Vietnam: Members of the State Inspectorate must have a certificate of completing the course in metrological inspection

According to Article 14 of Decree No. 86/2012/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the head of the inspecting agency shall decide the establishment of the Inspectorate.

- The Inspectorate comprises the Chief Inspector and other members. The number of the Inspectorate members depends on the inspection content and is decided by the head of the inspecting agency.

- The Chief Inspector must be a manager belonging to the inspecting agency. The Chief Inspector shall organize the performance of the Inspectorate: assign tasks to each member, be responsible for the inspection results; make inspection records or administrative violation records; pass and send the dossiers and records to the agency that make the decision on inspection, and send them to a competent agency or person to handle as prescribed.

- Other members include:

+ Technical officers, specialized in the discipline of measurement that needs inspection, shall inspect the measurement techniques;

+ The personnel of the inspecting agency, the persons assigned to perform specialized inspection; inspectors of science and technology, police officers, market management agents, the personnel of other organizations delegated to join the Inspectorate and perform duties according to the assignments.

- The Inspectorate members are responsible for the inspection results, and work according to the assignment and law.

- The Chief Inspector, the technical officers, and the personnel of the inspecting agency must have a certificate of completing the course in metrological inspection held by the Directorate for Standards, Metrology, and Quality.

View details at Decree No. 86/2012/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 15, 2012.

Le Vy

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