15 procedures regulating the implementation of ministerial decisions

15 Regulating procedures for implementing ministerial decisions

Every country has monuments and places that distinguish it and attract tourists from all over the world to visit it. Which supports tourism in this country, especially its tourist areas,So what aboutNatural reserves?Those that contain rare and endangered plants and animals?! Isn't it necessary to preserve it and allocate special protection to it from the state, in addition toother tourist places?!

In order to enhance its utmost importance, it was necessary to learn about the procedures regulating the implementation of ministerial decisions regarding the issuance of environmental permits to practice tourism activities within natural reserves within the scope of the Sinai and Red Sea reserves, which are as follows:

1) A permanent committee shall be formed by decision of the competent authority of both the General Administration of the South Sinai Protected Areas and the General Administration of the Red Sea Protected Areas, headed by the Director-General of each region, and the membership of the Director of the Protected Administration within the scope of which most of the economic activities are located, a legal member, a financial member, and a rapporteur of the committee’s work. The committee shall undertake the tasks and procedures stipulated in the provisions. The next part of this document session.

2) The owner of the activity or his representative officially submits a request to practice the activity at the headquarters of the General Administration of Reserves - within the scope of which the activity for which the application is submitted is located - on the appropriate form of the application forms for permits to practice activities available on the official website of the Environmental Affairs Agency, attaching to it scanned copies of the required official documents shown in each form.

3) Applications are received within the period determined and announced by the public administration, with the knowledge of whoever is assigned to do so under the supervision of the committee’s rapporteur, provided that the original documents are reviewed when the employee receives the application and attachments, and the numbering and dating of the applications is taken into account, and they are archived and preserved under the supervision of the rapporteur and head of the standing committee.

4) The permanent committee is invited to meet periodically by the director general of the region and the head of the committee at intervals that are determined by him in accordance with the requirements and priorities of the work, provided that the director of the reserve within the scope of which the requested activity is located joins its work. The committee, when convened, either examines the applications in office, or conducts field inspections if necessary, or makes a final decision on the applications. The applications are dealt with in accordance with Depending on the precedence of their submission, their topics, or their spatial scope, the committee is committed to preparing reports and editing the necessary minutes for its various sessions and work.

5) The committee undertakes the desk examination of the applications submitted for consideration regarding acceptance of each of them in form, rejection, postponement, or direction towards completing data, documents, or information in accordance with the general environmental, legal, and administrative frameworks, definitions, classifications, and controls for activities and entities, and according to the nature and characteristics of each reserve. The committee refers the accepted applications in form for field inspection. -If necessary, then the final decision is made within sixty days from the date of receiving the application. Field inspections are scheduled and the applicant is notified of their date, and all accepted, rejected and postponed applications are preserved.

6) If the request to practice the activity is accepted, the committee will submit its opinion to the head of the Central Administration of Reserves to review and express an opinion on the decision reached by the committee within seven working days from the date of receiving the committee’s opinion.

7) In the event of rejection, the applicant will be notified with an official letter explaining the reasons for not accepting his application, and a copy of it will be sent to the Nature Protection Sector for information and information. If his application is rejected, the applicant has the right to appeal the committee’s decision within sixty days from the date of his receipt of the rejection letter to the competent authority.

8) In the event of acceptance and the approval of the committee’s opinion by Mr. Head of the Central Administration of Reserves, the matter will be submitted to Mr. Head of the Nature Protection Sector for approval, and the General Administration of Reserves in which the activity is located will be directed to collect the due fees; To carry out the activity in the manner approved by the competent authority within seven working days from the date of approval by the Head of the Central Administration of Reserves.

9) The Permanent Committee in each public administration is responsible for opening and keeping a paper file and a digital file. To save documents for all entities and parties that are issued permits to practice activity, provided that the Nature Protection Sector provides an updated electronic copy of all files every three months.

10) The Head of the Nature Protection Sector presents the results of the procedures to the CEO of the Environmental Affairs Agency; To issue a permit to practice the activity for the entity submitting the request.

11) The committee’s priority in carrying out its tasks during the first months of implementing the aforementioned ministerial decision will be to deal with requests for authorization to practice activity for entities that have already been licensed for years from other official competent authorities; To work within the scope of protected areas, such as marine units, tourism companies, diving centers, marine activity centers, and others, provided that the activity - the subject of these entities’ requests - is the same activity previously practiced in the same area, and after these entities fulfill the necessary conditions, controls, and documents.

