CIRCULAR

LIST OF POTENTIALLY UNSAFE COMMODITIES UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

Pursuant to the Law on Quality of Commodities dated November 21, 2007;

Pursuant to the Law on Telecommunications dated November 23, 2009;

Pursuant to the Law on Radio Frequencies dated November 23, 2009;

Pursuant to the Law on Information Technology dated June 29, 2006;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 132/2008/ND-CP dated December 31, 2008 elaborating the Law on Quality of Commodities, Government’s Decree No. 74/2018/ND-CP dated May 15, 2018 on amendments to some Articles of the Government's Decree No. 132/2008/ND-CP;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 17/2017/ND-CP dated February 17, 2017 defining functions, tasks, entitlements and organizational structure of the Ministry of Information and Communications;

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The Minister of Information and Communications hereby promulgates a Circular on the list of potentially unsafe commodities under the management of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Article 1. Scope

1. This Circular provides for the list of potentially unsafe commodities under the management of the Ministry of Information and Communications (hereinafter referred to as “the List of category 2 commodities”).

2. This Circular only applies to commodities whose descriptions are provided in the List of category 2 commodities.

Article 2. Regulated entities

This Circular applies to:

1. Organizations and individuals involved in production and sale of commodities on the List of category 2 commodities in Vietnam.

2. Organizations and individuals whose operation involves management of quality of commodities on the List of category 2 commodities in Vietnam.

Article 3. List of category 2 commodities

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a) “The list of information technology and communications commodities subject to certification and declaration of conformity” is provided in the Appendix I hereof.

b) “The list of information technology and communications commodities subject to declaration of conformity” is provided in the Appendix II hereof.

2. The Ministry of Information and Communications shall periodically inspect, examine and modify the list of group 2 commodities in each period according to the State’s management policy.

Article 4. Rules for management of quality of category 2 commodities

1. Quality of commodities on the List of category 2 commodities shall be managed in accordance with regulations of the Ministry of Information and Communications on certification and declaration of conformity and inspection of quality of information technology and communications commodities, and respective technical regulations.

2. If part of a commodity on the List of category 2 commodities is another commodity on the same List, it is required to certify and declare conformity with technical regulations applicable to such commodity.

3. In the cases where any of the technical regulations specified in the List of group 2 commodities is amended or replaced, the newest one shall apply.

4. In case of any difference between provisions of the technical regulations and those of this Circular on certification and declaration of conformity, regulations of this Circular shall prevail.

Article 5. Effect and responsibility for implementation

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2. The certificate of conformity or notification of receipt of declaration of conformity that has been issued before the effective date of this Circular and remains effective shall apply until the effective date of the technical regulation replacing the technical regulation or standard specified in such certificate of conformity or notification of receipt of declaration of conformity.

3. During the application of technical regulations and measurement and testing, organizations and individuals shall promptly report difficulties and follow the guidelines laid down by the Department of Science and Technology (affiliated to the Ministry of Information and Communications).

4. The Ministry of Information and Communications shall cooperate with the General Department of Customs (affiliated to the Ministry of Finance) in resolving any issue that arises from assigning HS codes to imports that are potentially unsafe commodities within the scope of this Circular.

5. The Chief of Office, Director of Department of Science and Technology, heads of affiliates of the Ministry of Information and Communications and relevant organizations and individuals are responsible for the implementation of this Circular./.

THE MINISTER




Nguyen Manh Hung

APPENDIX I

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No.

Name of commodity

Technical regulation applied

HS code under the Circular No. 65/2017/TT-BTC

Description

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Radio telecommunications terminal equipment

1.1

DECT cordless telephone equipment

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QCVN 22:2010/BTTTT

QCVN 113:2017/BTTT^(*)

8517.11.00

A line telephone set consisting of a base station and one or more cordless handsets and using DECT technology. The handset connected to a fixed network via a base station is a telephone landline that routes telephone calls to the fixed network.

1.2

Land mobile communication terminal equipment

1.2.1

GSM mobile terminal

QCVN 12:2015/BTTTT

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QCVN 101:2016/BTTTT^(*)

8517.12.00

A telephone or mobile terminal using GSM technology (2G network), whether or not integrated with one or more of the following functions:

- W-CDMA FDD mobile terminal;

- E-UTRA FDD mobile terminal;

- Radio transmission and reception using spread spectrum modulation technique in the 2.4 GHz band

- Radio access in the 5 GHz band;

- Short-range radio transmission and transmission - reception.

