Waste collection services, environmental monitoring services

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

 

 

 

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.