Services

Services provided by the Industrial Development Authority (IDA)

Fourth : In the field of small-scale industries

Documents required :

• ID copy.

• Basic data of project according to IDA's relevant form.

• A schematic diagram indicating distribution of machinery and equipment in the industrial unit.

• Project timetable.

• Legal entity of establishment.

• Copy of company contract in case of partnership.

• Catalogs of machinery and equipment (if any).

• Expected expansions (if any).

• In case of expansion by adding units or change of activity, the investor submits his request on Form 9. A copy of registration certificate in the industrial registry is to be attached .

Executive Measures:

1. The investor, who wants to establish a small industrial project within industrial complexes OR wants expansion, is to fill out and submit the industrial unit reservation form (Form 9). The requested documents are to be attached to the application.

2. The One-Stop Window / Investor Services Unit officer registers and stamps the application (including its No., date and time) in the register of applications.

3. The One-Stop Window / Investor Services Unit officer reviews the documents attached to reservation request to ensure that they are complete and legally valid. If the application is not fully documented, it will be stamped with the "to be completed" stamp and the investor will be granted a maximum grace period of 15 days to present requested documents, otherwise the unit reservation procedures will be cancelled.

4. The One-Stop Window / Investor Services Unit officer delivers the applications with documents to the head of technical secretariat of the settlement committee.

5. The technical secretariat reviews maps of all small-scale industries' complexes offered for hand-over, indicating vacant units distributed according to the different industrial activities in order to ensure availability of suitable units for project.

6. The technical secretariat studies the project in accordance with the standards applied for housing industrial units provided that:

           - No industrial unit(s) was allocated before for the project owner at any industrial assembly.

    

           - The project achieves balance and diversification of different activities inside each industrial assembly.

    

7. After studying the project data according to the above-mentioned criteria, the technical secretariat classifies and distributes investors' applications to the competent technical departments. An inspection form is to be attached to each application to record technical opinion.

8. The technical secretariat is to send requests to the economic studies department to study them financially and determine financial solvency of each project.

9. The technical secretariat is to finalize housing procedures and prepare lists of requests to be presented to the settlement committee. A report is to be prepared including the committee's decision.

10. he technical secretariat is to prepare letters to inform investors, whose applications were approved, that measures are being taken to issue initial approval of establishing the project and allocating the requested unit / units. Investors are also demanded to pay for financial solvency (10% of the immediate possession value of unit) in cash, by payable check or a deposit receipt at P.O. Box 509, Maglis El Shaab Post Office for the benefit of IDA. Financial solvency value is to be refunded after obtaining the certificate of registration in the industrial registry. In case of non-payment within one month from the date of receiving these letters, the request will be automatically cancelled.

11. The technical secretariat is to prepare and send letters to the investors, who paid for financial solvency, referring them to the executive agency for industrial and metal projects to complete contractual procedures.

12. The technical secretariat follows up contractual situation of units with the executive agency for industrial and metal projects or city bureaus.

13. After obtaining the certificate of registration in the industrial registry, the investor is to submit a request to IDA chairman for financial solvency refund.

14. The above-mentioned request is to be referred to finance department to take the necessary measures for cashing the amount of financial solvency.