THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Circular No.  23/2014/TT-BNNPTNT dated July 29, 2014 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development guiding the implementation of the Decree No. 36/2014/ND-CP dated April 29, 2014 of the Government on raising, processing, and exporting pangasius
Pursuant to the Decree No. 199/2013/ND-CP dated November 26, 2013 of the Government prescribing functions, duties, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;
Pursuant to the Decree No. 36/2014/ND-CP dated April 29, 2014 of the Government on raising, processing and exporting pangasius;
At the proposal of the Director General of Directorate of Fisheries and Director of National Agro- Forestry- Fishery Quality Assurance Department;
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development promulgates the Circular providing guidance on implementing the Decree No. 36/2014/ND – CP dated April 29, 2014 of the Government on raising, processing and exporting pangasius.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of adjustment
This Circular guides the inspection, raise, conditions and issuance of ID numbers of farming facilities and certifying registration of commercial pangasius farming facilities; inspecting quality, food safety in processing and exporting pangasius products; certifying pangasius export contracts.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Circular is applicable to any Vietnamese and foreign entities involving in raising, processing and exporting pangasius within Vietnamese’s territory.
Chapter II
CONDITION INSPECTION, ID NUMBER ISSUANCE OF FARMING FACILITIES AND REGISTRATION CERTIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL PANGASIUS FARMING FACILITIES
Article 3. Issuing ID numbers of farming facilities and certifying registration of commercial pangasius farming facilities
1. Regulations:
a) Any farming facility shall be issued with an ID number if it is listed in a planning approved by a provincial People’s Committee;
b) If a farming facility has multiple fish ponds, each of them shall be issued with a different ID number.
c) ID numbers of a farming facility and its fish pond shall be only issued upon the first registration and re-registration;
d) Registration of ID numbers in the first time and re-registration are made separately or along with certifying registration of commercial pangasius farming facilities.
dd) The registration of commercial pangasius farming facilities includes area and capacity registration.
2. Regulations on ID numbers:
An ID number consists of 11 digits separated into AA-BB-CCCC-DDD, where
a) AA: the code of province, applied to fishery management (according to Appendix 1 enclosed with this Circular)
b) BB: the code of the fish (01 for pangasius);
c) CCCC: ordinal number of facility ranging from 0001 to 9999;
d) DDD: ordinal number of fish pond ranging from 001 to 999.
For example: ID number of a pangasius pond in Dong Thap Province is 87-01-0008-009
Where: 87 is the code of Dong Thap Province; 01 is the code of pangasius; 0008 is ordinal number of farming facility and 009 is ordinal number of the pond.
3. Provincial Fishery Authority shall issue ID numbers to local farming facilities and certify registration commercial pangasius farming facilities.
4. Application documents for ID numbers of a farming facility and registration of commercial pangasius farming facility

* All appendices are not translated herein.