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THE
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
24/2007/QĐ-BKHCN
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Hanoi,
September 28, 2007
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DECISION
PROMULGATING
THE REGULATION ON CERTIFICATION OF STANDARD CONFORMITY, CERTIFICATION OF
TECHNICAL – REGULATION CONFORMITY, ANNOUNCEMENT OF TECHNICAL –REGULATION CEMENT
OF TECHNICAL REGULATION CONFORMITY
THE MINISTRER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Pursuant to the June 29, 2006 Law on Standards and
Technical Regulations;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 54/ 2003/ND-CP of May 19,2003, defining
the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of
Science and Technology, and Decree No. 2812004/ND-CP of January 16, 2004,
amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 5412003/ND-CP;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 127 2007/ND-CP of August 1, 2007,
detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Standards
and Technical Regulations;
At the proposal of the General Director for Standards and Quality,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To promulgate
together with this Decision the Regulation on certification of standard
conformity, certification of technical-regulation conformity, announcement of
standard conformity and announcement of technical-regulation conformity.
Article 2. This Decision takes
effect 15 days after its publication in "CONG BAO”.
Article 3. The General Director
for Standards and Quality and concerned organizations and individuals shall
implement this Decision.
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FOR
THE MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
VICE MINISTER
Tran Quoc Thang
DECIDES
PROMULGATING THE REGULATION ON CERTIFICATION OF STANDARD
CONFORMITY, CERTIFICATION OF TECHNICAL - REGULATION CONFORMITY,
ANNOUNCEMENT OF TECHNICAL -REGULATION CEMENT OF TECHNICAL REGULATION CONFORMITY
(Promulgated together with the Science
and Technology Ministry's Decision No. 24/2007/QD-BKHCN of September 28, 2007)
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This
Document provides for certification of standard conformity, certification of
technicalregulation conformity, announcement of standard conformity and
announcement of technical-regulation conformity.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Document applies to agencies, organizations and
individuals engaged in certification of standard conformity, certification of
technical-regulation conformity, announcement of standard conformity or
announcement of technical-regulation conformity.
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1. Certification of standard conformity and announcement of
standard conformity is a voluntary activity for all organizations and
individuals.
2. Certification of technical-regulation conformity and
announcement of technical-regulation conformity is a compulsory activity for
all organizations and individuals having products, goods, services, processes
or environmental management requirements subject to relevant technical
regulations.
Article 4. Standard conformity marks, technicalregulation
conformity marks
1.
Standard conformity marks
Standard
conformity marks are prescribed by standard conformity certification
organizations. Standard conformity marks must meet the following basic
requirements:
a)
Being clear, not causing confusion with other marks;
b)
Having enough area to display the symbol of the relevant standard used for
certification;
Standard
conformity certification organizations shall specify the shapes, structures,
design and use of standard conformity marks
2.
Technical-regulation conformity marks
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b) Technical-regulation conformity marks are displayed
directly on products and goods or their packings or labels at easy-to-notice
and easy-to-read places and, at the same time, may be printed in attached
technical documents.
c) Technical-regulation conformity marks may be displayed
in larger or smaller sizes but must ensure their proportions and be readable
with bare eyes.
d) Technical-regulation conformity marks must be of the
same color.
Article 5. Methods of conformity assessment
1. The assessment of conformity may be conducted by one of
the following methords:
a) Method 1: Testing typical samples;
b) Method 2: Testing typical samples in combination with
evaluating the production process; supervising through testing samples taken
from the market;
c) Method 3: Testing typical samples in combination
with evaluating the production process; supervismg through testing samples
taken from production places in combination with evaluating the production
process;
d) Method 4: Testing typical samples and evaluating the
production process; supervising through testing samples taken from production
places and the market in combination with evaluating the production process;
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e) Method 6: Evaluating and supervising the;
g) Method 7: Testing and evaluating lots of products or goods
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h) Method 8: Testing or inspecting all products or goods;
2. The contents, order and principles for application of
conformity assessment methods are specified in Appendix II to this Regulation
(not printed herein).
Article 6. Methods of standard conformity
assessment and technical-regulation conformity assessment
Methods of standard conformity assessment applicable each
specific kind of products, goods, services, processes or environment are
selected by standard conformity certification organizations or standard.
conformity-announcing organizations or individual in accordance with conformity
assessment methods specified In Article 5 of this Regulation. The selected
assessment methods must suit certified objects so as to ensure the reliability
of assessment results.
