The completion of the draft revision of Decree No. 43/2017 / ND-CP will help businesses save a lot of costs when this Decree is issued and put into practice.
On July 9, the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (General Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality) hosted a scientific workshop to comment on the Draft Decree amending and supplementing Decree No. 43/2017 / ND-CP on labels. goods and the Circular stipulate the display of some compulsory labeling contents electronically. The seminar attracted the participation of more than 200 guests from agencies, associations, businesses … such as American Trade Association in Vietnam (AmCham), European Business Association in Vietnam …
At the seminar, many people welcomed the Draft Circular to regulate the display of some compulsory labeling contents electronically. At the same time, agencies, associations, businesses … are also very happy, support the issuance of this Circular when having electronic labels, businesses will save the cost of label printing as before.
Besides, there are also many opinions that some provisions of the Draft Amending and Supplementing Decree 43/2017 / ND-CP are not reasonable in practice.
An AmCham representative said that the continuous adjustment of labeling regulations is costly and is a barrier for businesses. For example, in Clause 4, Article 9 of the draft Decree amending and supplementing the provisions on the responsibility of labeling goods will cause barriers for importing enterprises.
At the same time, some comments also suggest that the draft amendments to Decree 43/2017 / ND-CP should be clearer and more complete. Especially, the regulations on brand names for machinery and machinery components are imported from abroad or purchases on e-commerce platforms, when delivering goods to Vietnam, there will be no importer’s name.
The representative of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr. Do Hoang Giang – Director of the Legal Department, said: “We sincerely thank and acknowledge all the contributions of agencies, associations and businesses. . This is a preliminary draft, so we look forward to receiving more comments to complete the draft revision of Decree No. 43/2017 / ND-CP so that when it is issued it will be feasible and effective in practice. “.
Mr. Nguyen Hoang Linh – Deputy General Director of General Department of Standards and Quality gave the opening speech
In addition, due to the limited time of the seminar, the organizers could not record all the comments of agencies, associations and businesses. The Drafting Board and the Editorial Team have drafted a draft of the amended Decree and the Circular stipulating the labeling to expect comments received from agencies, associations and enterprises in writing. Email addresses: Qlghinhan@tcvn.gov.vn and cucqlclhh@tcvn.gov.vn to improve the draft Decree and Circular. In addition, the revision of Decree 43/2017 / ND-CP also helps goods circulating in Vietnam keep up with international practices and help businesses reduce administrative procedures, save more costs. .
It is known that on December 31, 2019, the Government issued Resolution No. 119 / NQ-CP on a number of urgent measures to enhance the State management of the prevention of origin fraud and assign the Ministry of Science and Technology in coordination with relevant ministries to study, amend and supplement Decree No. 43/2017 / ND-CP on goods labeling and Decree No. 119/2017 / ND-CP dated November 1, 2017 The Government stipulates the sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of standards, measurement and product and goods quality in order to promptly prevent fraud, counterfeiting of labels and origin of Vietnam.
Following the direction of the Ministry of Science and Technology on the task of chairing and implementing tasks, the General Department of Quality Assurance has reviewed and summarized the opinions of the concerned ministries and branches proposing the contents to be amended and supplemented. Decree 43/2017 / ND-CP. On the basis of summarizing the proposed contents of the ministries, branches and localities in practice of implementing Decree 43/2017 / ND-CP, the Drafting Board and the Editorial Team have drafted a draft Decree to supplement. and Circular stipulating the labeling of some compulsory labeling contents electronically.
Previously, on April 14, 2017, the Government issued Decree No. 43/2017 / ND-CP on goods labels, prescribing how to record and manage the State on labels for goods circulated in Vietnam and goods. import goods. Decree No. 43/2017 / ND-CP was created to overcome difficulties, remove obstacles for businesses, create favorable business environment and improve national competitiveness.
Continuing to implement Decree No. 43/2017 / ND-CP, the General Department of Standards and Quality has presided over the development of Circular No. 05/2019 / TT-BKHCN dated June 26, 2019 detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Decree. Decree No. 43/2017 / ND-CP. Circular No. 05/2019 / TT-BKHCN issued continues to remove difficulties for enterprises in labeling goods, creating a favorable business environment. At the same time, Circular No. 05/2019 / TT-BKHCN was also created to improve the efficiency of the State management of goods labels and especially the protection of consumers’ interests.
Anh Duc
Source: VietQ
