THE GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 23/2001/ND-CP
Hanoi, May 30, 2001
 
DECREE
AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE REGULATION ON THE REGISTRATION OF SEA-GOING SHIPS AND CREW MEMBERS, ISSUED TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT’S DECREE NO. 91/CP OF AUGUST 23, 1997
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant to the Vietnam Maritime Code of June 30, 1990;
At proposal of the Minister of Communications and Transport,
DECREES:
Article 1.- To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Regulation on the Registration of Sea-going Ships and Crew Members, issued together with the Governments Decree No. 91/CP of August 23, 1997 as follows:
1. Article 10a is supplemented as follows:
"Article 10a
1. The regional agencies registering sea-going ships and crew members shall grant the temporary certificates of the registration of sea-going ships to the following cases:
a) When registering the used sea-going ships purchased from foreign countries for use, but the vessel owners have not yet obtained the certificates of deletion of the ships registered and the certificate of payment of registration fee, or when buying the newly built ships of foreign countries but the ship owners have not yet obtained the certificates of payment of registration fee as prescribed in Article 10 of the Regulation on the Registration of Sea-going Ships and Crew Members, issued together with the Governments Decree No. 91/CP of August 23, 1997.
b) When registering the newly-built sea-going ships in Vietnam for test run of ships to the place of official registration, the ship owners must submit the copies of the following papers to the regional sea-going ship and crew member registries:
- The shipbuilding contract or the contract on the transfer of the ownership over the ships.
- Technical safety dossier of ships granted by the Registry.
- The permit for using the ship radio granted by the Post office.
2. The temporary certificates of sea-going ship registration granted to ship owners, which shall be valid for 90 days only".
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