Ministerial Decision No. 187 of 2001 issuing Regulations for Organizing the Issuance of Environmental Approvals and Final Environmental Permits.

This Ministerial Decision is composed of 3 articles, an attached Regulation and an Annex. Article 1 sets in force the attached Regulations for organizing the issuance of environmental approvals and final environmental permit.
The attached Regulations for organizing the issuing of environmental approvals and final environmental permit are composed of 8 articles. This differentiates between Preliminary, Temporary, and Final Environmental Approval and Environmental Permit to Infrastructure Projects and these are defined in Article 1. Owners of an establishment must apply to the Ministry and enclose an environmental impact study prepared by a consulting office approved by the Sultanate (art. 3). An Environmental Audit is required by certain establishments (as specified in the attached Annex) by specialized companies approved by the Sultanate according to the requirements of the ISO 14000 series for environmental management systems, every two years after receiving their final environmental permits (art. 7). The Ministry may close down an establishment if it practices its activity without environmental approval or final environmental permit or after their expiry dates (art. 8).