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Law No. 41/2013/QH13 on Plant Protection and Quarantine.

Country
Viet Nam
Type of law
Legislation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
This Law, consisting of 77 articles divided into five Chapters, provides for plant protection and quarantine activities, state management over plant protection and quarantine. This Law applies to state agencies, organizations, family households, domestic individuals, Vietnamese residing overseas and foreign organizations, individuals relating to plant protection and quarantine activities in Vietnam. Plant protection and quarantine ensures the early detection, prompt and accurate conclusion in respect to harmful organisms; thoroughly treatment and promptly prevention of the entry and spread of harmful organisms; ensure the trade facilitation and satisfaction of the international integration requirements. Article 15 establishes rights and obligations for plant owners. Article 65 regulates import and export of pesticides. The Law is divided as follows: General Provisions (Chap. I); Preventing and Fighting Organism Harmful to Plant (Chap. II); Plant Quarantine (Chap. III); Pesticides (Chap. IV); and Implementing Provisions (Chap. V).
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/vie161038.pdf
Date of text
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on 1 January 2015.
Notes
This Law was promulgated by Order No. 16/2013/L-CTN of 6 December 2013.Ordinance No. 36/2001/PL-UBTVQH10 of 8 August 2001, on Plant Protection and Quarantine, ceases to be effective on the effective date of this Law.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Công Báo nos 1005-1006, 30 December 2013.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Amended by
Law No. 35/2018/QH14 on amendments to some articles concerning planning of 37 laws.
Implemented by
Circular No: 14/2024/TT-BNNPTNT of the Issuing the List of Plant Quarantine Articles; the List of Plant Quarantine Articles Subject to the Pest Risk Analysis before Being Imported into Vietnam.
Circular No. 04/2023/TT-BNNPTNT Promulgating the List of Living Things Subject to Plant Quarantine in Vietnam.
Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees on sanctioning of administrative violations in the forestry sector; plant protection and quarantine; veterinary medicine; breed.
Decree No. 07/2022/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees on sanctioning of administrative violations in the forestry sector; plant protection and quarantine; veterinary medicine; animal husbandry.
Circular No. 43/2018/TT-BNNPTNT on export and import of plant varieties, animal breeds, plant gene resources; import of agrochemicals and import of objects on the list of objects that have to undergo pest risk analysis before import.
Decree No. 31/2016/ND-CP Regulating Penalties for Administrative Offences Involving Plant Varieties, Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Decree No. 116/2014/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Circular No. 33/2014/TT-BNNPTNT providing the order and procedures for plant quarantine upon import, export and transit and post-import quarantine of articles subject to plant quarantine.
Circular No. 30/2014/TT-BNNPTNT promulgating list of regulated articles subject to pest risk analysis before importing plants into Vietnam.
Repeals
Ordinance No: 36/2001/PL-UBTVQHl0 on plant protection and quarantine.