Industrial Licensing Executive Regulation Egypt (1082/2017)

ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

EXECUTIVE REGULATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL LICENSING FACILITATION LAW

Minister of Trade & Industry Decree No. 1082 of 2017

issued under Law No. 15 of 2017

اللائحة التنفيذية لقانون تيسير إجراءات منح تراخيص المنشآت الصناعية الصادر بالقانون رقم 15 لسنة 2017

Issued 14 August 2017 · Published in Al-Waqāʾiʿ al-Miṣriyya, Issue No. 186 bis (a), 16 August 2017 · In force from 17 August 2017

Eng. Tarek Kabil — Minister of Trade & Industry

Translator’s Note

Unofficial working translation prepared for internal use. The Arabic text published in Al-Waqāʾiʿ al-Miṣriyya is the sole controlling source; where the English and Arabic differ, the Arabic governs. This document is the companion to the working translation of the parent Law (Law 15/2017).

The Regulation as reproduced here incorporates the amendment made by Trade & Industry Decree No. 298 of 2021 (which revised Article 22). The amended wording is given in the body; the point of amendment is flagged in a boxed note where it occurs.

Terminology of examination: the Regulation distinguishes several inspection concepts that all read as “inspection” in loose English. They are kept distinct here — ⁨الفحص⁩ = “examination” (the umbrella act of checking an establishment); ⁨المعاينة⁩ = “inspection” (the site visit); ⁨المتابعة⁩ = “follow-up” (scheduled periodic check); ⁨التفتيش⁩ = “spot inspection” (unannounced).

Text in square brackets […] is clarification supplied by the translator. Key Arabic legal terms are given in parentheses on first use. The annexed activity schedule ⁨الجدول المرفق⁩ is addressed in the Appendix note at the end.

Issuance Decree (⁨مواد الإصدار⁩)

The Minister of Trade and Industry, after reviewing the Constitution; and the Law Facilitating the Procedures for Granting Licenses for Industrial Establishments issued by Law No. (15) of 2017; and Presidential Decree No. 350 of 2005 establishing the General Authority for Industrial Development; and based upon what the State Council has approved, has decreed:

Issuance Article 1

The provisions of the Executive Regulation of the Law Facilitating the Procedures for Granting Licenses for Industrial Establishments issued by Law No. 15 of 2017, attached to this decree, shall be applied.

Issuance Article 2

This decree shall be published in Al-Waqāʾiʿ al-Miṣriyya and shall come into force from the day following the date of its publication.

Part One — Fundamental Concepts

Chapter One — General Rules for Facilitating the Procedures for Granting Industrial Licenses

Objectives

Article 1

This Regulation aims to facilitate the procedures for granting licenses for industrial establishments, so as to achieve the public interest and enhance the competitiveness of the industrial sector, in order to increase domestic output, raise export rates, and provide job opportunities, through the following:

– Facilitating matters for the industrial investor in dealing with the General Authority for Industrial Development in its capacity as the administrative authority competent to regulate the practice of industrial activities.

– Simplifying the procedures for extracting industrial licenses.

– Coordinating work among the administrative authorities related to industrial licenses.

– Commitment to preserving security, health, safety, and the environment.

– Encouraging medium, small, and micro industrial enterprises.

This Regulation shall be interpreted so as to achieve facilitation for the owners of industrial establishments and the speed of completing their transactions, and in a manner that does not conflict with confronting the risks that may arise from practicing industrial activities.

