G/TBT/N/VNM/37  
 
27 May 2014  
(14-3146)  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 Transport 
80 Tran Hung Dao 
Hoang Kiem Ha Noi 
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 : 
Notification Authority & Enquiry Point of the Ministry of Transport 
Viet Nam Register 
18 Pham Hung My Dinh 2 
Nam Tu Liem 
Ha Noi Viet Nam 
Tel.: 04.3768 4838 
Fax: 04.3768 4840 E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn  
Website: http://www.tbt-bgtvt.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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  New light 
aluminium alloy wheel and light magnesium alloy wheel (generally called light alloy wheel) 
(used as OE wheels or replacement wheels), that designed for vehicles in category M1 and 
for vehicles having a maximum mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes in category N1. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: National 
Technical Regulation on Light Alloy Wheels for Automobiles (26 pages, in Vietnamese) 
6. Description of content: This proposed regulation provides for new light aluminium alloy 
wheel and light magnesium alloy wheel (generally called light alloy wheel) (used as OE wheels or Replacement wheels), that designed for vehicles in category M1 and for vehicles having a maximum mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes in category N1.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety  G/TBT/N/VNM/37 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. UNECE regulations No 124 (Date of entry into force: 02/02/2007): Uniform 
provisions concerning the approval of wheels passenger cars and their trailers, 
2. TCVN 8528:2010 (ISO 3006:2005): Road vehicles – Passenger car wheels for road 
use – Test methods (ISO 3006:2005: Road vehicles – Passenger car wheels for road use – Test methods), 
3. TCVN 8529:2010 (ISO 3894:2005): Road vehicles – Wheels/rims for commercial 
vehicles – Test methods (ISO 3894:2005: Road vehicles – Wheels/rims for commercial vehicles – Test methods), 
4. TCVN 7531-1:2005 (ISO 4223-1:2002): Definiti ons of some terms used in the tyre 
industry – Part 1: Pneumatic tyres (ISO 4223-1:2002: Definitions of some terms used in the tyre industry – Part 1: Pneumatic tyres), 
5. ISO 3911:2004: Wheels and rims for pneuma tic tyres - Vocabulary designation and 
marking, 
6. AS 1638:1991 & NZS 5419:1991: Motor vehicles – Light alloy road wheels. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    3 November 2014 1 January 2015 
10. Final date for comments: 30 July 2014 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [ ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
Notification Authority & Enquiry Point of the Ministry of Transport 
Viet Nam Register 18 Pham Hung 
My Dinh 2 
Nam Tu Liem Ha Noi 
Viet Nam 
Tel.: 04.3768 4838 Fax:  04.3768 4840 
E-mail: tbtgtvt@vr.org.vn  
Website: http://www.tbt-bgtvt.vn/  
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