First: Services provided by the industrial zones sector - Land Unit

1 - Allocating lands in the new industrial cities and the initial approval of establishing the project

Accomplishment Time:
15 days from the date of submitting a fully documented reservation application and the basic data of the project till receiving land allocation letter and the approval of establishing the project.

Competent Authority: Land Unit              Tel. : 794-7279

Documents required and executive procedures :

A- Issuing the initial approval of projects (industrial - services - warehouses) and land allocation for them in the new cities affiliated to the New Urban Communities Authority:
•   The investor submits a fully documented land reservation application (Form 1) endorsed with the applicant's 1 signature to the Investor Services Department. The following documents and forms should be attached to the application:
1 - Declaration and pledge to abide by all laws and regulations of the industrial land allocation.
2-  Basic data of project.
3-  Project timetable.
4- A schematic diagram indicating the use of requested area, production lines and expected expansions (if any).
5-  Legal entity of company.
•   Receiving and reviewing the documents attached to the land reservation application to ensure that they are complete and legally valid.
•   The investor is to pay standard costs of LE 1,100 upon submitting the application.
•   Studying the investor's request technically and financially and the possibility of housing according to the availability of lands/areas/activities in the industrial zone.

•   Land allocation and initial approval of establishing the project will be decided by the lands committee including the land area, activity, location in the required city and the availability of utilities.
•   In case of unavailability of lands for the investor and upon his request, his application will be recorded on the waiting lists for land availability according to the priority of reservation.
•  After the initial approval of reservation application, the investor will be required to submit a financial guarantee letter of a nominal value equivalent to 5% of the total estimated cost of the project to ensure the investor's seriousness and it will be released once the project foundations are completely laid.
•  After receiving, revising and approving the guarantee letter, the allocation letter will be issued and sent to the investor, and at the same time another allocation letter will be sent to the city bureau to which the project is affiliated. The land will be handed over by the city bureau to the investor in accordance with the relevant real estate regulations.

B- Issuing approval in case of industrial land transfer in new cities
1 - Copy of transferor's and transferee's ID.
2-  Original of allocation notification.
3-  Original of land take-over proceedings.
4-  A certificate from the city bureau stating settlement of financial dues up to date, indicating land price at the date of allocation.
5-  The transferee's pledge to pay all dues of the city bureau in time.
6-  Original of the authorization or proxy recently issued or authenticated by the land registry within 3 months of transfer if transferor is a body corporate, group or partners in one project.
7-  Payment of standard costs determined by IDA before issuing approval of transfer.

C- Issuing approval of re-allocation of the lands expropriated due to non-seriousness
1 - Take-over report of the land expropriated.
2-  Submitting a land reservation application with the following attachments:
-  Declaration and pledge to abide by all laws and regulations of industrial land allocation.
-  Basic data of project.
-  Project timetable.
-  A schematic diagram indicating the use of requested area, production lines and expected expansions (if any).
-  Legal entity of company.
3-  Receiving and reviewing the documents attached to the land reservation application to ensure that they are complete and legally valid.
4-  The investor is to pay standard costs of LE 1,100 upon submitting the application.
5-  Addressing the city bureau to report on the land plot.
6-  Presenting the request to the land allocation committee to get initial approval of allocation.
7-  After initial approval of land reservation, the investor will be required to submit a financial guarantee letter of a nominal value equivalent to 5% of the total estimated cost of the project, to ensure the investor's seriousness, and it will be released after obtaining the operating license.

2- Providing lands without interior utilities for establishing new industrial clusters within the framework of public-private cooperation (general developer system)

Accomplishment Time : Offers of companies, assessed financially and technically, are
currently being received.

Competent Authority :  Purchasing Department Tel.: 794-9816

 Documents required and executive procedures :

1 - The developer submits the application form for registration in IDA's registers of the new generation program
of new industrial clusters in Egypt's industrial zones under the public-private cooperation.
2- The registration request is to be submitted by the specialized companies in the industrial clusters, including
(financing, construction, design & management, exportation, maintenance companies and manufacturers)
by filling out two copies of the registration application form fully documented by specialized companies.
3- IDA's officials will study the request and evaluate the data of the registration application form in preparation
for proceeding with the rest of procedures.
4- Upon announcing the availability of lands offered for development, an application form of previous experience
is to be sent to the companies recorded in IDA's registries.
5- Specialized companies are to send previous experience documents to IDA to be initially studied and qualified
in accordance with the standards agreed upon in light of previous works and experience & preparing a limited I
list of the names of specialized companies that will be invited to submit offers to establish & develop industrial
clusters.
6- Notifying the specialized companies chosen about the locations of lands offered for development in order to
make field visits.
7- The specialized companies are to present a detailed financial & technical statement about the chosen site to IDA's Purchasing Department, whether a consortium or one company in light of the offer presented.
8- Offers are to be technically & financially studied to choose the best.
9- The contractual procedures are to be taken.
10- After completing the contractual procedures, the general developer is to take over the land including the
necessary utilities on the land's external borders.
11 - The general developer is to finance, design, establish, manage, promote & sell/rent lands to manufacturers
and to maintain the industrial assembly.

Documents required :
1 - A fully documented IDA's registration form.
2- The fully documented previous experience certificates of developer.

Forms are available free of charge.