Procedures for grant of certificate of eligibility of Liquefied Petroleum Gas bottle testing in Vietnam

Procedures for grant of certificate of eligibility of Liquefied Petroleum Gas bottle testing in Vietnam (Internet image)

Circular 41/2011/TT-BCT stipulates the procedures for grant of certificate of eligibility of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottle testing in Vietnam as follows:

1. Dossier applying for grant of certificate of eligibility of LPG bottle testing

A dossier applying for grant of certificate of eligibility of testing comprises:

- An application for grant of certificate of eligibility of LPG-bottle testing station made in according to form prescribed in Annex 4 of this Circular.

- Copy of Certificate of Business registration or Decision on establishment of unit.

- List of cadres, workers of the bottle testing station, decisions on assigning tasks.

- Copies of certificates of profession, safety training, fire prevention and fighting training of cadres and workers of the bottle testing station.

- List of equipment servicing for testing bottles.

- List of process of operation and regulations on safety of testing equipment.

- The process of testing bottles of testing station, regulations on safety of testing station.

2. Procedures for grant of certificate of eligibility of LPG bottle testing in Vietnam

- The establishment having LPG-bottle testing station submits directly or sends via post a dossier applying for grant of certificate of eligibility of LPG-bottle testing to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (the Department of technical safety and industrial environment).

- The Department of technical safety and industrial environment checks validity and sufficiency of dossier. If dossier is not valid, sufficient, within 05 (five) working days, notifying in writing to the establishment  for completion of dossier.

- Within 07 (seven) working days, from the day of receiving a valid dossier, the Department of technical safety and industrial environment considers, appraises and submits to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for grant of certificate of eligibility of LPG-bottle testing in according to form in Annex 5 enclosed with this Circular.

- The certificate of eligibility of LPG-bottle testing is granted for each testing station and has effect for 02 (two) years as from the day of granting.  Before the expired time of certificate (01 month), establishment having the testing station sends a dossier to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for application for grant of certificate of eligibility for the next time limit.

More details can be found in Circular 41/2011/TT-BCT, which comes into force from February 1, 2012.

Thuy Tram

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