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G/SPS/N/VNM/34 
2 October 2012 
 (12-5338) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department 
(NAFIQAD), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Imported foodstuffs of plant origin 
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 for revising, amending some articles in 
Circular 13/2011/TT-BNNPTNT guiding on the food safety control for imported foodstuffs of plant origin  Language(s):  Vietnamese  Number of pages:  2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/VNM/12_3888_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  To comply with regulations in Decree No 38/2012/NÐ-CP dated 
25 April 2012 of the Vietnamese Government on guiding the implementation of some 
articles of the Food Safety Law, the draft Circular is to revise and amend some articles in 
Circular 13/2011/TT-BNNPTNT T as following: 
a. Paragraphs 1 and 2, Article 1; 
b. Paragraph 6, Article 3; 
c. Paragraph 1 (a, b), Article 5; 
d. Article 10; 
e. Paragraph 4, Article 27;  and 
f. Paragraph 5, Article 28. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] 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 stan dard?  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)    G/SPS/N/VNM/34 
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  [ ] 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:   
 Food Safety Law 
 Decree No. 38/2012/NÐ-CP dated 25 April 2012 of the Government for guiding the 
implementation of some articles of the Food Safety Law 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  10 December 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  45 days from the 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) :  1 December 2012 
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 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authorities and Enquiry Point 
Add:  No. 2 Ngoc Ha Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam  
Tel:  +(84 4) 3734 4764 Fax:  +(84 4) 3734 9019 E-mail:  spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn Website:  http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
 
National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department Add: 10, Nguyen Cong Hoan, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam Tel:  +(84 4) 4459 1898 Fax:  +(84 4) 3831 7221 E-mail:  thuannafi@yahoo.com;  vietyen.nafi@mard.gov.vn 
Website:  http://www.nafiqad.gov.vn  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Viet Nam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authorities and Enquiry Point  
Add:  No. 2 Ngoc Ha Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam  Tel:  +(84 4) 3734 4764 Fax:  +(84 4) 3734 9019 
E-mail:  spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn 
Website:  http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn