Al-Sudani directs the ministers to intensify work in the holy month of Ramadan

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The Council of Ministers holds its session headed by the Sudanese

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Baghdad - Mawazine News
The Council of Ministers held, on Tuesday, its regular session, headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani.

Al-Sudani's office said, in a brief statement received by Mawazine News, that "the cabinet held its regular session, headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shia'a Al-Sudani." Ended 29/N33

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The Council of Ministers holds its regular session headed by Al-Sudani

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Today, Tuesday, the Council of Ministers held its regular session, headed by Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani.

The media office of the Prime Minister said in a statement: "The Council of Ministers held its regular session headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani."

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Al-Sudani directs the ministers to intensify work in the holy month of Ramadan

The first  2023/03/29

 

 

  Baghdad: morning

 

Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, during his presidency of the regular session of the Council of Ministers, which was held yesterday, Tuesday, directed all ministers to exert maximum efforts and intensify work in the blessed month of Ramadan in order to reduce the burdens on citizens in this holy month. He also directed the Ministry of Commerce to address any delay associated with the process of distributing food baskets for the month of Ramadan and subsidized foodstuffs.

A statement by the Prime Minister's Media Office stated that Al-Sudani stressed that all ministers should not be late in evaluating the work of general managers working in their ministries, directing all ministries to implement the electronic card sales system (pos), while the price of the Ministry of Oil approving electronic card sales at gas stations. .

In the context of the government's plans to support low-income families to counter the rise in prices in the market, the Cabinet approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Economy, which includes the Ministry of Commerce purchasing table eggs from producers wishing to market, according to contracts concluded between it and licensed producers exclusively according to a pre-prepared standard contract form.

And based on what the Prime Minister directed during his meeting with the mission of our national youth team; The Council of Ministers approved honoring the players of the Iraqi youth football team with a residential plot of 200 square meters, and a monthly grant of 500,000 dinars for each of them.

The Council of Ministers approved that the Ministry of Health provide preventive and curative services to the wounded of the armed forces, conduct various examinations, treatments and laboratory analyses, provide psychological and medical rehabilitation services and treatment services at various levels and secure treatment costs inside and outside Iraq, and that the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works grant the armed forces and security agencies Priority when distributing plots of land according to the government's housing plan.

In the educational sector file, the Council of Ministers agreed to authorize the Ministry of Education to exclude from the instructions for implementing government contracts and the controls attached to them to print and prepare the examination book for the sixth grade of preparatory school exclusively.

In the energy file, the Council of Ministers agreed to increase the allocated amount to be $10 million instead of $5 million, as oil costs recovered from each service contract within the first, second and third licensing rounds of 11 contracts.

Also in the energy file, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Energy Council, regarding the approval of signing a memorandum of understanding for the processing of crude oil between the Ministry of Oil in the Republic of Iraq, and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for a period of one year, starting from the date of its entry into force, taking into account Pay attention to the notes of the Ministry of Oil.

The Council decided to cancel Clause (Third) of Article (1), and Clause (Second) of Article (3), set forth in the Law of Seizure and Confiscation of Movable and Immovable Assets belonging to the pillars of the previous regime.

The House of Representatives also recommended withdrawing the first amendment bill to the law of seizing and confiscating movable and immovable property belonging to the pillars of the previous regime (No. 72 of 2017).

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The outcomes of the cabinet meeting held today

2023.03.28 - 19:28

 

Baghdad - people   

On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers issued a package of decisions and recommendations during its session today.  

  

  

And a statement by the council, a copy of which “NAS” received, stated (March 28, 2023), “Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani presided today, Tuesday, the thirteenth regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which developments in the general situation in the country were discussed, and a number of files were discussed. The main priorities that fall within the priorities of the government program and follow up on the implementation of its procedures, in addition to discussing the topics on the agenda and issuing decisions in this regard.  

  

He added, "At the beginning of the session, the Prime Minister directed all ministers to exert maximum efforts and intensify work in the blessed month of Ramadan in order to reduce the burdens on citizens in this holy month. He also directed the Ministry of Commerce to address any delay associated with the process of distributing food baskets for the month of Ramadan." and subsidized foodstuffs.  

  

And the statement continued, "Al-Sudani stressed that all ministers should not be late in evaluating the work of general managers working in their ministries, and he also instructed all ministries to implement the electronic card selling system (pos), appreciating the Ministry of Oil's adoption of electronic card selling at gas stations."  

  

He pointed out that, "Based on the directives of the Prime Minister to provide facilities to the private sector and address the obstacles facing it, and in implementation of the requirements of the government program in activating the private sector and moving the wheel of the economy in Iraq, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendations of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (23073 BC) for the year 2023, taking into account With due attention, the opinion of the legal department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.  

  

He pointed out that "the recommendations included a number of decisions that would advance the reality of the private sector, as follows:  

  

1- Write off debts resulting from the amounts in below, based on the amended Federal Financial Management Law:  

  

a. Amounts of profession fees and building permit fees accrued from industrial projects.  

  

B. Amounts of fines owed by private commercial companies resulting from the application of Article (217) of the Companies Law No. (21) of 1997 as amended.  

  

c. The amounts of fines owed by taxpayers resulting from the application of Article (30) of the Real Estate Tax Law No. (126) of 1959, Article (56) of the Income Tax Law No. (113) of 1982, and Article (8) of the Property Tax Law No. (26) For the year 1962, provided that the taxpayer fulfills his aforementioned obligations within a period of (3) working months starting from the date of issuance of this decision.  

  

2- The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers undertakes to amend paragraph (1) of Cabinet Resolution (39 of 2018) to include an additional reduction in electricity fees for industrial projects.  

  

3- Confirming the implementation of Cabinet Resolution (390 of 2019) regarding reducing the customs fee for plastic granules to zero.  

  

4- Confirming the implementation of Cabinet Resolution (227 of 2020), taking into account the following:  

  

a. Amending Paragraph (2) to read: (5 years) to (3 years) have elapsed since the industrial project was granted the incorporation completion permit.  

  

B. Cancellation of paragraph (4) to replace it (industrial projects built on agricultural lands that have obtained the approvals of the designated sectoral authorities in accordance with the Industrial Investment Law for the private and mixed sectors No. (20) of 1998).  

  

5- The Ministry of Oil’s reduction in fuel and energy prices for industrial projects, laboratories, productive factories, and refrigerated and frozen warehouses for farmers.  

  

6- Establishing a single window in the Ministry of Industry and Minerals that includes representatives of the ministries (Finance / State Real Estate Department, Construction and Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, Industry and Minerals / Industrial Development Department and the Municipality of Baghdad) whose rank is not less than a general manager, in addition to a representative of the Iraqi Federation of Industries, They delegate the authority of the competent minister or the head of an entity not linked to a legally defined ministry, whenever possible, to facilitate the procedures for allocating land for industrial projects.  

  

7- The Ministry of Finance shall authorize the Director General of the State Real Estate Department the authority to approve the rent amounts and the equivalent rent for lands allocated for industrial projects.  

