Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	Registration of Forest Plantation
Type of formality	Registration
Date of last modification	08.01.2018
Responsible Authorities	Agriculture and Forestry Department
LSIC	A - Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Who should complete this business formality?	Any individual or legal entity having a forest plantation and intending to register their forest plantation in order to record a source of timber products before logging and moving it out of the plantation.
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality	1. The applicant shall be granted the (forestry) business operating license and the permit for land clearance before forest plantation. 2. The applicant must ensure the survival rate of trees planted is met.
Additional Comment	The plantation owner who intends to register their forest plantations with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Vientiane Capital shall have at least 5 to 100 hectares of forest plantation. If the plantation is less than 5 hectares, it needs to be registered with the District Office of Agriculture and Forestry. Moreover, if the plantation covers more than 100 hectares, the owner must register it with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Law on Forestry (Amendment)	64/NA	13.06.2019	article 60
Order on Service and Application Form Fee of One Stop Service	207/DAF.VC	31.01.2011
Presidential Ordinance on Fees and Service Fees	003/PO	26.12.2012
Order on Strengthening the Mangemange and Inspection of Wood Excavation, Movement of Timber and Timber Business	15/PM	13.05.2016		""

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Permit for Land Clearance before Forest Plantation	Formality
Application form	Confirmative act
Land Title	Confirmative act
Family Registration Book	Confirmative act	Or an Address Certificate
Technical note	Confirmative act
Certificate from the Chief of District or district office of Agriculture and Forestry	Confirmative act

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment

LIST OF ATTACHED DOCUMENTS FOR FIRST TIME APPLICATION
Type of document	Document Name
Department Order	ໜັງສືແຈ້ງຕອບ

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation	At the Authority Offices
Address of authority	Agriculture and Forestry Department, Vientiane Capital
Processing Time (Day(s))	3	As advised by the authorities

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	NO
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	0
What is the process and conditions to get the formality?
What is the process and conditions to renew the formality?

 

ISSUING FEES
Has application fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Application fees	Total fees
YES	0.00	20000.00	50000.00	70000.00
Comments	- Refer to the Decision of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Vientiane Capital, No. 207/AFD.VTE, dated 31 January 2011. - Refer to the Ordinance on the Fees and Service Charges, No. 003/PO, dated 26 December 2012.

 

RENEWAL FEES
Has renewal fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Renewal fees	Total renewal fees
NO	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Comments	Based on the authorities who are responsible for the registration of forest plantation, it does not need a renewal becasue the registration has no term.

   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Document Name	Comment
Permit for Land Clearance before Forest Plantation
Application form
Land Title
Family Registration Book	Or an Address Certificate
Technical note
Certificate from the Chief of District or district office of Agriculture and Forestry

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2016