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Economy News - Baghdad
Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani chaired, on Monday, the eighth regular session of the Council of Ministers.
During the session, according to a statement by Al-Sudani's office, "discussed developments in the situation in the country, discussed a number of vital files, as well as discussed the topics on the agenda, and made the most important recommendations and decisions in their regard."
The statement added, "In the context of the session, and with the aim of supporting the weak and fragile groups, and giving the displaced the utmost importance, the Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Commerce, in cooperation with the private sector companies supporting the ministry, to prepare food and in-kind aid that includes 22 items, and distribute it among the camps for the displaced within Nineveh Governorate (Al-Khazir). Hasan Sham, Isan, Yuto, Mam Rashan).
And the statement continued, “Based on the continuous directives of the Prime Minister to support the segment of the poor and those with limited income, and what was included in the ministerial curriculum to provide support for these groups, the Council of Ministers decided to add and increase the foodstuffs shown in the table below for the segment of the poor, and those with limited income and those covered by social protection for basket materials.” food items established under Paragraph (3) of Cabinet Resolution (60 of 2021) of the financial allocations for the Ministry of Commerce, as follows:
- Increasing sugar to 1 kg per person
- Increasing cooking oil to 1 liter per person
- Adding tea at a rate of 200 gm per person
- Adding milk at a rate of 250 gm per person
- Adding zero flour at a rate of 1 kg per person.
In its agenda, the Cabinet discussed the efforts made by the engineering and service effort team, and its continuation in providing services to disadvantaged residential areas. With the aim of achieving the main objectives of the team, which are in line with the government's ministerial curriculum, the Cabinet approved the following:
1- Authorizing the service and engineering effort team, in coordination with the relevant departments, the authority to implement infrastructure works for areas of agricultural gender owned by the state, or others, or burdened with disposal rights that have become the reality of the state of residential areas within the boundaries of the basic designs of the city of Baghdad or municipalities in the governorates.
2- The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers will follow up with the House of Representatives, to complete the procedures for enacting the law of allocating agricultural lands and orchards located within the basic design of the city of Baghdad and municipalities, issued according to Cabinet Resolution (207 of 2019).
The statement indicated, "In order to continue work on developing the capital, Baghdad, and to improve its service situation, the Council of Ministers decided the following:
- Extending the work of Cabinet Resolutions (377 of 2021 and 214 of 2022) regarding authorizing the Baghdad Municipality to directly implement and divide one work for projects to develop shops and streets in the capital, Baghdad, within the operating budget for the next fiscal year until the end of 2023.
The Council of Ministers discussed the work mechanisms of the Iraqi Drilling Company, and overcoming the obstacles facing its workflow, as the Council approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Energy (50 of 2022) as follows:
- Renewing the exclusion of the Iraqi Drilling Company from the two methods (sole offer and direct contracting) set out in the instructions for implementing government contracts (2 of 2014) to enable the Ministry of Oil companies to refer drilling and reclamation work to the Iraqi Drilling Company for being exclusively specialized in this field.
The session witnessed, according to the statement, "a discussion of the Basra refinery project - cracking by catalyst (FCC), in its fourth phase, and its basic requirements, as the Council of Ministers approved the following:
1- Approval of the financing conditions established in the Ministry of Finance’s letter No. (11518) dated December 11, 2022, and authorizing the Minister of Finance to sign the loan agreement for the financing of the Basra Refinery Project - Cofactor Fracking (FCC), the fourth phase, funded by the Japan Cooperation Agency. International (JICA), based on the provisions of Article (5/First) of the Emergency Support for Food Security and Development Law (2 of 2022).
2- Inclusion of the fifth phase of the project within the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal year / 2023.
The Council of Ministers discussed "other issues on the agenda, and issued the following decisions in their regard:
First/ Approval of the draft law ratifying the agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent evasion from paying taxes on income and capital between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the Republic of Turkey, which was prepared by the State Council, and referred it to the House of Representatives based on the provisions of Articles (61/ item first, and 80/ item ii) of the Constitution.
Second / Approval of the draft law ratifying the Arab Protocol to Prevent and Combat Maritime Piracy and Armed Robbery annexed and complementary to the Arab Convention on Combating Transnational Organized Crime, prepared by the State Council, and referring it to the House of Representatives based on the provisions of Articles (61/ item first, and 80/ item second) from the constitution.
Third: Cancellation of Cabinet Resolution (242 of 2021) regarding the appointment of (Ali Jassim Yusef Mohsen Al-Yasiri) as Deputy Head of the Border Crossings Authority, for violating the service condition mentioned in Article (1 / Fourth) of the Border Crossings Authority Law (30 of 2016).
Fourth / Not working on the collection of customs duties and tax amounts in advance stipulated in Article (16 / Fourth) of the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal year 2021, because it will expire at the end of the fiscal year 2021, with an emphasis on the General Authority for Customs and the General Tax Authority to collect those customs fees and amounts Taxes on goods entering Iraq at the border crossings.
