Chương III Thông tư 04/2019/TT-BKHCN: Điều khoản thi hành

Chapter III

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 10. Responsibilities for implementation

1. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall:

a) cooperate with the relevant local ministries to publicize, launch and implement this Circular;

b) report on the use of hazardous chemicals and banned chemicals for scientific experiments and research as per law.

2. The science and technology management agencies of provinces and central-affiliated cities shall:

a) cooperate with the relevant agencies and units to publicize, launch and implement this Circular on the local level;

b) consolidate and report irregularly or upon request the use of chemicals for scientific experiments and research of the organizations and persons within their divisiosn, furnish the Ministry of Science and Technology with: the use of banned chemicals for scientific experiments and research; the occurred chemical incidents; the new dangerous properties of the used chemicals.

3. The organizations and persons using chemicals for the scientific experiments and research shall:

a) report to the science and technology management agencies of provinces and central-affiliated cities where the supervisory organizations, persons and authorities are based. To be specific:

- Report before the January 15 of each year on the use of banned chemicals for the scientific experiments and research of the previous year. The report contents include: the chemical names and the trades name of the chemicals; the contents, properties; the quantity and amount of purchased, used and disposed chemicals; use purposes; the files and documents relating the purchase, use and disposal of the chemicals;

- Report promptly on the facts of the chemical incident occurred within the scientific experiment, research facilities. The report contents include: the chemical names and the trade names of such chemicals; the consquences for the organizations and surrounding areas (number of deaths, number of persons whose health is affected, estimated physical damage); the cause, the progress and remediation process; the attached files, documents and pictures relating the incidents;

- Promptly report on the new dangerous properties of the chemicals used for the scientific experiments and research. The report contents include: the chemical names and trade names of the chemicals; the contents and the properties; the use purposes; the events occurring during the use and the new dangerous potential of the chemicals.

b) report at the request of the regulatory agencies on the use of chemicals for the scientific experiments and research.

Article 11. Entry into force

1. This Circular comes into force from September 15, 2019.

2. Difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Circular should be submitted to the Ministry of Science and Technology for consideration or adjustment research.

3. Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, heads of Governmental agencies, Chairman of the People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities are responsible for the implementation of this Circular./.