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THE
MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
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THE
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence– Freedom – Happiness
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No.
253/QD-BTNMT
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Hanoi,
March 05, 2009
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DECISION
ON APPROVING THE ECOLOGY LABEL ISSUANCE PROGRAM
THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Pursuant to the Law on
Environment protection of November 29, 2005;
Pursuant to the Government's
Decree No. 80/2006/ND-CP of August 09, 2006 on detailing and guiding the
implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Environment protection;
the Government's Decree No. 21/2008/ND-CP of February 28, 2008 on amending and
supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 80/2006/ND-CP
of August 09, 2006 on detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of
articles of the Law on Environment protection;
Pursuant to the Government's
Decree No. 25/2008/ND-CP of March 04, 2008 on defining the functions, tasks,
powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment;
At the proposal of the
Director of the Vietnam Environment Administration and Director of the Legal
Department,
DECIDES:
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I. NAME AND
SYMBOL OF ECOLOGY LABEL
1. Name: Vietnam green label
2. Symbol
a) The design: in the Annex;
b) Description: The symbol
consists of coherent images: a bird in its nest inside a bush above a green
ripple. These images imply the environmental friendliness, the ecology
protection, the efficient management and use of natural resources and convey
the value of the products to which the “Vietnam green label” is affixed.
II. TARGET
1. Overall target
b) Enhancing the sustainable use
of the natural resources and the environment protection by encouraging the
production and consumption of the eco-friendly products assessed and certified
by the State;
b) Making the “Vietnam green
label” a well-known, prestigious trademark in the domestic certification
system, and accredited worldwide.
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a) Encouraging enterprises to
design products and operate towards reducing the negative impacts on the
resources and the environment during the exploitation, production, packing,
transport, consumption and disposal of products;
b) Establishing a sustainable
market for eco-friendly products and services through the incentives for
producing, exporting, importing enterprises and consumers;
c) Encouraging the Vietnam’s
industry to export to the world’s market by committing to implement the
provisions on the environment and satisfy the product standards under ISO
14024;
d) Providing clear, reliable and
prompt information, guidance and direction to enterprises wishing to employ a
method to reduce the impact on the environment during the production and
business;
dd) Providing clear, reliable
and independent information, guidance and direction for enterprises about the
environmental friendliness of the products, helping the consumers form the
basis for their purchase;
e) Improving the awareness of
eco-friendly products and services via the media campaigns;
g) Setting up the “Vietnam green
label” program with tight criteria, efficient organization, strict supervision
and inspection, and supported by sustainable financial sources;
h) Establishing the system for
assessing, certifying and issuing the “Vietnam green label” in accordance with
the domestic situation and international practice;
i) Reasonably selecting
appropriate group of products and services to participate in the program;
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III. PRINCIPLES
OF OPERATION
1. Only issuing the “Vietnam
green label” to eco-friendly products and services; not issuing the “Vietnam
green label” to products being chemicals or precursor substances that are
extremely toxic and dangerous for the environment and human health.
2. The amount of group of animal
products eligible for the “Vietnam green label” shall be determined by each
period according to the demand and capacity of the enterprise, the ability to
organize, test, assess and manage the label issuance in accordance with the changes
of the market, the technology, the resources, the environment and the social
awareness.
3. The “Vietnam green label”
issuance criteria must be clear, transparent, quantitative and feasible and
consulted by relevant branches, organizations and the community during the
establishment of the label issuance criteria. The issuance criteria must be
periodically considered, assessed and amended (if necessary).
4. The conformity with ISO
14020, ISO 14024 and other relevant standards must be ensured, the WTO’s
requirements of technical barriers to trade must be satisfied.
5. The legitimacy and
independent operation of the Ecology label issuance organizations must be
ensured.
