Vietnam to promulgate 3 National Technical Regulations on components and equipment of railway vehicles

3 National Technical Regulations on components and equipment of railway vehicles

3 National Technical Regulations are promulgated together with Circular No. 04/2023/TT-BGTVT:

- National Technical Regulation on Wheelsets for Rolling Stocks

Code: QCVN 110 : 2023/BGTVT.

- National Technical Regulation on Couplers for Rolling Stocks

Code: QCVN 111 : 2023/BGTVT.

- National Technical Regulation on Brake Valves for Rolling Stocks

Code: QCVN 112 : 2023/BGTVT.

Scope of 3 National Technical Regulations on components and equipment of railway vehicles

- Scope of QCVN 110 : 2023/BGTVT:

+ This National Technical Regulation provides for technical requirements, the inspection of technical safety quality, and environmental protection for newly produced, assembled, and imported wheel sets of rolling stocks.

+ This National Technical Regulation applies to wheel sets of rolling stocks with 8607.11.00 and 8607.12.00 HS codes as prescribed in Circular No. 31/2022/TT-BTC.

+ This National Technical Regulation does not apply to wheel sets of rolling stocks used in urban and express railways and rolling stocks of the military and police used for national defense and security.

- Scope of QCVN 111 : 2023/BGTVT:

+ This National Technical Regulation provides for technical requirements, the inspection of technical safety quality, and environmental protection for newly produced, assembled, and imported couplers of rolling stocks.

+ This National Technical Regulation applies to couplers of rolling stocks with 86.07.30.00 HS code as prescribed in Circular No. 31/2022/TT-BTC.

+ This National Technical Regulation does not apply to couplers of rolling stocks used in urban and express railways and rolling stocks of the military and police used for national defense and security.

- Scope of QCVN 112 : 2023/BGTVT:

+ This National Technical Regulation provides for technical requirements, the inspection of technical safety quality, and environmental protection for newly produced, assembled, and imported brake valves (also known as distributor valves) used on rolling stocks.

+ This National Technical Regulation applies to brake valves used on rolling stocks with 8607.21.00 HS code as prescribed in Circular No. 31/2022/TT-BTC.

+ This National Technical Regulation does not apply to brake valves used on urban and express rolling stocks and rolling stocks of the military and police used for national defense and security.

Circular No. 04/2023/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam comes into force as of November 1, 2023.

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