Vietnam: Cases of suspension of the Certificate’s validity

According to Circular No. 54/2014/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, suspension of the Certificate’s validity is prescribed as follows:

Quality management agency shall suspend validity of the Certificate for a period of three months and send a written notice to workshops for the following cases:

- The workshop that violates regulations concerning the inspection of product quality or employment of the finished product quality note.

- Any finished product that shows unconformity with the product inspection dossier and typical sample of product types which are granted the Certificate and the workshop fails to remedy finished products of non-conformity;

- The workshop that fails to exercise the regulations stated in Points a, b and c, Paragraph 1, Article 13 hereof concerning revocation or fails to put forward measures to remedy technical errors of product types with respect to the products which are being manufactured and assembled at the workshop;

- The workshop that erases, falsifies and stamps the VIN, engine numbers of the assembled motor vehicle at their discretion.

During the suspension of the Certificate’s validity, the workshop must carry out the remedy for its faults. The quality management agency shall carry out the examination and inspection after the remedy of the faults is notified. To be specific:

- If the faults are remedied, the quality management agency shall cancel the revocation of the Certificate’s validity and send a written notice to the workshop;

- In case the duration of suspension is expired and the workshop still fails to remedy its faults, the quality management agency shall continue to suspend validity of the Certificate for a period of three months;

- In case the workshop insists on failing to remedy its faults after the expiration of the second suspension, the Certificate granted to the product types shall be revoked.

View details at Circular No. 54/2014/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from December 15, 2014.

Thuy Tram

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