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Chapter V

NATIONAL RESERVE WAREHOUSES, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND APPLICATION OF PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY TO COMMODITIES IN NATIONAL RESERVE

Article 58. Planning for the system of national reserve warehouses

1. Principles of planning the system of national reserve warehouses:

a/ Conformity with socio-economic, defense, security and regional development strategies;

b/ Conformity with the national reserves strategies and land planning;

c/ Uniformity and suitability to places of commodity sources, population density and safety.

2. Contents of the planning for the system of national reserve warehouses must meet the following requirements:

a/ Conformity with the national reserves objectives and requirements;

b/ Connectivity of the system of national reserve warehouses according to territorial lines and regions;

c/ Development toward modernization;

d/ Suitability to investment capital capacity;

e/ Clear identification of implementation solutions and roadmaps.

3. The Ministry of Finance shall preside and cooperate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment as well as the agencies in charge of commodities in national reserve in formulating the planning for the system of national reserve warehouses for submission to the Prime Minister for approval.

Article 59. Detailed planning for the network of national reserve warehouses

1. The detailed planning for the network of national reserve warehouses must ensure:

a/ The conformity with the planning for the system of national reserve warehouses and local land planning;

b/ The convenience for fire prevention and suppression, transport, communication, storage and release of commodities; the protection from flooding; uniformity, advanced preservation technologies, and mechanization for the storage and release of commodities in national reserve.

2. The detailed planning for the network of national reserve warehouses must:

a/ Ensure the continuity and connection between major economic centers and different regions nationwide, convenience in the storage and release of commodities in national reserve;

b/ Ensure high efficiency;

c/ Ensure the development toward modernization of preservation technologies and storage and release processes;

d/ Be suitable for investment capital capacity;

e/ Identify the implementation solutions and roadmaps.

3. Heads of the agencies in charge of commodities in national reserve shall formulate and approve detailed plans on the network of national reserve warehouses under their respective management after reaching agreement with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Article 60. Planning of land funds used for construction of national reserve warehouses

1. The agencies in charge of commodities in national reserve shall base themselves on the detailed plans on the network of national reserve warehouses to draw up plans on the use of land for the construction of national reserve warehouses in conformity with local land planning.

2. State agencies competent in the formulation of land planning, land allocation and land lease shall arrange land funds for the construction of national reserve warehouses according to planning and perform the state management of land used for the construction of national reserve warehouses.

Article 61. Requirements on national reserve warehouses

1. National reserve warehouses must be built according to the approved planning; step by step meet the requirements of modernization with advanced preservation technology, adequate technical equipment and facilities necessary for mechanization and automation of the storage and release of commodities in national reserve.

2. National reserve warehouse premises must be strictly protected, safe and secret as prescribed by law; be furnished with adequate technical equipment necessary for the observation, supervision, prevention and fighting of natural disasters, fires, damage, loss and other factors which may cause damage to commodities in national reserve.

3. Based on the approved planning national reserve warehouses, the agencies in charge of commodities in national reserve shall mobilize organizations, enterprises and individuals to invest in the construction of national reserve warehouses according to the warehouse standards specified in Article 62 of this Law for rent by national reserves units or for the performance of contracts to provide preservation services for commodities in national reserve.

Article 62. Standards of national reserve warehouse

1. The standards of national reserve warehouse must conform to the preservation technology requirements and the specific characteristics of each type of commodities in national reserve.

2. The Minister of Finance shall decide the standards of national reserve warehouse after reaching an agreement with the Minister of Planning and Investment and heads of the agencies in charge of commodities in national reserve. For national reserve warehouses serving national defense and security, the Minister of National Defense or the Minister of Public Security shall decide their standards after reaching an agreement with the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Planning and Investment.

Article 63. Modernization of activities related to national reserves

The investment in scientific research and application of technologies to preservation, investment in IT development and other facilities shall be prioritized to ensure the modernization of activities related to national reserves.

Article 64. Scientific research into and application of national reserve commodity preservation technologies

1. Scientific research and application of technologies to national reserve commodity preservation must:

a/ Be able to prolong the storage and preservation duration, ensure quality and redice the loss of commodities in national reserve; restrict environmental pollution;

b/ Be suitable for reality; adopt and transfer advanced foreign preservation technologies in a selective manner.

2. The contents of scientific research into and application of national reserve commodity preservation technologies include:

a/ Research into new preservation technologies for replacing of obsolete and polluting technologies, and replacing imported technologies;

b/ Expansion of international cooperation in the transfer and application of advanced technologies to national reserve commodity preservation;

c/ Training qualified human resources.

3. The Ministry of Finance shall preside and cooperate with the agencies in charge of commodities in national reserve in formulating plans for scientific research and application of technologies to national reserve commodity preservation.