Vietnam: The quality control agency shall conduct final inspection of components of motorbikes

According to Article 8 of the Circular No. 45/2012/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, the producer may only commence the production or assembly of a product after being issued with the Certificate for that product type, and must ensure that such products are consistent with the dossier of application for approval and the typical samples that have been tested and issued with the Certificate of Type approval. The producer is responsible for the origins and quality of their finished products.

- Each mass-produced product must undergo the final quality inspection carried out by the producer (hereinafter referred to as final inspection) with or without the supervision from the quality control agency.

- Final inspection supervised by the quality control agency is conducted as follows:

+ The quality control agency shall supervise the final inspection (hereinafter referred to as supervise) at the factory of motorbike production or assembly in the following cases:

• The producer engages in such production or assembly for the first time;

• The producer violates the regulations related to the quality inspection, but not to an extent of having its Certificate revoked.

+ The supervision content is specified in Annex IX enclosed with this Circular. A supervision lasts for 06 months (with finished products) or until 2,000 products are produced, whichever comes first.

+ After the supervision, if the products quality is stable and the producer complies with the regulations on quality inspection, the quality control agency shall allow the producer to carry out the final inspection without the supervision as prescribed in Clause 4 this Article.

Note: The product quality is considered stable if the ratio of unqualified products to the total number of supervised products: does not exceed 5% during the entire supervision; or does not exceed 10% in any month during the supervision.

Moreover, inspection without supervision is conducted as follows:

• The producers exempted from the supervision may carry out final inspection according to current regulations.

• The quality control agency may carry out irregular inspection. If the irregular inspection shows that the producer violates the regulations on quality inspection, they shall have their Certificate revoked, or kept under the supervision, depending on the seriousness of the violations.

- Based on the issued Certificate of Type approval and the final inspection, the producer shall receive the form of the Note of final inspection (according to the form in Annex VIII enclosed with this Circular) for each batch of production or assembly.

- Based on the inspection results of each motorbike, the producer shall issue the Note of final inspection. The Note of final inspection must be signed and stamped by a competent person (a manager, deputy manager, or a person authorized in writing by the Director). The Note of final inspection is used for motorbike registration.

View more details at the Circular No. 45/2012/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 01, 2013.

Le Vy

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