1.

Notifying Member: Viet Nam

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

2.

Agency responsible: Plant Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

3.

Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): HS code up to 8-digits for regulated articles for plant quarantine

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]    All trading partners  

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:  

5.

Title of the notified document: Decision No. 2515/QD-BNN-BVTV on releasing HS code for regulated articles for plant quarantine  Language(s): Vietnamese  Number of pages: 35 (Decision and Annex)

6.

Description of content: Decision No. 2515/QD-BNN-BVTV provides a list of harmonized tariff schedule (HS) codes transferring to 8-digits for regulated articles for plant quarantine.

7.

Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.  

8.

Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[ ]        Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)  

[ ]        World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)  

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  

[X]      None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[ ] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:  

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 29 June 2015

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy):  

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 21 July 2015

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure  

12.

Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy):  

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Viet Nam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

2 Ngoc Ha Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Tel:  +(84 4) 3734 4764

Fax: +(84 4) 3734 9019

E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn

Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn

and

Plant Protection Department

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

149 Ho Dac Di, Dong Da, Hanoi

Fax: +(84) 3533 0043

Email:   Kdtv.bvtv@mard.gov.vn

             hals.bvtv@mard.gov.vn

13.

Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Link to download (Vietnamese):

http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/EnglishSPS/Lists/Documents,notification/Attachments/82/2515QDBNNBVTV-VNM71.pdf