1.2.2

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QCVN 15:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT^(*)

QCVN 101:2016/BTTTT^(*)

8517.12.00

A telephone or mobile terminal using W-CDMA FDD technology (3G network), whether or not integrated with one or more of the following functions:

- GSM mobile terminal;

- E-UTRA FDD mobile terminal;

- Radio transmission and reception using spread spectrum modulation techniques in the 2.4 GHz band

- Radio access in the 5 GHz band;

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1.2.3

E-UTRA FDD mobile terminal

QCVN 117:2018/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT ^(*)

QCVN 101:2016/BTTTT ^(*)

8517.12.00

A telephone or mobile terminal using W-E-UTRA FDD technology (4G/LTE network), whether or not integrated with one or more of the following functions:

- GSM mobile terminal;

- W-CDMA FDD mobile terminal;

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- Radio access in the 5 GHz band;

- Short-range radio transmission and transmission - reception

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Radio transmitters and transceivers operating in the frequency range between 9 kHz and 400 GHz and having effective radiated power of 60 mW or more

2.1

Radio transmitters and transceivers for use in land mobile and fixed services

2.1.1

GSM base station

QCVN 41:2016/BTTTT

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8517.61.00

A base transceiver station (BTS) in a GSM cellular network (2G network), whether or not integrated with one or two functions below:

- W-CDMA FDD base station;

- E-UTRA FDD base station.

2.1.2

W-CDMA FDD base station

QCVN 16:2018/BTTTT

QCVN 103:2016/BTTTT^(*)

8517.61.00

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- GSM base station;

- E-UTRA FDD base station.

2.1.3

E-UTRA FDD base station

QCVN 110:2017/BTTTT

QCVN 103:2016/BTTTT ^(*)

8517.61.00

A base transceiver station (BTS) in an E-UTRA FDD cellular network (4G/LTE network), whether or not integrated with integrated with one or two functions below:

- GSM base station;

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2.1.4

Land mobile radio equipment using an integral antenna intended primarily for analogue speech

QCVN 37:2018/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT^(*)

8517.12.00

Land mobile hand-held radio angle-modulated equipment with an integral antenna, intended primarily for analogue speech and operating in the frequency range between 30 MHz and 1000 MHz with channel separations of 12.5 kHz and 25 kHz.

2.1.5

Land mobile radio equipment having an antenna connector intended for the transmission of data (and speech)

QCVN 42:2011/BTTTT

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Digital radio equipment, and combined analogue and digital radio equipment using an integral antenna and intended for the transmission of data and/or speech, including:

8517.61.00

- Base station (fitted with an antenna socket and intended for use in a fixed location);

8517.12.00

- Mobile station (fitted with an antenna socket, normally used in a vehicle or as a transportable station) or handportable station intended for the transmission of data and/or speech.

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Land mobile radio equipment having an antenna connector intended primarily for analogue speech

QCVN 43:2011/BTTTT

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Stations in the angle modulation systems for use in the land mobile service, operating in the frequency range between 30 MHz and 1000 MHz with channel separations of 12.5 kHz and 25 kHz and intended for speech, including:

8517.61.00

- Base station (fitted with an antenna socket);

8517.12.00

- Mobile station (fitted with an antenna socket);

8517.12.00

- Handportable stations fitted with an antenna socket; or without an external antenna socket (integral antenna equipment) but fitted with a permanent internal or a temporary internal 50 Ω RF connector which allows access to the transmitter output and the receiver input.

2.1.7

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QCVN 44:2018/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT ^(*)

8517.12.00

Land mobile radio equipment using constant envelope angle modulation, operating in the frequency range between 30 MHz and 1 GHz with channel separations of 12.5 kHz and 25 kHz, and including digital hand-held radio equipment or combined analogue and digital hand-held radio equipment using an integral antenna and intended for the transmission of data and/or speech.

2.1.8

GSM repeater

QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 103:2016/BTTTT ^(*)

8517.62.59

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- W-CDMA FDD repeater;

- E-ULTRA FDD repeater.

2.1.9

W-CDMA FDD repeater

QCVN 66:2018/BTTTT

QCVN 103:2016/BTTTT ^(*)

8517.62.59

Capable of receiving and transmitting W-CDMA FDD cellular network signals (3G), whether or not integrated with one or two functions below:

- GSM repeater;

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2.1.10

E-ULTRA FDD repeater

QCVN 111:2017/BTTTT

QCVN 103:2016/13TTTT ^(*)

8517.62.59

Capable of receiving and transmitting W-CDMA FDD cellular network signals (4G/LTE), whether or not integrated with one or two functions below:

- GSM repeater;

- W-CDMA FDD repeater.

