On 24/05/2019, the Government issued Decree No. 40/2019/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of decrees detailing and guiding the implementation of environmental protection laws. The Circular takes effect from 01/07/2019.
Accordingly, only organizations and individuals with production facilities using scrap are allowed to import scrap as raw materials for production and must meet the following requirements:
– Meet the requirements and responsibilities for environmental protection;
– There are environmental impact assessment reports approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, including the contents of using imported scrap as production materials;
– Being granted a certificate of completion of environmental protection works or hazardous waste treatment permits;
– Having a certificate of eligibility for environmental protection in importing scrap.
– Besides, the Decree stipulates that imported scrap is only allowed to be unloaded to the port when:
– In case of receiving goods on the manifest of goods, there is a certificate of satisfaction of environmental conditions in the import of invalid scraps and a volume of imported scrap;
– In case of receiving goods on E-Manifest, there is a written confirmation that the deposit is guaranteed to be imported.
At the same time, the Decree supplemented the list of industrial production models that are at risk of causing environmental pollution, providing additional and replacement contents of the list of projects that must be prepared for environmental impact assessment reports or must register an environmental protection plan; make an appeal, paying more attention to environmental protection activities in all economic activities of the country.