Chapter 3.
QUALITY CONTROL, TESTING, TRIAL, AND NAMING OF FERTILIZER
Article 18. Fertilizer quality control
1. The quality of fertilizers in the list of Group 2 goods shall be controlled in accordance with the laws on goods quality, technical standards and norms adopted by competent authorities, and the standards applied by manufacturers.
2. The fertilizers without corresponding technical norms for quality must bear the text “SAMPLE” or “EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT” on their labels, and must not be sold.
3. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall establish technical norms for quality of inorganic fertilizers; impose regulations on declaration of conformity of inorganic fertilizers, whether imported or manufactured at home; compile and announce a list of inorganic fertilizers that have declarations of conformity.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall establish technical norms for quality of organic fertilizers and other fertilizers; impose regulations on declaration of conformity of organic fertilizers and other fertilizers, whether imported or manufactured at home; compile and announce a list of inorganic fertilizers that have declarations of conformity; impose limits on fertilizers manufactured or imported for trial according to Clause 2 of this Article.
Article 19. Sampling and testing fertilizers
1. Sampling fertilizers
a) Fertilizers shall be sampled by the persons that possess certificates of training in fertilizer sampling;
b) The sampling method must comply with national standards or technical norms for fertilizer sampling;
c) If a fertilizer does not have corresponding national standards or technical norms for sampling, the sampling method announced by the manufacturer or importer shall be used.
2. Quality testing
a) The testing of quality of fertilizers serving conformity assessment or state management must be carried out by accredited or appointed laboratories.
b) The quality criteria must be analyzed using the methods provided in corresponding national standards or technical norms;
c) If a fertilizer does not have a testing method in any corresponding national standards or technical norms for sampling, the testing method announced by manufacturer or importer shall be used. The fertilizer importer or manufacturer must announce the methods for testing the quality criteria of the fertilizers they manufacture or import.
3. The Minister of Industry and Trade shall introduce regulations on accrediting, appointing, and managing the operation of laboratories, tolerances of the tests; settling complaints against testing results, the disparity between the quality testing results produced by different laboratories or certification bodies that are appointed, and appointment of laboratories with regard to inorganic fertilizers.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural development shall introduce regulations on providing training issuance of certificates, and managing the persons in charge of fertilizer sampling; accrediting, appointing, and managing the operation of laboratories; tolerances of the tests; settling complaints against testing results, the disparity between the quality testing results produced by different laboratories or certification bodies that are appointed, and appointment of laboratories with regard to organic fertilizers and other fertilizers.
Article 20. Fertilizer trials
1. Capable entities shall conduct the trials themselves or sign contracts with capable organizations to conduct trials within their competence, and are responsible for the trial results.
2. The fertilizers that are not enumerated in the List of permissible fertilizers in Vietnam before this Decree takes effect must undergo trials before issuing declarations of conformity.
3. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural development shall introduce specific regulations on fertilizer trials.
Article 21. Naming fertilizers
1. Fertilizers must be named in accordance with current laws on goods labels.
2. The names of fertilizers must not contravene moral values, contain only numbers; coincide or confusingly approximate the names of registered fertilizers; causing confusion over the nature and effects of fertilizers.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 202/2013/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)