THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 12/2003/QD-BKHCN
Hanoi, May 26, 2003
 DECISION
PROMULGATING THE CHARTER ON ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE STANDARDIZATION, METROLOGY AND QUALITY CONTROL NOTIFICATION AUTHORITY AND INQUIRY POINT
THE MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 22/CP of May 22, 1993 on the tasks, powers and organizational apparatus of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (now the Ministry of Science and Technology);
Pursuant to the Science and Technology Minister's Decision No. 356/QD-BKHCN of March 25, 2003 on the establishment of the Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Notification Authority and Inquiry Point;
At the proposals of the General Director of Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control and the director of the Department for Organization and Scientific Personnel,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision the Charter on organization and operation of the Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Notification Authority and Inquiry Point.
The Charter comprises 5 chapters with 12 articles.
Article 2.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article 3.- The director of the Ministry's Office, the General Director of Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control, the director of the Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Notification Authority and Inquiry Point, the director of the Department for Organization and Scientific Personnel and the heads of the concerned units shall have to implement this Decision.
 
FOR THE MINISTER OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
VICE MINISTER




Bui Manh Hai
 
CHARTER
ON ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE STANDARDIZATION, METROLOGY AND QUALITY CONTROL NOTIFICATION AUTHORITY AND INQUIRY POINT
(Promulgated together with the Science and Technology Minister's Decision No. 12/2003/QD-BKHCN of May 26, 2003)
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- The Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Notification Authority and Inquiry Point (called Vietnam TBT Point for short) is a non-business unit with revenues under the General Department of Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control, a national body designated to provide inquiry and notification of the standardization, metrology and quality control regulations related to technical barriers to trade (TBT) of the World Trade Organization (WTO).