* Once we receive instruction, payment, and the required documents (ID copies, Company registration, signed application forms etc.) we prepare and submit the application to the particular Provincial Office of the Department of Energy.
* The Department of Energy issues a reference number and instruction for a legal notice, which must be published in two national newspapers, in two languages, one of which must be in English. The applicant is responsible for the cost of the legal adverts.
* After submission of physical copies of the adverts to the Department of Energy, there is by law a 20-workdays waiting period before the Department of Energy will proceed with processing the application.
* Once the 20-workdays waiting period has expired your application is handed to an analyst who will process the application.
* Once the license application has been approved, the Department of Energy will issue a notice of approval. If the applicant has own delivery vehicles, he/she must provide proof of insurance (copy of an insurance contract) for the transportation of dangerous goods. If the applicant does not have own delivery vehicles, a certified copy of a contract with a transport company must be submitted, together with a certified copy of the transporter’s full insurance contract for the transportation of dangerous goods.
* Upon approval of the wholesale license, the licensee must pay a license fee directly to the Department of Energy. Thereafter an annual license fee of will be payable.
* The average total time of acquiring your wholesale license is about 3½ months