MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 52/2010/TT-BNNPTNT
Hanoi September 9, 2010
 
CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE TESTING, RECOGNITION AND NAMING OF NEW FERTILIZERS
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 01/2008/ND-CP of January 3, 2008 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; the Government’s Decree No.75/2009/ND-CP of September 10, 2009 amending Article 3 of the Government's Decree No. 01/2008/ND-CP of January 3, 2008;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No.113/2003/ND-CP of October 7, 2003 on the management of fertilizer production and trading; the Government’s Decree No. 191/2007/ND-CP of December 31, 2007 amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No.113/2003/ND-CP of October 7, 2003, on the management of fertilizer production and trading;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No.15/2010/ND-CP of March 1, 2010, on handling of administrative violations in fertilizer production and trading activities;
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development hereby guides the testing, recognition and naming of new fertilizers as follows:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of stipulation
This Circular stipulates conditions, order, procedure and allocation of tasks in the testing, recognition, naming of new fertilizers and re-naming of fertilizers.
Article 2. Subjects of application
1. Domestic and foreign organizations and individuals engaged in the field of the testing, recognition, naming of new fertilizers and renaming of fertilizers in the territory of Vietnam.
2. Foreign organizations and individuals wishing for registration of the fertilizer testing must have a legal representative office in Vietnam. In case these organizations and individuals don’t have any legal representative office in Vietnam, they must hire under contracts or authorize under powers of attorney another (01) organization or individual in Vietnam to register the testing on their behalf.