Basic Principles

Article 2

The competent administrative authority shall, while regulating the practice of industrial activities, observe the following basic principles to ensure the facilitation of procedures:

In issuing industrial licenses, there must be commitment to completing the procedures and observing the timeframes provided for in the Law and the Regulation, without burdening the industrial establishment with any additional burdens.
All administrative decisions must be necessary and required to achieve the purpose for which they are issued, and must not exceed the powers or authority determined for the competent administrative authority.
All administrative decisions must be clear, and must not burden the industrial establishment with burdens exceeding what is necessary to achieve the purpose of their issuance, while clarifying the consequences of non-compliance with them.
All data and information relating to the practice of industrial activity — the rules, procedures, and conditions for granting licenses, the available industrial lands, and the areas in which establishing industrial activities is prohibited — must be made available to all those addressed by the Law and the Regulation, on the electronic website of the competent administrative authority or by any other means it determines.
The competent administrative authority must communicate with industrial establishments using the means of communication available for correspondence between them based on the establishment’s data registered with it, through registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt or parcel-shipping companies, or by using modern means of communication such as electronic platforms, interactive websites, email, and social media. The authority must likewise respond to any correspondence or notifications received from industrial establishments.
Any decision issued by the competent administrative authority that would affect the rights or interests of the industrial establishment shall be subject to the grievance mechanism or the appeal legally prescribed.

Chapter Two — Definitions

Article 3

In applying the provisions of this Regulation, the following words and expressions shall have the meaning indicated next to each:

The Law: The Law Facilitating the Procedures for Granting Licenses for Industrial Establishments issued by Law No. 15 of 2017.
The Regulation: The Executive Regulation of the Law Facilitating the Procedures for Granting Licenses for Industrial Establishments issued by Law No. 15 of 2017.
The Concerned Administrative Authorities: The entities related to the industrial sector, with which the industrial establishment deals in order to practice its activity.
Practicing the Industrial Activity: Establishing, managing, or operating industrial establishments.
Gross Violations: The establishment’s failure to fulfil or to maintain the essential conditions, which would result in exposure to a serious danger to security, health, safety, or the environment.
The Notification Form: The form prepared by the competent administrative authority, by which the concerned party informs this authority of commencing the operation of the establishment, carrying out its activity in industries other than those listed in the schedule annexed to the Regulation.
The Substantial Modification: The modification made to the establishment that requires a change in the conditions under which the license was issued.
The Accreditation Certificate: The document issued by the accreditation offices registered with the competent administrative authority, in which the establishment’s fulfilment of the rules, and of all or some of the conditions legally required and necessary for the establishment or management of the establishment, is confirmed.
Rehabilitation of Industrial Zones: The process of developing and improving the level of existing industrial zones and supplying them with the utilities and services necessary for practicing the various industrial activities.
Examination Committees:

– Inspection and Follow-up Committees: The committees assigned by the competent administrative authority to examine establishments holding an industrial license, on a periodic basis, to verify their fulfilment of the conditions necessary for practicing the activity or continuing in it.

– Spot-Inspection Committees: The committees assigned by the competent administrative authority to examine establishments on a surprise basis to verify their fulfilment of specific conditions.

List of Examination Criteria: A list of the controls and measurements set by the competent administrative authority, on the basis of which the extent of establishments’ fulfilment of the conditions necessary for practicing the activity or continuing in it is examined.
Industrial Activity Practice Guide: An electronic or paper booklet that includes all the rules, procedures, and conditions necessary for establishing and managing establishments and that must be fulfilled to obtain the license.

Chapter Three — Entities Related to Granting Licenses

Areas of Coordination with the Concerned Administrative Authorities Related to Granting Licenses

Article 4

The competent administrative authority shall, in exercising its competences provided for in the Law, coordinate with the entities related to granting licenses, each in the matter concerning it, in the following:

Setting the conditions necessary for obtaining licenses according to the type of industry required to be licensed.
Verifying the availability of the qualification conditions and the expertise necessary for licensing the accreditation offices to practice this activity, in a manner that ensures the fitness of these offices to provide accreditation services to license applicants.
Verifying the availability of the justifications for reconciliation ⁨التصالح⁩ in the violations provided for in the Law, and in particular with respect to the violator’s removal of the causes of the violation and the reconciliation of his status or its correction in accordance with the provisions of the Law.

Oversight of Industrial Establishments

Article 5

The competent administrative authority shall, when exercising its competences related to examining industrial establishments or oversight and inspection of them, coordinate with the entities related to granting licenses to carry out joint campaigns to verify these establishments’ fulfilment of the conditions specific to practicing the activity, or to arrange the attendance of a representative of any of these entities to seek its technical opinion, in a manner that ensures achieving integration between the two stages of issuing licenses and oversight of products.

