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Effective Date: 16/06/2000
Expiry Date: 03/05/2006

THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Number: 90/2000/QĐ-BTC

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM

Independence - Freedom - Happiness

Ha Noi , June 01, 2000

DECISION No
DECISION No.90/2000/QD-BTC OF JUNE 1st, 2000 PROMULGATING THE TABLES OF FEE LEVELS FOR AQUATIC PRODUCT QUALITY, SAFETY AND HYGIENE CONTROL

THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No.15/CP of March 2, 1993 on the tasks, powers and State management responsibilities of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No.178/CP of October 28, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Finance Ministry;
Pursuant to Clause 3 of Article 4 and Clause 2 of Article 7 of the Government�s Decree No.86/CP of December 8, 1995 on the division of responsibilities for State management over goods quality;
Pursuant to Clauses 6 and 7, Article 2 of the Government�s Decree No.50/CP of June 21, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Aquatic Resources;
Pursuant to the Government�s Decree No.04/1999/ND-CP of January 30, 1999 on charges and fees belonging to the State budget;
After consulting the Ministry of Aquatic Resources and at the proposal of the General Director of Tax,

DECIDES:

Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision the Tables of fee levels for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control.

Payers of fees for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control at the levels prescribed in this Article are domestic and foreign organizations and individuals engaged in the production and trading of aquatic products, that are provided with aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene inspection by the State agencies according to the provisions of law.

Article 2.- The agencies assigned by the State the tasks of State management over aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene as stipulated in the Government�s Decree No.86/CP of December 8, 1995 shall have to organize the fee collection in the process of performing their functions and tasks (referred collectively to as collecting agencies). The agencies collecting fees for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control are allowed to temporarily deduct 90% (ninety percent) of the actually collected fee amounts before remitting them to the State budget to cover the expenses for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control as well as on fee collection. They shall make registration and declaration for fee remittance into the State budget with the tax agencies of the localities where they are headquartered in strict compliance with the Government�s Decree No.04/1999/ND-CP of January 30, 1999 on charges and fees belonging to the State budget and the Finance Ministry�s Circular No.54/1999/TT-BTC of May 10, 1999 guiding the implementation of the said Decree.

Article 3.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing. To annul the regulations on collection, remittance and management of charges and fees for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control, which are contrary to this Decision.

Article 4.- Organizations and individuals that have to pay fees for aquatic product quality, safety and hygiene control; units assigned the task of organizing fee collection and relevant agencies shall have to implement this Decision.

For the Finance Minister
Vice Minister
PHAM VAN TRONG

APPENDIX 1
CERTIFICATE-ISSUING FEE LEVELS
(Issued together with the Finance Minister�s Decision No.90/2000/QD-BTC of June 1st, 2000)

Ordinal number	Contents of fee	Calculation unit	Fee level (1,000 VND)	Notes
1	Certificate of application of HACCP quality control program	an issuance	50
2	Certificate of quality and hygiene deed for a lot of aquatic commodities	an issuance	30
3	Certificate of the results of checking single criterion	an issuance	10	at the customers� own requests

Notes: HACCP is the quality control program based on the hazard analysis and control at the critical point.

APPENDIX 2
FEE LEVELS FOR INSPECTION OF SAFETY AND HYGIENE CONDITIONS FOR AQUATIC PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS
(Issued together with the Finance Minister�s Decision No.90/2000/QD-BTC of June 1st, 2000)

Ordinal number	Contents of fee		Unit			Fee level (1,000 VND)	Notes
1	Inspection of fishing ships with main engine capacity of 90 CV or more		a time/ship				Applicable only to ships undertaking the preliminary processing and long-time preservation
1.1	Ships with capacity of over 250 CV					200
1.2	Ships with capacity of between 90 CV and 250 CV					150
2	Inspection of commercial aquaculture establishments		a time/ establishment
2.1	Establishments rearing aquatic animals by industrial mode					200
2.2	Establishments rearing aquatic animals by intensive-farming mode					150
2.3	Establishments rearing aquatic animals by semi- intensive farming mode					100
3	Inspection of fish ports:		a time/port
3.1	Large-scale ports with fish markets, raw material store- houses and system of service provision for on-board processing and preservation					200
3.2	Ports with the systems of service provision for on- and preservation board processing					150
4	Inspection of establishments specialized in purchasing and preserving aquatic raw materials:		a time/ establishment
4.1 4.2 4.3	Establishments with the output of 10 tons/day or more Establishments with the output of between 5 and 10 tons/day Establishments with the output of under 5 tons/day					200 150 100	Production and processing establishments that organize the purchase at enterprises by themselves shall themselves organize the inspection and therefore do not have to pay the fee prescribed herein
5	Inspection of the cottage aquatic product-processing establishments		a time/ establishment			200
6 *	Inspection of aquatic product preserving establishments (including freezer vehicles)		a time/ establishment
6.1	Establishments with preservation capacity of 2,000 tons or more					600
6.2	Establishments with preservation capacity of between 1,000 and under 2,000 tons					500
6.3	Establishments with preservation capacity of under 1,000 tons					400
7	Inspection of industrial aquatic product-processing establishments		a time/ establishment			1,200	Applicable to the first-time inspection
8	Inspection of establishments processing aquatic products for export to EU and US markets as well as markets with equivalent requirements		a time/ establishment			1,600	Applicable to the first-time inspection
9		Inspection to assess the application of HACCP quality control program		a time/ establishment	Collection levels prescribed in Item 1 to Item 8 shall apply, plus 100,000 VND for each inspection
10		Periodical inspection; re-inspection		a time/ establishment	The collection levels shall be equal to 50% of the corresponding levels prescribed in Item 1 to Item 8

Notes: The concepts of first-time inspection, re-inspection and periodical inspection shall be construed according to the Regulation on inspection and recognition of aquatic production and business establishments that meet the foodstuff hygiene and safety standards.