Methods of technical-regulation conformity assessment
applicable to each specific kind of products, goods, services, processes or
environment are prescribed in relevant technical regulations.
Article 7. Certification expenses
Organizations and individuals requesting Certificatiion of
standard conformity or certification of technical regulation conformity shall
pay expenses for the certification as agreed with certification organization.
Expenses for assessment, certification and testing must be publicized, ensuring
transparency and non-discrimination.
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CERTIFICATION
OF STANDARD CONFORMITY
Article 8. Requirements on standard conformity
certification organizations
A standard conformity certification organization must have a
management system and standard conformity certification capability meeting
requirements set out in national standards and international standards and
guidelines for each of the following standard conformity certification
activities:
1) Vietnam standard TCVN 7457: 2004 or ISO/ IEC Guide 65:
1996 and relevant guidelines of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF),
for certification of products and goods;
2) Vietnam standard TCVN 5956: 1995 or ISO/ IEC 17021: 2006
and relevant guidelines of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), for
certification of quality management systems;
3) Vietnam standard TCVN 7458: 2004 or ISO/ IEC 17021: 2006
and relevant guidelines of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), for
certification of environmental management systems.
When standards and guidelines specified in this Article are
amended, supplemented or superseded, the amended, supplemented or newly
promulgated documents shall be complied with.
Article 9. Order of
and procedures for registration of standard conformity certification activities
1. Conformity certification
organizations meeting requirements specified in Article 8 of this Regulation
which wish to conduct standard conformity certification activities shall
compile dossiers of registration for standard conformity certification
activities and send them to the Directorate for Standards and Quality.
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a) A written registration of standard
conformity certification activities, made according to the form prescribed in
Appendix III to this Regulation (not printed herein);
b) Copies of the establishment decision
(if any) and the business registration certificate;
c) Documents evidencing the capabilities
for standard conformity certification activities in accordance with the
requirements specified in Article 8 of this Regulation;
d) The model standard conformity
certificate and standard conformity mark;
dd) Results of standard conformity
certification activities already conducted in the registered domain (if any).
3. Within seven working days after
receiving a valid and complete dossier as specified in Clause 2 of this
Article, the Directorate for Standards and Quality shall consider the dossier and
grant a certificate of registration for standard conformity certification
activities, made according to the form in Appendix IV to this Regulation (not
printed herein), to the standard conformity certification organization, if the
organization fully satisfies prescribed requirements.
In case of refusal to grant a
certificate, it shall issue a written reply, clearly stating the reasons, to
the organization making registration for standard conformity certification
activities.
4. When a certification organization
that has registered standard conformity certification activities wishes to
change or add domains of standard conformity certification, it shall make
registration for the change or addition in accordance with Clauses 1 and 2 of
this Article.
The application for change or
supplementation of domains of standard conformity certification is made
according to the form prescribed in Appendix V to this Regulation (not printed
herein.
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Article
10. Rights and obligations of standard conformity certification organizations
The rights and obligations of standard conformity
certification organizations are specified in Article 52 of the Law on Standards
and Technical Regulations, specifically as follows:
1. Rights:
a) To grant standard conformity certificates valid for not
more than three years to products, goods, services, processes or environment
certified to be conformable with relevant standards;
b) To assign the right to use standard conformity marks to
organizations and individuals having products and goods certified to be
standardconformable and guide them how to use these marks;
c) To withdraw granted standard conformity certificates and
the assigned right to use standard conformity marks when organizations and
individuals having certified products, goods, services, processes or
environment seriously violate the provisions of Points a and b, Clause2,
Article 46, of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations.
2. Obligations:
a) To conduct standard conformity tlhification activities
in the registered domains by the standard conformity certification method under
contracts signed with certification-requesting orgamzations or individuals and,
at the same time, state the applied standard conformity certification method in
standard conformity certificates; to take responsibility for the results of
standard conformity certification;
b) To ensure objectivity and fairness in standard
conformity certification activities; to refrain from providing consultancy to organizations
and individuals requesting standard comformity certification;
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d) To supervise objects already certified to be
standard-conformable in order to ensure their sustained conformity with
relevant standards;
dd) To take responsibility before law for their activities;
e) To publicize on suitable means of communication the
grant and withdrawal of standard conformity certificates and the right to use
standard conformity marks;
g) Biannually or upon request, to send reports on the
results of standard conformity certification activities, made according to the
form prescribed in Appendix VI to this Regulation (not printed herein), to the Directorate
for Standards and Quality;
h) To notify the Directorate for Standards and Quality of
all changes that may affect registered standard~nformity certification
activities.
