Exemption from conformity declaration if fully meeting quality requirements according to specialized laws

With 432/448 National Assembly deputies present in favor, accounting for 90.38% of the total number of National Assembly deputies, the National Assembly passed the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations in the morning session on June 14.

The National Assembly voted to pass the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations. Photo: QUANG PHUC

Before the National Assembly voted, Chairman of the Committee on Science , Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy said that many contents of the National Assembly deputies' comments had been accepted and reflected in the draft law.

Accordingly, the draft adds regulations on integration, information sharing and connection with national database systems, ensuring security and access rights according to management hierarchy; assigns the Ministry of Science and Technology to promulgate operating procedures, data standards, and organize periodic inspections of compliance with interconnectivity between sectors and fields.

Chairman of the Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy reported on the revision of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations. Photo: QUANG PHUC

The Law has also revised the regulations on the authority to appraise technical regulations (QCVN) for agencies issuing QCVN at the request of the Government and expressed as in Article 27 on the responsibility to appraise national technical regulations, Article 32 on the order and procedures for developing, appraising and promulgating technical regulations, Article 33 on the content of appraisal of draft technical regulations dossiers, Article 35 on reviewing, amending, supplementing, replacing and abolishing technical regulations to promote decentralization and delegation of authority.

“The principle is to ensure that a task is assigned to only one agency to preside over and take primary responsibility, increasing flexibility in state management, reducing time for appraisal and issuance of QCVN,” emphasized Director Le Quang Huy.

The National Assembly voted to pass the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations. Photo: QUANG PHUC

Notably, to minimize administrative procedures and overcome duplication in conformity assessment activities, causing costly expenses for businesses, the draft law stipulates expanding the use of conformity assessment results as a basis for conformity declaration activities (Clause 1, Article 48); exempting conformity declaration for products and goods that fully meet quality management requirements as prescribed by specialized laws (Clause 1a, Article 48) so that businesses only have to comply with one process, instead of having to carry out two processes as at present.

At the same time, to promote the application of digital technology in the implementation of procedures for registration of conformity declarations, the draft law has revised the regulations on conformity registration in a simplified direction, according to which organizations and individuals only need to notify the conformity declaration on the national database on standards, measurements, and quality (Clause 2, Article 45).

The law just passed by the National Assembly will take effect from January 1, 2026.

MR. PHUONG

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