Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	License to Operate Agricultural and Forestry Business
Type of formality	License
Date of last modification	30.09.2020
Responsible Authorities	Agriculture and Forestry Department
LSIC	A - Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Who should complete this business formality?	Any individual and legal entity intending to operate agricultural and forestry business.
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality	Must acquire an enterprise registration certificate from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
Additional Comment

LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Law on Irrigation	26/NA	14.12.2012
Law on Agriculture	01/98/NA	10.10.1998
Law on Investment Promotion (Amendment)	14/NA	17.11.2016
Law on Forestry (Amendment)	64/NA	13.06.2019
Law on Livestock and Veterinary (Amended)	08/NA	11.11.2016

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Feasibility Study	Confirmative act	template from Planning and Cooperation Sector
Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC)	Formality	for establishing animal farms such as pigs, chicken
List of Heavy Vehicles	Confirmative act	Certified by Public Works and Transport Sector (only for irrigation business)
Investment License	Confirmative act
Application Form	Confirmative act	Application form of Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Address Certification	Confirmative act
List of Engineers	Confirmative act	The list should have at least 3 engineers attaches with their certificate and certificate of training (only for irrigation business)
Renting Contract	Confirmative act	or Concession Contract
Copy of Enterprise Registration Certificate	Confirmative act
Court Clearence	Confirmative act
Photo (3x4)	Confirmative act	2 photos

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation	At the Authority Offices
Address of authority	Agriculture and Forestry Department, Vientiane Capital
Processing Time (Day(s))	10	depends on the actual practice

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	YES
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	12
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	250000.00	0.00	0.00	250000.00
Comments	The fee will be collected depending on the business with a minimum of 20,000 LAK to 50,000 LAK. 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
YES	250000.00	0.00	0.00	250000.00
Comments	The fee will be collected depending on the business with a minimum of 20,000 LAK to 50,000 LAK. Refer to the Ordinance on the Fees and Service Charges No. 003/PO, dated 26 December 2012.

   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Document Name	Comment
Feasibility Study	template from Planning and Cooperation Sector
Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC)	for establishing animal farms such as pigs, chicken
List of Heavy Vehicles	Certified by Public Works and Transport Sector (only for irrigation business)
Investment License
Application Form	Application form of Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Address Certification
List of Engineers	The list should have at least 3 engineers attaches with their certificate and certificate of training (only for irrigation business)
Renting Contract	or Concession Contract
Copy of Enterprise Registration Certificate
Court Clearence
Photo (3x4)	2 photos

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2019	69	0
2020	53	0