G/SPS/N/VNM/62  
 
15 August 2014  
(14-4753)  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: Plant Protection Department - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticides 
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 on Pesticide Management  
Language(s): Vietnamese  Number of pages: 150 
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/En glishSPS/Lists/Documents,notification/Attachments/67
/Draft%20Circular%20on%20Pesticide%20Management.pdf 
6. Description of content: This Circular regulates pesticide management, including 
registration, field trials, manufacturing, trading, export, import, quality control, 
compliance certification, compliance announcement, storage, transportation, use, labelling, packaging, advertising, recovery and disposal of pesticides in Viet Nam. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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/62 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
 International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (Revised 
Version) adopted by the Hundred and Twenty-third Session of the FAO Council in 
November 2002. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, 
2003. ISBN 92-5-104914-9. 
 Rotterdam Convention : Current PIC Circular XXXIX, June 2014 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Anticipated date on15 November 2014. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Anticipated time in November 2014. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Anticipated date on 1 January 2015. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 October 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 4764 
E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn  
Plant Protection Department   
Add: 149 Ho Dac Di, Dong Da, Hanoi, Viet Nam  Tel: +(84 4) 3857 0916 
Fax: +(84 4) 3533 0043 
E-mail: qlt.bvtv@mard.gov.vn hongnx.bvtv@mard.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:   
Link to download the regulatory text:  
http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/En glishSPS/Lists/Documents,notification/Attachments/67
/Draft%20Circular%20on%20Pesticide%20Management.pdf