CERTIFICATION
OF TECHNICAL-REGULATION CONFORMITY
Article 11. Objects of and grounds for
certification of technical-regulation conformity
1.
Objects of technical-regulation conformity certification activities are
products, goods, services, processes and environment specified in relevant
national technical regulations or local technical regulations.
2.
Grrounds for technical-regulation conformity certification are specified in
relevant national technical regulations or local technical regulations.
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1.
Technical-regulation conformity certification organizations must satisfy all
requirements specified in Article 8 of this Regulation.
2. Depending on management
requirements, ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial! municipal
People's Committees may provide specific guidance on requirements on
technical-regulation conformity certification organizations on the basis of the
provisions of Clause 1 of this Article so as to suit requirements of technical
regulations.
Article
13. Order of and procedures for registration and designation of
technical-regulation conformity certification organizations
1. Conformity certification
organizations that wish to conduct technical-regulation conformity
certification activities in specific domains shall make and send registration
dossiers to the following agencies:
a) The focal agency managing the
relevant domain designated by the ministry or ministerial-level agency.
b) The focal agency managing the
certification and announcement of technical-regulation conformity, designated
by the provincial/municipal People's Committee.
2. A registration dossier comprises:
a) A written registration for
technical-regulation conformity certification activities, made according to the
form in Appendix VII to this Regulation (not printed herein);
b) Copies of the establishment decision
(if any) and the business registration certificate;
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d) The model technical-regulation
conformity certificate;
dd) Documents proving the satisfaction
of specific requirements prescribed in Clause 2, Article 12, of this Regulation
(if any);
e) The results of technical-regulation
conformity certification activities already conducted in the registered domain
(if any).
3. Within 15 working days after
receiving a complete and valid dossier as specified in Clause 2 of this
Article, the competent state agency specified at Point a or b, Clause 1 of this
Article shall examine the dossier and issue a decision to designate the
technical-regulation conformity certification organization, made according to the
form in Appendix VIII to this Regulation (not printed herein), if the
organization registering for technical-regulation conformity certification
activities fully meets prescribed requirements.
In case of refusal to grant a
certificate, they shall issue a written reply, clearly stating the reasons, to
the organization registering for technical-regulation conformity certification
activities.
4. Certification organizations
designated to conduct technical-regulation conformity certification activities
that wish to change or add domains of technical-regulation conformity
certification shall carry out procedures for registration of change or addition
in accordance with Clause 1 or 2 of this Article.
The form of application for change
or addition of domains of technical-regulation conformity certification is
included in Appendix IX to this Regulation (not printed herein).
Ministries, ministerial-level agencies
and provincial/municipal People's Committees shall examine dossiers and issue
decisions on the change or addition of domains and objects of technicalregulation
conformity-certification activities, made according to the form in Appendix X
to this Regulation (not printed herein).
Article
14. Rights and obligations of technicalregulation conformity certification
organizations
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a) To grant technical-regulation
conformity certificates valid for not more than three years to products, goods,
services, processes or environment certified to be conformable with relevant
technical regulations;
b) To assign the right to use
technical-regulation conformity marks to organizations and individuals having
certified products, goods, services, process or environment with relevant
technical regulations and guide them how to use these marks;
c) To withdraw the granted
technical-regulation conformity certificates and the right to use technicalregulation
conformity marks assigned to organizations and individuals having certified
products, goods, services, processes or environment that seriously violate
regulations on certification of technicalregulation conformity.
2. Obligations:
a) To conduct technical-regulation
conformity certification activities in the designated domains according to the
prescribed order and procedures;
b) On the basis of technical-regulation
conformity certification methods specified in relevant technical regulations,
to develop the order of and procedures for certification of
technical-regulation conformity applicable to each specific object and notify
them to related agencies, organizations and individuals;
c) To ensure objectivity and fairness in
technical-
regulation conformity certification
activitiess; to refrain from providing consultancy on technicamgulation
conformity certification to organizaions and individuals requesting technical-regulation
conformity certification;
d) To keep confidential all information
collected in the process of conducting technical regulation conformity
certification activities;
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e) To take responsibility before law
their activities;
g) To promptly report to competent
management agencies and widely announce on the mass media the withdrawal of technical-regulation
conformity certificates and the right to use technical regulation conformity
marks;
h) Biannually or upon request, to send
reports on the results of technical-regulation conformity certification
activities, made according to the form in Appendix VI to this Regulation (not
printed herein), to competent management agencies that have designated them as
technical-regulation conformity certification organizations and the Directorate
for Standards and Quality for synthesis;
i) To notify competent management
agencies that have designated them as technical-regulation conformity
certification organizations all changes which affect the technical-regulation
conformity certification capabilities within 15 days after the occurrence of
these changes.
