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The General Department of Vietnam Customs collected feedback of enterprises to amend and supplement Decree 08/2015 / ND-CP. Photo: Ngoc Linh.

Government Decree 08/2015 / ND-CP stipulated measures to implement the Customs Law on inspections, supervision and Customs control procedures, which took effect on 15th March 2015.

After a period of the implementation, the Decree has revealed some obstacles that need to be amended and supplemented to suit the management practice of the Customs office and create more favourable conditions for import and export activities such as: Customs procedures on inspections and supervision of transshipment of goods and luggage of people on exit or entry; AEO enterprise and Customs risk management.

In order to ensure that the contents of the draft Decree can fully deal with obstacles, the General Department of Vietnam Customs has requested the business associations to review and assess the implementation of provisions in Decree 08/2015 / ND-CP. At the same time, the General Department of Vietnam Customs has proposed to review Customs procedures for imports and exports, means of transport without being regulated in the legal documents.

In addition, the General Department of Vietnam Customs is also compiling recommendations of local Customs on the contents that need to be amended and supplemented in Decree 08/2015 / ND-CP. It is proposed to amend Article 33 on responsibilities and coordination relations of State competent agencies at the border gate in inspections of goods and means of transport at the border gate.

Under the provisions of Article 33, "for imported and exported goods, goods in transit, means of transport on exit, entry or in transit which are subject to quality inspection and food safety inspection, the Customs force shall base on the conditions and standards promulgated by the State management agencies to conduct inspections under the designation of the specialized ministries or ministerial-level agencies or the Customs force shall base on the conclusion of specialized inspection agencies to decide Customs clearance of goods".

As a result, local Customs Departments have recommended removing the phrase "as directed by ministries and ministerial-level agencies". Because in the cases where regulations on specialized inspections are only carried out as directed by the ministries, the Customs force shall not conduct inspections though they have all the necessary equipment and expertise for inspections, which negatively affects Customs clearance time of goods.

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In addition, there were opinions that it was necessary to strictly regulate the conditions for delivery of goods because the current regulations had a high risk. Accordingly, enterprises may not comply with placing goods in the process of preserving goods but they can even put goods into the domestic market for consumption.