Application Form for the designation of a Zone
Name of the ApplicantFull Address of the headquarters
Requested mailing address (if not the same as above)
Tel. No.
Fax No.
website
Contact person name
Title
Tel. No.
Fax No.
Note: The Contact person should be an authorized and credentialed signatory of the Applicant under its corporate documents.
Name/title/address/phone number/email of:
-The Directors/Managers
-The members of the Board
-The Chairman of the Board
-The CEO
-The officers of the company/persons entitled to sign on behalf of the company
Name/title/address/phone number/email of:
-The Partners or Shareholders with nationality and the percentage of each one’s participation
Amount and banking details of the paid-in Corporate Capital
Amount of the committed Corporate Capital
Amount of the Authorized Corporate Capital Amount of the Reserves
Annual reports for the past three years
Amount of the current assets and debts
Previous bankruptcies if any
Criminal activity or previous bankruptcies of current board members
Note: Copies of supporting documents should be attached.
Legal Nature of the Applicant (i.e. limited liability company, partnership, etc., including jurisdiction and applicable registration numbers and dates)
Note: Copies of constitutive and registration documents to be annexed by Applicant.
Location and area (in hectares) of the Special Economic Zone or of the contemplated area in the Special Economic Zone, including any required characteristics or specifications of the required land. If a specific plot is being proposed or requested, details on the legal status of the land in question.
Note: Attach as many additional pages as an Annex to this Application as are required to provide a full answer.
Proposed purposes of the Special Economic Zone (i.e. multi-use, single use) and proposed sectors (industry, tourism, agriculture etc.)
Whether the Applicant intends to develop or operate the Zone or both
Note: In this case the Applicant will have to submit as well a separate application for development and operation license
Whether the Applicant owns, leases or intends to purchase or lease the Zone Land
Total amount of the proposed investment within the Zone, and breakdown of the nature of the proposed investment
Projected sustainable employment from the investment, including approximate calendar of job creation
Infrastructure needs, including in terms of serviced land, road/air/rail/port access, water, power, gas, potable water, solid and liquid waste management/disposal/treatment, and telecommunications
UNDERTAKING
We hereby undertake to abide by the provisions of the Zones Law, its Regulations, all applicable Law of the Republic of Rwanda, and any other condition which may be stipulated in contracts and licenses we freely enter into in respect of the proposed investment. We hereby declare that the information contained in this Application and the above statements are true and correct to the best of our knowledge. We fully understand that any Zone License granted to us on the basis of this application may be lawfully cancelled, revoked or suspended by SEZAR and is subject to such other lawful action as may be deemed appropriate by SEZAR under the Zones Law and Regulations, in particular if any of the statements included in this application or in the documents attached are incorrect or false.
Signature of Applicant
Name of the authorized legal signatory
Title of the legal representative signing
Official seal stamp
Note: Attach copy of the authorizing instrument
Required Documents
Corporate Documents
(1)Copy of certificate of incorporation
(2)Articles of Incorporation/Bylaws/Memorandum of Association
(3)Instrument of appointment of current board members, chairman and CEO
(4)Legal instrument setting the signatory rights
(5)List of shareholders with respective shareholding
(6)Corporate instrument authorizing the investment in the Zone (i.e. shareholders’ resolution, board resolution, etc.)
Documents and information required if the application is for the establishment of a Zone
Business plan;
Market demand analysis in terms of prospective end-use investment and rental of Zone plots (i.e. Number of Enterprises that will likely become Zone Users during the first 5 years after the activation of the Zone based on business surveys or market-demand studies);
(1)Socio-economic welfare and Cost-benefit analysis of the proposed Zone;
(2)Pre-feasibility study detailing approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of the proposed Zone, including preliminary land use plans, master plan and engineering/architectural drawings;
(3)Projected international trade effect of the planned Zone, including the projected value of net exports and re-exports, value-added processing, and investment and transfer-of-technology;
(4)Effect of the proposed Zone on the establishment or retention of domestic manufacturing and value-added processing activities;
(5)National job-creation and technical-training potential of the planned Zone;
(6)Degree to which the Zone is positioned to utilize existing national capacity to promote integration and linkages with the domestic economy;
(7)Extent to which the planned Zone is in proximity to Enterprise clusters, including supporting data and maps, with sources;
(8)Extent to which the proposed business plan satisfies the requirements of a Zone Investment under the Zones Law;
(9)Fitness of the site and of any existing On site infrastructure in light of the business, development, and operation plans, including any infrastructure extension and/or development needs, and proposed plans to address these;
(10)Degree to which the proposed land area has access to actual or planned Off-Site Infrastructure;
(11)Extent and cost of any proposed population displacement or relocation resulting from Zone construction and development;
(12)Physical expansion potential of the Zone in terms of available suitable land on the proposed plot or adjacent plots, including legal status thereof;
(13)Physical security measures and construction means to be employed to separate the Zone from the Domestic Customs Territory, to prevent the evasion of the payment of any applicable customs duties, levies, tariffs, and other chargesor taxes;
(14)Consistency of the planned Zone with national, regional, governorate, and local economic development and poverty-reduction goals;
(15)Views of all Persons likely to be affected by the Zone;
(16)Extent to which all land-tenure documents, including district, village, municipal, or governorate maps or other abstracts of the subject land area, establish that the proposed Zone is suitable to the development on a Zone on the basis of clean and clear, undisputed land titles that are not subject to any actual or impending legal liability, expropriation proceedings, disputes, or other contingencies that may give rise to a legal claim;
(17)Extent to which the proposed Zone can be designed and constructed for multiple Zone Users in the event the Zone is established for multi purposes;
(18)Degree to which the planned site meets the minimum land-area requirements of 5 hectares at least;
(19)Extent to which the proposed land area complies with all applicable land use plans;
(20)Degree to which Competent Agencies supports the establishment of the proposed Zone;
(21)The ability of the country to compete in the international market for attraction of the targeted Zone activities;
(22)The extent to which the planned Zone is in line with the public interest, safety, security and welfare of the country;
(23)Statement that the subject land area and Zone planning and construction comply with all applicable land, planning, construction, and public works laws that are not otherwise inconsistent with the Zones Law and the Executive Regulations;
(24)Anticipated government participation; and
(25)Any other document or information that SEZAR deems suitable to protect the public interest, health, safety, and welfare of Rwanda provided such factor is clearly published and applicable to all Zones designations.
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