2.2

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2.2.1

Second generation terrestrial digital television (DVB-T2) transmitter

QCVN 77:2013/BTTTT

8525.50.00

Transmitting equipment for the terrestrial digital television broadcasting service DVB-T2, with 8 MHz RF channel

2.3

Radio transmitters and transceivers used in sound broadcasting

2.3.1

Transmitting equipment for the amplitude modulated (AM) sound broadcasting service

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8525.50.00

Transmitting equipment for the amplitude modulated (AM) sound broadcasting service operating in the medium wave band (from 526.5 kHz to 1606.5 kHz) and short wave band (from 3.2 MHz to 26.1 MHz).

2.3.2

Transmitting equipment for the frequency modulated (FM) sound broadcasting service

QCVN 30:2011/BTTTT

8525.50.00

Transmitting equipment for frequency modulated (FM) sound broadcasting service operating in both Monophonic and Stereophonic operating in the frequency range 68 MHz to 108 MHz.

2.3.3

Frequency modulated (FM) radio sound transmitting equipment operating in the frequency band 54 MHz to 68 MHz

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8525.50.00

Frequency modulated (FM) radio sound transmitting equipment operating in Monophonic operating in the frequency band 54 MHz to 68 MHz.

2.4

Radar equipment

2.4.1

Radar equipment (including radar equipment used in the maritime mobile service and aeronautical mobile service, except that used in road or railway transport and traffic)

QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT ^(*)

8526.10.10

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Radar equipment, ground based, or of a kind for use in civil aircraft, or of a kind used solely on sea going vessels or other kind, except for that used in road or railway transport and traffic.

2.5

Digital microwave transmission equipment

2.5.1

Digital microwave radio equipment

- For point-to-point radio equipment operating in the frequency range between 1.4 GHz and 55 GHz:

QCVN 53:2017/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT ^(*)

- For digital microwave radio equipment that is not point-to-point radio equipment

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QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT ^(*)

8517.62.59

Transmit-and-receive equipment using digital microwave technology.

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Short-range radio transmitters and transceivers ^(**)

3.1

Non-specific short-range radio transmitters and transceivers

- For equipment operating in the frequency range between 9 kHz and 25 MHz:

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QCVN 96:2015/BTTTT ^(*)

- For equipment operating in the frequency range between 25 MHz and 1 GHz:

QCVN 73:2013/BTTTT

QCVN 96:2015/BTTTT ^(*)

- For equipment operating in the frequency range between 1 GHz and 40 GHz:

QCVN 74:2013/BTTTT

QCVN 96:2015/BTTTT ^(*)

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Wireless charging device using inductive method (static converter)

8525.50.00

Personal FM transmitter

8517.62.59

8517.62.69

Equipment fitted with an external antenna connector and/or integral antenna, and intended for transmission or reception of audio, images or other data

8526.10.90

Radio navigational aid apparatus, of a kind not intended for use in maritime and aeronautical services

8526.10.10

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Radar warning receiver

8526.92.00

Radio remote control equipment

3.2

Radio equipment operating in the 2.4 GHz band and using spread spectrum modulation techniques, and having an equivalent isotropically radiated power of at least 60 mW

- For equipment having an equivalent isotropically radiated power of from 60 mW to 100 mW:

QCVN 54:2011/BTTTT

QCVN 112:2017/BTTTT ^(*)

- For equipment having an equivalent isotropically radiated power of more than 100 mW:

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QCVN 112:2017/BTTTT ^(*)

8517.62.51

A WiFi transceiver in the 2.4 GHz wireless local area network (WiFi modem, WiFi transmitter) having an equivalent isotropically radiated power of at least 60 mW, whether or not integrated with one or more of the following functions:

- Radio access in the 5 GHz band;

- GSM mobile terminal;

- W-CDMA FDD mobile terminal;

- E-UTRA FDD (4G/LTE) mobile terminal;

- Short-range radio transmission and reception.

8525.80.40

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8802.20.90

UAV/Drone (a remote-controlled flying device equipped with television camera, digital camera and video camera recorder) using remote control technology, transmitting images in the 2.4 GHz band using spread spectrum modulation techniques and having an equivalent isotropically radiated power of at least 60 mW.

