G/SPS/N/VNM/147  
 
29 September 2022  
(22-7319) 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 of Agriculture and Rural Development - Directorate of 
Fisheries  
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):  Environmental treating products in aquaculture  
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:  National technical regulation on Environmental treating 
products in aquaculture - Part 1: Chemical, biological products . Language(s):  
Vietnamese . Number of pages:  11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/VNM/22_6538_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The regulation on maximum level of inorganic arsenic (As), lead 
(Pb), E. coli, Salmonella  spp. and minimum quality level of products in chemical, biological 
products.  
The regulation shall apply to organizations and individuals related to the production and 
import of chemical, biological products for aquaculture in Viet Nam.  
7. Objective and r ationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] 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:   G/SPS/N/VNM/147  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Standards and Technical Regulation Law No 68/2006/Qh11  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/VNM/22_6538_01_x.pdf  
− Good Quality Law No 05/2007/Qh12  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/VNM/22_6538_02_x.pdf  
− Fisheries Law No 18/2017/Qh14  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/VNM/22_6538_03_x.pdf  
(available in Vietnamese)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 March 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 March 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 November 2022  
Agency or authority design ated 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 24) 3734 4764  
Fax: +(84 24) 3734 4764  
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn  
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
 
Directorate of Fisheries  
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel: +(84 9) 7293 2070  
E-mail: namhs.tcts@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:   
Link to download the regulatory draft:  
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/en/notification -of-viet-nam