Circular No. 09/2011/TT-BGTVT dated March 11, 2011 of the Ministry of Transport amending and supplementing a number of articles concerning administrative procedures of the Regulation on railway enterprises required to possess safety certificates, and conditions, order and procedures for grant of safety certificates, promulgated together with the Transport Minister’s Decision No. 61/2007/QD-BGTVT of December 24, 2007

GRANT RAILWAY SAFETY CERTIFICATES WITHIN 20 DAYS

On March 11, 2011, the Ministry of Transport issued the Circular No. 09/2011/TT-BGTVT amending and supplementing a number of articles concerning administrative procedures of the Regulation on railway enterprises required to possess safety certificates, and conditions, order and procedures for grant of safety certificates, promulgated together with the Transport Minister’s Decision No. 61/2007/QD-BGTVT of December 24, 2007.

Accordingly, Applicants for safety certificates shall submit dossiers by post or directly to Vietnam Railway Administration; Vietnam Railway Administration shall receive and examine dossiers. If the dossiers are incomplete, within 5 working days after receiving them, Vietnam Railway Administration shall notify such in writing to the applicants and guide them to complete the dossiers;

Based on the conditions for grant of safety certificates, Vietnam Railway Administration shall grant safety certificates to the applicants within 20 days after receiving complete dossiers.

Safety certificates shall be re-granted to enterprises that have lost the certificates or have them temporarily withdrawn when enterprises can prove that they have remedied causes of accidents and taken all subsequent safety assurance measures; and satisfy all the conditions.

For re-grant of safety certificates, applicants shall submit dossiers by post or directly to Vietnam Railway Administration; procedure and order and time for dossiers are similar to the new grant for safety certificates.