3.3

Radio access equipment operating in the 5 GHz band and having equivalent isotropically radiated power of at least 60 mW

QCVN 65:2013/BTTTT

QCVN 112:2017/BTTTT^(*)

8517.62.51

A WiFi transceiver in the 5 GHz wireless local area network (WiFi modem, WiFi transmitter) having an equivalent isotropically radiated power of at least 60 mW, whether or not integrated with one or more of the following functions:

- Radio transmission and reception using spread spectrum modulation techniques in the 2.4 GHz band;

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- W-CDMA FDD mobile terminal;

- E-UTRA FDD (4G/LTE) mobile terminal;

- Short-range radio transmission and reception.

8525.80.40

Flycam (television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders mounted on flying devices) using remote control technology, transmitting images in the 5 GHz band using spread spectrum modulation techniques and having an equivalent isotropically radiated power of at least 60 mW.

8802.20.90

UAV/Drone (a remote-controlled flying device equipped with television camera, digital camera and video camera recorder) using remote control technology, transmitting images in the 5 GHz band using spread spectrum modulation techniques and having an equivalent isotropically radiated power of at least 60 mW.

3.4

Ultra Wide Band (UWB) communications device

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QCVN 94:2015/BTTTT ^(*)

8517.62.59

Devices utilizing Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technologies, intended for fixed (indoor only), mobile or portable applications and including:

- Stand-alone radio equipment with or without its own control provisions;

- Plug-in radio devices intended for use with, or within, a variety of host systems, e.g. personal computers, hand-held terminals, etc.;

- Plug-in radio devices intended for use within combined equipment, e.g. cable modems, set-top boxes, access points, etc.;

- Combined equipment or a combination of a plug-in radio device and a specific type of host equipment;

- Equipment for use in road and rail vehicles.

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QCVN 88:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 112:2017/BTTTT ^(*)

8517.62.51

Applied to wireless access equipment operating at multiple-gigabit data rates and intended for short-range Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) or Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) operating in the 60 GHz frequency range (not applied to radio equipment operating in the 60 GHz frequency range intended for outdoor Fixed Local Area Network Extension (FLANE) or Fixed Point-to-Point applications).

3.6

Wireless digital video link equipment

QCVN 92:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 93:2015/BTTTT ^(*)

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8525.50.00

- Transmitter;

8525.60.00

- Transmitter incorporating receiver.

3.7

Cordless audio devices in the range 25 MHz to 2000 MHz

QCVN 91:2015/BTTTT

8518.10.11

8518.10.19

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Cordless microphones in the range 25 MHz to 2000 MHz

8518.21.10

8518.21.90

8518.22.10

8518.22.90

8518.29.20

8518.29.90

Cordless loudspeakers in the range 25 MHz to 2000 MHz

8518.30.10

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Cordless headphones in the range 25 MHz to 2000 MHz

8518.30.51

8518.30.59

8518.30.90

Cordless combined microphone/loudspeaker in the range 25 MHz to 2000 MHz

3.8

Other short-range radio transmitters and transceivers

- For equipment operating in the frequency range between 9 kHz and 40 GHz:

QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT

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- For equipment operating in the frequency range of more than 40 GHz:

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT ^(*)

8526.92.00

Radio remote control equipment.

8526.92.00

Radio remote control equipment intended for radio alarm and detection.

8526.10.90

Telemetry device (not ground based, or not of a kind for use in civil aircraft, or not of a kind used solely on sea going vessels).

8517.62.59

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8517.62.59

Short-range radio transceivers operating in the frequency range between 76 GHz and 81 GHz, intended for remote detection of surrounding objects, alarm and measurement.

8517.62.59

Non-stop electronic toll collection systems that apply RFID operating in the frequency range between 920 MHz and 923 MHz with a radiated power of more than 500 mW ERP and including two separate units which are connected to each other through the radio interface:

- Radio Frequency Tag, with or without power source, attached to the object to be identified.

- Radio Frequency Reader (RF reader) intended for activating the RF tag and transmitting the information received from the RF tag to the data processing system.

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- Short-range radio transmitters and transceivers not included in section 3 of the List in the Appendix I hereof;

- Short-range radio transmitters and transceivers that have been included in section 3 of the List in the Appendix I hereof but do not fall within the scope of the respective technical regulations applied.

