Article 36.- Implementation effect
1. This Decree takes effect 15 days after its publication in “CONG BAO.”
2. This Decree replaces the Government’s Decree No. 12/1999/ND-CP of March 6, 1999, on sanctioning of administrative violations in the domain of industrial property.
a/ Violations which have been recorded in writing as administrative violations before the promulgation of this Decree shall be sanctioned according to the provisions of Decree No. 12/1999/ND-CP.
b/ Violations which have been recorded in writing as administrative violations after the promulgation but before the effective date of this Decree shall be sanctioned according to Decree No. 12/1999/NDCP, if the fine levels applicable to such violations are higher than those prescribed in Decree No. 12/1999/ND-CP.
3. This Decree replaces the provisions on counterfeit goods related to trademarks, industrial designs or appellations of origin of goods at Points 2.4 and 4.1, Part III of Joint Circular No. 10/2000/TTLTBTM- BTC-BCA-BKHCNMT of April 27, 2000, of the Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Science and Technology, guiding the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Directive No. 31/1999/CT-TTg of October 27, 1999, on the fight against production of, and trading in, counterfeit goods.