IV. PROGRAM
DEPLOYMENT CONTENT
1. Establishing the system for
assessing, certifying and issuing the “Vietnam green label” to eco-friendly
products and services
a) Building the cooperation
mechanism between the organizations and individuals participating in the
“Vietnam green label” issuance program, including: the Ecology label council,
the Ecology label office, the technical boards, audit agencies, and agencies
that inspect the standards and the commitment fulfillment of enterprises;
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c) Compiling and promulgating
the technical instruction documents on the order for assessing, certifying and
issuing the “Vietnam green label” to eco-friendly products and services;
d) Applying for the protection
certified brand names.
2. Applying the “Vietnam’s green
label” pilot issuance to a number of products and services
a) Selecting kinds and groups of
products, services being the major subjects of the pilot program;
b) Studying, identifying the
environmental problems, the possibility to diminish the impacts on the
environment by the selected products and services; assessing the situation of
the market, the benefits to the community from the selected products and
services;
c) Determining the selection
criteria and selecting enterprises participating in the “Vietnam green label”
pilot issuance program, making instruction documents on the procedures for
label issuance and its application to enterprises;
d) Establishing the order,
procedures and provisions on dossiers and forms of the “Vietnam green label”
issuance application;
dd) Establishing the label
issuance criteria for the selected group of products and services consulted by
relevant enterprises and organizations;
e) Establishing the criteria and
capability conditions for the inspection establishments and laboratories
qualified for assessing the environmental criteria of the products, services
being the subjects of the program;
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h) Disseminating and broadly
announcing on the media about the products and services that have been issued
with the “Vietnam green label”
i) Assessing the efficiency and
difficulties of the pilot program; announcing the pilot application results,
proposing the appropriate changes.
3) Extensively issuing the
“Vietnam green label” to eco-friendly products and services
a) Identifying groups of
products, services being the major subjects of the program; identifying groups
of products, services not being allowed to participate in the program;
b Studying, identifying the
environmental problems, the possibility to diminish the impacts on the
environment by the products and services; assessing the situation of the
market, the benefits to the community from the selected products and services;
c) Studying and determining and
prescribing the charges and fees relating to the “Vietnam green label”
issuance;
d) Establishing the criteria for
issuing the “Vietnam green label” to groups of eco-friendly products and
services with the participation of State agencies and relevant social
organizations, socio-political organizations; obtaining opinions from
enterprises and the community, completing and officially announcing the
criteria for eco-friendly products and services;
dd) Issuing the operation
licenses to agencies, organizations qualified for assessing and certifying
eco-friendly products and services as prescribed by law;
e) Imposing sanctions against
enterprises violating the criteria and the commitment when participating in the
program;
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h) Issuing the “Vietnam green
label” to eco-friendly products and services, monitoring, inspecting and
supervising the observance of the commitment of the enterprises participating
in the program;
I) Periodically considering, assessing,
amending and supplementing the criteria; supplementing or removing groups of
products, services from the list of “Vietnam green label” issuance;
k) Collecting, managing,
exploiting and using the data of the “Vietnam green label”.
4. Supporting the market
development, creating incentives for enterprises having products and services
that have been issued with the “Vietnam green label”
a) Creating incentives in order
to support the market development of the products and services that have been
issued with the “Vietnam green label”
b) Establishing the mechanism
and policies on encouraging and supporting enterprises to participate in the
“Vietnam green label” issuance program;
c) Protecting the consumers’
interests when purchasing the products and services that have been issued with
the “Vietnam green label”.
5. Improving awareness,
providing information and guiding the consumers when selecting the products and
services that have been issued with the “Vietnam green label”
a) Establishing and implementing
the dissemination program of “Vietnam green label” on means of mass media;
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c) Designing, building and regularly
updating the information about the “Vietnam green label” on the websites and
specialized magazines.
