Vietnam: 04 requirements for type approval of Group 2 measuring instruments

According to Circular No. 23/2013/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, Group 2 measuring instruments are measuring instruments used for quantifying goods and services during the process of selling, buying, and payment; assurance of safety, public health, and environmental safety; inspection, judicial investigation, and other tasks that need controlling according to technical metrological requirements in current Vietnam’s metrological documents.

Group 2 measuring instruments type approval must meet the requirements specified in Circular No. 23/2013/TT-BKHCN:

- Type approval includes: registration for type approval; type testing, type assessment; decision on type approval.

- Type approval shall be carried out by a testing organization on the List of testing organizations appointed by DSMQ. The list of appointed testing organizations shall be posted on the website of DSMQ.

- The structure, technical features of the type must be able to resist impacts that change the primary metrological characteristics during use; be tested, assessed, and considered conformable with technical metrological requirements.

- Manufacturers and importers of measuring instruments granted type approval must take measures to ensure that the measuring instruments manufactured or imported are conformable with the approved type.

Note: Type approval means the metrological control measure taken by the Directorate for Standards, Metrology, and Quality to assess and confirm the conformity of the sample of measuring instruments or type of the measuring instruments (hereinafter referred to as type) to technical metrological requirements.

View details at Circular No. 23/2013/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, effective from November 15, 2013.

Thu Ba

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