License to Provide Environmental Services

Any individual or enterprise that intends to provide technical services or consultancy on the environment including the following services: 1. Conduct a study, analysis, assessment, and an environmental impact assessment report of investment projects, developmental activities, and family business including providing environmental and social management and monitoring plans 2. Provision of eco-friendly technology and building structures 3. Pollution control and management of general, hazardous, and toxic waste 4. Education and awareness-raising to promote the quality of the environment 5. Planning for the Integrated Environmental Management Plan 6. Preparing the Strategic Environmental Assessment 7. Implementation of the obligations under the Environmental and Social Management Plan 8. Monitoring the quality of the environment (air, water, or noise) 9. Research and Analysis of the quality of the environment 10. Other technical services related to environmental services

1. Having the Enterprise Registration Certificate and the feasibility study
2. Having good financial condition – having at least 400 Million LAK registered capital for the service provider who conducts a study, analysis, assessment, and an environmental impact assessment of investment projects, developmental activities, and family business including providing environmental and social management and monitoring plans; and having at least 100 Million LAK for other 2-10 listed services above (more details in the article 02 of the Decision on Environmental Services, No 0345/MONRE issued on 22 January 2015)
3. Having sufficient technical experts on nature and environment – having at least 3 experts with a master’s degree in relevant fields; If conducting an in-depth study, analysis, assessment and providing an environmental impact assessment report, the enterprise should have at least 5 experts working on those specific fields including geology and minerals, hydrology, forestry, and so on; and having other staff with a high-level diploma with at least 3 years of working experience, and those experts shall not be the government officers or have committed any crime
4. Having sufficient office supplies and technical equipment
5. Having a good track record in contributing to the activities relating to natural resources and environmental protection

• Law on Environment Protection (Revised) 29/NA · 18.12.2012
• Decree on Assessment of Environmental Impacts 21/GOV · 31.01.2019
• Guideline (Additional) on Application Steps for the new application or renewal of the Permit to provide Environmental Service 137/MONRE.DEQP · 07.03.2016
• Order on Provision of Operation Service relating to Environment 0345/MONRE · 22.01.2015

Means of presentation

At the Authority Offices

Address of authority

Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Processing time

20 The relevant law only defines the document review process that it shall not be more than 15 working days; however, the authority will have to do an initial inspection on-site as well. It is estimated by the authority that the inspection should not take more than 5 working days, so it should take around 20 working days altogether.

Has an expiry date

YES

Validity

24 months

Renewal process

90 days before the expiry date of the permit, the enterprise who intends to renew the permit shall submit the application form with the 2-year operation report as well as the revised feasibility study prepared in the defined format to the authority.