6. Participating in and
integrating into the international Ecology label network
a) Participating in discussing,
hosting the regional, international forums and seminars on Ecology label;
b) Exchanging experience and
cooperating with experts in regional and international Ecology label programs;
c) Standardizing the criteria
for approving products, services, order and procedures for issuing “Vietnam
green label” in accordance with regional and international Ecology label
programs;
d) Entering into mutual
recognition agreements with prestigious Ecology label programs.
7. Training and improving the
capability of the officers in Ecology label issuance organizations
a) Providing training course at
home and abroad for the officers of the organizations participating in the
program;
b) Cooperating in compiling the
standard syllabus and instruction documents on the Ecology label issuance for
teaching and popularizing.
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1. Time of implementation
a) 2009 – 2010: Set up the
detailed project to deploy the program; establish the system for assessing,
certifying and issuing the “Vietnam green label”; experiment the label issuance
to a number of selected products and services;
b) 2010 – 2012: Create the
incentives for enterprises having the products and services that have been
issued with the “Vietnam green label”; participate in the international Ecology
label network;
c) 2011 – 2015: Identify groups
of products and services, establish criteria for issuing the “Vietnam green
label” to the groups of products and services;
d) From 2011: issue the “Vietnam
green label” to the qualified products and services; establish and deploy the
dissemination of the “Vietnam green label”; train and improve the officer
capability.
2. Scope of implementation:
nationwide.
VI. BUDGET
SOURCES AND MECHANISM OF IMPLEMENTATION
1. Budget sources
The total budget demand for
implementing the Ecology label issuance program shall be determined on the
basis of the schemes and projects drawn up and approved by the presiding
agencies under their authority and the regular management expenses of the
program from the capital sources:
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b) The budget mobilized from the
international sponsors for developing eco-friendly products and services;
c) The revenues from the
certification and issuance of the “Vietnam green label” when the program has
been put into smooth operation.
Annually, according to the
target, contents of the program and the ability of the capital sources, the
Vietnam Environment Administration in cooperation with the Department of
planning and the Department of Finance to unanimously allot the budget in order
to ensure the efficiency of the program.
2. Mechanism of implementation
The budget to implement the
program shall be managed, used under the current provisions on finance and
shall be spent on the following activities:
a) Setting up detailed projects
and duties of the program;
b) Implementing the projects and
duties of the program;
c) Officially launching the
program.
VII. ORGANIZING
THE IMPLEMENTATION
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a) Deploy, monitor, inspect and
expedite the efficient implementation of the program;
b) Preside over and cooperate
with the Department of Officer organization and the relevant units to establish
or appoint agencies, organizations to participate in the “Vietnam green label”
program;
c) Direct the establishment of
the projects, duties and submit them as prescribed;
d) Preside over and cooperate
with the relevant units to make annual detailed plans, implement the activities
under the approved contents and send to the Department of planning and the
Department of Finance for summarizing and reporting to the Minister;
dd) Expedite, inspect and
supervise the implementation of the program; annually organize periodic
summary, final summary and report to the Minister;
e) Preside over and cooperate
with the relevant Ministries, branches and unites to implement the projects
within the assigned functions and duties;
g) Cooperate with media
agencies, socio-political organizations, organizations and Professional groups
to disseminate the “Vietnam green label” to the enterprise and consumers;
h) Organize the promotions to
encourage enterprises to participate in the Ecology label issuance program.
2. The Department of planning
and the Department of Finance: responsible to balance and allot the annual
budget to implement the program unanimously with the Vietnam Environment
Administration under the current provisions;
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Article 2.
This Decision takes effect as from the date of its signing.
Article 3.
The Director of the Vietnam Environment Administration, Heads of ministerial
units, Directors of Departments of Natural Resources and Environment in
central-affiliated cities and provinces and relevant organizations, individuals
are responsible to implement this Decision.
FOR
THE MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
Nguyen Xuan Cuong
ANNEX
SYMBOL OF VIETNAM GREEN LABEL
(Promulgated together with the Decision No. 253/QD-BTNMT of March 05, 2009
of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment)
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