Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - Viet Nam - Plant product

NOTIFICATION

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Notifying Member: VIET NAM

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Plant Production and Protection Department

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Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Plant product

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: New formats of Phytosanitary Certificate for Export and Phytosanitary Certificate for Re-export issued by Viet Nam. Language(s): Vietnamese and English. Number of pages: 2

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/VNM/25_04210_00_x.pdf

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Description of content:

1)_    From 1 July 2025, Viet Nam will officially use new formats of the Phytosanitary Certificate for export and the Phytosanitary Certificate for re-export. These new formats remain consistent with the IPPC standard format and comply with the provisions of ISPM 12, with the change concerning the name of the competent authority and the official logo, as follows:

-_   The name of the competent authority has been changed from Plant Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to Plant Production and Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment;

-_   Logo and the Financial liability statement, the name of the competent authority have also been changed to Plant Production and Protection Department.

2)_    The Phytosanitary Certificates in the old format certificated before 1 July 2025 are valid. We kindly request the support of importing NPPOs in accepting these certificates for the clearance of consignments upon arrival.

3)_    Specimens of the new formats of Phytosanitary Certificate for export and for re-export are attached in the PDF file.

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Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.

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Is there a relevant international standard? 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):

[X]       International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number): ISPM No. 12

[ ]        None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?

[X] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 27 June 2025

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 27 June 2025

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 1 July 2025

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 1 July 2025

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Viet Nam Sanitary and Phytosaniary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

No 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street, Ngoc Khanh ward, Ba Dinh dist, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Tel: +(84 4)3734 4764

E-mail: spsvietnam@mae.gov.vn

Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn

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Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Plant Quarantine Division

Plant Production and Protection Department (NPPO)

Ministry of Agriculture and Environment

149 Ho Dac Di, Dong Da, Hanoi, Viet Nam

E-mail: kdtv_ttbvtv@mae.gov.vn

            kdtv.bvtv@mard.gov.vn

Viet Nam Sanitary and Phytosaniary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

No 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street, Ngoc Khanh ward, Ba Dinh dist, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Tel: +(84 4)3734 4764

E-mail: spsvietnam@mae.gov.vn

Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn