environmental license (LAU) in Mexico City

the procedure of your environmental license (LAU) in Mexico City was born thanks to all the inconsistency’s that the im, did against the environmental in Mexico City, this gave room for the environmental law of Mexico City to grow and become better, making it more difficult to obtain the LAU.

An environmental license (LAU) for Mexico City every day stronger.

As its been said the environmental license (LAU) in Mexico City became tougher according to the characteristics of the businesses and upon the upraise of the contamination of Mexico city in all its sides: dust, smell, smoke, noise and any kind of contamination that it could generate and could be harmful for the citizens of Mexico city, this implies the creation of the only environmental license this means, the only environmental license in Mexico city, it is only for mercantile establishments of low impact, neighbour impact and zone impact.

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A type of only environmental license for each type of business and impact.

As it was expected, the complexity and requirements to obtain the only environmental license depends of different factors independent for each business or project:

• Type of impact (low impact, neighbour impact and zone impact)
• Square meters occupied used meaning, the stores area
• Number of workers
•  Machinery or the production that is accomplished in the area
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About those premises it is how it is determined the procedure and requirements that you should deliver to obtain your environmental license (LAU) 100% according to the law upon the environment secretary of Mexico City

Mercantile establishments exempt of the environmental license (LAU)

Although all the mercantile establishments should obey some environmental laws, some of them are exempt from the obligation of processing the environmental license (LAU) as an obligatory requirement to be up to the regulations and to start with other important procedures.

Although all the mercantile establishments should obey some environmental laws, some of them are exempt from the obligation of processing the environmental license (LAU) as an obligatory requirement to be up to the regulations and to start with other important procedures.

To determine if the mercantile establishment is

exempt from the environmental license (LAU), the environmental law

through the environment secretary of Mexico City  is based in the same judgement mentioned before, for example:

An establishment with less than 15 workers could be exempt from the environmental license (LAU), but if the business type is production, you will require the only environmental license (LAU).

To know if you need help to know if your mercantile business requires or not the environmental license (LAU), we ask you to please fill one of our forms or call directly to our phones to provide you with all the necessary information completely free.

Closures and suspensions because of the environmental license (LAU)

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Is it necessary the environmental license (LAU) to operate? This is the most common questions from our clients and our response is always YES, it is extremely important to count with this procedure because the environmental law in Mexico City will have enough reasons to penalize and accomplish a closure to all the mercantile establishments.

It is a risk for your business or project to have the risk of suffering a suspension or closure that as you know is a setback for the finances of your business and the more time you have the closure, the setback could be mortal for your business.