A number of conditions for investment and business in the field of water resources, minerals and environmental protection

22/11/2016
The Government issued Decree No. 60/2016/ND-CP prescribing a number of conditions for investment and business in the field of natural resources and environment.
This Decree prescribes a number of conditions for investment and business in the field of water resources, minerals and environmental protection, including: Conditions for the grant of underground water drilling practice licenses; Capacity conditions on organizations conducting baseline water resource survey, providing consultancy on water resource planning; capacity conditions on organizations and individuals providing consultancy on formulation of schemes and reports in dossiers of application for water resource licenses; Conditions on mineral exploration practicing organizations; Conditions for trading in bio-products used in waste treatment; Conditions for commercial transportation of dangerous goods being hazardous substances or contagious matters of category 6 prescribed in Clause 1, Article 4 of the Government’s Decree No. 29/2005/ND-CP of March 10, 2005, defining the list of dangerous goods and the transportation thereof on inland waterways (below referred to as Decree No. 29/2005/ND-CP); Clause 1, Article 22 of the Government’s Decree No. 14/2015/ND-CP of February 13, 2015, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Railways Law (below referred to as Decree No. 14/2015/ND-CP) and Clause 1, Article 4 of the Government’s Decree No. 104/2009/ND-CP of November 9, 2006, defining the list of dangerous goods and the transportation thereof by road motor vehicles (below referred to as Decree No. 104/2009/ND-CP);
e/ Conditions for grant of hazardous waste treatment permits.
Dossiers on capacity of organizations and individuals participating in the implementation of schemes, projects or reports in the field of water resources
1. A practicing organization or individual, when implementing a scheme or project on baseline survey, consultancy on planning, a scheme or report in a dossier of application for a water resource license must have a dossier proving their capacity as required by this Decree.
2. A capacity dossier of an organization practicing in the field of water resources:
a/ Certified copies or copies enclosed with originals for comparison of the papers specified in Clause 1 of Article 5, and papers, documents and contracts proving the satisfaction of requirements with regard to work items subject to certain conditions upon implementation (if any) as prescribed in Clause 5, Article 5 of this Decree;
b/ List of professional employees and the person assigned to take charge of technical matters; certified copies or copies enclosed with originals for comparison of people’s identity cards, citizen identity cards or passports, training diplomas, practicing licenses (if any), labor contracts or employment decisions; documents and papers proving the working experience of each individual as prescribed in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Decree;
c/ List of specialized machines and equipment to be used for implementation of schemes or projects and documents proving the satisfaction of the requirements specified in Article 10 of this Decree.
3. A capacity dossier of an independent consultant on formulation of schemes, reports in dossiers of application for water resource licenses:
a/ Certified copies or copies enclosed with originals for comparison of people’s identity cards, citizen identify cards or passports, and training diplomas;
b/ Documents and papers proving the working experience of the individual meets the requirements specified in Clause 2, Article 9 of this Decree.
4. A practicing organization or individual shall submit its/his/her capacity dossier to an agency competent to assign tasks, to place orders or hold bidding, or to an organization or individual that hires the formulation of a scheme or report, for use as a basis for selection of an organization or individual fully eligible to implement a scheme, project or report.
This Decree takes effect on July 1, 2016.