Circular No. 64/2012/TT-BNNPTNT Issuing the Supplementary List of Fertilizers Permitted for Production, Business, and Use in Vietnam

CIRCULAR

Issuing the Supplementary List of Fertilizers Permitted for Production, Business, and Use in Vietnam

Pursuant to the Law on Quality of Products and Commodities dated November 21, 2007;

Pursuant to Decree No. 01/2008/NĐ-CP dated January 3, 2008 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Decree No. 75/2009/NĐ-CP dated September 10, 2009 of the Government amending Article 3 of Decree No. 01/2008/NĐ-CP of the Government;

Pursuant to Decree No. 113/2003/NĐ-CP dated October 7, 2003 of the Government on the management of fertilizer production, business, and use; Decree No. 191/2007/NĐ-CP dated December 31, 2007 of the Government amending and supplementing certain articles of Decree No. 113/2003/NĐ-CP dated October 7, 2003 of the Government on the management of fertilizer production, business, and use;

Pursuant to Decree No. 132/2008/NĐ-CP dated December 31, 2008 of the Government detailing the implementation of certain provisions of the Law on Quality of Products and Commodities;

CONSIDERING the proposal of the Director of the Crop Production Department;

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development issues this Circular on the supplementary list of fertilizers permitted for production, business, and use in Vietnam,

Article 1. Attached to this Circular is the supplementary list of fertilizers permitted for production, business, and use in Vietnam, including two appendices:

1. Supplementary List of Fertilizers Permitted for Production, Business, and Use in Vietnam (Appendix I) comprising 281 types of fertilizers divided into:

a) Organic fertilizers: 05 types;

b) Microbial fertilizers: 05 types;

c) Combined organic and microbial fertilizers: 30 types;

d) Biological organic fertilizers: 17 types;

đ) Mineral organic fertilizers: 19 types;

e) Foliar fertilizers: 204 types;

g) Growing media: 01 type.

2. List of Fertilizers Replacing Existing Types in the List of Fertilizers Permitted for Production, Business, and Use in Vietnam (Appendix II), comprising 76 types, specifically:

a) Organic fertilizers: 04 types;

b) Microbial fertilizers: 02 types;

c) Combined organic and microbial fertilizers: 04 types;

d) Biological organic fertilizers: 02 types;

đ) Mineral organic fertilizers: 04 types;

e) Foliar fertilizers: 60 types.

Article 2. This Circular takes effect from February 7, 2013.

Article 3. The Director of the Ministry's Office, the Director of the Crop Production Department, the Director of the Science, Technology, and Environment Department, the Directors of the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development of provinces and centrally governed cities, and the Heads of relevant units are responsible for implementing this Circular./.