Subjects allowed to import scraps from July 1, 2019
This is the content mentioned in Decree 40/2019 / ND-CP amending the Decree guiding the Law on Environmental Protection issued by the Government on 13/5/2019, specifically:
Only organizations and individuals with production facilities using scraps are allowed to import scrap as raw materials for production and must meet the following requirements:

- Meet the requirements and responsibilities for environmental protection;

- There are environmental impact assessment reports approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, including the contents of using imported scrap as production materials;

- Being granted a certificate of completion of environmental protection works or hazardous waste treatment permits;

- Having a certificate of eligibility for environmental protection in importing scrap.

In addition, imported scrap is only allowed to be discharged into the port when:

- In case of receiving goods on the manifest of goods, there is a certificate of satisfaction of environmental conditions in the import of invalid scraps and a volume of imported scrap;

- In case of receiving goods on E-Manifest, there is a written confirmation that the deposit is guaranteed to be imported.

Decree 40/2019 / ND-CP takes effect from July 1, 2019.