DECISION NoDECISION No. 05/2003/QD-BTS OF APRIL 29, 2003 AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING APPENDIX No. I (ON AQUATIC RESOURCES) OF JOINT CIRCULAR No. 17/2003/TTLT/BTC-BNNPTNT-BTS OF MARCH 14, 2003
THE MINISTER OF AQUATIC RESOURCES
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 50/CP of June 21, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational apparatus of the Ministry of Aquatic Resources;
Pursuant to Joint Circular No. 17/2003/TTLT/BTC-BNNPTNT-BTS of March 14, 2003 guiding the inspection and supervision of import and export goods subject to animal, plant or aquatic quarantine;
At the proposal of the director of the Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision the Appendix on the quarantine scope and objects and the list of agencies competent to certify written quarantine registrations and grant quarantine certificates for import and export goods subject to aquatic quarantine.
This Appendix replaces Appendix No. I (on aquatic resources) promulgated together with Joint Circular No. 17/2003/TTLT/BTC-BNNPTNT-BTS of March 14, 2003.
Article 2.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article 3.- The Offices director, the director of the Department for Science and Technology, the director of the Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources, the directors of the aquatic resources-managing provincial/municipal Aquatic Resources Services and the Agriculture and Rural Development Services, and the heads of the concerned units shall have to implement this Decision.
For the Minister of Aquatic Resources
Vice Minister
NGUYEN THI HONG MINH
APPENDIX ON THE QUARANTINE SCOPE AND OBJECTS, AND THE LIST OF AGENCIES COMPETENT TO CERTIFY WRITTEN QUARANTINE REGISTRATIONS AND GRANT QUARANTINE CERTIFICATES FOR IMPORT AND EXPORT GOODS SUBJECT TO AQUATIC QUARANTINE
(Promulgated together with the Aquatic Resources Ministers Decision No. 05/2003/QD-BTS of April 29, 2003)
I. QUARANTINE SCOPE AND OBJECTS
1. For export: Aquatic animals and products thereof, when being exported, shall be quarantined only at customers requests or under the agreements between Vietnams agencies competent to conduct aquatic quarantine and competent agencies of the importing countries.
2. For import:
Aquatic animals and products thereof, including those permitted for common import and those approved for experimental import, when being imported, must all be quarantined.
Interpretation of terms:
a/ Aquatic animals mean animals which spend part or whole of their life living in water, including fishes, crustaceans, molluscs, pelmatozoan, sponges, corollaceous sinus, amphibians, worms, reptiles and mammals living in water or their germs, eggs and sperms.
b/ Aquatic animal products mean fresh, frozen or not frozen, not yet processed products, falling into the objects stated at Point a above, which may carry agents causing diseases to aquatic animals.
II. LIST OF QUARANTINING AGENCIES
1. The Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources, the Ministry of Aquatic Resources
Address: 10 Nguyen Cong Hoan street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Tel.: 04.8345953 04.7718298 04.8351759
Fax.: 04.8353363
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through border gates other than border gates in the 10 provinces stated in Section 2, Part II of this Appendix and at enterprises requests.
2. Authorized agencies:
2.1. Quang Ninh Sub-Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
Address: Quarter 8, Hong Ha ward, Ha Long city, Quang Ninh
Tel.: 033.836283 033.835662
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through Quang Ninhs border gates
2.2 Hai Phong Sub-Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
Address: 17 Vo Thi Sau street, Ngo Quyen district, Hai Phong city
Fax.: 031.551111
Tel.: 031.836621 031.551111
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through Hai Phongs border gates
2.3. Da Nang Sub-Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
Address: 43 Thanh Son street, Da Nang city
Tel.: 0511.821263 0511.824908 0511.820634
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through border gates in Da Nang city
2.4. Khanh Hoa Sub-Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
Address: 42 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street, Nha Trang city
Tel.: 058.814956 058.828895
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through Khanh Hoas border gates
2.5. Ho Chi Minh City Sub-Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
Address: 126H Phan Dang Luu street, ward 3, Phu Nhuan district, Ho Chi Minh city
Fax: 08.9901598 08.9902743
Tel: 08.8441384 08.9902743
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through entry/exit gates in Ho Chi Minh City
2.6. Ba Ria Vung Tau Sub-Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
Address: National Highway 51, street quarter 2, Phuoc Trung ward, Ba Ria Vung Tau provincial capital, Ba Ria Vung Tau province
Fax: 064.829879
Tel: 064.829901 064.825500
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through border gates in Ba Ria Vung Tau province
2.7. Can Tho Sub-Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
Address: 168 Hai Ba Trung street, Can Tho city
Tel: 071.820975
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through border gates in Can Tho province
2.8. Kien Giang Sub-Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
Address: 2 Huynh Tinh Cua Vinh Thanh Van street
Rach Gia provincial capital, Kien Giang province
Fax: 077.862879
Tel: 077.863470 077.862879
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through border gates in Kien Giang province
2.9. An Giang Sub-Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
Address: 62 Pham Hong Thai street, Long Xuyen city, An Giang
Fax: 076.840701
Tel: 076.840703 076.840702
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through border gates in An Giang province
2.10. Ca Mau Sub-Department for the Protection of Aquatic Resources
Address: 68 Phan Boi Chau street, ward 7
Ca Mau provincial capital, Ca Mau province
Fax: 0780.835758
Tel: 0780.831730
Scope of management: Enterprises, organizations and individuals that conduct import and/or export through border gates in Ca Mau province.-