Powers of the Administrative Authorities Concerned with Oversight of Products

Article 6

The authority of the competent administrative authority, with respect to issuing licenses for practicing industrial activities, shall not prejudice the powers prescribed for the administrative authorities concerned with oversight of products and the extent of their conformity with the Egyptian standard specifications according to the laws and decisions in force. The competent administrative authority shall, when necessary, notify the entities referred to in the preceding paragraph — each in the matter concerning it — of the licenses it issues for industrial establishments, so that these entities may exercise their legally prescribed competences.

Part Two — Granting Industrial Licenses

Chapter One — Practicing the Industrial Activity

Competences of the Licensing Conditions Committee

Article 7

The Licensing Conditions Committee shall undertake, in addition to the competences provided for in the Law, the following competences:

Reviewing the conditions necessary for obtaining licenses, which are received by the competent administrative authority from the other concerned related entities and from the specialized experts.
Setting a mechanism for updating the conditions for granting licenses on a periodic and continuous basis, taking into consideration the best international practices applied in this field.
Setting the conditions for reconciling the status of existing industrial enterprises, in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Law and the Regulation; the Committee may set facilitated conditions consistent with the nature of the risks in medium, small, and micro enterprises.

Conditions for Practicing the Industrial Activity

Article 8

A decision shall be issued by the Competent Minister, based upon the presentation of the Licensing Conditions Committee, with the conditions necessary for practicing the industrial activity.

Making the Conditions for Practicing the Industrial Activity Available

Article 9

The competent administrative authority shall make available the conditions necessary for practicing the industrial activity, and any update that occurs thereto, on its electronic website and through the Industrial Activity Practice Guide, at its main headquarters and its branches in the governorates.

License Application Forms

Article 10

Applications for obtaining the license shall be submitted on the forms issued by the competent administrative authority. These forms may be obtained through the electronic website of the competent administrative authority or by any other means it determines.

Chapter Two — Notification Licensing

Scope of Application

Article 11

The notification licensing system shall apply to industrial establishments and their annexes that do not carry out any of the activities listed in the schedule annexed to the Regulation. The competent administrative authority may apply the notification licensing system to the activities carried out inside the industrial zones determined by a decision of the Prime Minister, whenever the security, health, safety, and environmental conditions determined by the Licensing Conditions Committee were observed in their planning, establishment, or rehabilitation.

Procedures and Documents of the License Application

Article 12

The concerned party shall notify the competent administrative authority, on paper or electronically, using the form prepared for this purpose, of operating the industrial establishment, acknowledging through this form the fulfilment of all the conditions required for practicing the activity. All the data contained in this form and the documents accompanying it shall be on the responsibility of the owner of the establishment. In all cases — whether the application is submitted by hand, electronically, by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt, or via parcel-shipping companies — the application must be accompanied by the originals of the following documents or certified true copies thereof:

A recent extract from the Commercial Register.
Evidence of payment of the fees prescribed for issuing the license and of obtaining a certified copy of the Industrial Activity Practice Guide.
A title of possession of the land or building, whether an ownership contract, a lease contract, or a usufruct contract.

Issuing the License

Article 13

The competent administrative authority shall be obligated to receive the notification form and to grant the concerned party, on the same day, a certified true copy of the notification form stamped with its seal, after verifying the fulfilment of the required documents; and this shall be equivalent to a license of unlimited duration producing all its effects.

Determining the Inspection

Article 14

The competent administrative authority shall be obligated to inspect the establishment within a period not exceeding ninety days from the date of receiving the notification referred to in the preceding article. The establishment shall be exempted from the inspection if it submits an accreditation certificate from an accreditation office registered with the competent administrative authority indicating its fulfilment of the conditions necessary for practicing the activity.

Chapter Three — Prior Licensing

Scope of Application

Article 15

The prior licensing system shall apply to all establishments and their annexes contained in the schedule annexed to the Regulation.

