非洲是“一带一路”倡议的重要方向与落脚点,重回非洲第一大经济体的南非势必在中非经贸中发挥引领作用。在中南“全面战略合作伙伴关系”和“金砖机制”的促进下,中国企业赴南非投资将迎来利好局面。但基于南非环境与矿业法律的特殊性,中国企业赴南非投资矿业或将面临严格的环境法律规制,加之矿业投资对环境的高度依赖性和影响性,极易引发中国企业的环境违法风险,甚至可能导致投资利益受损。因此,中国投资者必须熟悉南非严格的矿业法律和管理制度,注意环境法律规制给企业投资带来的影响,重点关注矿业权的申请、转让、抵押程序及其费用,有效履行处理尾矿、管理矿渣库的义务,履行闭坑义务,严格遵循环境评价和修复程序,积极履行保护非洲生态环境的社会责任。同时,中国企业还应当加强对南非弱势人群和社区权益的保护。
<<Africa is not only an important node of “the Belt and Road”,but also an important direction and goal of advancing it.South Africa who has returned to the biggest economy in Africa will play an important role of guide in the China-Africa trade.Under the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and BRICS Mechanism,Chinese enterprises will get great opportunities to invest in South Africa.But due to the particularity of the environmental and mineral resources laws in South Africa,Chinese enterprises are confronted with strictly legal environment,which will result in loss.Therefore,Chinese investors should learn more about local laws,including the environmental legal restraints and their impacts on investment interests,particularly the procedures and fees of application,transfer,mortgage for mining right.Moreover,they must fulfill its obligations to tailings pond,slag storehouse and mine closed effectively,obey the procedures of environmental assessment and repair,to shoulder the social responsibility to protect the ecological environment in Africa actively. Lastly,they have to strengthen the protection of Historically Disadvantaged South Africans(HDSAs)and Community rights.
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