Angola - Apply for Environmental license

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Procedure

All projects whose activities involve the interests of the communities, interfere with the ecological balance and use natural resources to the detriment of third parties, must be subject to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), in which Public Consultations are mandatory.
Apply In-Person:

1. Gather and prepare the required documents mentioned in required documents below
2. Obtain the application forms the National Directorate for the Environment – DNA or Department of Environmental Licensing office through the addresses provided below or download the forms through this link:

   (operation licences)

   (installation licences)

3. Attach the required document and go to the either one of the offices mentioned above to submit your application
4. Your application will be verified to determine that you have submitted the correct documentation
5. Once the verification process is completed, obtain the fees and bank details and pay for the application.
6. A government inspector will be sent to do an assessment in your project and forward the results to the office for final processing.
7. If the results much the standard requirements for the environment license, you application will be processed and you will be issued the License
   
   

Apply Online :

1. Create an account to apply online through this link: link
2. Open the link and select ‘REGISTAR’ to fill registration details
3. Fill-in you email address and password and then click “REGISTAR”
4. Go to your email account to verify your registration and access the portal
5. Once logged in complete the application process as directed in the portal
   

NOTE: Please refer to this document for detailed information, most of the documents are in Portuguese: SAFLII

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Required Documents

• Non-technical summary of the project
• Description of activities to be carried out
• General description of the environmental situation of the place where the activity is located
• Summary of opinions and criticisms resulting from public consultations
• Description of possible environmental and social changes caused by the project
• Indication of measures planned to eliminate or minimize negative social and environmental effects
• Indication of the systems planned for the control and monitoring of the activity

Office Locations & Contacts

National Directorate for the Environment
Phone: 222 310073
Fax: 222 310073
E-Mail: [email protected]
Office Hours: From 8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Department of Environmental Licensing
Avenida 4 de Fevereiro nº 30 - Edifício Atlântico - Cxp .: 83 Telephone: 222 310073 Fax: 222 373316 Luanda

Eligibility

• Non-governmental associative organizations duly legalized, natural or legal persons of Angolan nationality, whose programmatic content and social object is the defence of the environment, the rational use of natural resources and the protection of quality of life rights.

Fees

• See in Decree nº 59/07 of July 13 or contact the relevant authority

Validity

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

(operation licences)
(installation licences)

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• Within one month considering all documentations

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

• Refer to Decree nº 59/07 of July 13: Legis

Required Information

• Applicants details

Need for the Document

• This procedure explains how to apply for Environment Licensing

Information which might help

• Decree nº 59/07 of July 13: SAFLII

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

• Ministry of Environment: SERVICE

Others

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