Procedures and Documents of the License Application

Article 16

The concerned party shall submit to the competent administrative authority an application for obtaining the license necessary for commencing the activity. The application shall be submitted on paper or electronically using the form prepared for this purpose, through which he acknowledges the fulfilment of the required conditions. All the data contained in this form and the documents accompanying it shall be on the responsibility of the concerned party. In all cases — whether the application is submitted by hand, electronically, by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt, or via parcel-shipping companies — it must be accompanied by the originals of the following documents or certified true copies thereof:

A recent extract from the Commercial Register.
Evidence of payment of the fees prescribed for issuing the license and of obtaining a certified copy of the Industrial Activity Practice Guide.
A title of possession of the land or building, whether an ownership contract, a lease contract, or a usufruct contract.

Determining the Inspection

Article 17

The competent administrative authority shall be obligated to receive the license application and to give the concerned party evidence of receipt. The competent administrative authority shall give its opinion on whether the application fulfils the required documents within a period not exceeding fourteen days from the date of its submission. The competent administrative authority may conduct an inspection of the establishment before deciding on the license application. The establishment shall be exempted from the inspection if it submits an accreditation certificate from an accreditation office registered with the competent administrative authority indicating its fulfilment of the conditions necessary for practicing the activity.

Issuing the License upon Fulfilment

Article 18

In the case of the license-grant application fulfilling the required documents, the competent administrative authority shall be obligated to decide on the application within a period not exceeding thirty days from the date of its submission, and after verifying the fulfilment of the conditions necessary for practicing the industrial activity; and the license shall be delivered to the establishment by the means it determines when filling in the license application form.

Issuing the License upon Non-Fulfilment

Article 19

In the case of the industrial establishment’s non-fulfilment of some documents or the required data, or their non-conformity with what the competent administrative authority holds, the establishment must be notified by a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, within a period not exceeding twenty-one days from the date of submitting the application, of what needs to be fulfilled in terms of data and documents. In the case of the establishment providing the competent administrative authority with the required fulfilments, the authority must conduct the inspection and grant the license to the establishment within a period not exceeding fourteen days from the date of fulfilment.

Refusal to Grant the License

Article 20

In the case of refusal to grant the license, the refusal decision must be reasoned, and the industrial establishment shall be notified of it by a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt within fourteen days from the date of its issuance. The concerned party may, in the case of refusal to grant him the license or non-decision on the license-grant application within the specified deadline, grieve before the grievance committees provided for in the Law.

License Duration

Article 21

The license shall be issued of unlimited duration in the case of the industrial establishment’s fulfilment of the conditions necessary for commencing the activity. In the case of the establishment’s non-fulfilment of the non-essential conditions determined by the Licensing Conditions Committee, it shall be granted a temporary license for a renewable period of one year, and not exceeding three years, pending the fulfilment of these conditions.

Chapter Four — Existing Establishments

Reconciliation of Status

Article 22 bis (⁨مكرر⁩)

The industrial establishments provided for in the first paragraph of the preceding article, which have not submitted to the competent administrative authority an application to reconcile their status within the period set in the said article, shall be granted a grace period of one year to submit an application to reconcile their status, in accordance with the provisions of the Law and this Regulation.

Article 22

The existing industrial establishments at the time the Law comes into force, which have not fulfilled the conditions prescribed according to the Law, and which have a permanent or temporary license, shall be obligated to apply to the competent administrative authority — within two years at most from the date of the issuance of the Regulation, or within two months from the expiry of the license period, whichever is closer — with an application to reconcile the status in accordance with the provisions of the Law and this Regulation, after obtaining a certified copy of the Industrial Activity Practice Guide. The grace period provided for in the preceding paragraph, with respect to industrial establishments operating in the field of tobacco manufacturing and its products, shall be temporary until a date whose end is 31 December 2021.