Note: Certification and declaration of conformity of the commodities provided in the Appendix I in some cases:

(*) Regarding this regulation, the certification of conformity of the equipment herein is optional but the declaration of conformity thereof is compulsory in the same way as the one in the Appendix II hereof. Regarding QCVN 101:2016/BTTTT, it is only applied to mobile phones and required to declare their conformity with safety requirements specified in Article 2.6 of the Regulation and not required to declare their conformity with movement requirements specified in Article 2.6.2.7 of the Regulation.

(**) Short-range transmitters and transceivers are short-range devices specified in the Circular No. 46/2016/TT-BTTTT dated December 26, 2016 of the Minister of Information and Communications, amended by the Circular No. 18/2018/TT-BTTTT dated December 20, 2018 of the Minister of Information and Communications. Short-range transmitters and transceivers exclude receive-only radio equipment; radio transceivers operating in the 2.4 GHz band and using spread spectrum modulation techniques, and having an equivalent isotropically radiated power of less than 60 mW; radio access equipment operating in the 5 GHz band and having an equivalent isotropically radiated power of at least 60 mW. Certification declaration of conformity shall be carried out only if the equipment meets prescribed specifications, operational conditions and frequency range.

APPENDIX II

LIST OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMODITIES SUBJECT TO DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
(Enclosed with the Circular No. 05/2019/TT-BTTTT dated July 09, 2019 of the Minister of Information and Communications)

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Technical regulation applied

HS code under the Circular No. 65/2017/TT-BTC

Description

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Information technology equipment

1.1

Desktop computer

QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT

8471.41.10

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- Radio transmission and reception using spread spectrum modulation techniques in the 2.4 GHz band;

- 5 GHz band radio access.

1.2

Laptop and portable computer

QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT

QCVN 101:2016/BTTTT ^(*)

8471.30.20

Portable automatic data processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display, whether or not integrated with one or more functions:

- Radio transmission and reception using spread spectrum modulation techniques in the 2.4 GHz band;

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- Short-range radio transmission and reception.

1.3

Tablet

QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT

QCVN 101:2016/BTTTT ^(**)

8471.30.90

Portable automatic data processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (other than laptops, notebooks and subnotebooks), whether or not integrated with one or more functions:

- Radio transmission and reception using spread spectrum modulation techniques in the 2.4 GHz band;

- 5 GHz band radio access;

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Radio and television equipment

2.1

Set Top Box for use in satellite television (except for DVB-S/S2 Set Top Box for use in satellite television)

QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT

8528.71.91

8528.71.99

A Set Top Box in analogue form, not having a function of interactive information exchange.

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QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT

8528.71.91

8528.71.99

Intended for receiving and decoding Free To Air (FTA) satellite television signals using DVB-S and/or DVB-S2 technology, supporting SDTV/HDTV, not having a function of interactive information exchange.

2.3

Set Top Box for use in digital cable television networks

QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT

8528.71.11

8528.71.19

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8528.71.99

Set Top Box for use in digital cable television networks, whether or not having a function of interactive information exchange with the service provider.

2.4

Set Top Box for use in digital IPTV television networks

QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT

8528.71.11

8528.71.19

8528.71.91

8528.71.99

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2.5

Digital terrestrial television DVB-T2 Set Top Box

QCVN 63:2012/BTTTT^(*)

8528.71.91

8528.71.99

Set Top Box using DVB-T2 technology for use in digital terrestrial television, not having a function of interactive information exchange.

2.6

Digital receiver used in DVB-T2 digital terrestrial television broadcasting (iDTV)

QCVN 63:2012/BTTTT^(*)

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8528.72.99

Digital receiver used in DVB-T2 digital terrestrial television broadcasting, designed to incorporate a video display or screen, having color, not battery operated and not using cathode-ray tubes.

2.7

Equipment in cabled distribution systems for television signal

QCVN 72:2013/BTTTT

8517.62.49

Equipment in cabled distribution systems for television signals (carrier-current line systems or digital line systems).