12) The permanent committee formed by the decision of the competent authority is responsible for following up on the financial, administrative and internal obligations of the entity to which the permit was issued, and is authorized to take all administrative and legal measures regarding violations issued by each entity in accordance with the conditions and specifications contained in the permit to practice the activity, with the committee’s obligation to immediately notify the Nature Protection Sector of these violations, etc. Measures were taken regarding them immediately upon their occurrence and the required support was provided by the departments of the Environmental Affairs Agency. To preserve the state’s rights.

13) The Permanent Committee is committed to each public administration to prepare an integrated report on the inter-permit system in its protected areas, including an analytical and statistical statement on the results of its work. It may propose to the competent authority what it deems appropriate to modernize and develop the system for managing environmental permits for activities, and its work mechanisms within the scope of its protected areas; To achieve its goals in terms of ensuring the sustainability of its natural resources and maximizing the economic benefit from its uses.

14) The heads of the standing committees are responsible for directing and assigning all workers under their leadership in each region to carry out all the work required to manage the system, control procedures, tighten follow-up, and effectively monitor the system. To ensure the achievement of its internal and economic goals.

15) The results of the environmental permit system are presented to the Board of Directors of the Environmental Affairs Agency at its first meeting of each fiscal year, the financial resources it has achieved, and the procedures the system requires to develop it and achieve its goals. To be approved by the Board of Directors.

Explanatory regulations for implementing Resolution No. 204 of 2019 regarding organizing an entry visit to a natural reserve

1) The official timings for visiting the reserves start from sunrise until sunset (daytime), and visitors are obligated to pay the full value of the visit due daily, and the value stipulated in the decision, regardless of the length of time they spend inside the reserve area, and no matter how short the duration of the visit is for each day.

2) The provisions of the decision apply to all entities officially authorized to organize trips for tourist groups from land and sea, and which carry out their tourism activities within the scope of the natural reserves specified in the decision.

3) In the event that a hotel faces an area declared as a natural reserve, the provisions of this decision do not apply to the hotel visitors’ uses of its beaches during their stay in those hotels.

4) The provisions of the decision shall be applied to all areas mentioned in the decisions of the Prime Minister No. 1067 of 1983 regarding the implementation of some provisions of Law 102 of 1983 - Resolution No. 1068 of 1983, amended by Resolution 2025 of 1996 - Resolution No. 1511 of 1993, amended by Resolution 33 of the year 1996 - Resolution No. 316 of 1998 - Resolution No. 613 of 1988, amended by Resolution No. 940 of 1996 - Resolution No. 450 of 1986, amended by Resolution No. 643 of 1995 - Resolution No. 143 of 2003 - Resolution No. 1618 of the year 2006.

5) The provisions of this decision do not apply to residents of natural reserves who are local residents or public employees assigned to perform work tasks that require their presence inside the reserves, as well as vehicles owned or belonging to them.

6) Clause No. (8, 9, 10) of Article One of the aforementioned ministerial decision shall be applied to floaters as follows:

• Marine units from 1m to 17m are exempt.
• Marine units whose length exceeds 17 m to 20 m are $10.
• Marine units longer than 20m to 25m are $20.
• Marine units longer than 25m to 30m are $40.

7) In the event that the visit extends beyond the time of sunset or the visit begins after the time of sunset, and is called (the evening period) for overnight stays (camping, sea and land safaris), the value of the ticket due mentioned in the aforementioned decision will be doubled for each day for all categories, in accordance with Clause (12) of Article One of the aforementioned decision. This does not apply to visits to the “Jabal Musa” area and “St. Catherine’s Monastery.” In “Saint Catherine” Reserve; Because of the nature of a private visit.

8) The application of Clause No. (12) of Article One of the aforementioned ministerial decision regarding doubling the value of the visit fee is limited to natural and legal persons only, and the entry fee for vehicles (cars and floats) is not collected twice in one day, and the values mentioned in the decision regarding the entry fee for cars and launches only are collected, and on a daily basis for any period during which the vehicle is inside the reserve, regardless of The period was short or long.

9) Collection will be made in dollars or its equivalent in Egyptian pounds only, until electronic collection is implemented.

10) Clause No. (16) of Article One: An entry fee of 10 US dollars for the “Blue Hole” diving area in the “Abu Galum” reserve for a foreign individual, while for an Egyptian individual it is 25 pounds according to Clause No. (5) of the same article.

11) The aforementioned decision shall be effective as of November 26, 2019, three months after its publication in the Egyptian Gazette.

12) Clause (18) of Article One of the aforementioned decision does not apply to fast launches used in water sports activities, and applies only to launches classified as diving (yachts) only, and in accordance with the conditions contained in the permit issued by the Environmental Affairs Authority for each launch; In implementation of the provisions of Ministerial Resolution No. 204 of 2019.