Amendment: the final sentence (the 31 December 2021 deadline for tobacco-industry establishments) was added by Trade & Industry Decree No. 298 of 2021 (in force 28 July 2021). The original text of Article 22 ended after “…a certified copy of the Industrial Activity Practice Guide” and contained no tobacco-specific deadline.

Deadline for Reconciliation of Status

Article 23

The industrial establishments referred to in the preceding article shall be obligated to reconcile their status in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Law and the Regulation and the conditions necessary for practicing the industrial activity, within a grace period not exceeding two years for the establishments to which the notification system applies, and not exceeding three years for the establishments to which the prior licensing system applies, from the date of submitting the application to reconcile the status.

Procedures and Documents of Reconciliation of Status

Article 24

The industrial establishment shall submit to the competent administrative authority an application to reconcile the status, on paper or electronically, on the form prepared for this purpose, acknowledging through it its commitment to fulfilling the conditions required for establishing and managing the establishment during the reconciliation period granted to it. All the data contained in this form and the documents accompanying it shall be on the responsibility of the owner of the establishment. In all cases — whether the application is submitted by hand, electronically, by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt, or via parcel-shipping companies — it must be accompanied by copies of the following documents or certified true copies thereof:

A recent extract from the Commercial Register.
Evidence of obtaining a certified copy of the Industrial Activity Practice Guide.
A copy of the industrial license.
A title of possession of the land or building, whether an ownership contract, a lease contract, or a usufruct contract.

Granting the License

Article 25

The competent administrative authority shall be obligated, within one week from the date of fulfilment of the reconciliation-of-status application accompanied by all the required documents, to grant the establishments that have a permanent or temporary license a license of unlimited duration.

Inspection

Article 26

The existing industrial establishments that have obtained a license of unlimited duration in accordance with the provisions of the preceding article shall be inspected within ninety days from the expiry of the grace period granted to them for reconciling the status, in accordance with the provision of Article (23) of the Regulation, to ascertain the extent of their fulfilment of the conditions according to what the inspection report reveals. The establishment shall be inspected during the running of the reconciliation-of-status grace period granted to it if it notifies the competent administrative authority of the fulfilment of the required conditions and its readiness for conducting the inspection. The establishment shall be exempted from the inspection if it submits an accreditation certificate from an accreditation office registered with the competent administrative authority indicating its fulfilment of the conditions necessary for commencing the activity. In all cases, the competent administrative authority may, whenever the need arises, carry out follow-up and spot inspection of the establishment during the running of the reconciliation-of-status grace period, to ascertain the preservation of security, health, safety, and environmental considerations.

Chapter Five — Changes in Practicing the Activity

Case of Changing the Place of Practicing the Activity

Article 27

The industrial establishment shall, if it wishes to change the place of practicing the activity to another location, obtain a new license for commencing the activity, without prejudice to the purpose of allocating the industrial lands in the place where practicing the activity is required.

Case of Expansion, Substantial Modification, or Change of Purpose

Article 28

The industrial establishment may not carry out any substantial modification, expansion, or change in the licensed purpose that would result in modifying the conditions for practicing the activity, except by following the procedures prescribed for the licensing system to which the industrial activity is subject in accordance with the provisions of the Law.

Case of Change to the Prior Licensing System

Article 29

In the case of the inclusion of the activity practiced by the industrial establishment within the schedule annexed to the Regulation, or if the establishment carries out any of the cases of expansion, substantial modification of the activity, or change of purpose that would result in its practicing one of the activities listed in the referred schedule, it must reconcile its status in accordance with the provisions of the preceding chapter.

Part Three — Examination of Establishments

Chapter One — Procedures for Examining Establishments

Entity and Mechanism of Examination

Article 30

The competent administrative authority shall undertake, by itself or by assigning the accreditation offices registered with it, the examination of establishments subject to the provisions of the Law and the Regulation.