Chapter
IV
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF STANDARD CONFORMITY
Article 15. Order of and procedures for standard conformity
announcement
1. The announcement of standard conformity is conducted in the following
steps:
Sep 1: Assessing the conformity of announced objects with relevant
standards.
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be conducted by a standard conformity certification organizmtm (the
third party) or the standard conformyty-announcing organization or individual (the
first party). The conformity assessment is conducted by the standard conformity
assessment method specified in Clause 1, Article 6 of this Regulation.
b) The conformity assessment results specified at
Point a, Clause 1 of this Article serve as grounds for organization and
individuals to announce standard conformity.
Sep 2: Registering standard conformity announcement documents.
a) The standard conformity-announcing organiz'atmn or individual shall
send its st~n'dard conformity announcement document, made according to the form
in Appendix XI to this Regulation (not printed herein), to the Department for
Standards and Quality of the province or centrally run city where it has
registered its production or business activities for registration.
b) Within seven working days after receiving a complete dossier of
standard conformity announcement, the Department for Standards and Quality
shall notify the standard conformity- announcing organizations and individuals
as follows:
- If the standard conformity announcement document is valid, to make a
notice on the receipt of the standard conformity announcement document
according to the form in Appendix XII to this Regulation (not printed herein)
and send it to the standard conformity-announcing organization or individual;
- If the registration is invalid, to notify in writing the standard
conformity-announcing organization or individual of improper points or contents
for the latter to revise its standard conformity announcement document to the
Department for Standards and
Quality.
2. Provincial/municipal Departments for Standards and Quality shall keep
a register of standard conformity announcement for monitoring and management
purposes.
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1. To
maintain and take responsibility for the conformity of products, goods,
services, processes or environment already registered for standard conformity
announcement; to maintain the periodical control of quality, testing and
supervision at their production or business establishments.
2. To
promptly notify the Departments for Standards and Quality of provinces or
centrally run cities where they have registered dossiers of standard conformity
announcement specified at Clause 3, Article 21 of this Regulation of the
non-conformity with standards detected in the course of production,
circulation, transportation or use of products, goods, processes, services or
environment and take the following appropriate measures:
a) To
apply measures to remedy the nonconformity;
b)
When necessary, to suspend the production and withdraw non-conformable products
or goods from circulation on the market; to suspend the operation or
exploitation of concerned processes, services or environment;
c) To
notify the Departments for Standards and Quality of provinces or centrally run
cities where they have registered dossiers of standard conformity announcement
specified in Clause 3, Article 21, of the Law on Standards and Technical
Regulations of the results of handling the non-conformity before resuming the
use, circulation, exploitation or trading of products, goods, services,
processes or environment.
3. To
compile and keep dossiers of standard conformity announcement as follows:
a) In
case of announcing standard conformity on the basis of the results of standard
conformity certification conducted by an independent standard conformity
certification organization (the third party), a dossier of standard conformity
announcement compnses:
- The
registered standard conformity announcement document;
- The
notice of the receipt of the standard conformity announcement document, issued
by a competent agency;
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- The
standard applied for announcement;
- The
general description of products, goods, services, processes or environment
(properties, functions and utilities).
b) In
case of announcing standard conformity on the basis of the results of
self-assessment by production or business organizations or individuals (the
first party), a dossier of standard conformity announcement comprises:
- The
registered standard conformity announcement document;
- The
notice of the receipt of the standard conformity announcement document, issued
by a competent agency;
- The
standard applied for announcement;
- The
general description of products, goods, services, processes or environment
(propertied, functions and utilities);
- The
production process and quality control plan, made according to the form in
Appendix XIII to this Regulation (not printed herein), or a copy of the
certificate of conformity with ISO 9001 standard, in case the standard
conformity – announcing organization or individual has its quality management
system certified to be conformable with ISO 9001 standard.
- The
standard conformity assessment report.
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Chapter V
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF TECHNICAL-TEGULATION CONFORMITY
Article 17. Objects of technical regulation conformity
announcement
Objects
of technical-regulation conformity announcement include:
1.
