Inspection and issuance of the certificate of quality for imported motor vehicles arriving at Vietnam’s ports or checkpoints before February 05, 2020

According to Article 4 of Circular No. 05/2020/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, “imported motor vehicles whose import declarations are made before February 05, 2020 and that arrive at Vietnam’s ports or checkpoints before February 05, 2020 shall apply regulations on inspection and issuance of the certificate of quality of Circular No. 03/2018/TT-BGTVT”.

This is one of the important transition clauses specified in Circular No. 05/2020/TT-BGTVT. Moreover, other transition clauses should be noted are as follows:

- Imported motor vehicles whose import declarations are made before February 05, 2020 or that arrive at Vietnam’s ports or checkpoints before February 05, 2020 shall apply regulations on inspection and issuance of the certificate of quality of Decree No. 17/2020/ND-CP and Circular No. 05/2020/TT-BGTVT.

- The probability-based inspection method shall be applied to the shipments of types of imported motor vehicles that have been inspected and satisfied with requirements of the Circular No. 03/2018/TT-BGTVT. The frequency of inspection of the next shipments of motor vehicles imported from the country applying the type approval system is provided in the Form No. 06 in the Appendix hereof and the frequency of inspection of motor vehicles imported from the country applying the self-certification system is 36 months. The inspection frequency is set according to the issuance date of the latest Certificate of conformity from inspection of technical safety quality and environmental protection for imported motor vehicles as prescribed in Circular No. 03/2018/TT-BGTVT to the shipment of motor vehicles of the same type.

- The copy of the document stating the COP inspection results specified in Clause 2 Article 1 of Circular No. 05/2020/TT-BGTVT is not required for 06 months from February 05, 2020.

- Certificates of quality that are issued under Circular No. 03/2018/TT-BGTVT are still valid when following customs procedures, paying registration fee, applying for vehicle registration, first inspection or other procedures requested by competent authorities.

View more contents at Circular No. 05/2020/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from April 15, 2020.

Thu Ba

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