Vietnam: What does the application for appraisal of Draft National Technical Regulation include?

Vietnam: What does the application for appraisal of draft national technical regulation include? (Illustration)

According to the provisions in Clause 2, Article 19 of Circular 05/2013/TT-BVHTTDL, the application for appraisal of draft national technical regulation in Vietnam includes:

- An Official Dispatch requesting the appraisal of the draft national technical regulation from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam.

- Decision on assigning the execution of the project to formulate the national technical regulation, enclosed with the approved project for formulating the national technical regulation.

- Report on the process of drafting the national technical regulation by the Compiling Organization.

- The completed draft of the national technical regulation based on the incorporation of appraisal comments (including both the draft document and the electronic file), along with an explanatory document; copies of original documents used as a basis for drafting the national technical regulation; and other reference materials.

- List of agencies, organizations, and individuals receiving the draft national technical regulation for comments; aggregated and explained feedback, along with written comments.

- Minutes of preliminary acceptance of the project for formulating the draft national technical regulation and the document incorporating feedback from this preliminary acceptance.

- Appraisal minutes and document incorporating appraisal feedback from the Compiling Organization.

- Other documents and materials related to the handling of appraisal comments, if any.

Number of applications sent for appraisal: 03 sets.

The Compiling Organization is responsible for cooperating with the Department of Science, Technology, and Environment to finalize the application and the draft national technical regulation, then sending them to the Ministry of Science and Technology to request an appraisal.

The Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam will provide appraisal opinions as follows:

- If the national technical regulation meets the requirements, based on the appraisal content, the Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism decides to promulgate the national technical regulation.

- In the case of disagreement with the appraisal opinion of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Compiling Organization must report to the Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism to provide an official opinion in writing to the Ministry of Science and Technology and report to the Prime Minister of Vietnam for consideration and decision.

More details can be found in Circular 05/2013/TT-BVHTTDL effective from September 12, 2013.

Thuy Tram

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