THE PRIME MINISTER | | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness |
No. 13/2023/QD-TTg | | Hanoi, May 22, 2023 |
DECISION
Promulgating the List of wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials[1]
Pursuant to the June 19, 2015 Law on Organization of the Government; and the November 22, 2019 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Organization of the Government and the Law on Organization of Local Administration;
Pursuant to the November 17, 2020 Law on Environmental Protection;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP of January 10, 2022, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection;
At the proposal of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment;
The Prime Minister promulgates the Decision promulgating the list of wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials.
Article 1. To promulgate together with the Decision the List of wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials.
Article 2. Organizations and individuals directly importing wastes for use as production materials may only import wastes for use as production materials for their establishments according to the capacity designed for manufacture of products and goods.
Article 3. Transitional provisions
1. Wastes of paper of HS code 47079000 that are permitted for import from overseas under a component environmental license (a written certification of satisfaction of environmental protection conditions in the import of wastes for use as production materials) granted by a competent agency before the effective date of this Decision may continue to be imported until the component environmental license expires.
2. Wastes and scraps of plastics of HS code 39159000 that are permitted for import from overseas under a component environmental license or an environmental license granted by a competent agency before the effective date of this Decision may continue to be imported until the component environmental license or the environmental license expires under the corresponding HS codes specified in Section 2.3 or Section 2.5 of the List of wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials promulgated together with this Decision.
3. Wastes that are permitted for import from overseas under a component environmental license or an environmental license granted by a competent agency before the effective date of this Decision and bear the names different from those specified in this Decision (but their HS codes remain unchanged) may continue to be imported until the environmental license or component environmental license expires.
Article 4. Implementation provisions
1. This Decision takes effect on June 1, 2023, and replaces the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 28/2020/QD-TTg of September 24, 2020, promulgating the List of wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials.
2. From the effective date of this Decision, the import of granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel (of HS code 26180000) for use as materials for cement production must comply with the law applicable to products and goods being construction materials.
3. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees, and related organizations and individuals shall implement this Decision.-
For the Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
LE MINH KHAI
LIST OF WASTES PERMITTED FOR IMPORT FROM OVERSEAS FOR USE AS PRODUCTION MATERIALS
(Promulgated together with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 13/2023/QD-TTg of May 22, 2023)
No. | Name of waste | Heading |
1 | Waste of iron, steel, cast iron | | | |
1.1 | Waste and scrap of cast iron | 7204 | 10 | 00 |
12 | Waste and scrap of alloy steel: Of stainless steel | 7204 | 21 | 00 |
1.3 | Waste and scrap of alloy steel: Other | 7204 | 29 | 00 |
1.4 | Waste and scrap of tinned iron or steel | 7204 | 30 | 00 |
1.5 | Other waste and scrap: Turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles | 7204 | 41 | 00 |
1.6 | Other waste and scrap: Other | 7204 | 49 | 00 |
2 | Waste and scrap of plastics | | | |
2.1 | Of polymers of ethylene: Non-rigid cellular products | 3915 | 10 | 10 |
2.2 | Of polymers of ethylene: Other | 3915 | 10 | 90 |
2.3 | Of polymers of styrene: Other: Polyme Styren (PS), Acrylonitrin Butadien Styren (ABS); High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS); Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) | 3915 | 20 | 90 |
2.4 | Of polymers of vinyl chloride: Other | 3915 | 30 | 90 |
2.5 | Of other plastics: | | | |
Of poly (etylene terephthalate) (PET) | 3915 | 90 | 10 |
Of polypropylene (PP) | 3915 | 90 | 20 |
Of polycarbonate (PC) | 3915 | 90 | 30 |
Other: Polyamit (PA); Poly Oxy Methylene (POM); Poly Methyl Methacrylate (PMMA); Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPU); Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA); unused silicone of the manufacture process | 3915 | 90 | 90 |
3 | Waste of paper | | | |
3.1 | Unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or corrugated paper or paperboard | 4707 | 10 | 00 |
3.2 | Other paper or paperboard made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not colored in the mass | 4707 | 20 | 00 |
3.3 | Paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (for example, newspapers, journals and similar printed matters) | 4707 | 30 | 00 |
4 | Waste of glass | | | |
4.1 | Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass, excluding glass from cathode-ray tubes or other activated glass of heading 85.49 | 7001 | 00 | 00 |
5 | Waste of non-ferrous metals | | | |
5.1 | Copper waste and scrap | 7404 | 00 | 00 |
5.2 | Nickel waste and scrap | 7503 | 00 | 00 |
5.3 | Aluminium waste and scrap | 7602 | 00 | 00 |
5.4 | Zinc waste and scrap | 7902 | 00 | 00 |
5.5 | Tin waste and scrap | 8002 | 00 | 00 |
5.6 | Manganese waste and scrap | 8111 | 00 | 10 |
Note: HS codes provided in the List comply with those provided in Vietnam’s List of exported and imported goods.
[1] Công Báo Nos 723-724 (31/5/2023)
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