What are the agencies organizing the implementation of the TBT Scheme in Vietnam

What are the agencies organizing the implementation of the TBT Scheme in Vietnam (Internet image) 

Article 3 of Circular 24/2011/TT-BKHCN stipulates that the agencies organizing the implementation of the TBT Scheme in Vietnam include:

1. The Ministry of Science and Technology is responsible before the Governmental Prime Minister for organizing the implementation in the TBT Scheme.

The Directorate for standards, metrology and quality is the standing agency that assists the Ministry of Science and Technology in implementing the TBT Scheme.

2. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall preside over and cooperate with Ministries, branches and localities to organize the implementation of project 1, 4, 5, 6 under the TBT Scheme.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall preside over and cooperate with Ministries, branches and localities to organize the implementation of project 2, 3 under the TBT Scheme.

3. Ministries, branches and localities shall organize the implementation of objectives in the TBT Scheme within their management scope.

The TBT Scheme managing agencies appointed by leaders of Ministries and branches shall assist the leaders of Ministries and branches in organizing the implementation of the TBT Scheme within their management scope.

Departments of Science and Technology are the TBT Scheme managing agencies at localities to assist the People’s Committees of cities and provinces directly under the central government in organizing the implementation of the TBT Scheme within the management scope of the localities.

4. The inter-branch board of Technical barriers to trade (hereinafter referred to as TBT inter-branch board) shall coordinate the implementation of the TBT Scheme and combine the relevant programs, schemes and projects to ensure the efficiency and overlapping avoidance of the TBT Scheme implementation.

Thus, the agencies organizing the implementation of the TBT Scheme include relevant Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, and organizations and individuals in performing the tasks under the TBT scheme as above.

More details can be found in Circular 24/2011/TT-BKHCN, which comes into force from November 15, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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