Chương V Luật Tiêu chuẩn và quy chuẩn kỹ thuật 2006: Trách nhiệm của cơ quan, tổ chức, cá nhân hoạt động trong lĩnh vực tiêu chuẩn và lĩnh vực quy chuẩn kỹ thuật

Chapter V

RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS OPERATING IN THE DOMAIN OF STANDARD AND THE DOMAIN OF TECHNICAL REGULATION

Article 58.- Responsibilities of the Government

The Government shall perform the unified state management of activities in the domain of standard and the domain of technical regulation.

Article 59.- Responsibilities of the Ministry of Science and Technology

1. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall take responsibility to the Government for performing uniform state management of activities in the domain of standard and the domain of technical regulation.

2. The Ministry of Science and Technology has the following responsibilities:

a/ To formulate and promulgate or submit to competent state agencies or persons for promulgation, and organize the implementation of, policies and strategies on activities in the domain of standard and the domain of technical regulation; organize the elaboration and approval of plannings and plans on formulation of national standards and national technical regulations in the domains under their assigned management;

b/ To formulate and promulgate or submit to competent state agencies or persons for promulgation legal documents on standards and technical regulations, and organize the implementation thereof;

c/ To evaluate and announce national standards; organize formulation and announcement of national standards in the domain under its assigned management; to promulgate organization and operation regulations of technical boards for national standards; to guide the formulation and application of national standards; to guide the formulation and announcement of manufacturer standards; to guide the application of international, regional and foreign standards;

d/ To evaluate national technical regulations; to guide the formulation of technical regulations; to organize the formulation and promulgation of national technical regulations in the domain under its assigned management;

e/ To manage and guide conformity assessment activities;

f/ To build and develop human resources for activities in the domain of standard and the domain of technical regulation; to organize scientific research and technological development related to standards and technical regulations;

g/ To manage international cooperation on standards and technical regulations;

h/ To organize and manage activities of the national network of notification and enquiry points related to standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment;

i/ To conduct propaganda about and guidance on the observance of the law on standards and technical regulations; to make statistics on the domain of standard and the domain of technical regulation;

j/ To supervise and inspect the observance of law on standards and technical regulations; to handle violations in accordance with law; to settle complaints and denunciations related to activities in the domain of standard and the domain of technical regulation in accordance with the law on complaints and denunciations.

Article 60.- Responsibilities of ministries, ministerial-level agencies and government-attached agencies

1. Ministries and ministerial-level agencies, within the scope of their respective tasks and powers, have the following responsibilities:

a/ To formulate and promulgate or submit to competent state agencies or competent persons for promulgation legal documents on relevant standards and technical regulations;

b/ To organize the elaboration and approval of plannings and plans on formulation on national technical regulations; to organize the formulation and promulgation of national technical regulations in the domains under their respective management;

c/ To propose plannings and plans on formulation of national standards; to organize the formulation of draft national standards in the branches or domains under their respective management;

d/ To manage the formulation and promulgation of local technical regulations; to give comments on draft local technical regulations;

e/ To manage activities of announcement of technical-regulation conformity and certification of technical-regulation conformity;

f/ To make statistics on activities of formulation, promulgation and application of technical regulations issued by themselves;

g/ To participate in international cooperation on standards and technical regulations;

h/ To disseminate, and guide the application of, standards and technical regulations;

i/ To supervise and inspect activities in the domain of technical regulation; to handle violations in accordance with law;

j/ To settle complaints and denunciations related to activities in the domain of technical regulation in accordance with the law on complaints and denunciations;

2. Government-attached agencies, within the scope of their tasks and powers, have the following responsibilities:

a/ To formulate and submit to competent state agencies or persons for promulgation legal documents on relevant standards and technical regulations;

b/ To elaborate and submit to competent state agencies or persons for approval plannings and plans on formulation of national technical regulations;

c/ To organize the formulation of draft national technical regulations; to guide the formulation of local technical regulations; to give comments on draft local technical regulations;

d/ To propose plannings and plans on formulation of national standards; to organize the formulation of draft national standards in the domains under their assigned management;

e/ To disseminate, and guide the application of, standards and technical regulations;

f/ To participate in international cooperation on standards and technical regulations;

g/ To supervise and inspect activities in the domain of technical regulation; to handle violations in accordance with law;

h/ To settle complaints and denunciations related to activities in the domain of technical regulation in accordance with the law on complaints and denunciations.

Article 61.- Responsibilities of provincial/municipal People's Committees

Provincial/municipal People's Committees, within the scope of their tasks and powers, have the following responsibilities:

1. To propose plans on formulation of national standards and national technical regulations; to organize the elaboration and implementation of plans on formulation of local technical regulations.

2. To promulgate, and guide the application of, local technical regulations.

3. To build necessary material and technical foundations for activities in the domain of standard and domain of technical regulation in localities.

4. To organize the implementation of, propaganda about and education in the law on standards and technical regulations.

5. To supervise and inspect the observance of the law on standards and technical regulations; to handle violations in accordance with law.

6. To settle complaints and denunciations related to activities in the domain of standards and the domain of technical regulation in accordance with the law on complaints and denunciations.

Article 62.- Responsibilities of production and business organizations and individuals

1. To announce standards applicable to products, goods, services, processes and environment.

2. To announce products, goods, services, processes and environment conformable with relevant technical regulations.

3. To ensure conformity of products, goods, services, processes and environment with announced technical regulations and standards.

Article 63.- Responsibilities of associations and unions

1. To give opinions on the formulation of relevant legal documents, national standards and technical regulations.

2. To disseminate and train their members in the knowledge about and provide necessary information on activities in the domain of standard and the domain of technical regulation among their members and competent state agencies in accordance with law.