On April 19, 2019, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 18/2019 / QD-TTg regulating the import of used machinery, equipment and technology lines. This decision takes effect from June 15, 2019.
In the content of the Decision, there are some notable things:
– Prohibit the import of used machinery, equipment and lines of poor quality, causing environmental pollution. Specifically, the machinery and equipment belong to the following cases:
+ Exported countries have announced their elimination due to backwardness, poor quality and environmental pollution;
+ Failure to meet the requirements for safety, energy saving and environmental protection in accordance with the law.
– Only import used machinery and equipment under 10 years old
Accordingly, used machinery and equipment are allowed to import when the age of equipment does not exceed 10 years. At the same time, it must be manufactured according to standards in accordance with the provisions of national standards (QCVN) on safety, energy saving and environmental protection. In the absence of QCVN related to imported machinery and equipment, imported machinery and equipment must be produced in accordance with the technical standards of the Vietnamese national standard (TCVN) or national standard. of one of the G7 and South Korea countries on environmental energy safety and conservation.
– Only import used technology lines when the product capacity reaches over 85%.
Accordingly, the capacity (in terms of the number of products produced by the technology line in a unit of time) or the remaining efficiency must be 85% or more of the design capacity or efficiency.
– Import license must be submitted when importing used machinery and equipment for more than 10 years.
The Prime Minister issued specific regulations on the import of used machinery, equipment and lines to further improve the old regulations stipulated by the Ministry of Science and Technology in the Circular. No. 23/2015/TT-BKHCN on November 13, 2015. Create a clear legal basis for the import of machinery and equipment into Vietnam.