Title: Decree 58/2003/ND-CP of May 29, 2003, prescribing the control of the import, export and transit through Vietnams territory of narcotics, pre-substances, addictive drugs and psychotropic medicines

Type: Decree

Issuing Agency: Government

Responsible Agency: Ministry of Health

Issuing Date: 29-05-2003

The competent agencies shall, within the scope of their tasks and powers, have to coordinate with one another in tightly controlling activities of importing, exporting and transiting through Vietnam’s territory narcotics, pre-substances, addictive drugs and psychotropic medicines.

Safeguard  measures

Measures for safeguard in the import of foreign goods into Vietnam include:

1. Raising the import tax rates over the current import tax rates;

2. Applying the import quotas;

3. Applying the customs quotas;

4. Applying absolute tax;

5. Granting import permits to control import;

6. Imposing surcharges on import goods;

7. Other measures.

Determining domestic manufacturing industries

Domestic manufacturing industries mean the entire producers of similar goods or directly competitive goods within the Vietnamese territory or their lawful representatives, which represent at least 50% of such industries’ total output of domestically produced goods.

For further details, Please see a reference translation  at http://moj.gov.vn/vbpq/en/lists/vn%20bn%20php%20lut/view_detail.aspx?itemid=8729

 

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