All importers,
makers and traders of imitation crash helmets and motorcyclists wearing this
kind of products will be penalized, according to a draft joint circular by four
ministries concerned.
The ministries of Science and Technology, Transport, Industry and
Trade, and Public and Security, is expected to jointly issue a circular to
fight imitation crash helmets, most of which are unsafe fashionable helmets but
widely available on the market at cheap prices, Tran Van Vinh, deputy head of
the Directorate of Standards, Metrology and Quality told Tuoi Tre.
Under the circular, manufacturers or importers of helmets must register
their business and product quality with competent authorities, obtain a
Conformity with Regulation (CR) certification, and attach a CR stamp to their
products before launching them on the market.
A CR stamp indicates that a home-made or an imported crash helmet has
been certified as conformable with applicable regulations.
Traders of helmets must obtain a license for their business, sign
contracts with the manufactures or importers to enable agencies concerned to
track down the product origin.
Crash helmet of clear origin means a crash helmet bearing a label
displaying the name and address of the manufacturer or the names and addresses
of the importer and distributor; date of manufacture; and origin of product
(for imported crash helmets).
Traders must also obtain from manufacturers or importers a copy of CR
certificates, and ensure every helmet they offer for sale have a CR stamp.
If the markers and traders fail to comply with any or all of these
regulations, concerned agencies have the right to impose penalties on them at
once without having to examine the quality of their products, Vinh said.
Proposed penalties for importers, manufacturers and traders of
imitation helmets will be announced by the circular drafting board in the near
future.
As for helmets users, wearing an imitation helmet while riding
motorbikes will be considered as not wearing a helmet and they will be fined at
a proposed rate of VND100,000-200,000 (US$9.6).
One of the objectives of the circular is to help consumers to
differentiate genuine and safe helmets from imitation ones, which fail to meet
quality standards and safety regulations, Vinh said, adding that relevant
agencies should call on consumers to boycott imitation helmets.
Once the circular is issued, all imitation helmets on the market will
be handled by competent agencies, Vinh said.
The circular drafting board are collecting opinions from the public and
relevant agencies about the circular's contents.
TUOI TRE
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