Controls of Examining the Establishment

Article 31

Industrial establishments shall be examined by way of inspection, follow-up, or spot inspection, in accordance with the following controls and procedures:

Notifying the establishment of the date of conducting the inspection at least two working days before conducting it.
Notifying the establishment of the date of conducting the periodic follow-up at least thirty days before conducting it.
The spot inspection of the establishment shall be conducted without prior notice.
The examination process shall be conducted during official working hours.
The examination shall be conducted pursuant to an assignment approved by the competent administrative authority, in which the following shall be determined:

(a) The type of examination (inspection / follow-up / spot inspection / re-examination).

(b) Determining the members of the committee by capacity and name.

Measuring Tools and Devices

Article 32

The competent administrative authority, or the accreditation offices assigned to conduct the examination process, shall be obligated to provide the necessary measuring tools and devices and the modern technological means.

The Examination Report

Article 33

The competent administrative authority or the accreditation office, as the case may be, shall issue a report of the examination results on the unified form issued by the competent administrative authority, and the report shall be deposited in the file of the establishment with this authority, and a certified copy thereof shall be sent to the establishment, on paper or electronically, at the latest within seven days from the date of completing the examination.

Chapter Two — Dealing with the Examination Results

Existence of Gross Violations

Article 34

If it becomes clear to the competent administrative authority, from the examination of the industrial establishment, that there are gross violations that may lead to an imminent danger to security, health, safety, or the environment, or if the establishment has carried out a change in practicing the licensed activity without obtaining a license for that from the competent administrative authority — despite it being required — it must issue a decision to refuse the license, or to stop the activity or close the establishment administratively as the case may be, while not permitting the establishment to practice the activity except after re-examining it another time and verifying the removal of the violations.

Existence of Non-Gross Violations

Article 35

If it becomes clear to the competent administrative authority, from the examination of the industrial establishment, that there are violations that would not result in an imminent danger to security, health, safety, or the environment, the establishment shall be warned of the necessity of completing the conditions necessary for removing these violations, and shall be granted a grace period to reconcile the status not exceeding one hundred and eighty days, renewable once, provided that the maximum limit of the grace period granted to small and micro enterprises shall be doubled. The establishment shall be permitted to continue practicing the activity throughout the reconciliation-of-status grace period, and the establishment may, before the expiry of the grace period by thirty days, request that its period be extended by no more than the referred maximum limit. In the case of the establishment’s non-compliance with reconciling its status during the periods granted to it, the competent administrative authority shall warn the establishment of the necessity of removing the violations within the period determined in the warning; and in the case of non-removal of the violations, the competent administrative authority shall, at the latest within twenty-one days from the expiry of the warning grace period, prepare a report of the establishment clarifying the violations and the procedures it has taken, and send it to the Competent Minister to issue a decision to close the establishment or seize it by the administrative route, or whatever it deems necessary regarding dealing with it.

Re-examination

Article 36

The violating establishment shall be re-examined within fourteen days from the expiry of the grace period granted to it, or based on a notification from it of reconciling the status and its readiness for the examination.

Suspending Dealing with the Granted License

Article 37

In the case of the expiry of the periods granted to the industrial establishment without reconciling its status, and the issuance of a decision to stop the activity, close the establishment, or cancel the license, as the case may be, the competent administrative authority may take the following two procedures:

Warning the owner of the establishment against dealing with the license that has been cancelled, otherwise he shall bear the civil and criminal liability resulting therefrom.
Informing all the administrative authorities in charge of utility affairs to cut off all or some of the utilities from the establishment.

Annotation in the Industrial Register

Article 38

In the case of the issuance of a decision from the competent administrative authority, or a judgment from the competent court, to close the industrial establishment, seize it, place it under sequestration, or cancel the license, this decision shall be annotated in the industrial register at this authority. There shall also be annotated what the establishment obtains in terms of a grace period to reconcile its status, according to the nature of the violation and the type of penalty imposed on it. In the case of the establishment removing the causes of the violation during the period determined for it, the annotation shall be erased from the industrial register and the penalty that was imposed shall be considered as if it had never been. In all cases, the competent administrative authority shall undertake making available the data of the annotation and the erasure of the annotation referred to, electronically, to the entities it determines, through the electronic linkage of the databases — or on paper in the case of its non-availability electronically — to the entity or to the establishment based on its request.