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Radio communications terminal equipment

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Cordless telephone equipment

QCVN 10:2010/BTTTT

QCVN 22:2010/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

Cordless telephone equipment, having the transmitter power of up to 25 W, used in the line telecommunication network intended for the transmission of analogue speech signal and connected to the line telephone network through the 2-wire interface (except for DECT equipment). This equipment consists of two separate units, which are connected to each other through radio interface:

8517.11.00

- Base unit: equipment intended for use in a fixed location and connected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) through the telephone line; fitted with either an antenna socket or an integral antenna;

8517.11.00

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Radio transmitters and transceivers operating in the frequency band 9 - 400 GHz and having effective radiated power of 60 mW or more

4.1

Radio transmitters and transceivers for use in land mobile and fixed services

4.1.1

Angle-modulated 27 MHz citizen’s band radio equipment

QCVN 23:2011/BTTTT QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

Angle-modulated radio equipment for use in the land mobile service, using constant envelope angle modulation, using current bandwidths, operating in 27 MHz citizen’s band with a channel spacing of 10 kHz, intended for speech and data transmission, and including:

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Base station (equipment fitted with an antenna socket and intended for use in a fixed location)

8517.12.00

Mobile station (mobile equipment fitted with an antenna socket and normally used in a vehicle or as a transportable station) intended for the transmission of speech and data

8517.12.00

Hand-portable station (fitted with an antenna socket; or not fitted with an external antenna socket) intended for speech and data transmission

4.1.2

Double side band and/or single side band amplitude modulated 27 MHz citizen’s band radio equipment

- For single side band amplitude modulated radio equipment having an effective radiated power of up to 4 W ERP and double side band amplitude modulated radio equipment having an effective radiated power of up to 1 W ERP:

QCVN 25:2011/BTTTT

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- For single side band amplitude modulated radio equipment having an effective radiated power exceeding 4 W ERP but not exceeding 12 W ERP and double side band amplitude modulated radio equipment having an effective radiated power exceeding 1 W ERP but not exceeding 4 W ERP:

QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

Analogue radio equipment, and combined analogue and digital radio equipment, fitted with an internal or external antenna connector,  operating in 27 MHz citizen’s band with SSB and/or DSB modulation with a channel spacing of 10 kHz, intended for speech and data transmission, and including:

8517.61.00

Base station (equipment fitted with an antenna socket and intended for use in a fixed location)

8517.12.00

Mobile station (mobile equipment fitted with an antenna socket and normally used in a vehicle or as a transportable station) intended for speech and data transmission

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Mobile station (mobile equipment fitted with an antenna socket and normally used in a vehicle or as a transportable station) intended for data transmission

8517.12.00

Hand-portable station (fitted with an antenna socket; or not fitted with an external antenna socket) intended for speech and data transmission

8517.62.59

Hand-portable station (fitted with an antenna socket; or not fitted with an external antenna socket) intended for data transmission

4.1.3

Low data rate data transmission equipment operating in the 5.8 GHz band for use in road transport traffic

QCVN 75:2013/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

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Low data rate data transmission equipment operating in the 5.8 GHz band for use in road transport traffic (Transmit-and-receive equipment):

- With a Radio Frequency (RF) output connection and specified antenna or with an integral antenna;

- For data transmission only;

- At down and up link data rate of 31.5 kbit/s;

- Operating on radio frequencies in the 5725 to 5875 MHz band.

4.1.4

High data rate data transmission equipment operating in the 5.8 GHz band for use in road transport traffic

QCVN 76:2013/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

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High data rate data transmission equipment operating in the 5.8 GHz band for use in road transport traffic (Transmit-and-receive equipment):

- With a Radio Frequency (RF) output connection and specified antenna or with an integral antenna;

- For data transmission only;

- At down and up link data rate of 1 Mbit/s;

- Operating on radio frequencies in the 5725 to 5875 MHz band.

4.1.5

Medium data rate data transmission equipment operating in the 5.8 GHz band for use in road transport traffic

QCVN 99:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

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Medium data rate data transmission equipment operating in the 5.8 GHz band for use in road transport traffic (Transmit-and-receive equipment):

- With a Radio Frequency (RF) output connection and specified antenna or with an integral antenna;

- For digital data transmission;

- At down link data rate of 250 kbit/s and up link data rate of 500 kbit/s;

- Operating on radio frequencies in the 5,725 to 5,875 GHz band.

4.1.6

Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) equipment

QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 100:2015/BTTTT

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TETRA equipment, including:

- Base Station;

8517.12.00

- Mobile Station;

- Direct Mode Mobile Station (DM-MS);

- Dual Watch Mobile Station (DW-MS);

8517.62.59

- Direct Mode REPeater (DM-REP), other than telephones;

- Direct Mode REPeater/GATEway (DM-REP/GATE), other than telephones;

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8517.62.59

8517.62.69

- Direct Mode GATEway (DM-GATE), other than telephones;

- Portable equipment of TErrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) radiocommunications systems.

