NEW PROVISION ABOUT PETROL AND OIL TRADING, RICE EXPORTING
Provision on technical and environmental safety inspection of imported motor vehicles regulated by Decree No. 116/2017/ND-CP was issued by the Ministry of Transport on January 10, 2018 at Circular No. 03/2018/TT-BGTVT.
According to the new provision, every used motor vehicle must undergo technical and environmental safety inspection; every shipment of new motor vehicles must undergo inspection by a quality control authority. Application of new motor vehicles shall contain a copy of the certificate of type approval of import motor vehicles issued by a foreign authority.
If a used vehicle has been modified, the importer must submit documents about the modified vehicle issued by a foreign vehicle management authority. The gross vehicle weight must not exceed the value specified in the documents issued by the foreign authority.
Besides, vehicles will be recalled when the recall is announced by the manufacturer; or the recall is requested by the investigating authority. Request for recall shall be made by the investigating authority on the basis of evidence and verification of reports about technical safety and environmental safety of the imported vehicles.
This Circular takes effect on March 01, 2018.
