Official: New automobiles to be exempted from first-time inspection as of March 22, 2023 in Vietnam

Official: New automobiles to be exempted from first-time inspection as of March 22, 2023 in Vietnam (Internet image)

On March 21, 2023, the Minister of Transport of Vietnam issued Circular 2/2023/TT-BGTVT amending Circular 16/2021/TT-BGTVT on technical safety and environmental protection inspection of road motor vehicles

Official: New automobiles to be exempted from first-time inspection as of March 22, 2023 in Vietnam

The regulations on subjects exempted from first-time inspection are amended to Circular 2/2023/TT-BGTVT. If such vehicle shall be eligible for exemption from first-time inspection when fully meeting the following conditions:

- Unused motor vehicles with issued “Records of Factory Release Quality Inspection” for manufactured or assembled motor vehicles or “Certificates of Technical Safety and Environmental Protection for Imported Motor Vehicles” or “Notifications of Technical Safety and Environmental Protection Exemption for Imported Motor Vehicles”

- With an interval between the year of production and the year of application for Inspection Certificates that is less than 2 years (year of production plus 01 year);

- With valid dossiers as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 6 of Circular 16/2021/TT-BGTVT (amended in Circular 2/2023/TT-BGTVT)

Specifically, the vehicle users shall declare and provide the following information and documents to prepare vehicle dossiers (excluding cases of first-time inspection for issuance of Inspection Certificates and Inspection Seals with a period of validity of 15 days):

+ Documents on vehicle registration (master register of the vehicle registration certificate issued by a competent state authority or master register of the notice of receipt of the vehicle registration certificate (enclosed with copies of the vehicle registration certificate) used as collateral of a credit institution

Or copies of the vehicle registration certificate verified by a financial leasing company (enclosed with copies of the vehicle registration certificate)) or the appointment letter for issuance of the vehicle registration certificate

+ Copies of records of factory release quality inspection for motor vehicles manufactured and assembled domestically (except liquidated motor vehicles);

+ Master registers of certificates of technical safety and environmental protection for innovated motor vehicles in case of newly innovated vehicles;

+ Pencil tracings of vehicle identification numbers in case of vehicles eligible for exemption from inspection as prescribed in Clause 3 Article 5 of Circular 16/2021/TT-BGTVT (amended in Circular 2/2023/TT-BGTVT);

+ Corresponding information as prescribed in Appendix I promulgated together with Circular 2/2023/TT-BGTVT.

03 cases not subject to inspection on the inspection line in Vietnam

Cases that are not subject to inspection on the inspection line in Vietnam include:

(1) Unused motor vehicles falling under cases of exemption from first-time inspection according to Clause 3 of Article 5 of Circular 16/2021/TT-BGTVT (amended in Circular 2/2023/TT-BGTVT);

(2) Oversize motor vehicles unable to enter the inspection line: the inspection of operation and brake effectiveness or other work items that is impossible on the inspection line (if any) shall be performed on test roads outside of the inspection line or performed outside of the inspection authority according to Clause 3 Article 8 of Circular 16/2021/TT-BGTVT;

(3) Motor vehicles unable to move to the inspection authority for inspection that are permitted to be inspected outside of the inspection authority according to Clause 3 Article 8 of Circular 16/2021/TT-BGTVT:

- Motor vehicles with records of factory release quality inspection for motor vehicles manufactured and assembled domestically or certificates (or notifications of inspection exemption) of technical safety and environmental protection for imported motor vehicles prescribing “non-road traffic motor vehicles”;

- Motor vehicles operating in islands without inspection authorities; motor vehicles operating in areas secured in terms of safety, security, and national defense;

- Motor vehicles operating in restricted areas such as ports, mines, and construction sites;

- Motor vehicles performing urgent tasks (prevention, control, and management of natural disasters or epidemics).

(Clause 2, Article 5 of Circular 16/2021/TT-BGTVT (amended in Circular 2/2023/TT-BGTVT))

Circular 2/2023/TT-BGTVT takes effect from March 22, 2023.

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