Title: Directive 17/CT-TTg of August 09, 2013, on strengthening management and control over the import of technologies, machinery and equipment by enterprises

Type: Directive

Issuing Agency: Prime Minister

Responsible Agency: Relevant Agencies

Issuing Date: 09-08-2013

 

In order to strengthen the effective management and control, to rectify timely the activities of import of technologies, machinery and equipment by enterprises, especially, economic groups, state corporations in implementation of the Scheme “Restructuring state enterprises, focusing on economic groups, state corporations during 2011-2015” approved at the Decision No. 929/QD-TTg dated July 17, 2012, the Prime Minister directs:

1. Enterprises must strictly comply with provisions of law on investment, biding, trade, technology transfer, product and goods quality… in import of technologies, machinery and equipment to create fixed assets for production and trading operation of enterprises.

2. The import of technologies, machinery and equipment must ensure the conformity with content of requirements stated in the national Strategy on goods export and import, national Strategy on science and technology development, planning on economic-social development of localities, regions in each period, planning on sector development and must meet technical requirements, level of goods quality of investment projects approved by competent agencies.

3. In dossier requesting for grant of investment certificate, dossier of investment project must have content of justifications for the technologies enclosed list of machinery, equipment expected to import with parameters, essential technical features and must be approved by competent authorities before import.

4. For technologies, machinery and equipment under EPC contracts , if having content of technology transfer, it is required to make into separate items or Annexes of EPC contract regarding content of technology transfer, list of machinery, equipment with technical parameters and features as required, source and origin of machinery, equipment, production year, old or new situation.

5. The import of machinery, equipment, technology chains must ensure:

a) Import only new machinery, equipment, technology chains; prioritize to import machinery, equipment with advanced, high technology level in conformity with the approved investment projects; encourage import of machinery, equipment with outstanding features regarding saving energy and natural resources, friendly with environment;

b) In necessary case, if having to import machinery, equipment, technology chains which have ever been used, they must meet requirements as guided by the Ministry of science and technology;

c) Not import machinery, equipment, technology chains which other countries have announced to remove due to obsolete technology, bad quality, causing polluted environment.

 

For further details, Please see a reference translation  at http://vbqppl.mpi.gov.vn/en-us/Pages/default.aspx?itemId=d8fc09ca-36fc-456c-ac67-43a3f737f09b&list=documentDetail

 

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