G/TBT/N/VNM/160  
17 February 2020  
(20-1212) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Vietnam Administration of Forestry  
No. 2 Ngoc Ha street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam  
Tel: (+84 -24) 38438792  
Fax: (+84 -24) 38438793  
Website: http://tongcucl amnghiep.gov.vn/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Wood 
Preservative Products, compounds contain insecticide or fungicide contents (HS  38039910)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The draft 
National technical regulation on Wood Preservatives – Part 1: Water -borne Preserva tives 
(9 page(s), in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  The draft national technical regulation on Wood Preservatives 
specifies the quality criteria and usage conditions for the water -borne wood preservatives.  
This draft technical regulation does not apply to wood preservatives which are testing 
samples, displaying samples, temporarily imported for exported and in transit.    
This draft technical regulation applies to:  
• Domestic and foreign organizations, individuals manufacturing, trading, exporting 
and importing water -borne wood preservatives in the territory of Vietnam.  
• State management agencies, concerned organizations and individuals for the quality 
of related products.  
• Organizations auditing and declaring the conformity of water -borne w ood 
preservatives products.   
This draft national technical regulation stipulating responsibilities of organizations, 
individuals and implementing organizations of managing agencies.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where  
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/VNM/160  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Ordinance No. 41/2013/QH13 dated 25 November 2013 on Plant Protection and 
Quarantine.  
• Circular No. 21/2015/TT -BNNPTNT dated 08 June 2015 of The Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development on Pesticide Product Administration.  
• QCVN 01 -188:2018/BNNPTNT: National Technical Regulation on Quality of Plant 
Protection Products.  
• TCVN 12017:2017: Plant Protection Products – Sampling  
• TCVN 8934:2013: Wood P reservatives – XM5 100 Powder Product  
• TCVN 8935:2014: Wood Preservatives – LN5 90 Powder Product  
• TCVN 7764 -3:2007: Reagents for chemical analysis - Part 3: Specifications - Second 
series  
• TCVN 8167:2019: Durability of wood and wood -based products – Part 1: Usage 
classifications.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  December 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Vietnam Administration of Forestry  
No. 2 Ngoc Ha street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam  
Tel: (+84 -24) 384 38792  
Fax: (+84 -24) 38438793  
Website: http://tongcuclamnghiep.gov.vn   
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