Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	License to Import Dietary Supplement
Type of formality	Other
Date of last modification	09.12.2020
Responsible Authorities	Food and Drugs Department
LSIC	Q - Human health and social work activities
Who should complete this business formality?	Companies operating in the field of traditional medicine and dietary supplements factories and processing rooms that have been registered with the Food and Drug Department, Ministry of Health in accordance with regulations.
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality	Applicants must submit a Purchase Order and send it to the country of origin. The country of origin must make a Packing List Invoice in accordance with the regulations and submit it to the Food and Drug Department, Ministry of Health to issue an import license.
Additional Comment	- This license can be used only once - Prior to obtaining the license, the food, and drug authority, the importation activities must be inspected by the authorities at the port. - Do not counterfeit or misuse the license, In case of violation will be punished according to law.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Law on Drugs and Medical Products (Amended)	07/NA	21.12.2011
Presidential Ordinance on Fees and Service Fees	003/PO	26.12.2012	Chapter IX, Article 45-47, Pages 89-92

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Request Letter	Confirmative act
Purchase Order	Confirmative act
Packing List	Confirmative act
Invoice	Confirmative act
Certificate of Registration	Confirmative act	from the Food and Drug Department, Ministry of Health that is still valid. In case the certificate is already expired, the company should apply for a renewal in order to get a permit to import

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation	At the Authority Offices
Address of authority	Food and Drugs Department, Ministry of Public Health
Processing Time (Day(s))	3	According to the authorities in charge, the regular consideration period is not more than 3 days.

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	YES
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	10
What is the process and conditions to get the formality?
What is the process and conditions to renew the formality?

 

ISSUING FEES
Has application fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Application fees	Total fees
YES	20000.00	0.00	5000.00	25000.00
Comments	Ordinance on Fees and Service Charges, No. 003/PO, Dated 26.12.2012 (Chapter IX, Article 45-47, Pages 89-92)

 

RENEWAL FEES
Has renewal fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Renewal fees	Total renewal fees
NO	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Comments

   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Document Name	Comment
Request Letter
Purchase Order
Packing List
Invoice
Certificate of Registration	from the Food and Drug Department, Ministry of Health that is still valid. In case the certificate is already expired, the company should apply for a renewal in order to get a permit to import

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2016	40	0
2017	59	0
2018	71	0
2019	86	0
2020	24	0