Vietnam: Eligibility conditions for granting licenses to organizations specializing in handling articles subject to plant quarantine

07:50, 19/09/2018

Decree No. 123/2018/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing Decree No. 66/2016/NĐ-CP on investment and business requirements in the agriculture sector was issued on September 17, 2018. Decree No. 123/2018/NĐ-CP amends eligibility conditions for granting licenses to organizations specializing in handling articles subject to plant quarantine.

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Specifically, according to Clause 3 Article 1 of Decree No. 123/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government amending Article 5 of Decree No. 66/2016/NĐ-CP, organizations practicing the handling of articles subject to plant quarantine shall be required to meet conditions prescribed in Article 37 of the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine of Vietnam and the following specific conditions:

One, the person directly running and managing an organization specializing in handling articles subject to plant quarantine must hold at least bachelor degree as provided in the National Technical Regulation QCVN 01 - 19:2010/BNNPTNT on procedures for fumigation or the Vietnam Standards, fundamental standards for the handling of articles subject to plant quarantine; the person directly carrying out the handling of articles subject to plant quarantine must hold the practicing card issued by the Plant Protection Department.

Two, these organizations must locate sites for handling of such articles, build premises, warehouses and equipment commensurate with the handling scale, method and form according to national technical regulations on handling of articles subject to plant quarantine.

Three, these organizations must provide equipment suitable for each handling method as provided for in Appendix I attached to Decree No. 66/2016/NĐ-CP.

View more relevant details at Decree No. 123/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government effective from September 17, 2018.

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