Products, goods, services, processes and environment subject to announcement of
technical regulation conformity as prescribed in national technical
regulations promulgated by ministries or ministerial-level agencies;
2.
Locally peculiar products, goods, services, processes and environment subject
to announcement of technical-regulation conformity as prescribed in local
technical regulations promulgated by provincial! municipal People's Committees.
Article 18. Order of and procedures for technical
regulation conformity announcement
The
announcement of technical-regulation conformity is conducted in the following
steps:
1.
Step 1: Assessing the conformity of objects of announcement with relevant
technical regulations.
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b)
In case the technical-regulation conformity-announcing organization or
individual (the first party) conduct the assessment of technical-regulation
conformity itself, it shall carry out the testing at a testing laboratory
accredited or designated by the technical regulation-promulgating agency;
c) The
results of assessment of technical-regulation conformity are grounds for the
organization or individual to announce technical –regulation conformity..
2.
Step 2: Registering the technical-regulation conformity announcement document
at a relevant agency in charge of managing and receiving dossiers of technical
– regulation conformity announcement specified in Article 21 of this Regulation
Article 19. Registration of technical – regulation
conformity announcement documents
1. Technical-regulation
conformity-announcing organizations and individuals shall compile and send
dossiers of technical-regulation conformity announcement to relevant
provincial-level services in localities where they have registered their production
and/or business activities for registration.
A dossier of
technical-regulation conformity announcement comprises:
a) In case of announcing
technical-regulation conformity on the basis of the results of technical regulation
conformity certification conducted by a technical-regulation conformity
certification organization (the third party):
- A technical-regulation
conformity announcement document, made according to the form in Appendix XI to
this Regulation (not printed herein);
- A copy of the certificate of
the conformity of products, goods, services, processes or envir9nment with
relevant technical regulations, granted by the technical-regulation conformity
certification organization;
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b) In case of announcing
technical-regulation conformity on the basis of the results of self assessment
of production or business organizations or individuals (the first party):
- A technical-regulation
conformity announcement document, made according to the form in Appendix XI to
this Regulation (not printed herein);
- The general description of
products, goods, services, processes or environment (properties, functions and
utilities....);
- Testing and calibration
results (if any);
- The formulated and implemented
production process and quality control plan, made according to the form in
Appendix XIII to this Regulation (not printed herein) or a copy of the
certificate of conformity with ISO 9001 standard, in case the
technical-regulation conformity-announcing organization or individual has its
quality management system certified to be conformable with ISO 9001 standard;
- A plan on periodical
supervision;
- A report on
technical-regulation conformity assessment, enclosed with relevant documents.
2. Within seven working days
after receiving a valid dossier of technical-regulation conformity
announcement, the agency in charge of managing and receiving dossiers shall
notify in writing the technical regulation conformity-announcing organization
or individual of the receipt of the technical-regulation conformity
announcement document, if the dossier of technical-regulation conformity
announcement satisfies the requirements defined in Clause 1 of this Article.
If the dossier of
technical-regulation conformity announcement fails to satisfy the requirements
specified in Clause 1 of this Article, the agency in charge of managing and
receiving dossiers shall notify the announcing organization or individual of improper
points or contents or the latter to revise its dossier and make
re-registration.
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Article 20. Responsibilities of technical regulation
conformity-announcing organizations and individuals
1. To publicize on appropriate means
of communication their technical-regulation conformity announcements.
2. To take responsibility
for the conformity of products, goods, services, processes or environment
already announced to be conformable with technical regulations; to maintain the
quality control, testing and periodical supervision at enterprises.
3. To display
technical-regulation conformity marks on products and goods announced to be
technical-regulation conformable in accordance with Clause 2, Article 4 of this
Regulation before putting these products and goods into circulation.
4. In the course of producing,
circulating, transporting and using products, goods, services, processes or
environment already announced to be technical regulation-conformable, if
detecting their non-conformity with relevant technical regulations:
a) To promptly notify the
non-conformity to the agency in charge of managing and receiving technical regulation
conformity announcement documents;
b) To apply measures to remedy
the nonconformity. When necessary, to suspend the production of and withdraw
non-conformable products and goods from circulation on the market; to suspend
the operation or exploitation of related processes, services or environment;
c) To notify agencies in charge
of managing and receiving technical-regulation conformity announcement
documents the results of remedying the non-conformity before resuming the use,
circulation, exploitation or trading of products, goods, services, processes or
environment.
