SHORTEN THE DURATION FOR GRANTING PRACTICE CERTIFICATES FOR TREATMENT OF ARTICLES SUBJECT TO PLANT QUARANTINE
On December 06, 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issues the Circular No. 15/2021/TT-BNNPTNT amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Circular No. 05/2015/TT-BNNPTNT dated February 12, 2015, providing the order and procedures for granting practice certificates for treatment of articles subject to plant quarantine and the Circular No. 33/2014/TT-BNNPTNT dated October 30, 2014, providing the order and procedures for plant quarantine upon import, export and transit and post-import quarantine of articles subject to plant quarantine.
Accordingly, organizations and individuals practicing the treatment of articles must pay charges for appraising the dossier and granting practice certificates for treatment of articles subject to plant quarantine according to regulations of the Ministry of Finance on charges in plant quarantine and protection in the agricultural sector. Within 03 working days after receiving a valid dossier, the Plant Protection Department shall grant the practice card for treatment of articles subject to plant (instead of 5 working days as in previous regulation).
Besides, based on dossier examination results, the plant quarantine agency shall decide on the place of quarantine and assign an officer to inspect the lot of articles in the following order: Inspect the outside of the lot of articles, its packaging and carrier; etc.; Inspect the inside of the lot of articles and take samples according to National Technical Regulation QCVN 01-141:2013/BNNPTNT. Concurrently, the plant quarantine agency shall send the collected samples of articles subject to plant quarantine, articles showing harmful signs, and harmful organisms to the harmful organism assessment institutions.
This Circular takes effect on January 21, 2022.
