Circular No. 24/2018/TT-BTNMT dated November 15, 2018 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on prescribing the quality inspection, appraisal and acceptance test of survey and mapping products

THE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

Circular No. 24/2018/TT-BTNMT dated November 15, 2018 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on prescribing the quality inspection, appraisal and acceptance test of survey and mapping products^[1]

Pursuant to the June 14, 2018 Law on Survey and Mapping;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 36/2017/ND-CP of April 4, 2017, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment;

At the proposal of the Director of the Department of Survey, Mapping and Geographic Information of Vietnam and the Director of the Legal Department;

The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment promulgates the Circular prescribing the quality inspection, appraisal and acceptance test of survey and mapping products.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Circular prescribes the quality inspection, appraisal and acceptance test of basic and specialized survey and mapping products, except national defense-related survey and mapping products specified in Article 24 of the Law on Survey and Mapping.

Article 2. Subjects of application

This Circular applies to the state management agencies in charge of survey and mapping; project owners, organizations and individuals that implement survey and mapping schemes, projects and technical designs-cost estimates; and organizations and individuals involved in the quality inspection, appraisal and acceptance test of survey and mapping products.

Article 3. Interpretation of terms 

In this Circular, the terms below are construed as follows:

1. Quality inspection of survey and mapping products means a process of supervision and determination of performed volume and quality assessment of survey and mapping products according to standards, technical regulations and norms, approved survey and mapping schemes, projects and technical designs-cost estimates, and other relevant regulations.

2. Supervision means an activity of the quality inspection of survey and mapping products to monitor the progress of implementation and inspect the conformity with standards, technical regulations and norms and approved survey and mapping schemes, projects and technical designs-cost estimates.

3. Appraisal means assessment and determination of the volume and quality of survey and mapping products based on dossiers of quality inspection carried out at all levels; completed survey and mapping jobs and products and other accompanied relevant documents.

4. Acceptance test means certification of completed survey and mapping jobs and volume of quality survey and mapping products based on inspection and appraisal results.

5. State inspection of quality of survey and mapping products means reconsideration and reassessment by state agencies of the quality of survey and mapping products in the process of production and provision of services, of which the quality has been assessed by conformity assessment organizations or for which other quality control measures have been applied by production and business entities.

6. Investment-deciding agency means an agency competent to decide to use investment capital for survey and mapping tasks.

7. Project owner means an agency owning capital or assigned by an investment-deciding agency to manage and use capital for investment in and performance of survey and mapping tasks.

8. Performing unit means a domestic organization or foreign contractor licensed by a competent state agency to carry out survey and mapping activities and tasked or having an order placed by or entering into a contract with a project owner after winning the bidding for performance of survey and mapping tasks.

Article 4. Principles of quality inspection, appraisal and acceptance test of survey and mapping products

1. The quality inspection of survey and mapping products shall be carried out constantly during the production process based on the performance progress of survey and mapping schemes, projects and technical designs-cost estimates and assigned tasks.