Chapter V
IMPLEMENTATION
Article 18. Responsibilities of regulatory authorities at all levels
1. The Vietnam Administration of Forestry shall:
a) request the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to amend Vietnam’s SFM criteria, principles and indicators in harmony with international SFM standards.
b) provide training in and guidance on preparation and approval of SFMPs and issuance of SFM certificates nationwide;
c) inspect the preparation, approval and implementation of SFMPs by forest owners and inspect operation of SFM certification organizations in accordance with regulations of law.
2. The People’s Committee of a province shall:
a) direct the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to instruct forest owners to prepare and implement SFMPs as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 27 of the Law on Forestry and regulations of this Circular;
b) direct the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to submit SFMPs within its province in accordance with regulations of this Circular;
c) direct relevant authorities to provide capital and guidance on using funding for preparing SFMPs and issuing SFM certificates organizations, and perform SFM activities in accordance with regulations of law.
3. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development shall:
a) instruct forest owners to prepare and implement SFMPs;
b) cooperate with relevant authorities in inspecting the preparation and implementation of SFMPs of forest owners;
c) before December 15, submit a report on preparation and implementation of SFMPs and issuance of SFM certificates within its province to the People’s Committee of the province and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (via the Vietnam Administration of Forestry).
4. People’s Committees of districts shall direct People’s Committees of communes to instruct forest owners that are households, individuals and residential communities or households and individuals consolidated into a smallholder group to perform SFM activities and issue SFM certificates.
5. The People’s Committee of a commune shall:
a) instruct households and individuals that have forests and forestry land to consolidate each other into a smallholder group to prepare and implement SFMPs and issue SFM certificates;
b) supervise the performance of SFM activities by forest owners within its commune according to the approved SFMPs.
Article 19. Responsibilities of forest owners
1. Every forest owner shall prepare and submit an SFMP to a competent authority for approval or approve it itself/himself/herself and organize the implementation thereof in accordance with regulations of this Circular.
2. The forest investor shall itself/himself/herself supervise and inspect approved SFM activities.
3. Before December 15, the forest owner that is an organization shall submit a report on implementation of its SFMP to the Department of Agriculture and supervisory unit (if any) according to the Appendix VIII hereof.
Article 20. Responsibilities of SFM certification organizations
An SFM certification organization shall:
1. comply with Vietnam’s laws during its operation, assessment and issuance of SFM certificates.
2. take responsibility for quality and results of issuance of SFM certificates.
3. perform the tasks mentioned in Points a and b Clause 1 Article 29 of the Government's Decree No. 107/2016/ND-CP dated July 01, 2016.
Article 21. Transitional clause
Any forest owner that has an SFMP as prescribed in the Circular No. 38/2014/TT-BNNPTNT dated November 03, 2014 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; any special-use forest owner that has a report on planning for conservation and sustainable development of special-use forests as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 2 of the Circular No. 78/2011/TT-BNNPTNT dated November 11, 2011 which is approved by a competent authority before the effective date of this Circular shall continue to perform SFM activities according to the approved plan or report.
Article 22. Effect
1. This Circular comes into force from 01 January, 2019.
2. The Circular No. 38/2014/TT-BNNPTNT dated November 03, 2014 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is null and void from the effective date of this Circular.
3. Difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Circular should be promptly reported to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for consideration.
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