PRIORITIZE TO ELABORATE TECHNICAL REGULATIONS REGULATING GROUPS OF SIMILAR SUBJECTS
On May 16, 2018, the Government issues the Decree No. 78/2018/ND-CP on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decree No. 127/2007/ND-CP detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations.
The Decree prescribes some of general requirements in the elaboration of standards and technical regulations as follow:
- To prioritize the elaboration of technical regulations regulating groups of subjects which are similar in terms of technical characteristics and management requirements;
- In case of citing international, regional or foreign standards for technical requirements, promulgating agencies shall ensure the availability of Vietnamese versions of the cited documents upon requests of organizations and individuals for reference;
- When elaborating standards, there must have the participating of representatives of related management agencies, associations, unions, science and technology enterprises and organizations, consumers and experts;
- The elaboration of standards must comply with the principle of consensus on the basis of public and democratic discussions and opinion contribution…
This Decree takes effect on July 01, 2018.
