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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:
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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;
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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
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