Agreement on Regulations for Environmental Technical Service Management (Ministerial Decree)
关于环境技术服务管理规定的协议（部长令）
ຂໍ້ຕົກລົງ ວ່າດ້ວຍລະບຽບການດຳເນີນບໍລິການດ້ານວິຊາການກ່ຽວກັບສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ
Summary
This agreement, issued by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, stipulates the principles, conditions, procedures, and measures for enterprises providing environmental technical services, to manage and supervise related services, ensure quality, and comply with Lao laws. It consists of 9 chapters and 26 articles.
Articles
Article 1
Purpose. This Agreement stipulates principles, conditions, procedures, and measures related to environmental technical services, used to manage and supervise enterprises engaged in environmental technical services, aiming to ensure service quality and compliance with the laws and regulations of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, contributing to sustainable economic and social development.
Article 2
Environmental technical services. Environmental technical services include: 1. Conducting research, analysis, and assessment of the social and natural environmental impacts that may arise from investment projects, various development activities, and household operations, and preparing environmental impact reports, as well as formulating social and natural environmental management and monitoring plans; 2. Environmentally friendly technical services, environmentally friendly construction and residential facility services; 3. Pollution control, waste management, and hazardous and toxic waste management; 4. Education and awareness-raising activities carried out to improve environmental quality; 5. Services related to comprehensive environmental management planning; 6. Strategic environmental assessment services; 7. Services for fulfilling obligations under project environmental and social management plans; 8. Environmental quality (air, water, noise) monitoring services; 9. Environmental quality research and survey services; 10. Other work related to environmental technical services.
Article 3
Interpretation of Terms. The terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings: 1. Environmental Technical Service License refers to a certification document issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to a legal entity or organization for engaging in environmental technical services; 2. Environmental Consultant refers to a person with expertise in a specific professional field, primarily including fields such as land, forestry, water, geology and minerals, biodiversity, ethnicity, and culture, who is registered to operate within an environmental enterprise or belongs to an environmental expert committee; 3. Environmental Technical Professional Ethics refers to the responsibility, moral character, and conduct held towards this profession when providing environmental technical services in accordance with Article 2 of this Agreement; 4. Equipment refers to the tools and instruments used by an enterprise in conducting environmental technical service activities; 5. Developer refers to state-owned and private investors, including domestic and foreign investors, who propose investment projects or various business activities in accordance with Article 2 of this Agreement; 6. State Authority refers to the relevant departments responsible for reviewing and approving the conduct of environmental technical services, as well as the environmental expert committee; 7. Enterprise refers to a company engaged in environmental technical services by a natural person or legal entity.
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