Issuance of 03 National Standards on railway vehicles in Vietnam

Issuance of 03 National Standards on railway vehicles in Vietnam

03 National Technical Regulations on railway vehicles issued by the Minister of Transport together with Circular 30/2023/TT-BGTVT include:

(1) National technical regulations on technical safety and environmental protection requirements for railway vehicles during operation and use; Code: QCVN 15:2023/BGTVT.

Scope of regulation of QCVN 15:2023/BGTVT:

- This regulation regulates the technical requirements and inspection of technical safety and environmental protection for railway vehicles when periodically inspected, converted, and imported with HS code according to the provisions of Circular 31/2022/TT-BTC, shown in Appendix A attached to this Regulation.

- This regulation does not apply to high-speed railway vehicles, military and police railway vehicles used for national defense and security purposes, or converted and imported used urban railway carriages.

(2) National technical regulations on technical requirements and inspection regulations for diesel locomotives and self-propelled special vehicles when manufactured, assembled, and imported, number: QCVN 16:2023/BGTVT .

Scope of regulation of QCVN 16:2023/BGTVT:

- This regulation regulates technical requirements and quality inspection of technical safety and environmental protection for diesel locomotives and self-propelled special vehicles used on the Vietnam railway system when manufactured, assembled, and imported before being used.

- This regulation applies to diesel locomotives with HS code 8602.10.00; 8602.90.00 and self-propelled specialized vehicles with HS code 8604.00.00 are regulated under Circular 31/2022/TT-BTC.

- This regulation does not apply to the following types of vehicles:

+ Diesel locomotives and self-propelled specialized vehicles of the military and police used for security and national defense purposes;

+ High-speed rail vehicles.

(3) National technical regulations on inspection of rolling stock and non-self-propelled specialized vehicles when manufactured, assembled, and imported; Code number: QCVN 18:2023/BGTVT.

Scope of regulation of QCVN 18:2023/BGTVT:

- This regulation regulates technical requirements and quality inspection of technical safety and environmental protection for the following types of vehicles:

+ Wagons and non-self-propelled specialized vehicles manufactured, assembled, and imported that have not been used;

+ Unused imported urban railway carriages;

+ Unused imported railway vehicles have HS codes of 86.03, 86.04, 8605.00.00, and 86.06 according to regulations in Circular 31/2022/TT-BTC.

- This regulation does not apply to the following types of vehicles:

+ Railway vehicles of the military and police used for defense and security purposes;

+ High-speed rail vehicles; used imported railway vehicles; manufactured and assembled urban railway carriages.

Circular 30/2023/TT-BGTVT takes effect on December 21, 2023.

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