Vietnam: When to make declaration of DOC and DOC-PSF facilities?

Specifically, according to Article 21 of the Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, any producer whose DOC output is at least 200 tonnes/year and DOC-PSF output is at least 30 tonnes/year must submit these following documents to the Ministry of Industry and Trade using the prescribed forms:

- The first declaration of the DOC and DOC-PSF facility (not later than 30 days before the operation of such facility begins).

- An annual declaration of the activities in the previous year in the DOC and DOC-PSF facility ( before February 28).

- A declaration of the supplementation to the DOC and DOC-PSF facility (not later than 30 days before the adjustment or change in the production in such facility).

In which:

+ DOC means any chemical belonging to the class of chemical compounds consisting of all compounds of carbon except for its oxides, sulfides and metal carbonates.

+ DOC-PSF means any unscheduled discrete organic chemical containing one or more elements phosphorus, sulfur or fluorine.

+ “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.

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

Le Hai

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