Circular 05/2020/TT-BCT amending Joint Circular 47/2011/TTLT-BTM-BTNMT

CIRCULAR

On amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Joint Circular No. 47/2011/TTLT-BCT-BTNMT dated December 30, 2011 of the Minister of Industry and Trade and the Minister of Resources and Environment on providing the management of the import, export and temporary import for re-export of ozone layer-depleting substances according to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Pursuant to the Law on Foreign Trade Management No. 05/2017/QH14 dated June 12, 2017;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 98/2017/ND-CP dated August 18, 2017, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

Pursuant to the Decree No. 68/2018/ND-CP dated May 15, 2018 of  the Government on detailing a number of Articles of the Law on Foreign Trade Management;

On implementation of the 1985 Vienna Convention on Protection of the Ozone Layer and the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and its amendments and supplementations, which have been ratified by the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

At the request of the Director of the Agency of Foreign Trade,

The Minister of Industry and Trade hereby promulgates the Circular on amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Joint Circular No. 47/2011/TTLT-BTM-BTNMT of July 11, 2005, of the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, guiding the management of the import, export and temporary import for re-export of ozone layer depleting substances in pursuance to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (hereinafter referred to as the Joint Circular No. 47).

Article 1. To amend and supplement a number of Articles of the Joint Circular No. 47

1. To replace the List of HCFC substances in Appendix I as prescribed in point a Clause 3 Article 1 of the Joint Circular No. 47 by the Appendix I attached to this Circular.

2. To supplement point c after point b in Clause 3 Article 1 of the Joint Circular No. 47 as follow:

“c) Hydro fluorocarbon substances (herein after referred to as HFCs) belonging to Appendix IIa and Appendix IIb to this Circular.”

3. To amend Clause 1 Article 3 of the Joint Circular No. 47 as follow:

“1. The quantity of import quotas of HCFC substances in Appendix I of this Circular for each year from January 01, 2020 to December 31, 2028 shall be managed under import permits of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, specifically as follows:

Unit of calculation: ton

4. To supplement Article 3a after Article 3 of the Joint Circular No. 47 as follow:

“Article 3a. Import quotas for HFC substances

1. The quantity of import quotas of HFCs in Appendix IIa and IIb of this Circular for each year from January 01, 2020 to December 31, 2028 shall be managed under import permits of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, specifically as follows:

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