Decree No. No. 35/2014/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 29/2011/ND-CP of April 18, 2011, providing strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection commitment

Issue nos 07-09/Apiil 2014 THE GOVE,RNMENT No. 35/2014/ND-CP OFFICIAL GAZETTE THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness Hanoi, April 29, 2014 DECREE Amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 29/2011/ND-CP of April 18, 2011, providing strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection commitment<*) Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government,· Pursuant to the November 29, 2005 Law on Environmental Protection; At the proposal of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, 55 The Government promulgates the Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government :S Decree No. 29/2011 IND-CP of April 18, 2011, providing strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection commitment. Article 1. To amend and supplement Clause 3, Ali icle 39 of the Government's Decree No. 29/2011/ND-CP of April 18, 2011, providing strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection commitment (below refen ed to as Decree No. 29/2011/ND-CP) as follows: "3. Consolidated production, business or service zones or production, business or service establishments (below refened to as establishments) that, by June 5, 2011 , have been put into operation but still failed to obtain decisions approving environmental impact assessment reports, decisions approving supplementaiy environmental impact assessment repo1is, registration ce1i i:ficate of environmental standard conformity, written environmental protection commitments shall, in addition to being handled for their violations under law, take either of the following remedies before December 31, 2014: a/ Making a detailed environmental protection plan, for establishments of size and nature similar to the subjects obliged to make environmental impact assessment reports provided in Clause 1, Alticle 12 of Decree No. 29/2011/ND-CP, and submit it to a competent agency defined in Clause 2, Aliicle 18 of Decree No. 29/2011 /ND-CP for appraisal and approval; ('J Cong Bao Nos 497-498 (J 5/512014) ©Vietnam Law and Legal Fomm 56 OFFICIAL GAZETTE Issue nos 07-09/April 2014 b/ Making a simple environmental protection plan, for establishments of size and nature similar to the subjects obliged to register written environmental protection commitments provided in Article 29 of Decree No. 29/201 1/ND-CP, and submit it to a competent agency defined in Aiticle 32 of Decree No. 29/2011/ND-CP for registration". Article 2. Implementation responsibility 1. The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment shall guide and organize the implementation of this Decree. 2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, and chairpersons of provincial-level People 's Committees shall implement this Decree. Article 3. Effect 1. This Decree takes effect on June 15, 2014. 2. This Decree supersedes Clause 3, Aiticle 39 of Decree No. 29/2011/ND-CP of April 18, 2011, providing strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection commitment. On behalf of the Government Prime Minister NGUYEN TAN DUNG © Vietnam Law and Legal F ornm