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Vietnam: Fines for violations against regulations on use of barcodes

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08:36, 19/12/2017

The Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 119/2017/NĐ-CP on penalties for administrative violations against regulations on standards, measurement and quality of goods, which specifies fines for violations against regulations on use of barcodes as follows:

A fine of from VND 6,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Use of the barcode using Vietnam code (893) without grant of rights to use barcodes;

- Use of revoked barcodes;

- Sale or transfer of granted barcodes.

A fine of from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Use of foreign barcodes to print on produced/processed/packaged/extracted goods in Vietnam without a written permission given by a foreign competent authority or an organization possessing such barcodes;

- Use of signs that make it difficult to distinguish from barcodes of a competent state authority and the GS1.

A fine of from VND 20,000,000 to VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

- Providing or using source of data on barcodes not in line with those of the competent state authority and the GS1;

- Provide false information about the owner or user of legal GS1 barcodes;

- Developing and providing services, solutions and applications based on barcodes of the competent state management.

View more details at Decree No. 119/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 15, 2017.

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