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On the morning of November 4, continuing the program of the 10th Session, the National Assembly listened to the Proposal and Verification Report of the Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of laws in the fields of agriculture and environment. Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang presented the Proposal on the Law project amending and supplementing a number of articles of laws in the field of agriculture and environment. The Law project proposal presented by Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang said that the development of the Law project aims to institutionalize the resolutions and conclusions of the Politburo, especially the policy of arranging the organizational structure and local government at 2 levels; strengthen decentralization and decentralization; Focus on removing bottlenecks caused by legal regulations. The Law Project is arranged in 17 articles (15 articles amending and supplementing 15 laws and 2 articles on enforcement effect and transitional provisions). The Law Project amends and supplements 15 laws in the fields of agriculture and environment, including: Law on Environmental Protection; Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine; Law on Animal Husbandry; Law on Biodiversity; Dyke Law; Law on Surveying and Mapping; Law on Hydrometeorology; Forest Law; Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control; Water Resources Law; Law on natural resources and environment of sea and islands; Veterinary Law; Irrigation Law; Fisheries Law; Law on Crop Production. According to Minister Tran Duc Thang, the Law project focuses on three major groups of content. First, on the arrangement and organization of the administrative apparatus, decentralization and delimitation of authority when organizing two-level local government, this is the main content group, in order to properly implement the provisions of Resolution No. 190/2025/QH15 dated February 19, 2025 of the National Assembly on handling issues related to the organization of the state apparatus. water, the Law on Government Organization and the Law on Local Government Organization. Second, on reducing and simplifying business investment conditions and administrative procedures, in order to concretize the Party and Governments policies in administrative reform, creating a favorable, fair, transparent business environment, with people and businesses as the center; at the same time promoting innovation in the fields of agriculture and environment. Third, in terms of handling bottlenecks due to legal regulations, the Law project aims to unblock resources for socio-economic development, remove obstacles in state management, in accordance with the guiding spirit of the Politburo and the General Secretary. Presenting the verification report, Chairman of the Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Nguyen Thanh Hai said that the Committee agreed with the content and scope. amendments of the Law project, and at the same time highly appreciated the handling of 20 bottlenecks caused by legal regulations in the 15 laws mentioned above. Regarding the Law on Livestock, the Committee proposed to strongly decentralize to localities the authority to issue, reissue, and revoke Certificates of eligibility for animal feed production (Clause 1, Article 39) to suit actual conditions; Ensure compliance with Conclusion No. 183-KL/TW of the Politburo. For the Law on Veterinary Medicine, it is necessary to review the regulations on exemption from declaration of conformity in the field of veterinary medicine (Clause 2, Article 78) to ensure flexibility in management but still attach specific responsibilities to state management agencies in controlling the quality of veterinary drugs before circulation; clarifying the abolition of procedures for declaring veterinary drug conformity, are there any alternative measures to control the quality of drugs after circulation, and what impact will it have on drug quality control? Regarding the Law on Forestry, it is recommended to consider the provisions in Clause 2, Article 19 on converting forests to other purposes to ensure practical suitability and full compliance with the provisions of law; Strictly implement Directive 13-CT/TW dated January 12, 2017 of the Secretariat on strengthening the Partys leadership in forest management, protection and development; At the same time, explain the concept of forest area to clearly determine forest states in implementation. Regarding the Law on Water Resources, the Committee proposed to clarify the scale and content of local adjustments to the reservoir and inter-reservoir operating procedures in the draft Law (Article 38) when assigning authority to the Minister of Agriculture and Environment to decide to approve the adjustment and report to the Prime Minister on the results; The responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the coordination mechanism with relevant agencies in making local adjustments in flood reduction and reduction operations for the downstream area are currently not specified in the draft...In addition, the Committee also gave opinions on a number of specific contents in the Law on Crop Production, the Law on Dykes, and the Law on Environmental Protection.Thu Giang
