Currently, the implementation of full compliance with obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Phase-Out the Ozone Depleting Substances is aimed at the termination of using HCFCs that damage Ozone, specifically to refrigerant or R-22 which apply in general to the servicing and maintenance of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment.

Therefore, the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment has issued Instruction no. 5615/MoNRE, dated 28 August 2013, aimed at implementing the necessary control of import-export, transit and import for re-export of refrigerating equipment such as air-conditioning refrigerator,  water-cooler, ice refrigerating manufacture, freezer and other manufacture of refrigerants. This control has been implemented from year 2013 onward.

In year 2014, the control of inspection on import-export, transit, and import for re-export will be applied as per the procedure below:

  • Entrepreneurs and import-export companies who are operating with ODS related  Business Operators require to register and request an import-export and transit permit for refrigerant  and refrigerant  R-22 included in refrigerating equipment and air-conditioners from the Department of Pollution Control, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment. This action will start between 16 September to 31 October, 2013;
  • Entrepreneurs and import-export company who are operating with ODS related  Business Operators need to register and request permission and a license from the Department of Pollution, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment for  refrigerants and other refrigerant substances such as R-134a, R-404A, R-406A, R-407A, R-410A, R-600a, Ammonia;
  • Refrigerants or refrigerant substances, after receiving an import permission and license from the Department of Pollution Control, need to pass a quality inspection and obtain a certification sticker every time from the Customs authority at the border checkpoint in coordination with the Department of Pollution Control or the Department of Natural Resource and Environment at the Provinces and the Capital before receiving import permission from the Customs Authority;
  • All application forms can be obtained at the Ozone Division, Department of Pollution Control, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment.

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