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of the sea areas for submarine cable
routing, issued by the Local SOA;
(v) obtain a preliminary opinion letter on
the right to use the land area where
the onshore facilities of the project
are located, issued by the Local MNR;
(vi) prepare a report on the navigation
safety and submit such report to the
local counterparts of Maritime Safety
Administration for examination and
approval, after which an opinion
letter on navigation safety will be
issued;
(vii) conduct a safety pre-evaluation design and prepare the relevant safety
pre-evaluation report, and record-file
it with the local counterpart of the
Ministry of Emergency Management
to obtain a safety pre-assessment;
(viii) obtain the grid connection and
operation opinion letters from the
Grid Company, or the co-ordination
opinion letters of grid connection
from the NEA or its provincial counterparts; and
(ix) obtain the documents of the project
financing granted by a financial institution;
(b) after the preparatory activities listed above have been completed, the developer
can file an application to the Local NEA
to obtain the Project Approval, submitting the preliminary opinions and other
documents obtained in connection with
such preparatory activities, as well as
any additional documents as requested
by the Local NEA on a case-by-case
basis (for example, the Local NEA may
request a Report on Social Stability Risk
Assessment issued by the local People’s
Government); and
(c) after obtaining the Project Approval, the
developer must obtain the following additional approvals and permits:
(i) a certificate of right to use the sea
areas (Certificate of Use of Sea
Areas), issued by the Local SOA,
certifying the right of the developer
to use the relevant sea areas for the
purpose of carrying out the project;
(ii) a permit of construction of submarine cables, issued by the SOA after
the completion of the investigation
and exploration of the sea areas for
submarine cable routing; and
(iii) a suite of construction permits required for construction activities on
land, issued by the local counterpart
of the MNR and/or MOHURD.
After the construction works have been
completed, the developer of the project
should undertake certain inspection and
acceptance procedures involving the
construction works and the environmental
protection facilities of the plant. After such
procedures have been completed, the project entity must obtain a business licence
for electricity generation, in accordance with
Article 4 of the Provisions on the Administra-
