Vietnam: Certificate of Type approval of motorbikes shall be assessed annually

According to Article 10 of the Circular No. 45/2012/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, annually, based on the demand of the producers, the quality control agency shall assess the issued Certificates as follows:

- Carry out COP assessment as prescribed in Point b Clause 2 Article 6 of this Circular;

- Take random samples of the products of the same type at the factory, test the samples at the testing agency according to the corresponding National Technical Regulation. The producer must send samples to the testing agency.

In particular, the producer must follow the procedure for additional approval when the National Technical Regulations on the certified products are changed, or the products are changed that affect the conformity of such product type to the corresponding National Technical Regulations. The producer shall additionally submit the following documents:

- The documents about the change of their products;

- The report on the result of the test on their products according to the new National Technical Regulations.

Note: The certificate is void when:

- Their products no longer satisfy the current National Technical Regulations, or are changed, not conformable with the application and the issued Certificate but the producer does not apply for additional approval as prescribed in Clause 2 this Article;

- The producer seriously violates the regulations on the product quality inspection and the issued of the Note of final inspection.

- The producer fails to recall their defective products as prescribed in Chapter III of this Circular.

The void certificates shall be notified to the producer and posted on the website of the quality control agency.

View more details at the Circular No. 45/2012/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 01, 2013.

Le Vy

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