Policy changes, 41 trade and service projects in Quang Ngai "remain on paper"
Although the investment policy has been approved, 41 commercial and service projects in Dung Quat Economic Zone have not been allocated land or leased due to regulations and are facing the risk of project termination.
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| Many commercial and service projects in Dung Quat Economic Zone are being mobilized by Quang Ngai to terminate the projects. |
Why approve investment policy without bidding?
Currently, in Dung Quat Economic Zone (Quang Ngai), there are many commercial and service projects that have been approved for investment but have not gone through bidding to select investors.
According to statistics, in Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ), there are currently 41 commercial and service projects that have been granted investment policy decisions but have not yet allocated or leased land.
Explaining this, the Management Board of Dung Quat Economic Zone and Quang Ngai Industrial Parks said that at the time of issuing investment policy decisions, based on Decree 30 dated March 17, 2015 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Bidding on the selection of Investors and Decision No. 96 dated January 20, 2017 of the People's Committee of Quang Ngai province approving the list of investment projects using land with high commercial value to select investors, commercial and service projects in Dung Quat Economic Zone (an area with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions) were not included in the list of investment projects using land with high commercial value to select investors.
Therefore, investment projects in the field of trade and services in Dung Quat Economic Zone are not subject to bidding to select investors.
In addition, according to the provisions of the 2013 Land Law: projects using land for production and business purposes in investment incentive sectors or investment incentive areas (except for commercial housing construction investment projects) are exempted from land use fees and land rent in cases where land use rights are not auctioned when the State allocates or leases land.
Therefore, commercial and service projects in Dung Quat Economic Zone (investment incentive area) are not subject to land allocation or land lease through land use rights auction.
Dung Quat Economic Zone Management Board and Quang Ngai Industrial Zones said that according to the provisions of the law on land and bidding after amendments and supplements, projects using commercial and service land are subject to land allocation and land lease through the form of land use rights auctions and bidding for projects using land. Therefore, for projects in the field of trade and service that have been granted investment policy decisions according to previous regulations but have not been allocated or leased land, continuing to implement the project is no longer in accordance with the provisions of current law and must select investors.
There is not enough basis to terminate the project because the investor is not at fault.
Implementing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee regarding the resolution of difficulties in implementing projects in the field of trade and services from non-budgetary capital sources, the Management Board of Dung Quat Economic Zone and Quang Ngai Industrial Parks has reviewed trade and service projects in Dung Quat Economic Zone that have been granted investment policy decisions according to previous regulations but have not been allocated or leased land.
At the same time, work with investors to inform about legal regulations after amendments and supplements; instructions of the Provincial People's Committee related to the settlement of projects; next steps of procedures to be taken to select investors to implement commercial and service projects according to regulations. In which, there is the content that investors must terminate the project themselves according to the provisions of the law on investment to have a basis for implementing the next steps.
To date, 11/41 commercial and service projects have ceased operations. For these projects, the Management Board works with investors to determine valid and reasonable costs, submits them to competent authorities for approval; and at the same time, guides the implementation of related procedures to approve investment policies and select investors.
For the remaining 30 projects, investors have not voluntarily terminated the projects because they wish to continue implementing them and hope that the land law regulations will change in a similar direction to previous regulations so that the projects can continue to be allocated land, leased land, etc.
In addition, among these 30 projects, there are a number of projects located within the land area planned to be industrial land, which must temporarily suspend the implementation of procedures and will be considered and resolved after the construction zoning plan of the project area is approved by the competent authority.
Deputy Head of the Management Board of Dung Quat Economic Zone and Quang Ngai Industrial Parks, Dam Minh Le, said that the above situation was due to changes in legal policies, not the fault of the investor. Therefore, the State agency did not have enough legal basis to decide to terminate the project.
"In the coming time, the Board will continue to work and encourage investors to voluntarily terminate the project to serve as a basis for implementing the next steps. At the same time, we will guide investors who wish to continue implementing the project to carry out procedures to participate in the auction of land use rights and bidding to select investors," Mr. Dam Minh Le shared.
Source: https://baodautu.vn/thay-doi-chinh-sach-41-du-an-thuong-mai-dich-vu-o-quang-ngai-nam-tren-giay-d219193.html
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