  

8- Formation of a committee from the ministries (Finance and Agriculture) and a representative of the Union of Peasant Associations, to study the amendment of customs rates for customs commodities in the agricultural calendar tables attached to the Customs Tariff Law No. (22) for the year 2010 amending and timings for the production and marketing seasons, submitting its recommendations to the Ministerial Council for Economy .  

  

9- Forming a committee that includes representatives of the ministries (planning, finance, and commerce) and a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, to study the suitability of commodities that need to issue an import license in light of the import policy, and the availability of the local product for commodities, to present a specific recommendation to the Ministerial Council of Economy.  

  

10- Formation of a committee, in coordination between the National Commission for Investment and the bodies granting the investment license, to study wages and fees collected from investors and to make specific recommendations to the Ministerial Council for Economy.  

  

11- Coordination between the Ministry of Commerce and a representative of the Chambers of Commerce and the owners of private mills to establish mechanisms for importing wheat for the purposes of commercial flour production.  

  

12- Coordination between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture to submit a specific recommendation to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers for the purpose of determining the percentage of support for the purchase of the wheat crop in line with the agricultural plan, with the establishment of a mechanism to indicate the extent to which it is possible to establish grain mills or not and the impact of this on the food security policy.  

  

13- Formation of a committee in each governorate headed by the Ministry of Finance / Director of State Real Estate in the governorate and with the membership of a representative of the Ministries of Agriculture and Water Resources, to study the status of the lands belonging to the Ministry of Finance and allocated for agricultural reform purposes that do not have a water share or are not suitable for agriculture to raise the hand of agricultural reform and cancel its allocation, and return it to the Ministry of Finance to allocate it to establish investment projects in accordance with Investment Law No. (13) of 2006 and Industrial Investment Law for the private and mixed sectors No. (20) of 1998 as amended.  

  

14- The work of the committee formed according to the Diwani Order (46 of 2020) was limited to allocating lands for projects specified by Legislative Resolution No. (1450) of 1981 amended by Resolution No. (577) of 1987.  

  

15- The Ministry of Industry and Minerals should take the necessary measures to avoid delays in registering the trademark in accordance with the effective trademark and commercial data law.  

  

16- Issuance by the Ministry of Finance of controls for estimating real estate tax.  

  

17- Canceling the Diwani Order Committee (14 of 2018) related to preventing imports, and contenting itself with the procedures specified in the Iraqi Products Protection Law No. (11) of 2010, as amended, because there is no legal basis for its authorship.  

  

18- Granting existing industrial projects that obtained an industrial investment license in accordance with Law No. (20) of 1998 that wish to develop their production lines, soft loans with the guarantee of the factory itself.  

  

The statement said, "With regard to the energy file, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Energy (23010i) for the year 2023, according to the following:  

  

1. Increasing the allocated amount to be $10 million instead of $5 million, as petroleum costs recovered from each service contract within the first, second and third licensing rounds of 11 contracts, noting that the contracts for the fourth round (exploratory block) included a clause requiring contractors to allocate (10%) of the annual budget for financing and implementing infrastructure projects.  

  

2. Requiring local governments to draw up a five-year or three-year plan, after coordination between them and the relevant ministries for drawing up urban policies, in line with the annual amounts allocated.  

  

3. The plan shall be submitted by the local governments to the Ministry of Oil for coordination between them, service contracts and local governments to complete these projects, taking into account the following notes:  

  

a. Social benefits are recovered from the companies executing the oil licensing rounds.  

  

B. The annual increase should not be from $5 million to $10 million in absolute terms from the annual budget of the self-financing companies, to provide social services in the fields and exploration blocks, and to implement infrastructure projects, and it is considered as oil costs recovered from each service contract within the first licensing rounds The second and third number (11).  

  

c. Requiring local governments to draw up a five-year or three-year plan after coordination between them and the relevant ministries for drawing up urban policies, in line with the amounts allocated annually, provided that this plan is approved by the Prime Minister’s Office / the Higher Authority for Coordination between Governorates.  

  

And he continued, "Also in the energy file, the Cabinet approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Energy Council, regarding approving the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the processing of crude oil between the Ministry of Oil in the Republic of Iraq, and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for a period of one year, starting from the date of its entry into force." Taking into account the remarks of the Ministry of Oil.  

  

According to the statement, the Cabinet discussed other issues on the agenda, and approved the following:  

  

Firstly/  

1- The committee mentioned in Clause (Third) of Article (1), and Clause (Second) of Article (3), set forth in the Law of Seizure and Confiscation of Movable and Immovable Assets belonging to the pillars of the previous regime, shall be cancelled.  

  

2- Recommend to the House of Representatives to withdraw the draft law of the first amendment to the law of seizing and confiscating movable and immovable funds belonging to the pillars of the previous regime (No. 72 of 2017).  

  

3- The aggrieved party shall file lawsuits regarding the seizure or confiscation decision before the competent courts.  

  

4- Taking into consideration the remarks of the legal advisor to the Prime Minister.  

  

Second / Approving the draft law of the first amendment to the Iraqi Supreme Maritime Authority Law (No. 18 of 2019), which was audited by the State Council, and referred to the House of Representatives based on the provisions of the constitution, taking into account the notes of the legal department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.  

  

Third: Confirming the implementation of Cabinet Decision (107 of 2016) regarding the liquidation of the Sennacherib Company for Modern Public Irrigation Technologies affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture.  

  

Fourth / Approval of the Ministry of Finance financing, only, two billion dinars as a grant to the Union of Iraqi Jurists, to restore and rehabilitate the general headquarters of the Union and its branches in the governorates, after the enactment of the general budget law for the year 2023.  

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The Council of Ministers recommends withdrawing the draft first amendment to the law confiscating the funds of the former regime's staff

2023.03.28 - 19:37

 

Baghdad - people   

The Council of Ministers recommended, on Tuesday, the House of Representatives, to "withdraw the draft law of the first amendment to the law of seizing and confiscating movable and immovable funds belonging to the pillars of the previous regime (No. 72 of 2017)."  

  

  

And in a statement by the council, a copy of which “NAS” received, (March 28, 2023), stated:  

  

1- The committee mentioned in Clause (Third) of Article (1), and Clause (Second) of Article (3), set forth in the Law of Seizure and Confiscation of Movable and Immovable Assets belonging to the pillars of the previous regime, shall be cancelled.   

  

2- Recommend to the House of Representatives to withdraw the draft law of the first amendment to the law of seizing and confiscating movable and immovable funds belonging to the pillars of the previous regime (No. 72 of 2017).   

  

3- The aggrieved party shall file lawsuits regarding the seizure or confiscation decision before the competent courts.   

  

4- Taking into account the remarks of the Prime Minister's Legal Adviser.   

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The Prime Minister directs the official activation of the Pioneers and Heroes Law

2023.03.29 - 09:46

 

Baghdad - people  

The Prime Minister, Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani, directed the activation of the Law of Sports Champions and Pioneers No. 6 of 2013 officially.  

