G/TBT/N/VNM/67  
 
7 August 2015  
(15-4073)  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 Natural Resources and Environment 
No.10 Ton That Thuyet Street, Nam Tu Liem District, Ha Noi 
Viet Nam Tel: (84-4) 37956868 
Fax : (84-4) 38359221 
Website: http://www.monre.gov.vn/wps/portal/Trangchu   
Name and address (including telephon e 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 : 
Vietnam Environment Administration  No.10 Ton That Thuyet Street, Nam Tu Liem District 
Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: (84-4) 37956868 (3241) Fax: (84-4) 38223189 
E-mail: pcvepa@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.vea.gov.vn   
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Ships 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft Circular 
regulating environment protection in importing scraps to be used as production materials 
and importing, scrapping used ship (5 pages, in Vietnamese) 
6. Description of content: This draft Circular regulates environment protection 
requirements to import of scraps to be used as production materials as specified in Article 
55, Clause 3 Article 56, Article 61, Article 62, Article 63 Decree No.38/2015/NÐ-CP dated 24 April 2015 by Government regulating the management of waste and scraps and Article 
5 Decision No.73/QÐ-TTg dated 19 December 2014 regulating list of scraps allowed to be 
imported for production materials.  
This draft Circular regulates environment protection requirements to ships imported for 
scrapping; environment protection requirements to scrapping institutions and environment 
protection plan in scrapping each of used imported ships and domestic ships as specified in 
Clause 3, 4, 5 Article 22, Article 23 and Article 24 Decree No.19/2015/NÐ-CP dated 14 February 2015 detailing the implementation of a number of articles of Environment 
protection Law, Point d Clause 2, Clause 3 Article 17 Decree No.114/2014/NÐ-CP dated 26 
November 2014 regulating objects and conditions to obtain license for used vessel importing and breaking.  G/TBT/N/VNM/67 
 
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  This draft Circular applies to organizations and individuals who directly import foreign 
scraps for using as production materials; organizations and individuals who import scraps for testing to be used as production materials, organizations and individuals delegated for 
importing foreign scraps to be used by organizations and individuals as production 
materials; regulatory agencies, relevant units relating to management of scraps imported 
and used for production materials. 
This draft Circular applies to regulatory agen cies, organizations and individuals relating to 
importing and scrapping of used ships. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Environment protection  
8. Relevant documents: – 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Vietnam Environment Administration  
No.10 Ton That Thuyet Street, Nam Tu Liem District 
Ha Noi, Viet Nam Tel: (84-4) 37956868 (3241) Fax: (84-4) 38223189 
E-mail: pcvepa@gmail.com   
Website: http://www.vea.gov.vn   
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