Cases exempted from energy efficiency examnination

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VCN- Regarding problems of the General Department of Vietnam Customs in the process of settling Customs procedures for imports which are goods vehicles and equipment in the production line, the General Department of Energy under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that it would determine specific cases which were exempt from energy efficiency examination.

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Earlier, in the proposal submitted to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the General Department of Vietnam Customs said when the Customs force conducted examination of imported goods subject to energy efficiency examination but these criteria were integrated in the machine or production lines, the General Department of Energy said that enterprises did not need to conduct energy labeling and energy efficiency examination.

For uniform implementation, the General Department of Vietnam Customs has proposed to the Ministry of Industry and Trade to issue guidelines on cases of import of similar shipments. Accordingly, can Customs officers use the guidance of the General Department of Energy to conduct Customs clearance?

In response to the question of the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the General Department of Energy showed Clause 2, Article 3, of the Prime Minister’s Decision No 51/2011/QD-TTg regulating the roadmap for application of minimum energy level for commercial equipment and office equipment as follows: Since 1 January 2015, enterprises have been not allowed to import and manufacture devices and equipment with lower energy efficiency than the minimum level.

Accordingly, the electric motor is on the list of products subject to energy labeling and application of the minimum energy efficiency.

However, for specialized equipment with integrated motor for specific manufacturing companies, the energy efficiency examination must be conducted based on specific cases.

Problems of energy labeling officially removed

VCN- Enterprises have the right to announce the level of energy efficiency and energy labeling; use the ...

Import enterprises have been confirmed not to implement energy efficiency examination, the next shipment with similar devices will not need to implement energy efficiency examination.

By Ngoc Linh/ Hoang Anh

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