  

  

The Adviser to the Prime Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs, Iyad Bunyan, said in a statement, which “NASs” received a copy of, (March 29, 2023), that “the Prime Minister attaches great care to overcoming all the difficulties facing athletes of various names by providing the appropriate ground to reach The highest level of athletic achievement.  

  

Bunyan added, "An official directive was obtained to the Ministries of Youth and Sports, Construction and Housing, the Municipality of Baghdad, and all governorates to implement the activation of the Heroes and Pioneers Law to include those who did not benefit from the law in the past."  

  

The advisor to the Prime Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs, Iyad Bunyan, previously hosted a group of athletes and former national team stars at the Chancellery's headquarters to listen to their views and receive their demands for the need to activate the law to include all athletes.  

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The Council of Ministers recommends to parliament to withdraw the previous regime's funds confiscation law and to abolish a specialized committee

2023-03-28 12:29

 

 

Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, the Iraqi Council of Ministers recommended withdrawing the previous regime's money confiscation law from Parliament sessions, and canceled one of the specialized committees, while taking a package of decisions.

 

 

The media office of the Prime Minister stated that the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, chaired the thirteenth regular session, during which developments in the general situation in the country were discussed, and deliberations regarding a number of basic files that fall within the priorities of the government program and follow-up on the implementation of its procedures, in addition to discussing issues. listed on the agenda and issue decisions in this regard.

 

At the beginning of the session, Al-Sudani directed all ministers to exert maximum efforts and intensify work during the month of Ramadan in order to reduce the burdens on citizens in this month.

 

He instructed the Ministry of Commerce to address any delay associated with the process of distributing food baskets for the month of Ramadan and subsidized foodstuffs.

 

Al-Sudani stressed that all ministers should not be late in evaluating the work of general managers working in their ministries.

 

He also directed all ministries to implement the electronic card sales (pos) system, appreciating the Ministry of Oil's adoption of electronic card sales at gas stations.

 

And based on the directives of the Prime Minister to provide facilities to the private sector and address the obstacles facing it, and in implementation of the requirements of the government program in activating the private sector and moving the wheel of the economy in Iraq, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendations of the Ministerial Council for the Economy 23073 BC for the year 2023, taking into account the opinion of the Legal Department in General Secretariat for the Council of Ministers.

 

The recommendations included a number of decisions that would improve the status of the private sector, as follows:

 

1- Write off debts resulting from the amounts in below, based on the amended Federal Financial Management Law:

 

a. Amounts of profession fees and construction permit fees accrued from industrial projects.

 

B. Amounts of fines owed by private commercial companies resulting from the application of Article (217) of the Companies Law No. (21) of 1997 as amended.

 

c. The amounts of fines owed by taxpayers resulting from the application of Article (30) of the Real Estate Tax Law No. (126) of 1959, Article (56) of the Income Tax Law No. (113) of 1982, and Article (8) of the Property Tax Law No. (26) For the year 1962, provided that the taxpayer fulfills his aforementioned obligations within a period of (3) working months starting from the date of issuance of this decision.

 

2- The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers undertakes to amend paragraph (1) of Cabinet Resolution (39 of 2018) to include an additional reduction in electricity fees for industrial projects.

 

3- Confirming the implementation of Cabinet Resolution (390 of 2019) regarding reducing the customs fee for plastic granules to zero.

 

4- Confirming the implementation of Cabinet Resolution (227 of 2020), taking into account the following:

 

a. Amending Paragraph (2) to read: (5 years) to (3 years) have elapsed since the industrial project was granted the incorporation completion permit.

 

B. Cancellation of paragraph (4) to replace it (industrial projects built on agricultural lands that have obtained the approvals of the designated sectoral authorities in accordance with the Industrial Investment Law for the private and mixed sectors No. (20) of 1998).

 

5- The Ministry of Oil’s reduction in fuel and energy prices for industrial projects, laboratories, productive factories, and refrigerated and frozen warehouses for farmers.

 

6- Establishing a single window in the Ministry of Industry and Minerals that includes representatives of the ministries (Finance / State Real Estate Department, Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, Industry and Minerals / Industrial Development Department and the Municipality of Baghdad) whose rank is not less than a general manager, in addition to a representative of the Iraqi Federation of Industries, They delegate the authority of the competent minister or the head of an entity not linked to a legally defined ministry, whenever possible, to facilitate the procedures for allocating land for industrial projects.

 

7- The Ministry of Finance shall authorize the Director General of the State Real Estate Department the authority to approve the rent amounts and the equivalent rent for lands allocated for industrial projects.

 

8- Formation of a committee from the ministries (Finance and Agriculture) and a representative of the Union of Peasant Associations, to study the amendment of customs rates for customs commodities in the agricultural calendar tables attached to the Customs Tariff Law No. (22) for the year 2010 amending and timings for the production and marketing seasons, submitting its recommendations to the Ministerial Council for Economy .

 

9- Forming a committee that includes representatives of the ministries (planning, finance, and commerce) and a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, to study the suitability of commodities that need to issue an import license in light of the import policy, and the availability of the local product for commodities, to present a specific recommendation to the Ministerial Council of Economy.

 

10- Formation of a committee, in coordination between the National Commission for Investment and the bodies granting the investment license, to study wages and fees collected from investors and to make specific recommendations to the Ministerial Council for Economy.

 

11- Coordination between the Ministry of Commerce and a representative of the chambers of commerce and owners of private mills to set up mechanisms for importing wheat for the purposes of commercial flour production.

 

12- Coordinating the Ministry of Finance between it and the Ministry of Agriculture to submit a specific recommendation to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers for the purpose of determining the percentage of support for the purchase of the wheat crop in line with the agricultural plan, with the establishment of a mechanism to indicate the extent to which it is possible to establish grain mills or not and the impact of this on food security policy.

 

13- Formation of a committee in each governorate headed by the Ministry of Finance / Director of State Real Estate in the governorate and with the membership of a representative of the Ministries of Agriculture and Water Resources, to study the status of the lands belonging to the Ministry of Finance and allocated for agricultural reform purposes that do not have a water share or are not suitable for agriculture to raise the hand of agricultural reform and cancel its allocation, and return it to the Ministry of Finance to allocate it to establish investment projects in accordance with Investment Law No. (13) for the year 2006 and the Industrial Investment Law for the private and mixed sectors No. (20) for the year 1998 as amended.

 

14- The work of the committee formed according to the Diwani Order (46 of 2020) was limited to allocating lands for projects specified by Legislative Resolution No. (1450) of 1981 amended by Resolution No. (577) of 1987.

 

15- The Ministry of Industry and Minerals shall take the necessary measures to avoid delays in registering the trademark in accordance with the effective Trade Marks and Data Law.

 

16- Issuance by the Ministry of Finance of controls for estimating real estate tax.

 

17- Canceling the Diwani Order Committee (14 of 2018) related to preventing imports, and contenting itself with the procedures specified in the Iraqi Products Protection Law No. (11) of 2010, as amended, because there is no legal basis for its authorship.

 

18- Granting existing industrial projects that obtained an industrial investment license in accordance with Law No. (20) of 1998 that wish to develop their production lines, soft loans with the guarantee of the factory itself.

