Vietnam: Annual evaluation and supplementary evaluation of certificates

11:22, 18/05/2014

This is an important content of the Circular No. 16/2014/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam providing the conditions on motorized goods four-wheelers and their operators when joining road traffic.

Giấy chứng nhận chất lượng kiểu loại được đánh giá hàng năm và đánh giá bổ sung, Thông tư 16/2014/TT-BGTVT

According to Article 9 of the Circular No. 16/2014/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, Product Type Certificate must be evaluated annually and supplementarily as follows:

- Annually, at the request of manufacturers, the Vietnam Register shall evaluate granted certificates according to the following contents:

+ Conducting evaluation of quality assurance conditions according to Point b, Clause 3, Article 6 of this Circular;

+ Taking random samples of products of the same type at manufacturing facilities and requesting testing of samples according to Article 4 of this Circular. Manufacturers shall bring samples to testing sites.

- A manufacturer shall carry out supplementary certification procedures when there are amendments to regulations or national technical regulations relevant to a certified product type or there are changes to a product affecting the conformity of the product type with relevant regulations or national technical regulations. The manufacturer shall additionally submit the following documents:

+ Documents related to changes of the product;

+ A report on results of re-tests of the product according to new regulations or national technical regulations.

Concurrently, a certificate will be no longer valid in any of the following cases:

- The product no longer satisfies current regulations or national technical regulations or there are changes to the product, making it unconformable with the certification registration dossier or the granted certificate, but the manufacturer fails to carry out supplementary certification procedures according to Clause 2 of this Article;

- The manufacturer commits serious violations of regulations on product quality inspection or issuance of ex-factory inspection cards;

- The manufacturer fails to recall technically faulty products according to Clause 3, Article 21 of this Circular.

Invalidated certificates shall be notified to the manufacturers in writing and announced on the website of the Vietnam Register.

View more details at the Circular No. 16/2014/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2014.

Thuy Tram

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