THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 03/2003/TT-BTC
Hanoi, January 10, 2003
 CIRCULAR
STIPULATING THE REGIME OF COLLECTION, REMITTANCE AND USE MANAGEMENT OF CHARGES FOR EXPERTISING, AND FEES FOR GRANTING CERTIFICATES OF QUALITY AND TECHNICAL SAFETY FOR, MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND SUBSTANCES SUBJECT TO STRICT SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Pursuant to Charges and Fees Ordinance No. 38/2001/PL-UBTVQH10 and the Governments Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002 detailing the implementation of the Ordinance on Charges and Fees and documents guiding the implementation thereof;
After obtaining the Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Ministrys comments, the Finance Ministry hereby prescribes the regime of collection, remittance and use management of charges for expertising, and fees for granting certificates of quality and technical safety to, machinery, equipment, supplies and substances subject to strict safety requirements as follows:
I. SUBJECTS AND COLLECTION LEVELS:
1. Vietnamese as well as foreign organizations and individuals, when having their machinery, equipment, supplies and substances, which are subject to strict safety requirements, expertised and granted certificates of quality and technical safety (referred collectively to as expertise of technical safety) by State management agencies or authorized agencies (referred collectively to as technical safety-expertising agencies) according to law provisions, shall have to pay charges and fees under the provisions of this Circular.
2. To issue together with this Circular the Table of rates of charges for technical expertise of, and fees for granting certificates of quality and technical safety for, machinery, equipment, supplies and