G/SPS/N/VNM/155  
13 March 2024  
(24-2274) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry for 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):  Fertilizer  
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:  Draft Circular promulgating National Technical 
Regulations on fertilizer quality ; and National technical regulation on fertilizer quality 
(Amending and supplementing QCVN 01 -189:2019/BNNPTNT) . Language(s):  
Vietnamese . Number of pages:  101 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/VNM/24_01969_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/VNM/24_01969_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/VNM/24_01969_02_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Draft Circular promulgating National Technical Regulations on 
fertilizer quality i ncluding four parts: Article 1. Issued together with this Circular QCVN 
...:20.../BNNPTNT National technical regulations on fertilizer quality; Article 2. Transitional 
regulations; Article 3. Implementation effect; Article 4. Implementation organization.  
National technical regulation on fertilizer quality including six parts and four Annexes: 
Part 1. general provisions; Part 2. Technical regulations; Part 3. Test method; 
Part 4. Regulations on management; Part 5. Responsibilities of related organizations an d 
individuals; Part 6. Implementation organization and Appendix I. Requirements for main 
quality indicators and levels of difference between test results and accepted registration 
levels of main quality indicators for root fertilizers; Appendix II. Require ments for 
additional quality indicator, level of deviation between test results compared with 
registration level and level of difference between testing results compared with accepted 
levels of additional quality criteria for factors root fertilizer; Appen dix III. Requirements for 
quality criteria and level of difference between test results and accepted registration levels 
of quality criteria for folder fertilizers; Appendix IV. Requirements for limiting factors 
(hazardous factors) and regulated levels in fertilizers.  
Draft Circular, draft amending and supplementing National Technical Regulations on 
fertilizer quality (amended and supplemented QCVN  01-189:2019/BNNPTNT) on the basis 
of compliance with the provisions of the Law on Crop Production and the Law on Quality of 
products and goods, Law on Standards and technical regulations - These documents are 
built in harmony with international practices and regulations of Viet  Nam. G/SPS/N/VNM/155  
 
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  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 seri al 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:   
− Law No: 31/2018/QH14 - Cultivation law  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/VNM/24_01969_03_x.pdf  
− Decree No: 84/2019/NĐ -CP - Decree regulating fertilizer management  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/VNM/24_01969_04_x.pdf  
(available in Vietnamese ) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 10 May 2024  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 May 2024  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 45 days from date of publication.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 May 2024  
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  
Block A3, No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 4) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
or 
Plant Protection Department – Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Viet Nam  
149 Ho Dac Di Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Fax: +(84) 24 3851 8194/24 3533 1562  
E-mail: qlpb.b vtv@mard.gov.vn  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/en/notification -of-viet-nam