| THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ------------ No.17/2009/TT-BKHCN | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence- Freedom- Happiness ----------- Hanoi, June 18, 2009 |
CIRCULAR
Guiding the state quality inspection of imported goods under the management by the Ministry of Science and Technology
Pursuant to the November 21, 2007 Law on Product and Goods Quality;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 132/2008/ND-CP dated December 31, 2008, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods quality;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 89/2006/ND-CP dated August 30, 2006, on goods labeling;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 28/2008/ND-CP dated March 14, 2008, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Science and Technology;
The Minister of Science and Technology guides the order of procedures for and contents of state quality inspection of imported goods under the management of the Ministry of Science and Technology, as follows:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.
Scope of regulation and subjects of application
1. This Circular provides for the contents and order of, and procedures for, state quality inspection of imported goods (below referred to as quality inspection of imported goods) under the management by the Ministry of science and Technology prescribed in Clause 4, Article 69, of the Law on Product and Goods Quality.
2. This Circular applies to agencies performing the state management of product and goods quality, organizations and individuals importing goods (below collectively referred to as importers) and organizations and individuals engaged in the quality inspection of imported goods under the management of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Article 2.
Objects of inspection
1. Goods imported into Vietnam which are on lists of goods likely to cause unsafety (below referred to as lists of group-2 goods).
For imported goods outside lists of group-2 goods which have the latent possibility of causing unsafety and are likely to cause unsafety according to warnings from international, regional or foreign organizations, quality inspection may be carried out under this Circular.
2. This Circular does not apply to imported goods being personal luggage, diplomatic baggage, sample goods, goods for exhibition and fairs and gifs; goods, supplies and equipment temporarily imported for re-export; transited goods transported from or to border gate; goods stored in bonded warehouses; goods processed by Vietnamese enterprises for foreign traders; supplies, equipment and machinery imported for investment projects; goods used in security and defense, national secret and nuclear radiation safety areas and other goods for non-business purposes as prescribed by law.
Article 3.
Inspection grounds
Grounds for goods quality inspection are technical regulations and standards announced to be applicable to goods, regulations on goods labeling and other provisions of law.
Article 4.
Interpretation of terms
In this Circular, the terms below are construed as follows:
1. Goods lot is a definite-quantity collection of commodity items of the same appellation, properties, labels, designs, technical characteristics which are produced by the same manufacturer and belong to a single import dossier set.