 

In the context of the government's plans to support low-income families to face the rise in prices in the Iraqi market, and with the aim of alleviating the burden of citizens, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (23069 BC) as follows:

 

Firstly:

1- The Ministry of Commerce / the General Company for Foodstuff Trade purchases table eggs from producers wishing to market, according to contracts concluded between them and licensed producers exclusively according to a pre-prepared standard contract form, with no more than the design capacity for each project that is determined by an official letter from the Ministry Agriculture and a purchase price equal to the average cost price, which is currently 57 thousand dinars per carton, with a weight of no less than (23) kg per carton, provided that the price is reviewed monthly by a joint committee from (the Department of Livestock, the General Company for Foodstuff Trade, the General Authority for Customs, and the Iraqi Association for the Welfare of Poultry producers) and in the event of a difference between the market prices and the specified price by more than 30% up or down, the price adjustment shall be presented to the Ministerial Council of Economy for a decision, and the selling price to the citizen shall be the purchase price plus 2% administrative charges to cover the costs of damages resulting from the downloads. Unloading, storage, price difference, and in case of necessity The General Company for Foodstuff Trading for sale at a price lower than the purchase price, as a result of a decrease in market prices in excess of the aforementioned margin, the Ministry of Finance bears the price difference.

 

2- The mechanism mentioned in Paragraph (1) above will continue to work until December 31, 2023.

 

3- Working with the content of Cabinet Resolution (183) for the year 2022, with the following amendments:

 

A- Paragraph (3) applies to whole chickens and does not include chicken cuts in the measures to protect the local product.

 

B- Amending paragraph (5) to read: (The customs fee on table eggs is (20%) as an exception to Cabinet Resolution 23055).

 

4- The Diwani Order Committee (23124), which is formed according to the letter of the Office of the Prime Minister, continues its work to implement Paragraph (5) of the Diwani Order above, study the impact of the decisions resulting in the above paragraphs, and submit its recommendations within a period of (60) working days. 

 

5- This decision shall be implemented after the Eid Al-Fitr holiday.

And based on what the Prime Minister directed during his meeting with the mission of our national youth team; For achieving a great sporting achievement for Iraq, winning the silver medal in the Asian Youth Football Championship and qualifying for the World Youth Cup finals, the Council of Ministers has approved the following:

 

1- Honoring the players of the Iraqi youth football team with a residential plot of land of 200 square meters, and a monthly grant of 500 thousand dinars, for each of them, according to the Law of Granting Champions and Pioneers Athletes No. (6 of 2013).

 

2- Honoring the administrative and training staff of the Iraqi youth team and referees, with a residential plot of land of 200 square meters for each of them.

 

In appreciation of the great sacrifices made by the members of the Armed Forces and the rest of the heroic security services, the Council of Ministers approved the Ministry of Health to provide preventive and curative services to the wounded, conduct examinations, treatments and various laboratory analyses, provide psychological and medical rehabilitation services and treatment services at various levels and secure treatment costs inside Iraq. and beyond.

 

And that the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works give the armed forces and security agencies priority when distributing plots of land according to the government's housing plan.

 

The National Retirement Authority is working to resolve the issue of pension rights for the wounded of the armed forces and security services. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is also responsible for coordinating with the Ministry of Health to open special centers for the rehabilitation of the wounded of the armed forces and security services.

In continuation of the government’s approach to supporting the agricultural sector, the Cabinet approved the continuation of the Cabinet’s decision (70 of 2022), and the inclusion of farmers who are outside the agricultural plan with government support for wheat purchases and marketing them to government receiving outlets, as well as continuing to receive wheat for the 2023 season from farmers. Those covered by the agricultural plan, and the purchase amounts are delivered to them after receipt within a maximum of two weeks.

 

In the educational sector file, the Council of Ministers agreed to authorize the Ministry of Education to exclude from the instructions for implementing government contracts and the controls attached to them to print and prepare the examination book for the sixth grade of preparatory school exclusively.

 

It was also decided to exclude printing and processing of the aforementioned book from the decision not to print outside Iraq, and to allow the Ministry of Education to print it exclusively in China.

 

Also in the education file, it was decided to cancel Cabinet Resolutions (258 of 2022) and (251 of 2022). The Ministry of Education prints books in accordance with the instructions and fundamental procedures in order to achieve fair and transparent competition between governmental and private printing presses. The Ministry of Finance finances the printing amounts within the actual expenditure at a rate of (1/12) for the Ministry.

 

In the energy file, the Cabinet approved the recommendation of the Energy Ministerial Council (23010i) for the year 2023, as follows:

 

Increasing the allocated amount to be $10 million instead of $5 million, as petroleum costs recovered from each service contract within the first, second and third licensing rounds of (11) contracts, noting that the contracts for the fourth round (exploratory block) included a clause requiring contractors to allocate (10) % of the annual budget for financing and implementing infrastructure projects.

 

Requiring local governments to draw up a five-year or three-year plan, after coordination between them and the relevant ministries for drawing up urban policies, in line with the amounts allocated annually.

 

The plan shall be submitted by local governments to the Ministry of Oil for coordination between them, service contracts and local governments to complete these projects, taking into consideration the following notes:

 

a. Social benefits are recovered from the companies executing the oil licensing rounds.

 

B. The annual increase should not be from $5 million to $10 million in absolute terms from the annual budget of the self-financing companies, to provide social services in the field areas and exploratory patches, and to implement infrastructure projects, and it is considered as oil costs recovered from each service contract within the first, second and third licensing rounds The number of (11).

 

c. Requiring local governments to draw up a five-year or three-year plan after coordination between them and the relevant ministries for drawing up urban policies, in line with the amounts allocated annually, provided that this plan is approved by the Prime Minister’s Office / the Higher Authority for Coordination between Governorates.

 

Also in the energy file, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Energy Council, regarding the approval of signing a memorandum of understanding for the processing of crude oil between the Ministry of Oil in the Republic of Iraq, and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for a period of one year, starting from the date of its entry into force, taking into account Pay attention to the notes of the Ministry of Oil.

 

The Cabinet discussed other issues on the agenda, and approved the following:

 

Firstly/

1- The committee mentioned in Clause (Third) of Article (1), and Clause (Second) of Article (3), set forth in the Law of Seizure and Confiscation of Movable and Immovable Assets belonging to the pillars of the previous regime, shall be cancelled.

 

2- Recommend to the House of Representatives to withdraw the draft law of the first amendment to the law of seizing and confiscating movable and immovable funds belonging to the pillars of the previous regime (No. 72 of 2017).

 

3- The aggrieved party shall file lawsuits regarding the seizure or confiscation decision before the competent courts.

 

4- Taking into consideration the remarks of the legal advisor to the Prime Minister.

Second / Approval of the draft law of the first amendment to the Iraqi Supreme Maritime Authority Law (No. 18 of 2019), which was audited by the State Council, and referred to the House of Representatives based on the provisions of the constitution, taking into account the notes of the legal department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.