5. To keep dossiers of
technical-regulation conformity announcement to serve inspection and
examination by state management agencies.
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Chapter VI
ORGANIZATION
OF IMPLEMENTATION
Article 21. Responsibilities of management agencies
1. Within the scope of the management domains assigned or decentralized
to them, line management ministries and ministerial-level agencies and
provincial/municipal People's Committees shall:
a) Make a list of domains and object under their management subject to
certification of technical – regulation conformity and publicize on the mass
media and their websites the needs for technical – regulation conformity
certification for relevant domains or objects specified at this point.
b) Direct and manage activities of technical regulation conformity
certification and announcement under this Regulation;
c) Designate focal agencies to manage technical regulation conformity
certification and announcement in their assigned domains; to notify the list of
designated focal agencies to concerned organizations and individuals and the
Ministry of Science and Technology for coordination;
d) To designate technical-regulation conformity certification
organizations in accordance with Point b, Clause 6, Article 16 of the
Government's Decree No. 127/2007/ND-CP of August 1,2007, detailing the
implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Standards and Technical
Regulations;
dd) To assign the responsibility to receive technical regulation
conformity announcement documents to relevant provincial-level Services in
localities.
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2. The Directorate for Standards and Quality shall:
a) Assist the Ministry of Science and Technology in performing the
unified management of and guiding the certification of standard conformity,
certification of technical regulation conformity, announcement of standard
conformity and announcement of technical regulation conformity;
b) Coordinate with central focal agencies under ministries and
ministerial-level agencies and provincial/municipal Science and Technology
Services in urging and guiding the certification of standard conformity,
certification of technical regulation conformity, announcement of standard
conformity and announcement of technical-regulation conformity under this
Regulation;
c)
Receive registration documents and grant certificates of registration of
standard conformity certification activities of conformity certification
organizations; make, publicize and widely announce on its website the list of
certified standard conformity certification organizations;
d)
Receive dossiers of registration of technical - regulation conformity
certification activities of conformity certification organizations in the
management domains assigned by the Ministry of Science and Technology;
dd)
Assist the Ministry of Science and Technology in designating
technical-regulation conformity certification organizations in accordance with
Point b, Clause 6, Article 16 of the Government's Decree No. 127/2007/ND-CP of
August 1,2007, detailing the implementation of the Law on Standards and
Technical Regulations and this Regulation;
e)
Manage activities of standard conformity certification and announcement and
annually, report the situation of management of standard conformity certification
and announcement to the Ministry of Science and Technology;
g)
Synthesize and report to the Ministry of Science and Technology lists of
products, goods, services, processes and environment under the management of
the Ministry of Science and Technology already announced to be
standard-conformable, certified to be standard-conformable, announced to be
technical regulation-conformable and certified to be technical
regulation-conformable and publicize these lists on its website;
3.
Designated focal agencies defined at Point b, Clause 1 of this Article shall
assist ministries and ministerial-level agencies in:
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b)
Supervising and managing the registration of technical-regulation conformity
announcement by relevant specialized services in localities
c)
Reviewing the situation of technical-regulation conformity certification and
announcement and lists of products, goods, processes, services and environment
already certified to be technical regulation-conformable and, quarterly or upon
request, reporting such to ministries, ministerial-level agencies and the
Ministry of Science and Technology.
4.
Departments for Standards and Quality under provincial/municipal People's
Committees shall:
a)
Receive the registration and manage standard conformity announcement documents
of production or business organizations and individuals in their localities;
b)
Receive the registration and manage technical regulation conformity
announcement documents for products, goods, services, processes and environment
subject to national technical regulations promulgated by the Ministry of
Science and Technology;
c)
Quarterly or upon being request, synthesize and report to the Directorate for
Standards and Quality lists of products, goods, services, processes and
environment already registered for standard conformity announcement or
technical-regulation conformity announcement prescribed at Points a and b of
this Clause.
Article 22. Inspection, examination, and handling
of violations
1.
Competent state management agencies shall conduct inspection and examination
and handle violations committed in the certification of standard conformity,
certification of technical-regulation conformity, announcement of standard
conformity and announcement of technical-regulation conformity under this
Regulation and relevant current regulations
2.
Organizations and individuals that violate regulations on certification of
standard conformity, certification of technical-regulation conformity,
announcement of standard conformity and announcement of technical-regulation
conformity shall, depending on the nature and severity of their violations, be
handled according to current relevant laws./.