Request Licensing Project for Dates Pressing and Packaging Inside Farms in Qatar

Request Licensing Project for Dates Pressing and Packaging Inside Farms in Qatar. Farm owners may submit a request to the Farm Affairs Department at the Ministry of Municipality (MoM) to obtain a project permit for dates pressing and packaging inside registered farms only.

Offline Instructions

• Download and fill out the paper form, then submit it to the Agricultural Affairs Department at MoM.
• Attach the following documents:

Category (B) up to 10 tons of dates per year

• Copy of QID of farm owner or tenant
• Copy of valid farm ownership card
• In case the farm is government and rented to a company: Copy of establishment ID and commercial registration
• Letter from farm owner to request establishing the project, addressed to the Agricultural Affairs Department
• In case of representative: Letter of authorization from farm owner to complete procedures
• Copy of QID of representative
• Environmental permit for the project, issued from the Environmental Assessment Department
• Technical review and preliminary layouts including short description on each of:
  • Buildings required for the project and their layouts
  • Sources of water, electricity and sewage
  • Expected workforce
  • Tools and equipment
  • Ways of waste disposal

Category (C) over 10 tons of dates per year

• Copy of QID of farm owner
• Copy of valid farm ownership card
• In case the farm is government and rented to a company: Copy of establishment ID and commercial registration
• Letter from farm owner to request establishing the project, addressed to the Agricultural Affairs Department
• In case of representative: Letter of authorization from farm owner to complete procedures
• Copy of QID of representative
• Environmental permit for the project, issued from the Environmental Assessment Department
• Approval from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
• Economic feasibility study
• Technical review and preliminary layouts including detailed description on each of:
  • Buildings required for the project and their layouts
  • Sources of water, electricity and sewage
  • Expected workforce
  • Tools and equipment
  • Ways of waste disposal
  • Technical specifications of factory

Service Center

Headquarters of the Agricultural Affairs Department – Al Mansour Tower – Old Slata

Additional Information

• The farm shall be registered and under the classification (A or B).
• There shall be no violations against the farm.
• The project shall be allocated only for farm production of dates and not serving any other farms.
• The area planted with palm trees in the farm shall not exceed 50,000 square meters.
• If the project is approved, the area allocated for building project facilities shall not exceed 1000 square meters.

Fees

No fees are required for this service.