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Notifying
Member: VIET NAM
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Plant Production and
Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment
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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): Plants with
soil-attached root balls; Production unit codes (PUCs) and Packing house
codes (PHCs)
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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: The
Government hereby promulgates the Decree detailing the implementation of
Clause 5a Article 13 of the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine and
Article 64 of the Law on Crop Production (as amended and supplemented under
Clause 2 Article 2 and Clause 5 Article 15 of the Law on Amending and
Supplementing Certain Articles of 15 Laws in the Fields of Agriculture and
Environment). Language(s): English. Number of
pages: 12 and 10
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/VNM/25_08227_00_e.pdf
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/VNM/25_08227_00_x.pdf
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Description
of content: This Decree details the
implementation of:
- Clause 5a Article 13 of the
Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine regarding the import of plants with
soil-attached root balls, as amended and supplemented under Clause 2 Article
2 of the Law on Amending and Supplementing Certain Articles of 15 Laws in the
Fields of Agriculture and Environment;
- Article 64 of the Law on Crop Production
regarding production unit codes (PUCs) and packing house codes (PHCs), as
amended and supplemented under Clause 5 Article 15 of the Law on
Amending and Supplementing Certain Articles of 15 Laws in the Fields of
Agriculture and Environment.
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Objective
and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [X] plant protection, [X]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] 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 20, ISPM 36, and other applicable ISPMs related to plants
for planting and import requirements.
[ ] 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): January 2026
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): January 2026
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
45 days from date of publication
[X] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 27 January 2026
Agency or authority designated to handle 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 Phytosaniary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point
No 10 Nguyen
Cong Hoan Street, Giang Vo ward, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Tel: +(84 4)
3734 4764
E-mail: spsvietnam@mae.gov.vn
Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn
or
Plant
Production and Protection Department – Ministry of Agriculture and
Environment.
No. 02 Ngoc
Ha, Ba Dinh ward, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Fax: +(84) 24.3533 1677
E-mail: ttpc_ttbvtv@mae.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:
Viet Nam Sanitary and Phytosaniary Notification Authority and Enquiry
Point
No 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street, Giang Vo ward, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Tel: +(84 4) 3734 4764
E-mail: spsvietnam@mae.gov.vn
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