APPENDIX 3
FEE LEVELS FOR THE INSPECTION OF AQUATIC PRODUCT QUALITY, SAFETY AND HYGIENE CRITERIA
(Issued together with the Finance Minister�s Decision No.90/2000/QD-BTC of June 1st, 2000)

Ordinal number	Contents of fee	Calculation unit	Fee level
A	Inspection of goods lots� quality
1	Lots of export aquatic products	VND/ton	50,000, but the fee amount for an inspection must neither be lower than 300,000 VND nor higher than 10,000,000 VND/goods lot
2	Goods lots that need extra inspection of special chemical criteria	The inspection fee defined in Item B4 shall also be collected
B	Inspection of samples or single criterion:
B.1	Inspection of perceptible and physical criteria:
1.1.	Determination of color, smell and taste	VND/criterion	15,000
1.2	State (the ice side, defects, meat�s muscle state)	ditto	10,000
1.3	Sizes	ditto	7,000
1.4	Extraneous matters	ditto	5,000
1.5	Net weight	ditto	5,000
1.6	The product central temperature	ditto	3,000
1.7	Vacuum degree	ditto	10,000
1.8	The boxes� tightness	ditto	20,000
1.9	The intra-box state	ditto	10,000
1.10	The solid part�s weight	ditto	10,000
1.11	The proportion of the solid part to water	ditto	10,000
1.12	The fineness degree	ditto	20,000
1.13	Assessment of packing, labeling, transportation and preservation conditions	ditto	5,000
1.14	Parasites	ditto	15,000
B.2	Inspection of micro-biological criteria:
2.1	Sample preparation	ditto	10,000
2.2	Total of aerobic bacteria	ditto	15,000
2.3	Coliform:
	- MPN method	ditto	30,000
	- Disk counting method	ditto	15,000
2.4	E.Coli	ditto	35,000
2.5	Clostridium Perfringens	ditto	40,000
2.6	Staphylococcus aureus	ditto	40,000
2.7	Streptococcus faccalis	ditto	30,000
2.8	Yeast	ditto	10,000
2.9	Must	ditto	10,000
2.10	Bacillus sp.	ditto	15,000
2.11	Vibrio Parahaemolyticus	ditto	40,000
2.12	Salmonella sp.	ditto	40,000
2.13	Shigella	ditto	40,000
2.14	Total of H2S micro-parasites	ditto	10,000
2.15	Coliform analysis:
	- MPN method	ditto	30,000
	- Disk counting method	ditto	15,000
2.16	V.cholera	ditto	50,000
2.17	Determination of thermophylatic	ditto	30,000
	microorganisms
2.18	Total of lactobacillus	ditto	50,000
2.19	Listeria monocytogenes	ditto	150,000
2.20	Anaerobic germs in canned food	ditto	10,000
B.3	Inspection of ordinary chemical criteria:
3.1	Sample preparation	ditto	10,000
3.2	Determination of sulfide hydro (H2S)	ditto	10,000
3.3	Determination of ammonia (NH3)	ditto	20,000
3.4	Determination of water hardness	ditto	15,000
3.5	Determination of chlorine in water	ditto	18,000
3.6	Determination of pH degree	ditto	15,000
3.7	Determination of water content	ditto	25,000
3.8	Determination of sodium chloride (NaCl) content	ditto	35,000
3.9	Determination of acid content	ditto	15,000
3.10	Determination of fat content	ditto	40,000
3.11	Determination of ash content	ditto	25,000
3.12	Determination of total nitrogen and crude protein content	ditto	35,000
3.13	Determination of formol nitrogen or amine nitrogen content	ditto	20,000
3.14	Borate	ditto	40,000
3.15	Cyclamate	ditto	40,000
3.16	Sodium benzoate	ditto	40,000
3.17	Saccharin	ditto	80,000
3.18	Urea qualification	ditto	60,000
3.19	Calcium	ditto	45,000
3.20	Phosphate	ditto	60,000
3.21	Grit	ditto	45,000
3.22	Content of evaporated nitrogenous base	ditto	20,000
3.23	SO2 content	ditto	35,000
3.24	NO2 content	ditto	30,000
3.25	NO3 content	ditto	30,000
B.4	Inspection of special chemical criteria:
4.1	Determination of heavy metals (Cd, As, Hg, Pb...)	VND/element	70,000
4.2	Micro mycotoxin	VND/group	200,000
4.3	Insecticide residuum	VND/criterion	200,000
	- Subsequent criterion for additional collection	VND/criterion	50,000
4.4	Iron	ditto	50,000
4.5	Histamine
	- Inspection by lamella chromatography	ditto	350,000
	- Inspection by high-pressure liquid chromatography		500,000
4.6	Determination of PSP and DSP by biochemical method on mice	ditto	400,000
4.7	Test of PSP, DSP and ASP by HPLC	ditto	400,000
4.8	Antibiotic residuum	ditto	300,000
4.9	Food coloring:
	+ Qualification:	VND/coloring	40,000
	+ HPLC quantification	VND/coloring	100,000


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(Signed)

Pham Van Trong