Vietnam: Schedule 1 chemical facilities

According to the Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, “chemical facility” means any place where one or more than one activities related to the production, business, process, use, stockpiling, import and export of the chemicals governed by the CWC take place. Chemical facilities are classified as Schedule 1 chemical facilities, Schedule 2 chemical facilities, Schedule 3 chemical facilities, DOC and DOC-PSF facilities, of which:

- Schedule 1 chemical facilities, Schedule 2 chemical facilities, Schedule 3 chemical facilities are the places where one or more than one activities related to the production, business, process, use, stockpiling, import and export of Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3 chemicals take place.

- DOC, DOC-PSF facilities are the facilities which produce DOC and DOC-PSF.

Schedule 1 chemical facilities include:

- Single small-scale facilities: Single small-scale facilities are established to serve the research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective purposes. The production at a single small-scale facility shall be carried out in reaction vessels in production lines not configured for continuous operation. The volume of such a reaction vessel shall not exceed 100 liters, and the total volume of all reaction vessels with a volume exceeding 5 liters shall not be more than 500 liters.

- Other facilities:

+ Production of Schedule 1 chemicals in aggregate quantities not exceeding 10 kg per year may be carried out for protective purposes at one facility outside a single small-scale facility;

+ Production of Schedule 1 chemicals in quantities of more than 100 g per year may be carried out for research, medical or pharmaceutical purposes outside a single small-scale facility in aggregate quantities not exceeding 10 kg per year per facility;

+ Synthesis of Schedule 1 chemicals for research, medical or pharmaceutical purposes, but not for protective purposes, may be carried out at laboratories in aggregate quantities less than 100g per year per facility.

View more details at the Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from July 01, 2014.

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