Allocating 30% of the lands of industrial zones to small projects.. Details

The executive regulations of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Law stipulate, in Article (2) of Chapter One “Procedures for Allocation of Real Estate” of Chapter Two “Facilitating Procedures for Initiating Transactions,” that the authorities having jurisdiction over vacant lands in industrial and tourist areas and urban communities must commit to Agricultural reclamation lands and other lands, in coordination with the Project Development Agency to determine the percentage of these lands allocated to projects, not less than 30%, in accordance with the nature of the activities licensed to be practiced within those areas.

According to Article 2, the authorities with jurisdiction are committed to the following:

1 – Allocating, dividing, planning and offering the lands allocated for projects, according to the nature of the activities intended to be carried out within the regions.

2 – Providing all data to the agency about the lands allocated to projects, and coordinating and cooperating with it in planning these lands and determining the conditions and controls for their disposal.

3- Coordination with the agency when dealing with sale, leasing, leasing that ends with ownership, licensing the usufruct right, selling the usufruct right, or sharing the land as an in-kind share in projects.

4 – Identifying representatives in the service provision units, equipped with maps of the available lands and all data on those lands, and making it possible to obtain and submit requests through the service provision units. The representatives have the authority to contract and take registration and registration procedures.

While Article (3) stipulates that it is permissible to establish industrial complexes that serve agricultural or livestock production on agricultural lands, and a decision shall be issued by the Prime Minister to determine the lands on which these projects will be established based on the agency’s proposal in agreement with the authorities having the mandate and the relevant ministers.