Legal Document

Title: Decree 38/2015/ND-CP on management of waste and discarded materials

Type: Decree

Issuing Agency: Government

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment

Issuing Date: 24-04-2015

The collection and transportation of waste from free trade zones, processing and exporting zones, exporting and processing enterprises to inland shall be carried out uniformly as for wastes outside free trade zone, processing and exporting zones, exporting and processing under the provisions of this Decree; the provisions of Chapter VIII of this Decree shall not be applied to discarded materials from free trade zone, processing and exporting zones and exporting and processing enterprises.

This Decree shall be applied to domestic agencies, organizations, households and individuals, foreign organizations and individuals (hereinafter referred to as organizations and individuals) with activities related to waste and imported discarded materials on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s territory, including the mainland and islands, territorial waters and airspace.

This Decree takes effect from June 15, 2015.

APPENDIX

LIST OF EMISSION SOURCES WITH GREAT FLOW

(enclosed herewith the Government’s Decree No. 38/2015/NĐ-CP dated April 24, 2015)

No.	Types	Characteristics
1	Steel Production	Output of more than 200,000 tonnes / year
2	Thermoelectric	All, except for thermo-electric plants using natural gas fuel
3	Cement	All
4	Chemicals and chemical fertilizers	Output of more than 10,000 tonnes / year
5	Petroleum production industry	Output of more than 10,000 tonnes / year
6	Industrial boiler	Output of more than 20 tonnes / hour

For further details, Please see a reference translation at http://www.asemconnectvietnam.gov.vn/Law.aspx?ZID1=10&ID1=2&MaVB_id=2323

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List Measures/Standards

Name	Description	Status	Measures/Standards	Measure Class
Management of imported waste and discarded materials	Conditions on environmental protection in discarded material import a) Storage warehouse of imported discarded materials b) Storage area of imported discarded materials c) Technology, equipment of recycling, reuse of discarded materials must meet technical requirements and management process as prescribed; d) There are technologies and equipment for treatment of impurity accompanying the discarded materials meeting environmental standards. Where there is no technology and equipment for treatment of impurity, they must be transferred to the unit with appropriate functions to treat; dd) Imported discarded materials must be deposited under the provisions of this Decree must be paid; e) There is a written commitment on the re-export or treatment of discarded materials in case the imported discarded materials do not meet the requirements of environmental protection.	Active	Measure	Goods