Chương 1 Nghị định 113/2003/NĐ-CP: Những quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. This Decree provides for the production, processing, export, import trading, testing and State management of fertilizers, aiming to protect the legitimate interests of organizations and individuals that produce, trading in or use fertilizers; and contributing to raising the crops' yield and quality and protecting soil fertility and ecological environment.

Article 2. Fertilizers prescribed in this Decree include:

Assorted inorganic fertilizers, bio-organic fertilizers, mineral organic fertilizers, multi-nutrient fertilizers, compound fertilizers, mixed fertilizers, microbiological fertilizers, foliar fertilizers and fertilizers added with growth regulators (hereinafter referred collectively to as fertilizers).

Pure growth regulators, moisture-preserving preparations and soil adhesive binders shall not be governed by this Decree.

Article 3. Domestic as well as foreign organizations and individuals engaged in fertilizer-related activities in the Vietnamese territory shall have to abide by this Decree, except for cases where otherwise provide for by international treaties which Vietnam has signed or acceded to.

Article 4. In this Decree, the following terms shall be construed as follows:

1. Root fertilizers mean assorted fertilizers to be applied directly to soil or water in order to provide plants with nutrients through their root assemblages;

2. Foliar fertilizers mean assorted fertilizers to be sprinkled or sprayed directly on plant foliage or stems in order to provide nutrients for plants;

3. Inorganic fertilizers (mineral fertilizers, chemical fertilizers) mean fertilizers containing inorganic nutrients necessary for the growth and development of plants;

4. Single fertilizers (single mineral fertilizers) mean inorganic fertilizers containing only one nutrient;

5. Multi-nutrient fertilizers mean inorganic fertilizers containing two or more nutrients;

6. Compound fertilizers mean multi-nutrient fertilizers produced on the basis of chemically synthesizing assorted raw materials;

7. Mixed fertilizers mean multi-nutrient fertilizers produced by way of mechanically mixing many single fertilizers;

8. Microbiological fertilizers mean fertilizers containing one or more useful microbe species, with a density compatible with the promulgated standards;

9. Bio-organic fertilizers mean fertilizers produced from organic raw materials through the effects of useful microbes or other biological agents;

10. Mineral organic fertilizers mean fertilizers produced from organic raw materials and added with one or more mineral nutrients;

11. Traditional organic fertilizers mean assorted barnyard manure, human excrement, urine, straw, green manure and crops' by-products;

12. Nutritious contents mean the quantities of major nutrients in fertilizers, which are expressed in percentage;

13. Allowable toxic contents mean the maximum allowable contents of heavy metals, harmful organisms, biure and free acids in fertilizers;

14. Fertilizers added with growth regulators mean inorganic or organic fertilizers added with a small quantity of vitamins, enzymes, organic acids or chemicals, which stimulate or repress the growth and development of plants;

15. Processing means the production of fertilizers by Vietnam-based enterprises having the function of producing fertilizers under contracts with foreign traders.