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The Government has issued Resolution No. 66.19/2026/NQ-CP, which reduces the subjects that must carry out environmental impact assessment (from having to do environmental impact assessment to not having to do environmental impact assessment). For documents that have been received but have not yet had resolution results, Clause 1, Article 5 (transitional provisions) shall be applied: Dossier requesting the settlement of administrative procedures has been reduced (not implemented). currently) in the Appendices issued with this Resolution that have been received by the competent authority or have been postmarked before the effective date of this Resolution, stop handling administrative procedures and return documents to individuals or organizations if requested. Currently, applying the above transitional provisions in Mr. Nguyen Hais agency has 02 points of view: One is to stop handling administrative procedures that have been reduced (notice to stop processing), organizations and individuals have requests. If you request to return the documents, you will return the documents. Second, continue to resolve administrative procedures until the final result is obtained. Only stop and return documents when requested by organizations or individuals. Mr. Hai requested the competent authority to properly guide his agency as a basis for implementation. The Department of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment responded to this issue as follows: Implementing the regulations in Resolution No. 66.19/2026/NQ-CP, the Ministry has issued Document No. 7046/BNNMT-MT dated June 30, 2026 sent to the Chairman of the Peoples Committee. provinces and cities to guide the handling of administrative procedures in the field of environment. Accordingly, in Document No. 7046/BNNMT-MT, the Ministry clearly stated: For dossiers requesting appraisal of environmental impact assessment reports of projects received or postmarked before May 18, 2026, they are subject to reduction as prescribed in Clause 1, Section VI, Part A, Appendix IX, Resolution No. 66.19/2026/NQ-CP, the agency or person competent to receive the application will stop handling administrative procedures and notify the project owner in writing, instructing the project owner to carry out environmental protection responsibilities according to regulations. The return of documents is done if the project owner requests. Document No. 7046/BNNMT-MT mentioned above has been posted on the National Public Service Portal, the Ministrys Electronic Information Portal so that agencies, organizations and individuals can know and study and implement. It is recommended that competent agencies and persons base on the guidance in Document No. 7046/BNNMT-MT mentioned above to study and implement. During the implementation process, if there are any difficulties or problems, please send information to the Ministry for synthesis and resolution.Chinhphu.vnSee moreChanging wastewater treatment technology, does it require a reassessment of environmental impact?See moreDo livestock projects require an environmental impact assessment?See moreDoes changing factory capacity require a reassessment of environmental impact?See moreDecentralization of authority to localities to appraise the environmental impact assessment report? 7 project groups See more Thorough environmental impact assessment when exploiting the sea See more Is it necessary to repeat the environmental impact assessment when separating a project? See more Does a scale expansion project need an environmental impact assessment?
