Chương III: Thông tư 01/2010/TT-BCT Tổ chức quản lý việc cấp c/o

Chapter III 

MANAGEMENT OF C/O ISSUANCE

Article 10. Competence to sign C/O

Only persons who have completed procedures for specimen signature registration with the Ministry of Industry and Trade for forwarding to the ASEAN Secretariat for registration with competent authorities of importing countries may sign and issue C/O.

Article 11. Focal point

The Import and Export Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade shall act as the focal point performing the following jobs:

1. Guiding and inspecting the C/O issuance;

2. Carrying out procedures for registering specimens of signatures of persons competent to sign and issue C/O and specimens of seals of Vietnamese C/O issuers with the ASEAN Secretariat, and forwarding specimens of signatures of persons competent to sign and issue C/O and specimens of seals of C/O issuers of CEPT Agreement member states to the Ministry of Finance (the General Department of Customs);

3. Assisting the Minister of Industry and Trade in settling matters related to the implementation of C/O.

Article 12. Reporting regime

1. C/O issuers shall update information on C/O issuance on the eCOSys on a daily basis. Information updates must cover all information required to be declared in C/O application dossiers.

2. C/O issuers which have not yet connected to the eCOSys shall make eCOSys connection with the Department for E-Commerce and Information Technology of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Pending the completion of eCOSys connection. C/O issuers shall send monthly reports in writing and by e-mail (with data in the Excel format). Reports for a month must be sent to the Ministry of Industry and Trade not later than the 5lh day of the subsequent month, based on the date shown in the postmark or the date of sending e-mail and made according to a form provided in Annex 13 (not printed herein).

3. C/O issuers that have violated thrice the reporting regime prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article shall be suspended from issuing C/O and be announced on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. After at least 6 months, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, will consider empowering C/O issuers suspended from issuing C/O to issue C/O again based on the requests and explanations of these issuers.

Article 13. Implementation provisions

1. This Circular takes effect on February 21, 2010.

2. This Circular replaces the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Circular No. 12/2009/TT-BCT of May 22, 2009, on implementation of the rules of origin provided in the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement.