FAR EAST RICE MILL JOINT STOCK COMPANY ORGANIZED A CONFERENCE TO DISSEMINATE DECREE NO.103/2020/ND-CP “REGULATIONS ON CERTIFICATION OF FRAGRANT RICE VARIETIES EXPORTED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION”

Ho Chi Minh City, October 27th, 2020– Far East Rice Mill Joint Stock Company was honored to be selected by the Department of Crop Production - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as the organizer of the conference to disseminate the Decree No.103/2020/ND-CP “Regulations on certification of fragrant rice varieties exported to the European Union”

The conference was attended by the National Seed Testing Center, Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection and representatives from Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development of provinces in the Mekong River Delta region.

 

 

Pursuant to the National Assembly’s Resolution No.103/2020/QH14 dated June 8th, 2020 on ratification of EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA);

Implementing the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which enters into force from August 1st, 2020;

On September 4th, 2020, the Government promulgates the Decree No.103/2020/ND-CP on certification of fragrant rice varieties exported to the European Union.

 

Đại Diện Công ty Cổ Phần Chế Biến Gạo Viễn Đông

Representatives of Far East Rice Mill Joint Stock Company

 

 

 

- Today, October 27th, 2020, Far East Rice Mill Joint Stock Company together with the Department of Crop Production - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development organized and presided over the introduction of the Decree No.103/2020/ND-CP on the certification of fragrant rice exported to the European Union.

 

Ông Nguyễn Như Cường - Cục trưởng Cục Trồng trọt (Bộ NNPTNT)

Mr Nguyen Nhu Cuong - Director of the department of Crop Production

 

 

Ông Nguyễn Văn Vương - Phó trưởng phòng Cây lương thực, Cây thực phẩm

Mr Nguyen Van Vuong - Deputy Head of the Department of Field Crops

 

 

- This Decree provides for certification of fragrant rice varieties on the List specified in Point 8 Sub-section 1 Section B, Appendix 2-A of EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which are eligible for quota-based exemption from import duty when exported to the European Union (EU).

- Therefore, the conditions applied to fragrant rice varieties to be certified include:

+ Fragrant rice must be produced from fragrant rice seeds whose quality conforms to the National technical regulation; there must be clear information about the area and location of sowing (group/village, ward/commune, urban district/rural district/district-level town, province/city).

+ The fragrant rice plot must undergo an inspection to make sure that the varietal purity (percentage of plants) is not less than 95%.

 

 

- Regulations on inspection of fragrant rice plots

+ A fragrant rice plot shall undergo 01 inspection within 20 days prior to harvesting and an inspection record shall be made using the form pin the Appendix II hereof.

+ The method for inspection of the varietal purity of a fragrant rice plot is provided in the Appendix III hereof. A code shall be allocated to every fragrant rice plot subject to inspection as prescribed in the Appendix IV hereof.

+ Plant variety testing organizations which are recognized as prescribed in Article 21 of the Law on Crop Production and Article 7 of the Government’s Decree No. 94/2019/ND-CP dated December 13, 2019 shall carry out inspections of fragrant rice plots.

- The agency which has the power to certify, re-certify and cancel the Certificate of fragrant rice variety is the Department of Crop Production affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 

 

 

 

We sincerely thank the Department of Crop Production for giving us the opportunity us to become the organizer of today’s conference, and all the businesses in the rice export industry for contributing ideas and participating in the discussion of Decree No.103/2020ND-CP on the certification of fragrant rice for export to the EU market.

We are constantly learning from the experience of our predecessors as well as striving to join hands with our country’s rice exporters, determined to bring Vietnamese rice to the world and to establish Vietnamese rice brand in the international market.

 

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