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2020 K-V Economic Cooperation Work Program
Disseminating Information on Used Machinery and
Equipment Import Regulations of Viet Nam for K-V Investment Promotion

g) With regard to inspection of machinery and equipment in cases provided for in Article 9 hereof, make evaluation
and assessment of:
- Technical specifications of machinery/ equipment;
- Status of machinery/ equipment;
- Maintenance of machinery/ equipment;
- Its satisfaction of criterion in Clause 2 Article 6 hereof;
- Level of satisfaction of safety, energy saving and environmental protection standards;
- Remaining capacity (which is the number of products that the machinery/equipment produces in a given time
period) or performance compared to its design capacity;
- Amount of raw materials, energy consumed by the machinery or equipment compared to its design consumption
level;
- Remaining useful life of piece of machinery/ equipment;
- Color photos of machinery/equipment, including: photos showing overall appearance, photos of main
structures of machinery/ equipment, photos of information and/or label affixed on machinery/equipment
showing its technical specifications.

2. Validity of an inspection certificate:
a) With regard to a used technological line, the inspection certificate is valid if it has been granted within 18
months before the technological line arrives at a Vietnam’s port;
b) With regard to a piece of used machinery/equipment, the inspection certificate is valid if it has been granted
within 06 months before the machinery/equipment arrives at a Vietnam’s port.

3. The inspection of a used technological line according to criteria in Article 5 hereof must be conducted in the
exporting country while the technological line is operating.

[Source] Ibid.

G10 The provisions in Article 10 are grouped into the commonly and the specifically applied by

technologies.

Commonly applied:

- Point a), b), c), and d)

Specifically applied:

- Point dd) for the used technological lines;
- Point e) for the used machinery and equipment; and

- Point g) for the age that exceeds 10 years and, at the same time, is not in the list of
specific fields of the Appendix I of Decision 18.

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