4.2

Radio transmitters and transceivers used in satellite communications (excluding mobile stations used in maritime and aeronautical communications)

4.2.1

VSAT equipment (C band)

QCVN 38:2011/BTTTT

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8517.62.59

VSAT equipment (Transmit-and-receive equipment) operating in C band through a geostationary satellite.

4.2.2

VSAT equipment (Ku band)

QCVN 39:2011/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

8517.62.59

VSAT equipment (Transmit-and-receive equipment) operating in Ku band through a geostationary satellite.

4.2.3

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QCVN 40:2011/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

8517.62.59

Mobile Earth Stations for Global Non-Geostationary Mobile-Satellite Service Systems in the Bands 1 - 3 GHz (transmit-and-receive equipment).

4.2.4

Mobile satellite Earth Station (MES) operating in the Ku band

QCVN 116:2017/BTTTT

8517.62.59

Mobile Earth Stations (MES) (except for aeronautical mobile earth stations operating in the Ku band) operating in frequency ranges of the Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) (transmit-and-receive equipment):

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- 12,50 GHz to 12,75 GHz (space to earth);

- 14,00 GHz to 14,25 GHz (earth to space).

4.3

Radio transmitters and transceivers used in the maritime mobile service (including ancillary equipment and satellite equipment)

4.3.1

VHF transmitter as coast station for GMDSS

QCVN 24:2011/BTTTT

Transmitters, receivers and transmitters fitted with external antenna connectors, used as coast stations, operating in the VHF band of the maritime mobile service and utilizing emission G3E, and where relevant G2B for DSC signaling:

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- Equipment capable of analogue speech, Digital Selective Calling (DSC), or both;

8517.62.59

- Equipment operating in the band 156 MHz -174 MHz;

- Equipment operating under local or remote control;

- Equipment operating on 25 kHz channel spacing;

- Equipment operating in Simplex, Semi-Duplex (Half Duplex) and Duplex modes;

- Equipment which may consist of more than one unit;

- Equipment which may be single-channel or multi-channel;

- Equipment operating on shared radio sites;

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4.3.2

Two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus for fixed installation in survival craft

QCVN 26:2011/BTTTT

8517.18.00

Two-way VHF radiotelephone equipment, operating in the bands between 156 MHz and 174 MHz allocated to the Maritime Mobile Services and suitable for fixed installations in survival craft in accordance with the provisions of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).

4.3.3

Inmarsat-C ship earth station equipment

QCVN 28:2011/BTTTT

8517.62.59

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4.3.4

VHF radiotelephone used on the survival craft

QCVN 50:2011/BTTTT

8517.18.00

Portable VHF radiotelephones operating in the bands between 156 MHz and 174 MHz and suitable for use in survival craft and optionally, on board ships at sea.

4.3.5

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) operating in the 406,0 MHz to 406,1 MHz frequency band

QCVN 57:2018/BTTTT

8517.62.61

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4.3.6

Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) operating in the 406.0 MHz to 406.1 MHz frequency band

QCVN 108:2016/BTTTT

8517.62.61

Satellite Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) (only used for radio telegraphy), operating in the COSPAS-SARSAT satellite system. Satellite PLBs operate in the 406,0 MHz to 406,1 MHz frequency band and over the temperature ranges of:

- -40°C to +55°C (Class 1); or

- -20°C to +55°C (Class 2).

4.3.7

Digital Selective Calling DSC

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8517.62.59

Digital Selective Calling (DSC), not telephone, operating in the MF, MF/HF and/or VHF band in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and normally used on board ships (Transmit-and-receive equipment).

4.3.8

Transponders for search and rescue radar

QCVN 60:2011/BTTTT

8526.10.10

Search and rescue radar transponders operating in the frequency range 9 200 - 9 500 MHz.

4.3.9

Radiotelex equipment operating in maritime MF/HF service

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8517.62.59

Radiotelex equipment for use on board ships in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) (Transmit-and-receive equipment).

4.3.10

Inmarsat-F77 ship earth station equipment

QCVN 67:2013/BTTTT

8517.62.59

Inmarsat-F77 ship earth station (SES) equipment  of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) (Transmit-and-receive equipment).

4.3.11

Shipborne equipment of the automatic identification systems (AIS)

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8526.91.10

Radio navigational aid apparatus, used in shipborne automatic identification systems (detection of locations of ships within a certain range for the purposes of navigation and speed control)

4.3.12

AIS Search and Rescue Transmitter

QCVN 107:2016/BTTTT

8517.62.53

AIS Search and Rescue Transmitter (AIS SART) (transmit-and-receive equipment used for telegraphy).

