Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

The purpose of these Regulations, which are mandatory throughout national territory, is to:

1. (a)  Establish the phytosanitary measures for wood packaging material in use in international trade in goods, the technical specifications thereof, and the use of the globally recognized mark attesting to the application of such measures;

2. (b)  lay down the requirements governing the use of this mark on wood packaging material used for the importation and exportation of goods;

3. (c)  establish guidelines to facilitate the inspection at entry points into the country of wood packaging material used for the importation of goods, with a view to reducing the risk of pest introduction.

   This document is consistent with International Standards for Phytosanitary

Measures(ISPM) No. 15: Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade, adopted on 15 March 2002 by the Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (ICPM) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).