Sticking car decals is a usual need of the car
owner. However, if the car owner wishes to stick a decal in different color
than the original one and the decal covers a large part of the car body, can
that owner be granted reissued inspection certificate for his/her car?
In fact, this is an easy question. According to regulations laid down in
the Circular No. 70/2015/TT-BGTVT, inspection certificates (register
certificates) will become invalid in the following cases:
- Motor vehicles have already obtained new inspection certificates and
stickers.
- Already receiving loss declarations from car owners
- Already receiving recall notices from register units
- Motor vehicles are involved in any accident to the extent that they
fail to meet prescribed quality, technical and environmental safety
requirements.
- Actual technical parameters of cars are not consistent with those shown
on inspection certificates.
Whenever car drivers change technical parameters (for instance, changing
car colors by sticking other decals), inspection certificates will not be
accepted in case of inspection by traffic police because of difference in car
colors compared to those shown on car inspection certificates. This makes them
think about re-inspection and application for new certificates.
In this case, the inspection, inspection method and defects of motor
vehicles are subject to the Appendix I to the Circular No. 70 (Clause 1 of
Article 70). According to this regulation, the review of identities and general
inspection of motor vehicles in terms of vehicle colors are divided into 3
levels:
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MINOR DEFECTS
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MiD
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MAJOR DEFECTS
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MaD
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DANGEROUS DEFECTS
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DD
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If the vehicle color defect is called “Not the same as the registered
vehicle color”, the level will be “minor defect” (Subsection 1.3, Appendix I).
Despite this level, the vehicle will still obtain the inspection
certificate in accordance with point a of clause 2 of Article 7 in the Circular
No. 70. However, in fact, many vehicles falling in this situation will not be
allowed to get tested.
For example, after a decal is stuck, through carrying out visual
inspection or taking photos for filing of vehicle inspection and registration
documents, if the new vehicle color entails a major change (from different view
angles, the standard shape of the designer’s car is “skewed” due to using a
decal to change its color), register authorities may refuse to conduct the test
and issue the certificate.
Especially, if decals in different colors hinder observation of register
officers, making them difficult taking photos of tested cars, testing and
certification may be rejected. In addition, if decals in different colors may
reflect light and confuse pedestrians’ recognition of oncoming vehicles,
causing traffic unsafety, register authorities may reject testing and
certification.
Besides, sticking advertising decals must be subject to regulations on
the Law on Advertising regarding advertisements on road vehicles. Article
32 of this Law sets out the following regulations:
“The advertisements must not be
displayed on the front, the back and the roof of the vehicle. The advertisement area must not exceed 50%
area of each permissible side of the vehicle.
The display of symbols, logos of the vehicle owners or the car
corporations must comply with the law provisions on traffic.”
In case of committing any offence relating to advertising on means of
transport, vehicle owners will be fined from 2-5 million dong (clause 1 of
Article 61 in the Decree No. 158/2013/ND-CP, amended by clause 49 of Article 2
in the Decree No. 28/2017/ND-CP)
In case of committing the offence called “changing vehicle color without
permission to the extent that the new color is different from the one stated in
the vehicle registration certificate”, the individual and institutional vehicle
owner will be fined 300-400 thousand dong, and 600-800 thousand dong,
respectively (point b of clause 2 of Article 30 in the Decree No. 100/2019/ND-CP).
>>> Reading in Vietnamese: Dán decal làm đổi màu xe: Có được làm lại giấy tờ đăng kiểm?
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