 

Third: Confirming the implementation of Cabinet Decision (107 of 2016) regarding the liquidation of the Sennacherib Company for Modern Public Irrigation Technologies affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Fourth / Approval of the Ministry of Finance financing, only, two billion dinars as a grant to the Union of Iraqi Jurists, to restore and rehabilitate the general headquarters of the Union and its branches in the governorates, after the enactment of the general budget law for the year 2023.

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Interest in the energy file and suppor t for the private sector.. A new package of cabinet decisions

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Today, Tuesday, the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, chaired the thirteenth regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which developments in the general situation in the country were discussed, and a number of basic files that fall within the priorities of the government program and follow-up on the implementation of their procedures were discussed, in addition to discussing Topics on the agenda and issuing decisions in their regard.

At the outset of the session, the Prime Minister instructed all ministers, according to a statement by his media office, to "exercise maximum efforts and intensify work in the blessed month of Ramadan in order to ease the burdens on citizens in this holy month." He also directed the Ministry of Commerce to address any delay associated with the process of distributing special food baskets. Ramadan and subsidized foodstuffs.

Al-Sudani stressed that "all ministers should not delay in evaluating the work of general managers working in their ministries."

He directed all ministries to "implement the work of the electronic card sales system (pos), appreciating the Ministry of Oil's adoption of electronic card sales at gas stations."

And the statement continued, "Based on the directives of the Prime Minister to provide facilities to the private sector and address the obstacles facing it, and in implementation of the requirements of the government program in activating the private sector and moving the economy in Iraq, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendations of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (23073 BC) for the year 2023, taking into account Paying attention to the opinion of the legal department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, and the recommendations included a number of decisions that would advance the reality of the private sector, as follows:

1- Write off debts resulting from the amounts in below, based on the amended Federal Financial Management Law:

a. Profession fees and construction permit fees accrued from industrial projects.
B. Amounts of fines owed by private commercial companies resulting from the application of Article (217) of the Companies Law No. (21) of 1997 as amended.
c. The amounts of fines owed by taxpayers resulting from the application of Article (30) of the Real Estate Tax Law No. (126) of 1959, Article (56) of the Income Tax Law No. (113) of 1982, and Article (8) of the Property Tax Law No. (26) For the year 1962, provided that the taxpayer fulfills his aforementioned obligations within a period of (3) working months starting from the date of issuance of this decision.

2- The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers undertakes to amend Paragraph (1) of Cabinet Resolution (39 of 2018) to include an additional reduction in electricity fees for industrial projects.
3- Confirming the implementation of Cabinet Resolution (390 of 2019) regarding reducing the customs fee for plastic granules to zero.

4- Confirming the implementation of Cabinet Resolution (227 of 2020), taking into account the following:
a. Amending Paragraph (2) to become (that the industrial project has been granted the permit to complete the incorporation from (5) to (3 years) B.
Canceling Paragraph (4) to replace it with (the industrial projects built on agricultural lands that have approvals The designated sectoral authorities in accordance with the Industrial Investment Law for the private and mixed sectors No. (20) of 1998).

5- The Ministry of Oil’s reduction in fuel and energy prices for industrial projects, laboratories, productive factories, and refrigerated and frozen warehouses for farmers.
6- Establishing a single window in the Ministry of Industry and Minerals that includes representatives of the ministries (Finance / State Real Estate Department, Construction and Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, Industry and Minerals / Industrial Development Department and the Municipality of Baghdad) whose rank is not less than a general manager, in addition to a representative of the Iraqi Federation of Industries, They delegate the authority of the competent minister or the head of an entity not linked to a legally defined ministry, whenever possible, to facilitate the procedures for allocating land for industrial projects.
7- The Ministry of Finance shall authorize the Director General of the State Real Estate Department the authority to approve the rent amounts and the equivalent rent for lands allocated for industrial projects.
8- Formation of a committee from the ministries (Finance and Agriculture) and a representative of the Union of Peasant Associations, to study the amendment of customs rates for customs commodities in the agricultural calendar tables attached to the Customs Tariff Law No. (22) for the year 2010 amending and timings for production and marketing seasons, submitting its recommendations to the Ministerial Council for Economy .
9- Forming a committee that includes representatives of the ministries (planning, finance, and commerce) and a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, to study the suitability of commodities that need to issue an import license in light of the import policy, and the availability of the local product for commodities, to present a specific recommendation to the Ministerial Council of Economy.
10- Formation of a committee, in coordination between the National Commission for Investment and the bodies granting the investment license, to study wages and fees collected from investors and to make specific recommendations to the Ministerial Council for Economy.
11- Coordination between the Ministry of Commerce and a representative of the chambers of commerce and owners of private mills to set up mechanisms for importing wheat for the purposes of commercial flour production.
12- Coordination between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture to submit a specific recommendation to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers for the purpose of determining the percentage of support for the purchase of the wheat crop in line with the agricultural plan, with the development of a mechanism to indicate the extent to which it is possible to establish grain mills or not and the impact of this on the food security policy.
13- Formation of a committee in each governorate headed by the Ministry of Finance / Director of State Real Estate in the governorate and with the membership of a representative of the Ministries of Agriculture and Water Resources, to study the status of the lands belonging to the Ministry of Finance and allocated for agricultural reform purposes that do not have a water share or are not suitable for agriculture to raise the hand of agricultural reform and cancel its allocation, and return it to the Ministry of Finance to allocate it to establish investment projects in accordance with Investment Law No. (13) of 2006 and Industrial Investment Law for the private and mixed sectors No. (20) of 1998 as amended.
14- The work of the committee formed according to the Diwani Order (46 of 2020) was limited to allocating lands for projects specified by Legislative Resolution No. (1450) of 1981 amended by Resolution No. (577) of 1987.
15- The Ministry of Industry and Minerals should take the necessary measures to avoid delays in registering the trademark in accordance with the effective trademark and commercial data law.
16- Issuance by the Ministry of Finance of controls for estimating real estate tax.
17- Canceling the Diwani Order Committee (14 of 2018) related to preventing imports, and contenting itself with the procedures specified in the Iraqi Products Protection Law No. (11) of 2010, as amended, because there is no legal basis for its authorship.
18- Granting existing industrial projects that obtained an industrial investment license in accordance with Law No. (20) of 1998 that wish to develop their production lines, soft loans with the guarantee of the factory itself.

He added, "In the context of the government's plans to support low-income families to face the rise in prices in the Iraqi market, and with the aim of alleviating the burden of citizens, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Economy (23069 BC) as follows: First
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1- The Ministry of Commerce / the General Company for Foodstuff Trade purchases table eggs from producers wishing to market, according to contracts concluded between them and licensed producers exclusively according to a pre-prepared standard contract form, with no more than the design capacity for each project that is determined by an official letter from the Ministry Agriculture and a purchase price equal to the average cost price, which is currently 57 thousand dinars per carton, with a weight of no less than (23) kg per carton, provided that the price is reviewed monthly by a joint committee from (the Department of Livestock, the General Company for Foodstuff Trade, the General Authority for Customs, and the Iraqi Association for the Welfare of Poultry producers) and in the event of a difference between the market prices and the specified price by more than (30%) up or down, the price adjustment shall be presented to the Ministerial Council of Economy for decision, and the selling price to the citizen shall be the purchase price plus (2%) administrative charges to cover the costs of damages resulting from loading and unloading operationsAnd storage and the price difference, and in the event that the General Company for Foodstuff Trade is forced to sell at a price lower than the purchase price, as a result of a decrease in market prices in excess of the aforementioned margin, the Ministry of Finance will bear the price difference.
2- The mechanism mentioned in Paragraph (1) above will continue to work until December 31, 2023.

