How are Vietnam’s regulations on requirements for trading pesticides and issuance of Certificate of eligibility for pesticide trading? Customers and Members may refer to the below article.
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1. Requirements for trading pesticides
According to Article 63 of the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine 2013 of Vietnam, Article 4 of Decree No. 66/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government (amended by Clause 2 Article 1 of Decree No. 123/2018/NĐ-CP), pesticide traders must fulfill all the following requirements:
- Pesticide distribution locations must be separate from food and beverage service areas, schools and hospitals; when building pesticide distribution facilities, it shall be necessary to ensure that they must be at least 20 meters away from water supply sources (e.g. rivers, lakes, canals, ditches or wells).
- The entity must have a proper warehouse and equipment in order to store the pesticide and deal with any trouble that arises.
- The owner and the salespersons of the store must achieve an associate degree in plant protection, cultivation, biology or chemistry or any higher degree, or a certificate of completion of the professional training on pesticides.
- Pesticide warehouses or storage facilities:
+ As regards pesticide wholesaling facilities, pesticide warehouses must conform to requirements set out in the Vietnam National Standard TCVN 5507:2002: Hazardous chemicals – Code of Practice for Safety in Production, Commerce, Use, Handling and Transportation;
+ As regards pesticide retailing facilities, pesticides must be stored in pesticide warehouses which are built at the distance of at least 20 meters away from water supply sources (e.g. rivers, lakes, canals, ditches or wells), and must be placed onto pallets as high as at least 10 cm from the floor and must be 20 cm distant from the walls.
2. Procedures for issuance of Certificate of eligibility for pesticide trading
- Procedure information:
- Procedures:
Step 1: The pesticide business shall submit its application in person or by mails or online to the Plant Protection Subdepartment or Plant Cultivation and Protection Subdepartment.
Step 2: Validity of this application shall be verified within a maximum period of 02 working days. If submitted documents are valid as stipulated by applicable regulations, it will be accepted. If not, it shall be returned to applicants and they are also requested to make it supplemented or improved.
Step 3: Verification of requirements for issuance of the Certificate of competence in pesticide business: The Plant Protection Subdepartment or the Plant Cultivation and Protection Subdepartment in a city or province shall carry out such verification within a permitted period of 03 working days from receipt of all required documents.
Step 4: Issuance of the Certificate of competence in pesticide business.
If submitted documentation are valid and the assessment result is acceptable, within a permitted period of 05 working days from the assessment completion date, the Plant Protection Subdepartment, or the Plant Cultivation and Protection Subdepartment, shall issue the Certificate of competence in pesticide business to the applicant.
If all necessary requirements have not met, the Plant Protection Subdepartment, or the Plant Cultivation and Protection Subdepartment, shall notify the applicant in writing of the requirements that have not been met and a deadline for correction or improvement within a maximum period of 60 days. Within a permitted period of 03 working days from receipt of corrected or improved documentation, or the reassessment result (when necessary), if this is valid, the Plant Protection Subdepartment, or the Plant Cultivation and Protection Subdepartment, shall issue the Certificate of competence in pesticide business to the applicant.
- Application:
+ Application form for issuance of the Certificate of competence in pesticide business;
+ The authenticated duplicate or photocopied paper (carrying the original one along for verification purpose) of the Certificate of enterprise registration;
+ A written explanation for this competence in pesticide business in accordance with the Appendix XVI enclosed with Circular No. 21/2015/BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam.
- Forms: Appendix XVI enclosed with Circular No. 21/2015/BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam.
Hai Thanh
- Key word:
- Decree No. 66/2016/NĐ-CP
