On August 20, continuing the 36th session, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on the draft Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations.
The Government's proposal clearly states that the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations passed in 2006, effective from January 1, 2007, is an important legal document, regulating relationships related to standards and regulations. technique.
Through more than 17 years of implementation, facing the requirements of socio-economic development and international integration, it has been shown that the law has arisen a number of limitations and inadequacies, requiring amendments to comply with the commitments. signed into a new generation Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
On behalf of the inspection agency, Chairman of the Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy affirmed that the Standing Committee basically agrees with the need to develop the Law project.
The Basic Law project file meets the requirements according to the provisions of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents and is eligible to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and comments.
However, Mr. Le Quang Huy requested that the drafting agency continue to review and fully institutionalize the Party and State's guidelines and policies, especially Directive No. 38-CT/TW...
Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic Committee Vu Hong Thanh reflected the opinions of businesses that our regulations and standards have inconsistent contents, and when implemented, there are certain problems, for example, regulations fire safety standards of construction projects.
In addition, the process of adjusting standards and regulations is "jerky" without a transition roadmap, causing businesses' compliance costs to increase. According to him, these are contents that need to be considered and revised to avoid problems and inadequacies in practice.
The Chairman of the Economic Committee also said that Vietnam has deeply integrated, goods entering the international market must be clear and must follow standards.
Therefore, in this revision, we should consider taking advantage of the technical standards of other countries, avoiding building our own set of standards that are not suitable for other countries. Thus, it is expensive to build but ineffective to use.
Mr. Vu Hong Thanh said that our goods entering the US market must meet US market standards, and entering the EU must meet EU standards. Avoid building inappropriate standards, causing waste and expense for the business community.
According to him, consulting with businesses is very important, because they have had many conflicts, so they can contribute and come up with appropriate standards. Therefore, there needs to be an incentive mechanism to consult with businesses.
Also related to this issue, National Assembly Secretary General Bui Van Cuong raised the issue of responsibility when promulgating standards and regulations with inadequacies and procedures causing difficulties for people, businesses, and even businesses. have a set of regulations and standards that are higher than reality.
Or setting high standards and regulations to be able to "drain the building without collapsing", so how should responsibilities be defined to prevent this situation?
According to Mr. Bui Van Cuong, it is necessary to more specifically specify the system of standards and regulations towards international standards.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Legal Committee Hoang Thanh Tung noted that there should be coordination, any overlapping issues must be amended to ensure uniformity and consistency in legal documents.