3- Applying the content of Cabinet Resolution (183) for the year 2022, with the following amendments:
A- Applying paragraph (3) to whole chicken, not including chicken cuts, in the measures to protect the local product.
B- Amending Paragraph (5) to become: (The customs duty on table eggs is (20%) as an exception to Cabinet Resolution 23055).
4- The Diwani Order Committee (23124), which is formed according to the letter of the Prime Minister’s Office, continues its work to implement Paragraph (5) of the Diwani Order above, study the impact of the decisions resulting in the above paragraphs, and submit its recommendations within a period of (60) working days.
5- This decision shall be implemented after the blessed Eid Al-Fitr holiday.

He indicated that, "Based on what the Prime Minister directed during his meeting with the delegation of our national youth team; for their achievement of a great sporting achievement for Iraq, their winning the silver medal in the Asian Youth Football Championship and their qualification for the World Youth Cup finals, the Council of Ministers approved the following:
1- Honoring the players of the Iraqi youth football team with a residential plot of 200 square meters, and a monthly grant of 500,000 dinars, for each of them, based on the Law of Granting Champions and Pioneers Athletes No. (6 of 2013).
2- Honoring the administrative and training staff of the Iraqi youth team and referees, with a residential plot of land of 200 square meters for each of them.

Appreciating the size of the great sacrifices made by the sons of the Armed Forces and the rest of the heroic security services, the Council of Ministers approved the Ministry of Health to provide preventive and curative services to the wounded, conduct examinations, treatments and various laboratory analyses, provide psychological and medical rehabilitation services and treatment services at various levels and secure costs. Treatment inside and outside Iraq, and for the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works to give the armed forces and security services priority when distributing plots of land according to the government's housing plan, and the National Retirement Authority is working to resolve the issue of pension rights for the wounded of the armed forces and security services.The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs also undertakes Coordinating with the Ministry of Health to open special centers to rehabilitate the wounded of the armed forces and security services.

He pointed out that, "in continuation of the government's approach to supporting the agricultural sector, the Council of Ministers approved the continuation of the Cabinet's decision (70 of 2022), and the inclusion of farmers who are outside the agricultural plan with government support for wheat purchases and marketing them to government receiving outlets, as well as continuing to receive wheat for the season." 2023 of the farmers included in the agricultural plan, and handing over the purchase amounts to them after receipt within a maximum of two weeks.

And the statement continued, "With regard to the educational sector file, the Council of Ministers agreed to authorize the Ministry of Education to exclude from the instructions for implementing government contracts and the controls attached to them to exclusively print and prepare the examination book for the sixth grade of preparatory school. And allowing the Ministry of Education to print it exclusively in China, and in the education file as well, it was decided to cancel Cabinet Resolutions (258 of 2022) and (251 of 2022), and for the Ministry of Education to print books in accordance with the instructions and fundamental procedures in order to achieve fair and transparent competition between government and private printing presses And the Ministry of Finance works to finance the printing amounts within the actual expenditure at a rate of (1/12) for the Ministry.

And the statement went on, "With regard to the energy file, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Energy (23010 I) for the year 2023, according to the following:

1. Increasing the allocated amount to be $10 million instead of $5 million, as petroleum costs recovered from each service contract within the first, second and third licensing rounds of (11) contracts, noting that the contracts for the fourth round (exploratory block) included a clause requiring contractors to allocate (10%) of the annual budget for financing and implementing infrastructure projects.
2. Requiring local governments to draw up a five-year or three-year plan, after coordination between them and the relevant ministries for drawing up urban policies, in line with the annual amounts allocated.

3. The plan shall be submitted by the local governments to the Ministry of Oil for coordination between them, service contracts and local governments to complete these projects, taking into account the following notes:

a. Social benefits are recovered from the companies executing the oil licensing rounds.
B. The annual increase should not be from $5 million to $10 million in absolute terms from the annual budget of the self-financing companies, to provide social services in the fields and exploration blocks, and to implement infrastructure projects, and it is considered as oil costs recovered from each service contract within the first licensing rounds The second and third number (11).
c. Requiring local governments to draw up a five-year or three-year plan after coordination between them and the relevant ministries for drawing up urban policies, in line with the amounts allocated annually, provided that this plan is approved by the Prime Minister’s Office / the Higher Authority for Coordination between Governorates.

Also in the energy file, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Energy Council, regarding the approval of signing a memorandum of understanding for the processing of crude oil between the Ministry of Oil in the Republic of Iraq, and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for a period of one year, starting from the date of its entry into force, taking into account Pay attention to the notes of the Ministry of Oil.

The Cabinet discussed, according to the statement, "other issues on the agenda, and approved the following:

First /
1- The committee mentioned in Clause (Third) of Article (1), and Clause (Second) of Article (3), indicated in the Law of Seizure and Confiscation of Movable and Immovable Assets belonging to the pillars of the previous regime, shall be cancelled.

2- Recommend to the House of Representatives to withdraw the draft law of the first amendment to the law of seizing and confiscating movable and immovable funds belonging to the pillars of the previous regime (No. 72 of 2017).

3- The aggrieved party shall file lawsuits regarding the seizure or confiscation decision before the competent courts.

4- Taking into consideration the remarks of the legal advisor to the Prime Minister.

Second / Approving the draft law of the first amendment to the Iraqi Supreme Maritime Authority Law (No. 18 of 2019), which was audited by the State Council, and referred to the House of Representatives based on the provisions of the constitution, taking into account the notes of the legal department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.

Third: Confirming the implementation of Cabinet Decision (107 of 2016) regarding the liquidation of the Sennacherib Company for Modern Public Irrigation Technologies affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Fourth / Approval of the Ministry of Finance financing, only, two billion dinars as a grant to the Union of Iraqi Jurists, to restore and rehabilitate the general headquarters of the Union and its branches in the governorates, after the enactment of the general budget law for the year 2023.

