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WTO notification · SPS

VietnamProposed measure, open for comments

Trees and other plants – Vietnam

Official title

Decree amending, supplementing a number of articles of Decree 38/2026/NĐ-CP issued on 24 January 2026 by the Government promulgating import of soil ball plants and production unit codes, packing house codes

Vietnam notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 2 October 2026. Comments are open until 1 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Soil ball plants

HS codes
  • 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
    • 06 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE
Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Plant protection
  • Protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/VNM/196
Keywords
Plant health, Plant diseases

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 1 December 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined.
Proposed entry into force
To be determined.

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS enquiry point before 1 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/VNM/196 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Vietnam.

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What the notification says

The draft Decree amends, supplements a number of articles of Decree 38/2026/NĐ-CP issued on 24 January 2026 by the Government promulgating import of soil ball plants and production unit codes, packing house codes: i) Ensure the compliance with the ensure constitutionality, legality, consistency, and coherence in the formulation of detailed regulations on granting and management of production unit codes, packing house codes, which are prescribed in Article 64 of the Law on Crop Production 31/2018/QH14 amended, supplemented by Law 146/2025/QH15; ii) Ensure the decentralization and authority delegation, practical simplification of administrative procedures, publicity, transparency; no new administrative procedures created, no new components in a dossier created, facilitation for organizations, individuals but fulfillment of the State management requirements; (iii) Promote application of information technology, deal with administrative procedures in the electronic environment; strengthen decentralization, in close relation with post-examination mechainism and enhanced responsibilities of organizations, individuals during the implementation; (iv) Ensure compliance with the relevant legislation, match with crop production conditions in Viet Nam, meet requirements of importing countries for export production units, packing houses for, contribute to raising competitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural products; (v) Link the simplification of administrative procedures with the…

Sources

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