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Before bringing goods to market, Enterprises must be responsible for announcing the quality of the goods to be sold, and the products must meet general technical regulations. One of them is to have a product conformity certificate. PROSHIP.VN, with available knowledge and many years of experience operating in the transportation and import-export industry, will convey information you need to know to clarify the concept of certification of conformity. What products does this certification usually apply to?,...and a number of other related issues.
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What is a certificate of conformity?
Currently, poor quality counterfeit goods are flooding the market. Therefore, to confirm the quality of your business's products, certification of conformity is a necessary requirement to help the organization assert its brand and goods on the market. So what is a Certificate of Conformity? Product conformity certification is the activity of evaluating and confirming a specific type of product or commodity in terms of its level of conformity with the corresponding standards.
Specifically, technical regulations are understood as regulations on the limits of technical characteristics and management requirements for a specific product. The purpose of technical regulations is to ensure that products and goods when produced and traded are safe and do not harm human health and the environment. At the same time, protect national interests and security and other essential requirements. Certification of conformity with technical regulations is mandatory. The method of evaluating technical regulations applicable to each specific subject is specified in the corresponding technical regulations.
In other words, certification of conformity is a form and activity of evaluating an enterprise's products and goods to see whether they meet national technical regulations or not. All products and goods must have a certificate of conformity before being produced or imported before being circulated on the market. Certification of conformity is different from certification of standard conformity in that this is a mandatory procedure before goods are supplied to the market to consumers/distributors, retailers, etc.
In Vietnam, the system of technical regulations and technical regulation symbols includes:
- National Technical Regulations. Symbol: QCVN;
- Local technical regulations. Symbol: QCDP.
Regarding the legal basis, regulation conformity certification activities are based on:
- Law on Standards and Technical Regulations No.: 68/2006/QH11;
- Circular 28/2012/TT-BKHCN regulates standard conformity announcement, regulation conformity announcement and methods of assessing conformity with standards and technical regulations.
According to the law on standards and technical regulations in Article 16, it is stated:
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A regulation conformity certification organization may conduct regulation conformity certification activities after fully meeting the following conditions:
a) Requirements specified in Clauses 1 and 2, Article 51 of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations;
b) Register for regulation conformity certification activities at ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities promulgating technical regulations;
c) Appointed by ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies with specialized management, and People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities specified in Clause 3, Article 47 of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations is the organization that carries out regulation conformity certification.
What products does the Certificate of Conformity apply to?
Today, the production and trading of poor quality goods is complicated and tends to increase. To fight to prevent and repel poor quality goods, state agencies have issued corresponding national technical regulations and management measures for products and goods that are likely to cause unsafety (products, group 2 goods), in order to contribute to creating a healthy competitive environment, stabilizing the market and protecting consumer rights.
Subjects of Certificate of Conformity are products, goods, services, processes, and environments according to national, international, regional standards and even foreign standards or national technical regulations (QCVN). , local technical regulations (QCDP) regulations. The subjects specified in the Technical Regulations are often related to safety, health, and the environment and are mandatory if businesses want to operate production and business activities within these regulated subjects.
According to the Regulations in Decree 74/2018/ND-CP, products and goods that cause unsafety (group 2 products and goods) must be declared conformable when produced and imported. Specifically:
The list of products that must declare conformity with group 2 products and goods is as follows
| No | Name list | Document issued |
Note |
| 1 | List of potentially unsafe products and goods under the management responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development | Circular 14/2018/TT-BNNPTNT |
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| 2 | The list of products and goods that must be certified before customs clearance (for imports), before being released to the market (for production and assembly) is under the state management responsibility of the Ministry of Transport. | Circular 41/2018/TT-BGTVT |
– For imported products and goods must be certified in accordance with corresponding national standards and technical regulations before customs clearance; – For domestically produced and assembled products and goods must be certified and declared in accordance with corresponding national standards and technical regulations before being released to the market. |
| 3 | List of products and goods subject to certification or declaration of conformity to standards and regulations under the state management responsibility of the Ministry of Transport | Circular 41/2018/TT-BGTVT |
– For imported products and goods, they must be certified or declared in accordance with corresponding national standards and technical regulations. The time of inspection and certification is carried out after customs clearance and before being released to the market; - For domestically produced products and goods, they must be certified or declared in accordance with standards and technical regulations. respective national technical specifications before being placed on the market. |
| 4 | List of products and goods specialized in information technology and communications that require certification of conformity and declaration of conformity under the management responsibility of the Ministry of Information and Communications | Circular 11/2020/TT-BTTTT | Products and goods in this List that integrate the functions of other products and goods in the List of other Group 2 products and goods must undergo certification of conformity and declaration of full conformity with technical regulations. techniques applied to integrated products and goods. |
| 5 | List of products and goods specialized in information technology and communications that require declaration of conformity under the management responsibility of the Ministry of Information and Communications | Circular 11/2020/TT-BTTTT | |
| 6 | The list of potentially unsafe products and goods is under the management responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and Trade | Circular 41/2015/TT-BCTCircular 29/2016/TT-BCT
Circular 33/2017/TT-BCT |
This list is not adjusted for the following products and goods: - Diplomatic exempt goods, goods in consular bags, movable assets, gifts, and gifts within the import tax exemption norms according to the Decision Decree 31/2015/QD-TTg;
– Products and goods temporarily imported for re-export, transshipment, and transit; – Specialized products and goods serving national defense and security. |
| 7 | The list of potentially unsafe products and goods is under the management responsibility of the Ministry of Public Security | Circular 08/2019/TT-BCA |
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| 8 | The list of group 2 products and goods is under the management responsibility of the Ministry of Science and Technology | Circular 01/2009/TT-BKHCN |
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| 9 | The list of group 2 products and goods is under the state management responsibility of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs | Circular 22/2018/TT-BLDTBXH |
List of construction materials that must be declared conformable to regulations
On December 31, 2019, the Ministry of Construction issued National Technical Regulations on construction materials products and goods, code QCVN 16:2019/BXD in Circular No. 19/2019/TT-BXD.
