G/TBT/N/VNM/104  
 
23 August 2017  
(17-4503) 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:   
Agro Processing and Market Develop ment Authority  
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam  
Tel: (+84 -4) 3777111206  
Fax: (+84 -4) 377711125  
E-mail: dzungnm.agrotr ade@mard.gov.vn   
Website: http://agrotrade.gov.vn   
Name and address (including telephone 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 :  
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):  Wood adhesives . 
Adhesives (ICS 83.180).  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  National Technical 
Regulation on Quality of wood adhesives (10 page(s), in Vietnamese)    
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation specifies quality requirements to 
be met by wood adhesives products and goods which are produced domestically, imported 
and made available in Vietnam. This draft technical regulation does not apply to wood 
adhesives products a nd goods which are imported to be used as samples for testing, 
exhibition goods, goods temporarily imported for re -export, transit goods . 
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of human health or s afety 
8. Relevant documents:   
 GB/T 14074 -2006, Test methods for wood adhesives and resins  
 EN 301, Adhesives, phenolic and aminoplastic, for load -bearing timber structures – 
Classification and performance requirements  
 EN 15416 -2, Adhesives for load bearing  timber structures other than phenolic and 
aminoplastic – Test methods – Part 2: Static load test of multiple bondline 
specimens in compression shear  
 EN 15425, Adhesives – One component polyurethane, for load bearing timber 
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   EN 1243: 2011, Adhesives – Determination of free formaldehyde in amino and 
amidoformaldehyde condensates  
 EN 205: 2016, Adhesives. Wood adhesives for non -structural applications. 
Determination of tensile shear strength of lap joints  
 ASTM D1583, Standard Test Method for Hydrogen Ion Concentration of Dry 
Adhesive Films  
 ASTM D2559, Standard Specification for Adhesives for Bonded Structural Wood 
Products for Use Under Exterior Exposure;  
 ASTM D2194 -02: 2012, Test Method for Concentration of Formaldehyde Solutions  
 ASTM E180 -99: 1999, Practice for Determining the Precision of ASTM Methods for 
Analysis and Testing of Industrial and Specialty Chemicals  
 ASTM D 907 -12a: Standard Terminology of Adhesives  
 CSA 0112.9, Standard Specification for Eva luation of Adhesives for Structural 
Wood Products (Exterior Exposure)  
 JIS K 6807: 1999, Test methods for formaldehyde resin liquid adhesives for wood  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 24 October 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: August 2018  
10. Final d ate for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Agro Processing and Market Development Authority  
The Mini stry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
No. 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam  
Tel: (+84 -4) 377711206  
Fax: (+84 -4) 377711125  
E-mail: dzungnm.agrotrade@mard.gov.vn   
Website: http://agrotrade.gov.vn   
Or can be downloaded at  
http://www.tbtvn.org/Ti%20liu%20upload%20cho%20QCKT/Tao%20Link/VNM%20104%2
0Wood%20adhesive.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/VNM/17_3743_00_x.pdf