4.3.13

VHF radiotelephone used on inland waterways

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8517.18.00

VHF radio transmitters used for telephone, operating in frequency bands allocated to the maritime mobile service, used on inland waterways.

4.3.14

VHF radiotelephone for the maritime mobile service

QCVN 52:2011/BTTTT

8517.18.00

VHF transmitters used for telephone and Digital Selective Calling (DSC), fitted with an external antenna connector and used on board ships.

4.3.15

MF and HF radio telephone

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8517.18.00

Radio transmitters and receivers, for use on large ships, operating in either Medium Frequency (MF) only or in the Medium and High Frequency (MF/HF) bands allocated to the Maritime Mobile Service (MMS), including:

- Single Side Band (SSB) for telephony transmission and reception (J3F);

- Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) or SSB modulation of a keyed sub-carrier to transmit and receive Digital Selective Calling (DSC) signals;

- Radio equipment, not integrated with the DSC encoder or decoder, but the interfaces with such equipment are defined.

4.3.16

UHF radio telephone

QCVN 61:2011 /BTTTT

8517.18.00

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4.4

Radio transmitters and transceivers used in the aeronautical mobile service (including ancillary equipment and satellite equipment)

4.4.1

Ground-based radio equipment for the aeronautical mobile service using amplitude modulation in the frequency band 117,975 -137 MHz

QCVN 105:2016/BTTTT

QCVN 106:2016/BTTTT

DSB AM UHF radio transmitters or receivers and transmitters, with channel separations of 8,33 kHz or 25 kHz intended for analogue speech intended for ACARS data communication, including:

8517.61.00

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8517.12.00

8517.62.59

8517.62.69

- Mobile stations;

8517.12.00

8517.62.59

8517.62.69

- Portable stations and hand held radios for ground use.

4.4.2

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QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 106:2016/BTTTT

Radio equipment for the aeronautical mobile service, operating in all or any part of the frequency band between 117.975 and 137 MHz, including:

8517.61.00

Ground based stations;

8517.12.00

8517.62.59

8517.62.69

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4.4.3

Glidepath equipment for radio navigation aids

QCVN 104:2016/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

8526.91.10

Ground-based glidepath equipment for radio navigation aids operating in the frequency band between 328.6 and 335.4 MHz.

4.5

Radio transmitters and transceivers used for location and telemetry (except for those used offshore in petroleum industry)

QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT

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8517.62.59

8517.62.69

Radio transmitters and transceivers used for location and telemetry (except for those used offshore in petroleum industry) but not used for telegraph/telephone

4.6

Radio navigation aids

QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

8526.91.10

8526.91.90

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4.7

Amateur radio equipment

QCVN 56:2011/BTTTT

8517.62.59

Radio transmitters and transceivers operating in the frequency range allotted to the amateur radio service (allocated according to the National Radio Spectrum Plan).

4.8

Other equipment

QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT

QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

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8517.62.69

8517.62.99

8517.69.00

8526.10.10

8526.10.90

8526.91.10

8526.91.90

8526.92.00

- Radio transmitters and transceivers operating in the frequency range between 9 kHz and 400 GHz  and having an effective radiated power of 60 mW or more, which have not been included in section 2 of the List in the Appendix I and section 4 of the List in the Appendix II hereof.

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Lithium batteries for portable applications

5.1

Lithium batteries for laptops, mobile phones and tablets

QCVN 101:2016/BTTTT ^(**)

8507.60.90

Stand-alone lithium batteries for mobile phones. Not applied to stand-alone lithium batteries that are rechargeable batteries for charging mobile phones.

8507.60.10

Stand-alone lithium batteries for laptops and tablets. Not applied to stand-alone lithium batteries that are rechargeable batteries for charging these devices.

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(*) Regarding QCVN 63:2012/BTTTT, it is not required to declare conformity of the equipment herein with requirements and characteristics related to DVB-T; QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT shall apply instead of TCVN 7600:2010 as prescribed in QCVN 63:2012/BTTTT.

(**) Regarding QCVN10L2016/BTTTT, it is only required to declare conformity of the equipment herein with safety requirements specified in Article 2.6 of the Regulation; not required to declare conformity thereof with movement requirements specified in Article 2.6.2.7 of the Regulation.