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SECTION II. GUIDES BY ARTICLES OF DECISION 18

Inspection place:

- The used technological line:
In operating conditions at a site in the exporting country (point c) Clause 1 Article 10

and Clause 3 Article 10);
- The used machinery and equipment:
- In operating conditions at the site in the exporting country or at a port in Vietnam
(point c) Clause 1 Article 8 and point c) Clause 1 Article 10).

Validity of inspection certificate based on arrives at a Vietnam’s port:

- 18 months for the used technological lines;
- 6 months for the used machinery and equipment.

B. Application and Procedures for Designation as Inspection Body

As of March 2021, 33 designated inspection bodies published on the portal of MOST,

<Figure 24> Application and Procedures for Designation as Inspection Body

Article 11. Application and procedures for designation as inspection body for used machinery, equipment
and technological lines

1. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall cooperate with relevant ministries and ministerial agencies in
designating and accrediting, under bilateral or multilateral agreements, inspection bodies for used machinery,
equipment and technological lines, and publishing the list of designated/accredited inspection bodies on the
portal of Ministry of Science and Technology for serving enterprises’ selection of inspection services.

2. Requirements to be satisfied by an inspection body:
a) Regarding a domestic inspection body:
It has the Certificate of registration of inspection services granted according to the Government’s Decree No.
107/2016/ND-CP dated July 01, 2016, in which inspection of machinery, equipment and technological lines
must be specified.

b) Regarding a foreign inspection body:
It must comply with the law of the host country on inspection services and has been accredited by an accreditation
body that is a signatory of conformity assessment mutual recognition agreements of regional or international
accreditation organizations with regard to inspection of machinery, equipment and technological lines.

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