6 notable new policies effective from March 2019

1. Rules of origin for goods in the CPTPP Agreement

Theo Thông tư 03/2019/TT-BCT quy định Quy tắc xuất xứ hàng hóa trong Hiệp định Đối tác toàn diện và tiến bộ xuyên Thái Bình Dương thì hàng hóa được coi là có xuất xứ nếu hàng hóa đó:

- Có xuất xứ thuần túy hoặc được sản xuất toàn bộ tại lãnh thổ của một hay nhiều nước thành viên;

- Được sản xuất toàn bộ chỉ từ nguyên liệu có xuất xứ tại lãnh thổ của một hay nhiều nước thành viên;

- Được sản xuất toàn bộ từ nguyên liệu không có xuất xứ tại lãnh thổ của một hay nhiều nước thành viên với điều kiện hàng hóa đó đáp ứng tất cả các quy định tương ứng tại Phụ lục I của Thông tư này;

Thông tư có hiệu lực từ ngày 08/3/2019

2. Thay thế toàn bộ biểu mẫu đăng ký kinh doanh

Bộ Kế hoạch và Đầu tư đã ban hành Thông tư 02/2019/TT-BKHĐT sửa đổi, bổ sung một số điều của Thông tư 20/2015/TT-BKHĐT hướng dẫn về đăng ký doanh nghiệp.

Theo đó, toàn bộ biểu mẫu đăng ký doanh nghiệp, hộ kinh doanh được ban hành kèm theo Thông tư 20/2015/TT-BKHĐT sẽ được thay thế bởi biểu mẫu mới theo Thông tư 02/2019/TT-BKHĐT.

Một số biểu mẫu điển hình được thay thế như:

- Mẫu Giấy đề nghị đăng ký doanh nghiệp tư nhân, công ty TNHH một thành viên, công ty TNHH hai thành viên trở lên, công ty cổ phần, công ty hợp danh…

- Sample notices and other documents issued by businesses: Notice of changes to business registration details; Notice of changes to the legal representative, etc.

These document templates are used uniformly nationwide.

The circular takes effect from March 11, 2019.

3. Adding nearly 80 vocational and college-level programs.

Circular 06/2019/TT-BLDTBXH supplements the list of training fields and occupations at level IV for intermediate and college-level training issued with Circular 04/2017/TT-BLDTBXH.

The additional fields of study and profession fall into 14 areas such as: Education, law, arts, journalism, economics, etc.

Specifically, college-level programs include fields such as: Construction Engineering Education, Folk Performing Arts, Variety Shows, Business English, Tourism English, Hotel and Restaurant Reception English, Corporate Legal Services, etc.

Intermediate-level programs include fields such as: Supermarket management, asset auction assistant, packaging processing technology, high-tech agriculture, etc.

The circular takes effect from March 15, 2019.

4. Regulations on the issuance of insurance agent certificates

On December 24, 2018, the Ministry of Finance issued Circular 125/2018/TT-BTC regulating the issuance of insurance agent certificates.

Accordingly, the following cases will result in the revocation of insurance agent certificates:

- Individuals who do not participate in the Insurance Agent Certification Examination organized by the Ministry of Finance;

- Candidates who did not pass the insurance agent certification exam as stipulated in Circular 125;

- Candidates who falsify personal identification documents (citizen identification card, citizen identification card, passport) or use someone else's personal identification documents when participating in the exam;

- Candidates who took the exam were trained during a period when the training institution was forced to suspend its insurance agent training activities according to a decision of the competent authority regarding administrative sanctions in the field of insurance business.

The circular takes effect from March 1, 2019.

5. Electronic medical records: Each patient has only one management code.

This information is stated in Circular 46/2018/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health regulating electronic medical records.

Accordingly, each patient will have only one unique identification number for managing and storing their electronic medical records at a single healthcare facility. Electronic medical records must meet the following requirements:

- All information must be recorded as in the paper medical record;

- The digital signature of the person responsible for the content entered into the electronic medical record is required;

- Comply with regulations regarding the protection of personal information.

This circular takes effect from March 1, 2019.

6. Brokers of adoptions involving children under 16 years of age may face criminal prosecution.

According to Resolution 02/2019/NQ-HĐTP, effective from March 15, 2019, guiding the application of Article 150 on the crime of human trafficking and Article 151 on the crime of trafficking in persons under 16 years of age of the Penal Code, the act of brokering adoption of persons under 16 years of age in the following cases will be prosecuted for the crime of human trafficking in persons under 16 years of age:

- Knowing that the purpose of adopting a child under 16 is to sexually exploit, force labor, harvest body parts, sell to others, or for other inhumane purposes, but still transferring the victim in exchange for money, property, or other material benefits.

- Exploiting the adoption process to adopt children under 16 years of age for sexual exploitation, forced labor, organ harvesting, etc.

The decree takes effect from March 15, 2019.

Ngoc Anh