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THE
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 09/TCLN-KL
Re: guidance on Decree No. 102/2020/ND-CP
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Hanoi,
January 5, 2021
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To:
General Department of Customs
General Department of Forestry has
received a document No. 7799/TCHQ-GSQL dated February 10, 2020 of the General Department
of Customs on implementation of Decree No. 102/2020/ND-CP dated September 1,
2020 of the Government on Vietnam Timber Legality Assurance System (VNTLAS)
(hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 102/2020/ND-CP), the General Department
of Forestry hereby gives certain opinions as follows:
1. The
list of countries entering Timber Legality Agreements with EU and having
operative FLEGT licensing systems
- Decree No. 102/2020/ND-CP does
not govern the announcement of the list of countries entering Timber Legality
Agreements with EU and having operative FLEGT licensing systems.
- Article 7 of Decree No.
102/2020/ND-CP on timber dossier for import, regulated entities for importers
of timber to Vietnam; accordingly, clause 2 Article 7 stipulates three types of
timber dossier for import as follows:
+ Point a specifies timber which is
listed in a CITES Appendix: The importer shall present a copy of CITES permit.
+ Point b specifies timber which is
imported from a country that has entered a Timber Legality Agreement with EU
and has an operative FLEGT licensing system: The importer shall present a copy
of FLEGT license.
+ Point c specifies other
circumstances: The importer shall make declaration of imported timber origin
using Form No. 03 in Appendix I hereof.
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- According to the website of
Timber Legality Agreement between EU and Indonesia (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22014A0520(02)&qid=608777118300&from=EN);
only Indonesia has entered into such an agreement with EU and has an operative
FLEGT licensing system for timber imported into EU.
2. Documents
specified in Section C Form No. 03 Appendix I issued together with Decree No.
102/2020/ND-CP
a) Declaration of Form No. 3
Appendix I issued together with Decree No. 102/2020/ND-CP (Form No. 03):
- Section A: Every importer falling
under point c clause 2 Article 7 of Decree No. 102/2020/ND-CP shall declare
Section A.
- Section B:
+ The importer shall mark box B1 in
case of import of timber from a low-risk country (the list of low-risk
countries with timber imported into Vietnam in Appendix II to Decision No.
4832/QD-BNN-TCLN dated November 27, 2020 of the Minister of Agriculture and
Rural development on the list of timber species imported into Vietnam and
low-risk countries with timber imported into Vietnam), low-risk timber species
(high-risk timber species are prescribed in clause 1 Article 6 of Decree No.
102/2020/ND-CP and document No. 8259/BNN-TCLN dated November 27, 2020 of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on timber dossiers for import as
prescribed in Decree No. 102/2020/ND-CP): In such situations, the importer
shall not make declaration in Section C, Section D of Form No. 03.
+ The importer shall mark box B2 in
case of import of high-risk timber species or timber from high-risk countries
into Vietnam: In such situations, the importer shall make declaration in Section
C, Section D of Form No. 03.
- Section C: The importer shall
declare one of the following additional documentation in Section C:
+ Voluntary certificate or national
certificate of the exporting country that is recognized by Vietnam to meet the
criteria of VNTLAS: Name, ref. number, validity period of certificate.
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+ If the country of harvest does
not require a logging license for the forest where the timber is harvested,
additional documentation below is required: Documentation justifying that the
forest where the timber is harvested, as governed by the national regulations,
does not require a logging license; name and address of the supplier and
reason for not requiring a logging license, enclosed copies (if any).
+ If no logging document is
available, required additional information includes: alternative documentation,
country of harvest, name and address of the supplier, reason for absence of
logging documentation, enclosed copies (if any).
- Section D: The importer shall
declare, in Section of Form No. 3, supplementary measures to mitigate the risk
of illegal timber in accordance with legislation of country of harvest:
+ Information about legislation of
country of harvest concerning timber export: Determine regulations (for
example: export ban, export license requirement, etc.) applied to timber export
for every product or species of the country of harvest. Specifying species and
country of harvest, information about legislation of country of harvest
concerning timber export and proof of compliance.
+ Determine risks and mitigation
measures: Determine any risk of harvesting and illegal trade related to the
shipment as per the legislation of the country of harvest and propose
mitigation measures.
At the end of the declaration, the
importer shall declare that every information provided therein is true and
correct; in case any of the given information is found to be false or untrue,
they are aware that they may be held liable for it.
b) Other issues:
(i) The source to search voluntary
certificates or national certificates of the exporting countries that are
recognized by Vietnam to meet the criteria of VNTLAS in the website of
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC):
https://www.pefc.org/discover-pefc/our-pefc-members/national-members.
(ii) The list of exporting
countries that are recognized by Vietnam to meet the criteria of VNTLAS: refer
to the list of countries which are members of PEFC and have national forest
certificate systems endorsed by PEFC. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development has determined 46 countries that are recognized by Vietnam to meet
the criteria of VNTLAS. (enclosed list in Appendix).
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- Alternative documents in point c
clause 1 of Form No. 03: If the country of harvest does not require a logging license
for the forest where the timber is harvested, additional documentation below is
required: Documents justifying that the forest where the timber is harvested,
as governed by the national regulations, does not require a logging license.
Attachments include copies of the documents (if any)
- Documents in point d clause 1 of
Form No. 03: If no logging document is available, alternative documents as per
the legislation of the country of harvest shall be provided. Attachments
include copies of the alternative documents (if any).
- Documents in clause 2 Section C
of Form No. 03:
In case of import of mixed timber
product, if the timber product is manufactured from high-risk timber species or
high-risk country, the importer shall declare one of the documentation
describing the origin of legally-harvested timber and present together with the
following:
+ Voluntary certificate or national
certificate of the exporting country that is recognized by Vietnam to meet the
criteria of VNTLAS: name and type, ref. number and validity period of
certificate as prescribed in point a clause 2 Section C of Form No. 03.
+ In the absence of certificate or
logging documentation: proof of timber legality includes: number, date of issue
and issuing authority; supplementary or alternative document of timber legality
in accordance with legislation of country of harvest. Attached copies of proof
of timber legality (if any) as prescribed in point b clause 2 Section C of Form
No. 03.
PP.
DIRECTOR GENERAL
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL
Bui Chinh Nghia
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LIST
OF
COUNTRIES WITH NATIONAL FOREST CERTIFICATION ACCREDITED BY VIETNAM (Enclosed
with Document No. 09/TCLN-KL dated January 5, 2021 of the General Department of
Forestry)
No.
Country
No.
Country
I
AFRICA
24
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1
Cameroon
25
Luxembourg
2
Gabon
26
North Macedonia
3
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27
Netherlands
II
ASIA
28
Norway
4
China
29
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5
India
30
Portugal
6
Indonesia
31
Romania
7
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32
Russian Federation
8
Korea
33
Slovakia
9
Malaysia
34
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10
Thailand
35
Spain
III
EUROPE
36
Sweden
11
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37
Switzerland
12
Belarus
38
Kingdom of England
13
W
IV
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14
Bulgaria
39
Canada
15
Czech Republic
40
The United States of America
16
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41
Argentina
17
Estonia
42
Brazil
18
Finland
43
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19
France
44
Uruguay
20
Germany
V
AUSTRALIA
21
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45
Australia
22
Ireland
46
New Zealand
23
Italy
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