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“Preventing them from transferring money” .. Revealing the recommendations of the committee dealing with the increase in the number of foreign workers

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Information / Baghdad..
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers revealed, on Thursday, the recommendations of the committee concerned with studying the problem of the increase in the number of workers regarding foreign workers in Iraq.
The Secretariat stated in a statement it received / information / that "the committee formed according to Ministerial Order (651) related to studying the problem of the increase in the number of foreign workers in Iraq, issued its recommendations according to the following: A. Re-adjusting the situation of foreign workers in violation of the Iraqi laws in force by issuing decisions that are binding on
implementation For violators, as follows:
First: Adapting the legal status of violating foreign workers, those who obtain an official entry visa, and those who enter legally through a request submitted by individuals and owners of companies and projects to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, as it is the sectoral authority concerned with granting and issuing work permits and licenses to meet the financial wages for issuing a work permit, implemented from the date Submitting the application, provided that the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs notifies the Directorate of Residence Affairs to complete the procedures for granting residency according to a mechanism approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in coordination between it and the Directorate of Residence Affairs. 
Second: In order to accept the application, it is required that the consideration for each violating foreign worker be an Iraqi worker (not employed or not retired and covered by the amended Social Security Law No. 39 of 1971), provided that this does not include housekeepers, aids for the elderly and people with special needs. 
Third: Determine the period for submitting applications to (45) days, excluding official holidays, starting from the date determined by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and announcing it in the official media. It is subject to extension by a proposal submitted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs when there is justification for the extension. 
Fourth: Offending foreign workers who are in the Kurdistan region throughout their work period. Re-adjusting their legal status, dealing with it, and the costs of their travel are the responsibility of the regional government. 
Fifth: Granting a regular entry visa to the violating foreign workers after re-adjusting their legal status, provided that (500,000) dinars, five hundred thousand Iraqi dinars, only, are collected from each worker according to the provisions of Article (44) of the Foreigners Residence Law (76 of 2017).
B. In order to facilitate and organize the investment process and create an encouraging climate in Iraq and remove all obstacles that stand in its way, which reflects positively on the speed of the economic development and reconstruction process in Iraq and based on the authority vested in the Minister of Interior in accordance with the provisions of Article (1) of the Aliens Residence Law (76 of 2017) ), which includes authorizing ambassadors and heads of Iraqi missions and consulates abroad to grant entry visas to investors, businessmen and company managers after referring to the security check.
c. Issuance of instructions from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to implement the provisions of Article (30) of the Labor Law (37 of 2015), which stipulates (departments and employers are prohibited from employing any foreign worker in any capacity unless he obtains a work permit issued by the Ministry in return for a fee determined by instructions issued by the Minister).
Dr.. The National Investment Commission put in place a mechanism and technical controls to measure the size of investment projects and the amount of need to bring in foreign labor and determine the actual need for each project, provided that the commission amends the investment system (2 of 2009), Article (30 / first) thereof, provided that it is not less than (70% of employment). Iraqi) for (30% foreign labor). 
e. Requiring all government institutions and investment companies, especially oil and electricity projects and the private sector, to allow follow-up and investigation detachments in the Directorate of Residence Affairs to implement the provisions of Article (24) of the Foreigners’ Residence Law, and the inspection teams of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to implement the provisions of Article (129) of the Labor Law and facilitate investigation procedures And the inspection carried out by the detachments and teams for foreigners who violate the laws.
And the. Coordination between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, to unify procedures to work in accordance with the provisions of the Foreigners Residence Law (76 of 2017) and the Labor Law (37 of 2015) in force, according to a mechanism agreed upon between the center and the region, and not allowing violating foreign workers to move from the region to other governorates . 
G. Requiring the owners of companies and investment projects contracting with all ministries and government institutions to report to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs when submitting requests to re-adjust the legal status of the violators working for them, provided that they are in accordance with what was specified in paragraph (d) above.

h. Re-establishing the granting of entry visas to Syrians, in accordance with the law and instructions, and canceling decisions, orders, directives, and books that contain otherwise. 
i. Organizing the movement of religious tourism and tourist areas organized by the Tourism Authority in obtaining entry visas through tourism companies in a way that enhances Iraq's international position to ensure that they do not violate them.
J. Control the Iraqi regional borders with neighboring countries to prevent the entry of infiltrators and reduce the crimes of human trafficking and drug trafficking. 
K. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organizes memorandums of understanding with neighboring countries and countries exporting foreign labour, taking into account the concern not to bring in foreign labor from countries that do not have diplomatic representation in Iraq, in a manner that is appropriate to the country's need for such labor to limit the spread of violating foreign labor. 
to. Automating the work of the Directorate of Residence Affairs through the electronic visa project to follow up on the movement of foreign workers who are granted entry visas, and to identify the violating workers.
M. Approving the security approval issued by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (when granting a foreigner an entry visa to Iraqi territory for the purpose of work) to issue a work permit from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to facilitate procedures. The Iraqi National Intelligence Service is re-approached to obtain security approval when renewing the annual work permit. Adapting the status of the violating foreign workers, so the security audit period will be (7) working days.
n. Supporting the decision of the Board of Directors of the Tourism Authority to impose a financial guarantee (25,000,000) dinars, twenty-five million Iraqi dinars only, on tourism companies operating in the field of religious tourism. It will be confiscated in the event that it is proven that individuals from the tourist groups that enter Iraqi territory through those companies have leaked out. 
s. The inclusion of the Pakistani nationality is equal to the Afghan nationality, after referring to the opinion of the Tourism Authority according to the mechanism it adopts, which includes not promoting any request to grant entry visas to tourism companies, except after providing the Authority with the departure list for all members of the previous group, to ensure that visitors do not drop out.
p. Detachments of the Directorate of Residence Affairs in Baghdad and the provinces continue campaigns to follow up on foreigners who violate the law. 
F. Confirm the application of the provisions of Article (40) of the Foreign Residence Law against employers in the event of failure to respond to the adjustment of the legal status of the violating foreigners working for them, which stipulates (the punishment of imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years and a fine of not less than ((500,000 dinars, five hundred thousand Iraqi dinars Only, and not exceeding (3,000,000) dinars, three million Iraqi dinars only, whoever violates the provisions of Articles / 3-8-11-32 / and in the sense of Articles (12) and (13) of the Residence Law. 
s. The Central Bank of Iraq instructed all governmental and private banks, exchange companies, and money transfer offices not to allow foreigners inside Iraqi territory to transfer any sums of money abroad unless they present them (residence ID, entry visa, or valid work permit).
s. Requiring the Ministry of Communications and the Media and Communications Commission to coordinate between them and the communication companies contracting with it and operating in Iraq not to provide foreigners inside Iraqi territory with mobile phone SIM cards and Internet service, except after providing them with a valid residence ID, entry visa or work permit. 
R. Returning all asylum seekers who have dropped out of the camps to house them and who practice businesses and professions outside the legal framework, in coordination between them, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Ministry of Migration and Displacement.
u. Notice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow up the phenomenon of granting asylum seekers document to foreigners of nationalities (Syrian, Sudanese, Pakistani, and Afghani) and in coordination between them and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees with the offer. category because they fall under the umbrella of international protection.
T. Continuing to grant entry and residence permits based on the provisions of the Aliens Residence Law (76 of 2017) and the instructions for granting multiple entry visas No. (2 of 2021). Ended/25 h

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The Cabinet Secretariat reveals the recommendations of a governmental committee to confront the problem of the increase in the number of foreign workers

 

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Economy News-Baghdad
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers revealed, on Thursday, the recommendations of the committee concerned with studying the problem of the increase in the number of workers regarding foreign workers in Iraq.

