Platform launched by MoCI; provision of electronic services in various stages of industrial projects

A platform for industry services has been launched by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoCI) announced on Tuesday on its website. It is an electronic interface that supports the investor in the industrial sector as it allows the provision of electronic services in the various stages of the industrial project with less time and effort, and without the need to visit the ministry's headquarters.

The initiative comes within the framework of its keenness to upgrade the business services system in the country and contribute to facilitating and speeding up the services provided to factory owners according to a statement from the ministry. It encourages the investment and industry climate and consolidates a culture of innovation in the institutional work environment.

The platform includes 15 main services as a first stage, starting from the establishment, and it includes the initial approval service for the industrial project, which is (issuance - renewal - cancellation), then the construction stage, which includes the service of a license to establish an industrial project (issuance - renewal - cancellation), followed by the operation stage, which includes the service of licensing the operation of an industrial project (certificate of registration) in the industrial registry, and it includes (issuance - renewal - cancellation), the statement added.

The platform also allows the provision of many services, such as customs exemption service for an industrial facility, supplying electricity at good prices, increasing the production capacity of the industrial project, changing the location of the industrial project, stopping the industrial project and extracting factory data.

The ministry indicated that it takes one day to obtain the initial approval service for the industrial project (if all documents are submitted on the platform), and the validity period of the certificate is one year. Obtaining it requires filling out the form through the platform, and an active commercial register, while the investor or the owner of the transaction obtains the service of renewing the initial approval, as soon as the service is provided, and the renewal validity period is one year, and obtaining it requires filling out the form through the platform, the ministry added, pointing out the possibility to obtain cancellation of the initial approval, immediately after the submission, and it requires filling out the form via the platform.

The ministry said that the process takes 3 days, regarding the license service for the industrial project establishment, adding that the validity period of the certificate is one year. MoCI stated the license service requirements, which included filling out the form via the platform, entering project data from raw materials, machines, and products, attaching the environmental permit issued by the Ministry of Environment, and attaching the notice of the initial allocation of the land on which the project will be built, or attaching a lease contract or certificate of possession or ownership of the construction site of the factory.

The service of renewing the license to establish the industrial project, is obtained immediately upon submission, and the validity period of the certificate is one year - requiring filling out the form via the platform, the ministry said, adding that the investor or the owner of the transaction can also obtain the service of cancelling the license to establish the industrial project upon submission, when filling out the form on the platform.

The ministry pointed out that the service of licensing the operation of an industrial project (certificate of registration) in the industrial registry, takes 5 days to complete the transaction, and the validity period of the certificate is two years, adding that it requires filling out the form via the platform - provided that there is a valid license to establish an industrial project and a valid commercial license, in addition to attaching the environmental operating permit, a building completion certificate, and a copy of the conformity certificate for Qatari standards issued by the Authority for Standards and Metrology, in the case of industrial facilities that produce concrete, bricks, asphalt and insulating materials (upon request).

In regard to the service of renewing a license to operate an industrial project (registration certificate), the ministry noted that the service is obtained upon application for the service, with a validity of two years, adding that it requires applying for the service via the platform, as well as attaching the operating permit and the project budget.

The ministry added that the service of cancelling a license to operate an industrial project (registration certificate) is received immediately upon applying for the service, when applying for a service to cancel a license to operate an industrial project through the platform, with a valid or expired industrial project operating license. The service of increasing the production capacity of the industrial project, takes 3 days, and requires filling out the form via the platform - provided that the license to establish an industrial project is active if the project is in the construction phase, or an active operating license if the project is in the operating phase, the ministry said. In regard to the request to supply electricity at good prices, the ministry indicated that it takes one day, while obtaining it requires filling out the form via the platform, and attaching a copy of the latest electricity bill, provided the possession of a valid operating license.

The ministry pointed out the possibility of obtaining approval to stop the industrial project within one day, and the validity period of the extract is 6 months, which requires filling out the form via the platform, provided that the operating license is active. MoCI also pointed out that the industry services platform can be accessed through the ministry's website.