Procedures for issuing Certificate of Free Sale (CFS) for domestically manufactured cosmetic products for the purpose of export

1

Implementing agency

The Department of Health of the centrally-affiliated cities and provinces where production factory is located.

2

Means of application

For the issuance of the Certificate of Free Sale, the Enterprise must submit an application at the Department of Health of the centrally-affiliated cities and provinces in one of the following forms:

• In person; or
• By post; or
• Electronically (depending on each locality).

3

Dossier components

01 application documents shall include[2]:

a. 01 original, expressed in Vietnamese and English: An application form for CFS, stating description and HS head of the good, number of certificate of conformity with standards or registration number, standard number (if any), content of compounding materials (if any), and importing country, specified in Appendix III to the Circular No. 12/2018/TT-BCT;

b. 01 copy bearing the trader's stamp: Investment certificate or business registration certificate, business registration certificate;

c. 01 original: List of manufacturing facilities (if any), including name and address of facilities, products manufactured for export;

d. 01 copy bearing the trader's stamp: A document of applied standards for the good enclosed with display (on label or packages or packaging manual thereto); or Cosmetic product proclamation has already been issued the receipt number.

4

Fee, charges

500.000 VND/ product corresponding to 01 Cosmetic product proclamation has already been issued the receipt number[3].

5

Result

Certificate of Free Sale (CFS).