time in the year.

2. An inspection plan specified in section 1 must at least contain:

- Bases for issuance;

- Purposes and requirements;

- Entities, products, fields and places to be inspected; list of specific names and addresses of organizations, individuals or places of business to be inspected and anticipated time;

- Inspection checklist;

- Tasks assigned to inspection teams;

- Expected composition of inspection forces, including coordinating entities (if any);

- Time frame of plan;

- Estimated budget, facilities and other means for the inspection;

- Reporting.

3. If any problem arises in the place or sector that falls under jurisdiction of the market surveillance authority but not within the scope or contents of the inspection plans approved or issued by the superior bodies, the leader of the market surveillance team shall, on their own initiative, formulate a themed inspection plan and submit it to the Director of Department of Market Surveillance for approval and implementation.

Note: The themed inspection plan of the market surveillance team must contain the contents stated in section 2, excluding “Tasks assigned to inspection teams”.

View more details at the Circular No. 27/2020/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, effective from December 01, 2020.

Thuy Tram

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