Correcting the Status in the Case of License Cancellation

Article 39

In the case of cancellation of the license of the industrial establishment due to its carrying out a substantial modification in the licensed activity without obtaining a license for that, or if it ceases to meet the conditions necessary for practicing the activity and this would result in serious harm to security, health, safety, or the environment, the establishment may apply to the competent administrative authority within a period not exceeding thirty days from the date of cancellation of the license to correct its status, and this authority must grant it a grace period not exceeding six months from the date of issuance of the cancellation decision. The competent administrative authority, or one of the accreditation offices registered with it, shall examine the establishment within a period not exceeding fourteen days from the date of expiry of the grace period granted for correcting the status, or from its notifying the administrative authority of reconciling the status and its readiness for the examination, whichever is closer. In the case of verifying the establishment’s removal of the violations, the competent administrative authority shall issue a decision considering the license-cancellation decision as if it had never been.

Correcting the Status in the Case of Closure of the Establishment

Article 40

The owner of the industrial establishment may, in the case of the issuance of a judicial judgment to close it, apply to the competent administrative authority to reconcile its status within a period not exceeding forty days from the date of issuance of the judgment. The establishment shall be granted a grace period not exceeding three months from the date of submitting the application to remove the causes of the closure. The competent administrative authority, or one of the accreditation offices registered with it, shall examine the establishment within fourteen days from the expiry of the grace period granted to it, to verify the removal of the causes of the closure; and this authority shall issue to the establishment a letter indicating the reconciliation of its status. By virtue of this letter, the owner of the establishment may apply to the court that issued the judgment, by an order on a petition, to reopen the establishment.

Part Four — Regulating Accreditation Offices

Registration of Accreditation Offices

Article 41

The accreditation offices licensed in accordance with the provisions of the Law shall be registered with the competent administrative authority in the register prepared for this purpose.

Establishments’ Dealing with Accreditation Offices

Article 42

The industrial establishment may seek the assistance of one of the accreditation offices registered with the competent administrative authority to verify the extent to which the conditions for practicing the industrial activity have been fulfilled. The accreditation office shall be obligated to issue an accreditation certificate indicating the establishment’s fulfilment of all or some of the conditions specific to the activity.

Depositing the Accreditation Certificate

Article 43

The accreditation offices shall be obligated to provide the competent administrative authority with an original copy of the accreditation certificate issued to the industrial establishment, accompanied by a copy of all the documents on the basis of which the accreditation certificate was issued, by registered mail or by delivering it by hand or electronically, at the latest within two working days from the date of issuance of the certificate.

The Competent Administrative Authority’s Dealing with Accreditation Offices

Article 44

The competent administrative authority may seek the assistance of one of the accreditation offices registered with it to examine the industrial establishment and issue a report indicating the extent to which the establishment complies with the conditions necessary for practicing the activity.

The Assignment Letter

Article 45

The accreditation offices, if assigned by the competent administrative authority to examine the extent of the continued commitment of industrial establishments to the conditions necessary for practicing the activity, shall be obligated to do so based on an assignment letter issued from this authority, in which the data of the establishment subject to the examination and the date on which the examination is to be conducted are stated, and to which shall be attached the list of criteria required to be followed during the examination process.

Depositing the Accreditation Report

Article 46

The accreditation offices shall provide the competent administrative authority, as applicable, with an original copy of the accreditation certificate issued to the industrial establishment subject to the examination, using the unified form referred to in Article (33) of the Regulation, on the same day in the case of gross violations and, in all other cases, no later than two working days thereafter, by delivering it to the competent administrative authority by hand, electronically, by registered mail, or by any other means it determines.

Professional Liability Rules

Article 47

The accreditation offices shall comply with the rules of professional liability in performing their work, and in particular the following:

Compliance with the provisions of the laws and decisions related to their field of work and the services they provide.
Preventing corrupt and fraudulent practices, of whatever type, in implementing the accreditation contracts.
Ascertaining the fulfilment by all the workers at the office of the qualification conditions and the fitness necessary for performing the work entrusted to them in the best manner.
Exercising due diligence in examination, fulfilment, and accreditation.
Avoiding conflicts of interest.
Preserving the confidentiality and privacy of the information specific to accreditation applicants.
Commitment to notifying the competent administrative authority of the prices of the services it provides to those dealing with it.

