Counterfeit goods production is fined up to 200 million VND

According to the draft Decree regulating administrative sanctions for violations in commercial activities, traders of counterfeit goods that have no use or function can be fined up to 100 million VND; and producers of the above items can be fined up to 200 million VND.

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Specifically, those who trade in counterfeit goods that have no value or use, depending on the level of violation, can be fined from 1 to 100 million VND. This penalty is applied to 4 groups of counterfeit goods, including:

1. Goods that have no use value or function; have use value or function inconsistent with the natural origin or name of the goods; have use value or function inconsistent with the declared or registered use value or function;

2. Goods whose content, quantity of main substances, total nutrients or other basic technical characteristics only reach 70% or less compared to the quality standards, technical regulations registered, announced, applied or recorded on the label or packaging of the goods;

3. Medicines for preventing and treating diseases for humans and animals that do not contain pharmaceutical ingredients; have pharmaceutical ingredients but not in the registered quantity; do not contain all the registered pharmaceutical ingredients; have pharmaceutical ingredients different from those stated on the label or packaging of the goods;

4. Plant protection products without active ingredients; active ingredient content only reaching 70% or less compared to the registered and announced quality standards and technical regulations; not having enough registered active ingredients; containing active ingredients different from the active ingredients stated on the label or packaging of the goods.

Also according to the provisions of the draft, the above fine will be doubled in one of three cases: 1. The manufacturer, importer of counterfeit goods or the trader of counterfeit goods is the importer of the counterfeit goods; 2. Counterfeit goods are food, food, medicine, disease prevention medicine, animal feed, fertilizer, veterinary medicine, pesticides, plant varieties, livestock without being prosecuted; 3. Counterfeit goods are food additives, food processing aids, food preservatives, functional foods, cosmetics, detergents, insecticides, medical equipment, cement, construction steel, helmets for motorcyclists, and goods on the list of restricted goods for trading.

In addition, violators will also be subject to additional penalties such as confiscation of exhibits and means of violation; destruction of goods; revocation of the right to use licenses and practice certificates for 3-6 months or suspension of operations for 3-6 months if they commit multiple violations or re-offend...

Smuggled goods business fined up to 50 million VND

In addition, the draft also stipulates the act of trading in counterfeit goods labels and packaging (in case of counterfeiting the name or address of another trader; counterfeiting the trade name, product name, registration number, barcode or packaging of another trader; counterfeiting the label or packaging of another trader; counterfeiting the origin of the goods, place of production, packaging, or assembly of the goods), the fine is from 500,000 VND to 70 million VND.

Violations of trading in smuggled goods will be subject to a warning or a fine of 200,000 VND - 50 million VND (depending on the value of the smuggled goods). In case the person directly importing the smuggled goods conducts the act of trading in smuggled goods (if not prosecuted for criminal responsibility), the fine will be twice the above level.

The draft is being reviewed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.announcepublic opinion

According to (Chinhphu.vn) – LT