Expected fees and charges in the management of aquaculture materials

The Ministry of Finance is collecting comments on the draft Circular stipulating the rate, collection, payment, management and use of fees and charges in the field of quality management of aquaculture materials.

According to the draft, the expected collection rate is as follows:

The fee for issuance of registration certificate for publication of standard conformity and announcement of technical-regulation conformity for imported aquaculture materials is VND 50,000 per time.

Fee for appraisal and issuance of certificates of imported aquaculture materials isVND 470,000 per time.

Fees for appraisal of conditional business in the field of aqua feeds and products for the treatment of aquaculture environment range from VND 1.5 million to VND 5.7 million per time.

Fees for appraisal, recognition, appointment, supervision of laboratories and testing facilities in the field of aquaculture are VND 5.7 million per time.

In addition, the draft also proposes to abolish some fees and charges. Specifically, abolishing the fee for recognition of the quality of agricultural materials permitted for circulation in Vietnam; abolishing the fee for assessment and issuance of certificates of circulation of aquaculture products and materials.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the provinces and central run cities are in charge of collecting fees on activities such as public services or state management.

Other fees are collected by organizations, including: Directorate of Fisheries; Center for Supervision, Test and Accreditation of Aquaculture; state management agencies in charge of fisheries in provinces and central run cities.

Charge and fee-collecting organizations shall transfer all collected fees and charges into the state budget, except for the cases as legally deducted to cover expenses.

The source of expenses to cover the performance of the work and the collection of fees shall be arranged by the state budget in the estimate of the collecting organization according to the state budget expenditure regulations.

It is up to 90% of the collected fee may be deducted to cover expenses for the prescribed expenditures, but only for some kind of state agencies as regulated. The remaining 10% of the fee collected is transferred to the state budget.