Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

According to the draft Order, recognition of the equivalence of state control system of the exporting country and the state control system of Ukraine is possible upon receipt of a request from the competent authority of the exporting country in which it guarantees that the state control system provides equivalent results of food and feed safety, animal health and welfare in accordance with Ukrainian legislation and proposes to hold the verification of the compliance (equivalence) of the state control system of the exporting country according the legislation of Ukraine.

In case of approval of the Report on conformity assessment based on the results of the inspection, the competent authority prepares a draft agreement with the competent authority of the exporting country on recognition of equivalence of the state control system of the exporting country (separate part of such system) and the state control system of Ukraine.

The decision to recognize the equivalence of the state control system of the exporting country, with which Ukraine does not have the relevant Agreement, is to be made exceptionally on the basis of the conducting of state control measures in exporting countries according to the Control Procedure.