Amended procedures on deciding to put ship breaking facilities into operation in Vietnam

Amended procedures on deciding to put ship breaking facilities into operation in Vietnam

Procedures for deciding whether to put a shipbreaking facility into operation are as follows:

- The owner of the shipbreaking facility submits 01 set of documents requesting to put the shipbreaking facility into operation directly, through the postal system, or through the online public service system, to the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

- Dossier requesting to put the shipbreaking facility into operation includes:

+ Written request to put the shipbreaking facility into operation according to Form No. 01 specified in the Appendix issued with Decree 82/2019/ND-CP;

+ Environmental license of the ship demolition facility owner issued by a competent state agency (certified copy or copy with original for comparison or electronic copy or electronic copy from master book or certified electronic copy from original);

+ Procedures for controlling dangerous and harmful factors and plans for handling technical incidents that cause serious loss of safety and occupational hygiene (Original or certified copy, electronic copy, or certified electronic copy of the original);

+ Document of approval and acceptance of fire prevention and fighting by the Fire Prevention and Fighting Police agency (certified copy or copy with original for comparison or electronic copy or electronic copy from the original book or certified electronic copy from the original).

- Procedure for receiving and processing documents:

+ Vietnam Maritime Administration receives documents and checks their suitability. In case the documents are not valid, within 02 working days from receipt of the dossier, the Vietnam Maritime Administration shall guide the owner of the ship demolition facility to complete the dossier as prescribed in Decree 82/2019/ND-CP.

+ Within 05 working days from the date of receiving complete and valid documents, the Vietnam Maritime Administration decides to put the shipbreaking facility into operation according to Form No. 02 specified in the Appendix issued together with Decree 82/2019/ND-CP; In case of disapproval, there must be a written response clearly stating the reason. During the process of processing documents, the Vietnam Maritime Administration is allowed to conduct the following activities: survey and verify information and data on the facilities of the ship demolition facility.

More details can be found in Decree 74/2023/NĐ-CP taking effect on November 27, 2023.

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