INSPECTING CYCLE OF CARS IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES APPLYING SELF-CERTIFICATION SYSTEM IS 36 MONTHS
On February 26, 2020, the Ministry of Transport promulgates the Circular No. 05/2020/TT-BGTVT on amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Circular No. 03/2018/TT-BGTVT dated January 10, 2018 on prescribing the technical safety quality and environmental protection inspection for imported automobiles regulated by Decree No. 116/2017/ND-CP.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Transport amends and supplements provisions on inspection and testing of samples of automobile in Clause 2, Article 5 of the Circular No. 03/2018/TT-BGTVT. Specifically, the inspecting and testing cycle of automobiles imported from countries applying certification system according to type and self-certification system is 36 months. Contents of inspection include: The consistency of the contents of ex-works quality inspection sheets of actual automobiles of the same type in the lot; the status of chassis and engine numbers of each automobile in the imported lot of automobiles; to take on a random basis the sample automobile...
In case a lot of imported automobiles is not subject to the testing method of sampling, the inspection shall be performed according to the method of probability. Contents of inspection of this method are similar to the above method. This testing may be replaced by the testing and comparison of the structures of the sample automobiles with those tested via the manufactures’ software by the reporting units.
This Circular takes effect on April 15, 2020.
