Waste collection services, environmental monitoring services
TT | INDUSTRY, SUB-SECTOR | CONDITIONS RESTRICTING MARKET ACCESS | LEGAL GROUNDS |
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Waste collection services, environmental monitoring services |
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40.1 | Wastewater treatment service (CPC 9401) | Provisions in the Agreements: Unlimited, except:
Affirms that services provided to exercise Government powers as set forth in Article I: 3(c) may be assigned to public monopolies or to private operators core. For national security reasons, access to certain geographical areas may be restricted[1]. – WTO: Restrictions on the form and percentage of foreign capital contribution have expired |
WTO, AFAS, VJEPA, VKFTA, EVFTA, CPTPP |
40.2 | Waste treatment service (CPC 9402) [2] | Provisions in the Schedules of Commitments: Unlimited, except:
– Affirms that services provided to exercise Government powers as set forth in Article I:3(c) may be assigned to public monopolies or privileged to operators private. In order to ensure public welfare, foreign-invested economic organizations are not allowed to collect garbage directly from households, only provide waste collection services provided by local governments at the provincial and municipal levels designated street. – WTO: Restrictions on foreign ownership have expired. |
– WTO, AFAS, VJEPA, VKFTA, EVFTA, CPTPP – Decree No. 38/2015/ND-CP dated April 24, 2015 on waste and scrap management. – Decree No. 136/2018/ND-CP dated October 5, 2018 amending a number of articles of the Decrees related to business investment conditions in the field of natural resources and environment |
40.3 | Environmental monitoring service | Law of Vietnam:
Conditions for providing services and being licensed to provide services are specified in Decree 127/2014/ND-CP (amended and supplemented according to Decree 136/2018/ND-CP). |
– Decree No. 127/2014/ND-CP dated December 31, 2014 of the Government stipulating the conditions for organizations operating in environmental monitoring services. – Decree No. 136/2018/ND-CP dated October 5, 2018 of the Government amending a number of articles of the Decrees related to business investment conditions in the field of natural resources and environment. |
[1] For greater clarity, this commitment allows for the maintenance or application of national security micro-objective restrictions, which are justifiable under Articles XIV and XIV bis of the GATS.
- According to the Law, the import of waste is prohibited. The treatment and disposal of hazardous waste is regulated by law.