Requirements on material-technical foundations in chemical production and trading in Vietnam

16:20, 12/06/2009

The Law on Chemicals 2007 was approved by the National Assembly of Vietnam on November 21, 2007. One of the basic contents of this Law is the regulation on requirements on material-technical foundations in chemical production and trading.

Specifically, according to Article 12 of the Law on Chemicals 2007 of Vietnam, organizations and individuals engaged in chemical production or trading must have the following material-technical foundations suitable to their operation scope and properties of chemicals:

- Workshops, storehouses and technological equipment;

- Safety equipment and devices, equipment and devices for prevention and fighting of fire, explosion, lightning, chemical leakage or dispersal and other chemical incidents;

- Labor protection equipment and devices;

- Environmental protection equipment and devices, waste treatment systems;

- Vehicles of transportation;

- Rules on chemical safety; signaling system suitable to the hazard degree of chemicals in the places of hazardous chemical production and trading. In case chemicals have different hazardous properties, warning signs must fully show these hazardous properties.

Line ministries shall specify conditions on material-technical foundations to ensure safety in chemical production and trading activities under their management.

View more details at the Law on Chemicals 2007 of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2008.

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