Title: Circular 46/2015/TT-BNNPTNT dated 15 December, 2015, on certification and announcement of conformity for plant varieties

Type: Circular

Issuing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Issuing Date: 15-12-2015

This Circular governs local and foreign entities performing activities related to the certification and announcement of conformity for plant varieties in the List of 2^nd-grouped products and goods.

Scheme and method of conformity assessment

1. Scheme of conformity assessment:

a) For plant varieties in 2^nd-grouped imports: Conformity is assessed by a certifying organization. A certificate of plant variety import conformity or the report of appraisal, as issued by the certifying organization designated, is the groundwork of customs authorities’ clearance of the variety imports;

b) For plant varieties in 2^nd-grouped domestic produce: Conformity is assessed by a certifying organization or by the entities producing such plant varieties.

2. Conformity assessment method for 2^nd-grouped plant varieties

a) Subject to method 5: a typical sample is tested and production process is assessed; samples collected from production facilities or markets are tested while the process of domestic plant variety production is assessed fur purpose of supervision;

b) Subject to method 7: imported plant variety batch is tested and assessed.

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