VND 20 MILLION FINE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION OF GOODS LABEL, CODE AND BARCODE
On July 19, 2013, the Government issues the Decree No. 80/2013/ND-CP promulgating the administrative violation sanction in the field of standards, measure and quality of products and goods.
In accordance with this Decree, the maximum fine level in the field of measure for individuals is 100,000,000 dong and 200,000,000 dong shall be imposed for organizations, the maximum fine level in the field of standards, quality of products and goods for the individuals is 150,000,000 dong and 300,000,000 dong shall be imposed for organizations.
For sanctioning violation of conformance in the wholesale and retail of goods circulating in the market, the fine level for the violation of provisions on conformance announcement, conformance mark or products and goods having their quality not in accordance with the standards published in the wholesaling and retail as a caution or a fine of between 50,000 dong and 200,000 dong shall be imposed if the violating batch of goods is valued up to 10,000,000 dong; a fine of between 200,000 dong and 500,000 dong shall be imposed if the violating batch of goods is valued from over 10,000,000 dong to 20,000,000 dong; a fine of between 500,000 dong and 2,000,000 dong shall be imposed if the violating batch of goods is valued from over 20,000,000 dong to 40,000,000 dong; a fine of between 3,000,000 dong and 9,000,000 dong shall be imposed if the violating batch of goods is valued from over 40,000,000 dong to 80,000,000 dong and so on.
Besides, A caution or fine of between 400,000 dong and 1,000,000 dong shall be imposed for selling goods without announcement of applicable standards; or a fine of 01 times to 02 times of the total value of products and goods at the time of violation for the act of selling products and goods whose quality is not suitable with the applicable published standards. Besides, there are some additional form of sanction such as depriving the use right of certificate of eligibility for business issued by the competent authority from 01 to 06 months for violations and confiscating to destroy the product and goods which are not safe to use for people, domestic animal, plants and affect the ecology and environment.
This Decree takes effect on September 15, 2013 and replaces the Decree No. 54/2009/ND-CP dated June 05, 2009.
