LAW ON CHEMICALS

No. 06/2007/QH12

Article 30. Rights and obligations of organizations and individuals using chemicals for production of other products and goods

1. Organizations and individuals using chemicals for production of other products and goods may request suppliers of hazardous chemicals to provide adequate and accurate information on their properties and characteristics, information on their classification and labeling and their chemical safety data sheets.

2. Organizations and individuals using chemicals for production of other products and goods have the following obligations:

a/ To abide by regulations on chemical safety management;

b/ To have persons in charge of chemical safety; to satisfy requirements on material-technical foundations and professional capacity regarding chemical safety suitable to the quantity and properties of chemicals;

c/ To provide periodical training and re-training in chemical safety to their laborers;

d/ To provide sufficient, accurate and timely information and guidance on chemical safety to laborers and managers;

dd/ To work out chemical incident prevention and response measures or plans as prescribed in Chapter VI of this Law;

e/ To update and store information on used chemicals as prescribed in Article 53 of this Law;

g/ To promptly notify chemical suppliers and chemical management agencies upon detection of signs of new hazardous properties of used chemicals;

h/ To abide by inspection requests of competent state management agencies in the implementation of regulations on chemical safety.

Article 36. Prevention of chemical incidents

1. Organizations and individuals engaged in chemical-related activities shall abide by technical regulations on safety; and provide periodical training in chemical safety to laborers.

2. Investors of projects related to chemicals outside the list specified in Clause 1, Article 38, of this Law shall work out chemical incident prevention and response measures suitable to the production scope and conditions and properties of chemicals.

3. Chemical incident prevention and response measures contain the following principal contents:

a/ Determining, zoning off and elaborating plans on regular inspection of, spots highly prone to chemical incidents;

b/ Measures, equipment, devices and forces for on-site response;

c/ Plans on coordination with outside forces in responding to chemical incidents.

4. Investors of projects related to chemicals on the list specified in Clause 1, Article 38, of this Law shall elaborate chemical incident prevention and response plans and submit them to competent state management agencies for approval and may only commence their projects after these plans are approved. In case of expanding or changing the scope of operation, they shall amend and supplement their chemical incident prevention, and response plans, and submit them to competent agencies for approval.