Vietnam: Principles of declaration of technical-regulation conformity

According to Circular No. 02/2017/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, declaration of technical-regulation conformity shall follow the following principles:

- Declaration of technical-regulation conformity are used for products, goods, services, processes, environment specified in the national technical regulations promulgated by supervisory Ministries or specified in the local technical regulations promulgated by People’s Committees of provinces. Declaration of technical-regulation conformity is compulsory.

- Supervisory Ministries shall determine products and goods included in group 2, introduce respective national technical regulations and management measures for announcing the technical-regulation conformity prescribed in national technical regulations after reaching agreement with the Ministry of Science and Technology.

- Declaration of technical-regulation conformity of imports prescribed in this Circular means the importer implementing regulations on state inspection in terms of quality of imports.

Concurrently, the declaration of technical-regulation conformity shall be made according to:

- Results of self-assessment of conformity made by an applicant (hereinafter referred to as “results of self-assessment");

- Results of certification given by a certifying organization registered or recognized in accordance with regulations of law.

- Results of certification given by an appointed certifying organization.

Testing for declaration of technical-regulation conformity shall be carried out by a testing organization that has registered or has been recognized in accordance with regulations of law.

Note:

- If results of conformity assessment given by a foreign conformity-assessing organization are used, this foreign organization shall be recognized in accordance with regulations of law or appointed by a competent authority.

- If a product is regulated by different technical regulations, the applicant shall submit the declaration of conformity to respective receiving authorities. A technical-regulation conformity marking is only used if this product is gone through adequate management measures prescribed in respective technical regulations.

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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