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Economy News - Baghdad
Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani chaired, on Monday, the eighth regular session of the Council of Ministers.
During the session, according to a statement by Al-Sudani's office, "discussed developments in the situation in the country, discussed a number of vital files, as well as discussed the topics on the agenda, and made the most important recommendations and decisions in their regard."
The statement added, "In the context of the session, and with the aim of supporting the weak and fragile groups, and giving the displaced the utmost importance, the Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Commerce, in cooperation with the private sector companies supporting the ministry, to prepare food and in-kind aid that includes 22 items, and distribute it among the camps for the displaced within Nineveh Governorate (Al-Khazir). Hasan Sham, Isan, Yuto, Mam Rashan).
And the statement continued, “Based on the continuous directives of the Prime Minister to support the segment of the poor and those with limited income, and what was included in the ministerial curriculum to provide support for these groups, the Council of Ministers decided to add and increase the foodstuffs shown in the table below for the segment of the poor, and those with limited income and those covered by social protection for basket materials.” food items established under Paragraph (3) of Cabinet Resolution (60 of 2021) of the financial allocations for the Ministry of Commerce, as follows:
- Increasing sugar to 1 kg per person
- Increasing cooking oil to 1 liter per person
- Adding tea at a rate of 200 gm per person
- Adding milk at a rate of 250 gm per person
- Adding zero flour at a rate of 1 kg per person.
In its agenda, the Cabinet discussed the efforts made by the engineering and service effort team, and its continuation in providing services to disadvantaged residential areas. With the aim of achieving the main objectives of the team, which are in line with the government's ministerial curriculum, the Cabinet approved the following:
1- Authorizing the service and engineering effort team, in coordination with the relevant departments, the authority to implement infrastructure works for areas of agricultural gender owned by the state, or others, or burdened with disposal rights that have become the reality of the state of residential areas within the boundaries of the basic designs of the city of Baghdad or municipalities in the governorates.
2- The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers will follow up with the House of Representatives, to complete the procedures for enacting the law of allocating agricultural lands and orchards located within the basic design of the city of Baghdad and municipalities, issued according to Cabinet Resolution (207 of 2019).
The statement indicated, "In order to continue work on developing the capital, Baghdad, and to improve its service situation, the Council of Ministers decided the following:
- Extending the work of Cabinet Resolutions (377 of 2021 and 214 of 2022) regarding authorizing the Baghdad Municipality to directly implement and divide one work for projects to develop shops and streets in the capital, Baghdad, within the operating budget for the next fiscal year until the end of 2023.
The Council of Ministers discussed the work mechanisms of the Iraqi Drilling Company, and overcoming the obstacles facing its workflow, as the Council approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Energy (50 of 2022) as follows:
- Renewing the exclusion of the Iraqi Drilling Company from the two methods (sole offer and direct contracting) set out in the instructions for implementing government contracts (2 of 2014) to enable the Ministry of Oil companies to refer drilling and reclamation work to the Iraqi Drilling Company for being exclusively specialized in this field.
The session witnessed, according to the statement, "a discussion of the Basra refinery project - cracking by catalyst (FCC), in its fourth phase, and its basic requirements, as the Council of Ministers approved the following:
1- Approval of the financing conditions established in the Ministry of Finance’s letter No. (11518) dated December 11, 2022, and authorizing the Minister of Finance to sign the loan agreement for the financing of the Basra Refinery Project - Cofactor Fracking (FCC), the fourth phase, funded by the Japan Cooperation Agency. International (JICA), based on the provisions of Article (5/First) of the Emergency Support for Food Security and Development Law (2 of 2022).
2- Inclusion of the fifth phase of the project within the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal year / 2023.
The Council of Ministers discussed "other issues on the agenda, and issued the following decisions in their regard:
First/ Approval of the draft law ratifying the agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent evasion from paying taxes on income and capital between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the Republic of Turkey, which was prepared by the State Council, and referred it to the House of Representatives based on the provisions of Articles (61/ item first, and 80/ item ii) of the Constitution.
Second / Approval of the draft law ratifying the Arab Protocol to Prevent and Combat Maritime Piracy and Armed Robbery annexed and complementary to the Arab Convention on Combating Transnational Organized Crime, prepared by the State Council, and referring it to the House of Representatives based on the provisions of Articles (61/ item first, and 80/ item second) from the constitution.
Third: Cancellation of Cabinet Resolution (242 of 2021) regarding the appointment of (Ali Jassim Yusef Mohsen Al-Yasiri) as Deputy Head of the Border Crossings Authority, for violating the service condition mentioned in Article (1 / Fourth) of the Border Crossings Authority Law (30 of 2016).
Fourth / Not working on the collection of customs duties and tax amounts in advance stipulated in Article (16 / Fourth) of the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal year 2021, because it will expire at the end of the fiscal year 2021, with an emphasis on the General Authority for Customs and the General Tax Authority to collect those customs fees and amounts Taxes on goods entering Iraq at the border crossings.
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