Part Five — Fees

Categories of the Fees Due

Article 48

The categories of the fees referred to in Articles (17) and (33) of the Law shall be determined, according to the degree of risks related to practicing the activity, in accordance with the following table:

Statement	Annual fee (EGP)
Operating license for industrial establishments — land area larger than 500 m² · under the notification system (first issuance / renewal / modification / assignment / follow-up)	5,000
Operating license for industrial establishments — land area larger than 500 m² · prior license	20,000
License for industrial establishments — land area up to 500 m² · under the notification system (first issuance / renewal / modification / assignment / follow-up)	2,500
License for industrial establishments — land area up to 500 m² · prior license	10,000
License for accreditation offices (first issuance / renewal / modification / re-qualification)	20,000

In the case of an application to obtain a replacement for a lost or damaged license, the required fees shall be calculated at an amount equal to half of the fee prescribed according to the type of license.

Collection of Fees

Article 49

The fees provided for in the Law and the Regulation shall be collected by cash payment at the competent administrative authority against a payment receipt, or by depositing the fees due in the account of this authority at one of the Egyptian banks or the Egyptian Post Authority, or by making a bank transfer, or by electronic payment, or by any other method the competent administrative authority determines.

Part Six — Grievance

Formation of Grievance Committees

Article 50

Grievances against the administrative decisions issued by the competent administrative authority related to licenses and accreditation offices shall be filed before the grievance committees provided for in Article (37) of the Law.

The Technical Secretariat of the Grievance Committees

Article 51

The grievance committees shall have a technical secretariat, formed by a decision of the head of the competent administrative authority. The technical secretariat shall receive grievance applications on the form prepared by this authority for this purpose, registering them in the register designated for that on the date of their arrival, and providing the grievant with an acknowledgment of receipt of the application indicating the number of the application and the date of its submission. The head of the competent administrative authority shall determine, by a decision issued by him, the competences of the technical secretariat of the grievance committees.

Grievance Procedures

Article 52

The grievance application shall be submitted on paper or electronically, and the application must, in particular, include the following data:

The name of the grievant, his capacity, and his address.
Identification of the decision against which the grievance is filed, the date of its issuance, and the date of notification of, or knowledge of, it.
An explanatory memorandum of the subject of the grievance, clarifying the reasons on which it is based.
The documents supporting the grievance.

Grievance Deadline

Article 53

A grievance against a decision of the competent administrative authority shall be filed within fifteen days from the date of notification of, or knowledge of, it. The grievance shall be decided within the following fifteen days, except in cases of urgency, where the decision shall be within seven days from the date of submitting the grievance. The committee may contact the concerned parties to attend the sessions, or request the submission of the clarifications, inquiries, and documents it deems necessary for deciding the grievance, without their having a counted vote.

Appendix — The Annexed Activity Schedule (⁨الجدول المرفق⁩)

The Regulation ends with an annexed schedule listing, by ISIC4 code, the industrial activities that fall under the prior-licensing system (Articles 11 and 15 refer to it). That schedule is already held in the corpus as a curated English document — “Industrial Licensing — Prior-Licence Activity Schedule” — which reproduces this same annex (activities 1010, 1020, 1040, 1072, 1101–1103, 1200, 1313, 1511, 1701, 1910, 2011–2022, 2100, 2310–2399, 2410–2432, 2520, 2591–2592, 2811, 2910, 3011–3091, and 5210, with the heavy-industry auction items flagged).

To avoid two divergent English versions of the same list, the annex is not re-translated here; the existing schedule document is the reference. If you would prefer this file to be fully self-contained, I can fold a translated copy of the table in as a proper appendix.

— End of the Executive Regulation (Decree 1082/2017) —