The Latest BIS Market Surveillance Guideline,
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▍Vietnam MIC Certification

Circular 42/2016/TT-BTTTT stipulated that batteries installed in mobile phones, tablets and notebooks are not allowed to be exported to Vietnam unless  they are subjected to DoC certifctaion since Oct.1,2016. DoC will also be required to provide when applying Type Approval for end products (mobile phones, tablets and notebooks).

MIC released new Circular 04/2018/TT-BTTTT in May,2018 which stipulates that no more IEC 62133:2012 report issued by overseas accredited laboratory is accepted in July 1, 2018. Local test is necessity while applying for ADoC certificate.

▍Testing Standard

QCVN101：2016/BTTTT（refer to IEC 62133：2012)

▍PQIR

The Vietnamese government issued a new decree No. 74/2018 / ND-CP on May 15, 2018 to stipulate that two types of products imported into Vietnam are subject to PQIR (Product Quality Inspection Registration) application when being imported to Vietnam.

Based on this law, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) of Vietnam issued the official document 2305/BTTTT-CVT on July 1, 2018, stipulating that the products under its control (including batteries) must be applied for PQIR when being imported into Vietnam. SDoC shall be submitted to complete the customs clearance process. The official date of entry into force of this regulation is August 10, 2018. PQIR is applicable to a single import to Vietnam, that is, every time an importer imports goods, he shall apply for PQIR (batch inspection) + SDoC.

However, for importers who are urgent to import goods without SDOC, VNTA will temporarily verify PQIR and facilitate customs clearance. But importers need to submit SDoC to VNTA to complete the entire customs clearance process within 15 working days after customs clearance. (VNTA will no longer issue the previous ADOC which is only applicable to Vietnam Local Manufacturers)

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The latest BIS market surveillance guideline was published on 18 April 2022, and the BIS Registration Department added detailed implementation rules on 28 April. This marks that the market surveillance policy implemented earlier has been officially abolished, and STPI will no longer perform the role of market surveillance. At the same time that the pre-paid market surveillance fees will be refunded one after another, it is highly likely that the relevant department of BIS will carry out market surveillance.
Procedure: Manufacturers pay surveillance charges in advance→BIS procures, packs/ transports and submits samples to recognized labs for testing→Upon completion of testing, BIS will receive and verify the test reports→Once the test reports are received and are found non complying with the applicable Standard(s), BIS shall notify the licensee/Authorized Indian Representative and actions shall be initiated in accordance with guidelines to deal with non-conformity(s) of surveillance sample(s).
Drawl of Sample: BIS can draw the samples from open market, organized buyers, dispatch points etc. For foreign manufactures, where Authorized Indian Representative/Importer is not the end consumer, the manufacturer shall submit details of their distribution channel(s) including warehouse, wholesalers, retailers etc. where the product will be available.