Who are entitled to apply for the license to import narcotic substance-containing veterinary drugs in Vietnam?

According to Article 4 of Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, organizations and individuals entitled to apply for the license to import narcotic substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs include:

- Organizations and individuals that have the certificate of eligibility to import veterinary drugs or certificate of eligibility to produce veterinary drugs as prescribed by the law on veterinary medicine;

- Organizations and individuals that apply for import of narcotic substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs for the first time for the purposes of participation in exhibitions or fairs, scientific search, precious and rare animal disease prevention and treatment and have the business registration certificate or enterprise registration certificate or investment license or establishment decision issued by a competent authority.

Besides, applications and procedures for importing narcotic substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs that have the certificate of free sale in Vietnam, narcotic substance-containing veterinary drug materials are as follows:

- An application includes: an application form for import of narcotic substance- and precursor-containing veterinary drugs, which is made using the form in the Appendix I hereof and the documents specified in Point a Clause 1 Article 6 of the Government’s Decree No. 58/2003/ND-CP dated May 29, 2003 on control of import, export and transit of narcotic substances, precursors, addictive drugs, and psychotropic drugs (hereinafter referred to as “the 58/2003/ND-CP”); the foreign documents must be translated into Vietnamese and certified the translation. The applicant shall submit 01 application, whether in person or by post or online (through the national single-window system or online public service);

- The import procedures are specified in Clause 3 Article 6 of the Decree No. 58/2003/ND-CP.

View more details at the Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, effective from December 25, 2020.

Le Vy

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