. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/VNM/20 
29 August 2012  
 (12-4652) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality 
Ministry of Science and Technology 
Tel.:  +84 4 38361467 
Fax:  +84 4 38361771  Email:  info@vsqi.gov.vn  
Website:  http://www.vsqi.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 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  for more 
transparency  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Gasoline (ICS: 75) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Circular 
No.14/2012/TT-BKHCN issued on 12 July 2012 by the Minister of Science and Technology 
amending the Article 1 of Circular No. 20/2009/TT-BKHCN of 30 September 2009 
promulgating QCVN 1:2009/BKHCN "National tech nical regulations on gasoline, diesel fuel 
and biofuels" (2 pages, availa ble in Vietnamese).     
6. Description of content:  Unleaded gasoline is determined to be consistent with 
QCVN 1:2009 / BKHCN when:  
1. They meet the requi rements specified in paragraph 2. 1.2 of Article 2.1 of Section 2 
 QCVN 1:2009/ BKHCN, and  
2. They shall be tested for ketones, meth anol and water with testing result shown as 
 below: 
 a) Ketones, not detected, by the test me thod specified in TCVN 7332 (ASTM D 4815); 
b) Methanol, not detected, by the test method specified in TCVN 7332 
 (ASTM D 4815); 
 c) Water, not detected, by  the test methods specified in TCVN 7759 (ASTM D 4176) 
 based on categories of the opacity". G/TBT/N/VNM/20 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Prevention of deceptive practices and protection of consumers' interest.  
8. Relevant documents:    
- Circular No. 20/2009/TT-BKHCN September 30, 2009 of the Ministry of Science 
 and Technology, promulgating QCVN 1:2009/ BKHCN "National technical 
 regulations on gasoline, di esel fuel and biofuels"; 
- TCVN 7332 (ASTM D 4815) Standard Test Method for Determination of MTBE, 
 ETBE, TAME, DIPE, te rtiary-Amyl Alcohol and C1 to C4 Alcohols in Gasoline by 
 Gas Chromatography; 
- TCVN 7759 (ASTM D 4176) Distillate fuels - Determin ation of free water and 
 particulate contamination (V isual inspection procedures).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    The circular was issued on 12 July 2012  
26 September 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
TBT Viet Nam National Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (TBT  Viet Nam Office) 
8 Hoang Quoc Viet Road 
Cau Giay District, Hanoi 
Vietnam  
Tel.:  +(84-4) 37911599/ 37912145 Fax: + (84-4) 37913441 Email:  tbtvn@tbtvn.org  
Website:  http://www.tbtvn.org/  
The full text of the relevant doc uments may be downloaded here: 
- the Circular No.14/2012/TT-BKHCN  http://www.tbtvn.org/Ti%20liu%20upload%20cho%20QCKT/5.doc  
- QCVN 1:2009 / BKHCN 
http://www.tbtvn.org/Ti%20liu%20upload%20cho%20QCKT/3.pdf