Circular 12/2026/TT-BCT Abolishing 22 Legal Normative Documents under Ministry of Industry and Trade Authority
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Circular 12/2026/TT-BCT dated 09/03/2026 (effective 01/05/2026) from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) abolishes 22 legal normative documents in full and partially revokes provisions in 5 additional documents covering electricity, coal, chemicals, food safety, and rules of origin. Fully abolished documents include old regulations on coal stockpile inventory, coal trading conditions, electrical equipment inspection, electricity license procedures, residential electricity purchase contracts, and joint circulars on industry organizational functions and cross-agency enforcement of smuggled goods. Partially revoked provisions relate to updates to delegated authority for issuing certificates of origin and rules of origin under various FTAs. The revocation is part of a systematic legal review under the Law on Promulgation of Legal Normative Documents No. 64/2025/QH15, aimed at reducing administrative burdens and aligning the regulatory framework with newly reorganized government bodies.
Circular 12/2026/TT-BCT: MOIT Legal Document Revocation
Basic Information
- Reference: 12/2026/TT-BCT
- Issued: 09/03/2026
- Effective: 01/05/2026
- Signed by: Deputy Minister Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan (acting for Minister)
Full Revocations (22 documents)
Key groups:
- Coal: QD 69/2003/QD-BCN (coal stockpile inventory), TT 14/2013/TT-BCT (coal trading conditions)
- Electricity: TT 40/2010, 43/2010, 33/2015, 24/2016, 06/2015, 13/2017, 21/2020, 05/2021, 13/2022, 10/2023, 16/2023, 12/2024/TT-BCT (electrical safety, licensing, power market, residential contracts)
- Food Safety: TT 45/2012/TT-BCT
- Organizational: Joint Circular 16/2011 (industrial promotion centers), Joint Circular 29/2011 (price inspection coordination)
- Cross-agency enforcement: Joint Circular 36/2012 (smuggled alcohol/tobacco), Joint Circular 27/2015 (electricity theft prosecution)
- Reactive power trading: TT 15/2014/TT-BCT
Partial Revocations (5 documents)
- TT 28/2024 and TT 29/2024: revoke Article 9(2) in beer/non-alcoholic and plastic sector energy benchmarks
- TT 40/2025, TT 44/2025, TT 49/2025: remove delegated-authority language in rules-of-origin circulars for AANZFTA and ASEAN-Korea FTA
Significance
This circular clears outdated regulations from the MOIT legal system, in line with the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents No. 64/2025/QH15 and restructured government machinery.