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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

His Majesty issues 3 royal decrees

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Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said today issued three Royal decrees as follows:



Royal Decree No.23/2019 promulgates the Selective Tax Law after the statute has been presented before the Council of Oman.



Article (1) states that the Selective Tax Law attached to this decree shall be enforced.



Article (2) states that the Minister Responsible for Financial Affairs shall issue the Executive Regulation of the attached law within a period not exceeding (6) months from its date of enforcement.



Article (3) cancels all that contravenes the attached law or contradicts its provisions.



Article (4) says that this decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced on the day following the passing of 90 days from its date of publishing.



Royal Decree No.24/2019 on the establishment of a Food Safety and Quality Centre at the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources.



Article (1) establishes at the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources a centre to be named “Food Safety and Quality Centre” at a level of directorate general.  The centre’s specializations and its affiliation shall be defined under a decision of the Minister of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources.



Article (2) stipulates that specializations related to food safety and food quality, as stated in the laws, Royal Decrees and current regulations, shall be transferred to the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources, and that the Minister of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources shall take over the specializations prescribed to heads of departments specialized in laws, Royal decrees and regulations related to food safety and food quality.



 Article (3) states that employees whose work relates to food safety and food quality in the specialized departments concerned shall be transferred, along with their job status, to the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources, according to this Ministry’s needs.



   It also states that all allocations, assets, rights and obligations related to food safety and food quality shall be transferred to the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources from the specialized departments concerned, provided the mechanism of transfer is determined in coordination between the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources and heads of the specialized departments within a period of (6) months from the date of issue of this decree.



Article (4) cancels all that contravenes this decree or contradicts its provisions.



Article (5) says that this decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced on its date of issue.



   Royal Decree No.25/2019 appoints a non-resident for the Sultanate.



Article (1) states that Ali bin Abdullah bin Salim al-Mahrouqi, Oman’s Ambassador to Tanzania, shall be appointed as the Sultanate’s Non-resident Amassador to the Comoros, Zambia and Burundi.



Article (2) says that this decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced on its date of issue.


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