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VietnamProposed measure, open for comments

Tanks and gas cylinders, Fuels – Vietnam

Official title

Draft Circular promulgating QCVN 03:2026/BCT on equipment, auxiliaries and means for blending, storing and transportation of ethanol, ethanol blended gasoline - gasohol E10 at distribution terminals

Vietnam notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 29 September 2026. Comments are open until 28 November 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Equipment, auxiliaries and means used for blending, storing and transporting fuel ethanol and E10 ethanol-blended gasoline (gasohol E10) at petroleum depots/distribution terminals, including: Storage tanks (vertical fixed-roof, internal floating-roof and horizontal cylindrical tanks), floating-roof

Notifying member
Vietnam(Viet Nam)
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/VNM/450
ICS classification
  • 23.020.10 Stationary containers and tanks
  • 75.160 Fuels

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 28 November 2026
Proposed adoption
December 2026.
Proposed entry into force
June 2027

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 TBT enquiry point before 28 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/VNM/450 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Vietnam.

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What the notification says

This draft Circular promulgates QCVN 03:2026/BCT, establishing technical requirements applicable to equipment, auxiliaries and means used for blending, storing and transportation of ethanol and ethanol blended gasoline gasohol E10 at distribution terminals. The Regulation provides requirements relating to: (i) Materials compatible with fuel ethanol and Gasohol E10; (ii) Storage tanks, seals and breathing valves; (iii) Pipelines, pumps and filtration systems; (iv) Road, rail, waterway and pipeline transportation facilities; (v) Technical documentation and records retained for post-market inspection; (vi) Transitional provisions for existing petroleum terminals and equipment; (vii) Responsibilities of organizations, individuals and competent authorities in implementation of the Regulation.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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