1.

Notifying Member: Viet Nam

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

2.

Agency responsible: Directorate of Fisheries, The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

3.

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): Alive fisheries to be imported to Viet Nam as food

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners  

[ ]       Specific regions or countries:  

5.

Title of the notified document: Circular on Regulation on risk assessment and management to alive fisheries to be imported as food  Language(s): Vietnamese  Number of pages: 8

6.

Description of content: The Circular provides the content and procedures of risk assessment for alive fisheries to be imported as food. It also provides regulation for risk management in the import, transit and trading of alive fisheries imported to Viet Nam as food.

7.

Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.  

8.

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)  

[ ]       International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  

[X]     None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[ ] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:  

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:

·         Law No. 52/2005/QH11 dated 29 November 2005 of the National Assembly on Environmental Protection (language: Vietnamese);

·         Law No. 20/2008/QH12 dated 13 November 2008 of the National Assembly on Biodiversity (language: Vietnamese);

·         Law No. 55/2010/QH12 dated 17 June 2010 of the National Assembly on Food Safety, (language: Vietnamese);

·         Decree No. 12/2006/ND-CP 23 January 2006 of Government making detailed provisions for implement action of the commercial law with respect to international purchases and sales of goods; and agency for sale and purchase, processing and transit of goods involving foreign parties.

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): May 2014

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): May 2014

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): June 2014

[ ]       Trade facilitating measure  

12.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 22 April 2014

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:

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Directorate of Fisheries

10 Nguyen Cong Hoan Street

Ba Dinh District

Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Tel: +(84 4) 37245370

Fax: +(84 4) 37 245120

Website: http://www.fistenet.gov.vn

Viet Nam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

2 Ngoc Ha Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Tel: +(84 4) 3734 4764

Fax: +(84 4) 3734 9019

E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn

Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn

13.

Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Viet Nam SPS Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

2 Ngoc Ha Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Tel: +(84 4) 3734 4764

Fax: +(84 4) 3734 9019

E-mail: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn

Website: http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn

Link to download:

http://www.spsvietnam.gov.vn/EnglishSPS/Lists/Documents,notification/Attachments/58/Circular%20on%20RM%20fisheries%20import.pdf