Fourth: Services provided in the field of small-scale industries

1- Allocating units of small-scale industries' assemblies in governorates and new cities

Accomplishment Time :   15 - 30 days from the date of submitting a fully documented unit reservation application.

Competent Authority   : Central Administration for Industrial Services / General Administration for Small-Scale Industries        Tel: 7953674

Documents required and executive procedures :

1 - The investor, who wants to establish a small industrial project within industrial assemblies OR wants expansion, submits a request on the industrial unit reservation form. The following documents are to be attached   to the application:
• ID copy.
• Basic data of project according to IDA's relevant form.
• A schematic diagram indicating distribution of machinery and equipment in the industrial unit.
• Project timetable.
• Legal entity of establishment.
• Copy of company contract in case of partnership.
• Catalogs of the machinery and equipment used (if any).
• Expected expansions (if any).
• In case of expansion by adding units or change of activity, the investor submits his request on Book 4. A copy of registration certificate in the industrial registry is to be attached.

2- The One-Stop Window / Investor Services Unit officer registers and stamps the application (including its No., date and time) in the record of applications.

3- The One-Stop Window / Investor Services Unit officer reviews the documents attached to reservation request to ensure that they are legally valid. If the application is not fully documented, it will be stamped with the "to be updated" stamp and a grace period of 15 days at maximum will be given to present the requested documents. If grace period expires without submitting the needful documents, the unit reservation procedures will be cancelled.

4- The One-Stop Window / Investor Services Unit officer delivers the applications to the head of the committee technical secretariat to take final decision.

5- The technical secretariat reviews maps of all small-scale industries assemblies offered for hand-over, indicating the vacant units distributed according to the different industrial activities to ensure availability of suitable units for the project.

6- The technical secretariat studies the project according to the criteria applied to house industrial units provided that:

• The project owner didn't get any industrial unit / units allocated at any industrial assembly before.
• The project achieves balance and diversification of different activities according to distribution of storehouses inside each industrial assembly.

7- After studying project data according to the above-mentioned criteria, the technical secretariat classifies and distributes investors' applications to the competent technical departments. An examination form is to be attached to each application to record technical opinion.

8- The technical secretariat sends requests to the economic studies department to study them financially and determine financial solvency of each project.

9- The technical secretariat is to finalize housing procedures and prepare lists of requests to be presented to settlement committee. A report is to be prepared indicating the committee's decision.

10-The technical secretariat prepares letters to inform investors, whose applications were approved, that measures are being token to issue initial approval of establishing the project and allocating the requested unit / units. Investors are also demanded to pay for financial solvency (10% of the immediate possession value of unit) in cash, by payable check or a deposit receipt at P. O. Box 509, Maglis El Shaab Post Office in the name of IDA. Financial solvency value is to be refunded after obtaining the certificate of registration in the industrial registry. In case of non-payment within one month from the date of receiving these letters, the request will be automatically cancelled.

11 -The technical secretariat is to prepare and send letters to the investors, who paid for financial solvency, referring them to the executive body of industrial and metal projects to complete contractual procedures.

12-The technical secretariat follows up contractual situation of units with the executive body of industrial and metal projects.

13-Afler obtaining the certificate of registration in the industrial registry, the investor is to submit a request to IDA chairman for financial solvency refund.

14-The above-mentioned request is to be referred to the finance department to take necessary measures to cash the amount of financial solvency.