Vietnam: Declaration of technical-regulation conformity made according to results of assessment made by appointed certifying organizations

10:09, 17/04/2017

The Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam issued Circular No. 02/2017/TT-BKHCN on March 31, 2017, which specifies procedures for declaration of technical-regulation conformity made according to results of assessment made by appointed certifying organizations.

According to Circular No. 02/2017/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, declaration of technical-regulation conformity made according to results of assessment made by appointed certifying organizations is as follows:

Regarding domestic products and goods:

- The manufacturer shall submit an application for registration of declaration of conformity prescribed in Article 14 of this Circular and a certified copy of the certificate of conformity with technical regulations issued by the appointed certifying authority to the receiving authority for receiving notification of receipt of the application;

- After receiving the above-mentioned notification, the manufacturer is allowed to sell the goods.

Regarding imports:

- The importer shall make an application for inspection of quality of imports containing the following information: name, address, phone number and fax of the importer; names, trademarks and types, technical characteristics, origins, producers, volume and quantity of imports; border checkpoint of import; time of import; contract; packing list; invoice; B/L; declaration of imports; number of the technical regulations applied; a statement that the quality of imports shall be conformable with applied standards and technical regulations and the importer shall take legal responsibility for quality of imports enclosed with a certified copy of the certificate of conformity with technical regulations issued by the appointed certifying authority;

- The receiving authority shall issue a notification of results of state inspection in term of quality of imports.

- Notably, after receiving the above-mentioned notification, the importer shall submit a certified copy of this notification to the customs authority for custom clearance.

View more details at Circular No. 02/2017/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, effective from May 15, 2017.

-Thao Uyen-

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