 

They mentioned the secretariat in a statement that “the committee formed according to Ministerial Order (651) related to studying the problem of the increase in the number of foreign workers in Iraq issued its recommendations as follows:

 

a. Re-adjusting the status of foreign workers in violation of the Iraqi laws in force by issuing binding decisions for the violators, as follows:

 

First: Adapting the legal status of violating foreign workers, those who obtain an official entry visa, and those who enter legally through a request submitted by individuals and owners of companies and projects to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, as it is the sectoral authority concerned with granting and issuing work permits and licenses to meet the financial wages for issuing a work permit, implemented from the date Submitting the application, provided that the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs notifies the Directorate of Residence Affairs to complete the procedures for granting residency according to a mechanism approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in coordination between it and the Directorate of Residence Affairs.

 

Second: In order to accept the application, it is required that the consideration for each foreign worker in violation be an Iraqi worker (not employed or not retired and covered by the amended Social Security Law No. 39 of 1971), provided that this does not include housekeepers, aids for the elderly and people with special needs.

 

Third: Determine the period for submitting applications to (45) days, excluding official holidays, starting from the date determined by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and announcing it in the official media. It is subject to extension by a proposal submitted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs when there is justification for the extension.

 

Fourth: Offending foreign workers who are present in the Kurdistan region throughout their work period. Re-adjusting their legal status, dealing with it, and the costs of their travel are the responsibility of the regional government.

 

Fifth: Granting a regular entry visa to the violating foreign workers after re-adjusting their legal status, provided that (500,000) dinars, five hundred thousand Iraqi dinars, only, are collected from each worker according to the provisions of Article (44) of the Foreigners Residence Law (76 of 2017).

 

B. In order to facilitate and organize the investment process and create an encouraging climate in Iraq and remove all obstacles that stand in its way, which reflects positively on the speed of the economic development and reconstruction process in Iraq and based on the authority vested in the Minister of Interior in accordance with the provisions of Article (1) of the Aliens Residence Law (76 of 2017) ), which includes authorizing ambassadors and heads of Iraqi missions and consulates abroad to grant entry visas to investors, businessmen and company managers after referring to the security check.

 

c. Issuance of instructions from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to implement the provisions of Article (30) of the Labor Law (37 of 2015), which stipulates (departments and employers are prohibited from employing any foreign worker in any capacity unless he obtains a work permit issued by the Ministry in return for a fee determined by instructions issued by the Minister).

 

Dr.. The National Investment Commission put in place a mechanism and technical controls to measure the size of investment projects and the amount of need to bring in foreign labor and determine the actual need for each project, provided that the commission amends the investment system (2 of 2009), Article (30 / first) thereof, provided that it is not less than (70% of employment). Iraqi) for (30% foreign labor).

 

e. Requiring all government institutions and investment companies, especially oil and electricity projects and the private sector, to allow follow-up and investigation detachments in the Directorate of Residence Affairs to implement the provisions of Article (24) of the Foreigners’ Residence Law and inspection teams of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to implement the provisions of Article (129) of the Labor Law and facilitate investigation procedures And the inspection carried out by the detachments and teams for foreigners who violate the laws.

 

And the. Coordination between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, to unify procedures to work in accordance with the provisions of the Foreigners Residence Law (76 of 2017) and the Labor Law (37 of 2015) in force, according to a mechanism agreed upon between the center and the region, and not allowing violating foreign workers to move from the region to other governorates .

 

G. Requiring the owners of companies and investment projects contracting with all ministries and government institutions to report to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs when submitting requests to re-adjust the legal status of the violators working for them, provided that they are in accordance with what was specified in paragraph (d) above.

 

h. Re-establishing the granting of entry visas to Syrians, in accordance with the law and instructions, and canceling decisions, orders, directives, and books that contain otherwise.

 

i. Regulating the movement of religious tourism and tourist areas organized by the Tourism Authority in obtaining entry visas through tourism companies in a way that enhances Iraq's international position to ensure that they do not violate them.

 

J. Control the Iraqi regional borders with neighboring countries to prevent the entry of infiltrators and reduce the crimes of human trafficking and drug trafficking.

 

K. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organizes memorandums of understanding with neighboring countries and countries that export foreign labour, taking into account the concern not to bring in foreign labor from countries that do not have diplomatic representation in Iraq, in a manner that is consistent with the country's need for that labor to limit the spread of violating foreign labor.

 

to. Automating the work of the Directorate of Residence Affairs through the electronic visa project to follow up on the movement of foreign workers who are granted entry visas, and to identify the violating workers.

 

M. Approving the security approval issued by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (when granting a foreigner an entry visa to Iraqi territory for the purpose of work) to issue a work permit from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to facilitate procedures. The Iraqi National Intelligence Service is re-approached to obtain security approval when renewing the annual work permit. Adapting the status of the violating foreign workers, so the security audit period will be (7) working days.

 

n. Supporting the decision of the Board of Directors of the Tourism Authority to impose a financial guarantee of (25,000,000) dinars, twenty-five million Iraqi dinars, only, on tourism companies operating in the field of religious tourism, to be confiscated in the event that it is proven that individuals from the tourist groups that enter Iraqi territory through those companies have leaked out.

 

s. The inclusion of the Pakistani nationality is equal to the Afghan nationality, after referring to the opinion of the Tourism Authority according to the mechanism it adopts, which includes not promoting any request to grant entry visas to tourism companies, except after providing the Authority with the departure list for all members of the previous group, to ensure that visitors do not drop out.

 

p. Detachments of the Directorate of Residence Affairs in Baghdad and the provinces continue campaigns to follow up on foreigners who violate the law.

 

F. Confirm the application of the provisions of Article (40) of the Foreign Residence Law against employers in the event of failure to respond to the adjustment of the legal status of the violating foreigners working for them, which stipulates (the punishment of imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years and a fine of not less than ((500,000 dinars, five hundred thousand Iraqi dinars Only, and not exceeding (3,000,000) dinars, three million Iraqi dinars only, whoever violates the provisions of Articles / 3-8-11-32 / and in the sense of Articles (12) and (13) of the Residence Law.

 

s. The Central Bank of Iraq instructed all governmental and private banks, exchange companies, and money transfer offices not to allow foreigners inside Iraqi territory to transfer any sums of money abroad unless they present them (residence ID, entry visa, or valid work permit).

 

s. Requiring the Ministry of Communications and the Media and Communications Commission to coordinate between them and the communication companies contracting with it and operating in Iraq not to provide foreigners inside Iraqi territory with mobile phone SIM cards and Internet service, except after providing them with a valid residence ID, entry visa or work permit.

 

R. Returning all asylum seekers who have dropped out of the camps to house them and who practice businesses and professions outside the legal framework, in coordination between them, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Ministry of Migration and Displacement.

 

u. Notice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow up the phenomenon of granting asylum seekers document to foreigners of nationalities (Syrian, Sudanese, Pakistani, and Afghani) and in coordination between them and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees with the offer. category because they fall under the umbrella of international protection.

 

T. Continuing to grant entry and residence permits based on the provisions of the Aliens Residence Law (76 of 2017) and the instructions for granting multiple entry visas No. (2 of 2021). 

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