Thereby, construction materials products and goods specified in QCVN 16:2019/BXD that are produced domestically and imported before being circulated on the market and used in construction projects must be certified. regulation conformity, regulation conformity announcement and notification of receipt of regulation conformity declaration dossiers from the Department of Construction where organizations and individuals register their business. Specifically:
| No |
Name of product and goods of construction materials |
| I | Cement, additives for cement and concrete |
| 1 | Portland cement |
| 2 | Other Portland cement:– Mixed Portland cement
– Sulphate resistant Portland cement – Sulphate resistant mixed Portland cement |
| 3 | Phosphorus gypsum is used to produce cement |
| 4 | Blast furnace slag granules |
| 5 | Fly ash |
| II | Construction aggregate |
| 1 | Aggregate for concrete and mortar, including:
– Natural sand used for concrete and mortar; – Large aggregates (crushed stone, gravel and gravel) used for concrete and mortar. |
| 2 | Crushed sand for concrete and mortar |
| III | Tiles, paving stones |
| 1 | Ceramic tiles |
| 2 | Natural paving stone |
| 3 | Artificial paving stone based on organic binders |
| IV | Construction materials |
| 1 | Fired clay bricks |
| 2 | Concrete bricks |
| 3 | Autoclaved aerated concrete products |
| 4 | Precast concrete hollow wall panels using extrusion technology |
| V | Construction glass |
| 1 | Float glass |
| 2 | Heat-hardened flat glass |
| 3 | Laminated glass and laminated safety glass |
| 4 | The glass box is sealed and insulated |
| BECAUSE | Other construction materials |
| 1 | Asbestos-cement corrugated board |
| 2 | Crizotin asbestos to produce asbestos-cement corrugated panels |
| 3 | Plasterboard and fiber-reinforced plasterboard |
| 4 | Emulsion wall paint |
| 5 | Aluminum and aluminum alloy profiles |
| 6 | Unplasticized poly (vinyl chloride) profile (PVC-U) used to make windows and doors |
| 7 | Tube types:
– Polyethylene (PE) pipes and fittings used for water supply and drainage purposes – Polypropylene (PP) plastic pipes and fittings used for water supply and drainage purposes – Unplasticized Polyvinyl chloride (PVC-U) pipes and fittings used for water supply and drainage purposes – Plastic pipes and fittings (PVC-U; PP; PE) into structures used for underground drainage purposes in non-pressure conditions – Glass fiber reinforced thermosetting plastic pipe system based on unsaturated polyester resin (GRP) used in pressure and non-pressure water supply. |
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Why is it necessary to carry out Product Conformity Certification?
Below are the reasons that businesses need to have a Product Conformity Certificate:
For State management agencies
Certification of conformity helps the State facilitate the management of products circulating on the market to protect consumer health, protect the environment, help improve the quality of products and goods to promote business. economic development.
For Businesses
Through assessment activities, the Certificate will help businesses continuously improve and develop their product quality management system to provide customers with the best services. Certification of conformity will ensure product quality is always stable and improved, helping businesses further promote the requirements of the standards used for evaluation and certification. Therefore, businesses do not have to face the risks of recalling products that do not conform to product quality according to regulations and must compensate consumers for damages.
- Certificate of conformity will be a certification document for businesses providing products and services to customers and related partners when purchasing and using the business's products, helping businesses improve their competitiveness. on the international market.
- Certificate of conformity is one of the legal documents that enhances the reputation and image of a business in the domestic and international market because it is certified by a third party.
For consumers
When using products that have been certified as conforming to regulations, businesses will feel secure when using products that meet quality requirements, have clear origin, and ensure food safety and hygiene conditions. products, environmentally friendly.
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What product certification methods are there?
The standard conformity assessment method applied to each specific type of product, commodity, service, process, and environment is selected by the standard certification organization or the organization or individual declaring standard conformity according to the standards. Conformity assessment methods specified in Article 5 of this Circular. The selected conformity assessment method must be appropriate to the object being assessed to ensure the reliability of the conformity assessment results. Proship will quickly list the methods of certifying conformity for products/goods according to regulations:
- Method 1: Testing typical samples - Based on the results of conformity assessment, the certification unit will issue a certificate of standard conformity or technical regulation conformity certificate to the evaluated object. and the right to use standard conformity marks on products, goods, packaging of products and goods, and in documents on products and goods that have been certified to conform to standards.
- Method 2: Testing typical samples combined with evaluating the production process and monitoring through testing samples taken from the market.
- Method 3: Test typical samples combined with evaluation of the production process; Monitoring through testing samples taken at the production site combined with evaluation of the production process.
- Method 4: Test typical samples and evaluate the production process; Monitoring through testing samples taken at the production site and in the market combined with evaluation of the production process.
- Method 5: Test typical samples and evaluate the production process; Monitoring through testing samples taken at the production site or in the market combined with assessment of the production process.
- Method 6: Evaluate and monitor the management system.
- Method 7: Testing and evaluating batches of products and goods.
- Method 8: Test or inspect all products and goods.
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- Fragile and easily damaged goods;
- Manufactured, consumer goods, cosmetics;
- Automobile and motorbike spare parts;
- Fabric items, clothing, leather shoes;
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