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[rtl]Baghdad / NINA / - The Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia'a Al-Sudani, chaired today, Tuesday, the second regular session of the Council of Ministers, which discussed the overall general situation, issues and decisions on the agenda.
The session witnessed a discussion of the rise in the exchange rate of the dollar, its effects on the market, and on citizens' purchases from the local markets, and the measures required to address this and support the national currency.
And the Council approved the following procedures:
1. Oblige all government agencies to sell all goods and services inside Iraq in dinars and at the central bank rate of (1470) dinars to one dollar.
2- What was stated in paragraph (1) above includes sales of goods and services from the private sector, especially the offices of national and foreign airlines, commercial agencies, telecommunications and Internet companies, and sales of residential investment complexes, and the emphasis is on the prices of goods and services in Iraqi dinars over the rate of the Central Bank.
3- The Central Bank sells dollars to the parties mentioned in Paragraph (2) at the price set by the Central Bank at a price of (1460) dinars per dollar for remittances, and (1455) dinars per dollar to cover documentary credits, after undertaking to sell in Iraqi dinars, and this is announced on the official websites of the concerned authorities. on sales outlets.
4- The Central Bank of Iraq issues an easy mechanism, and within one week from the date of the decision, through which the private sector mentioned in paragraphs (2 and 3) above can obtain dollars at the official rate, and the bank also secures private sector transfers outside Iraq and at the official rate to cover their external obligations.
The Cabinet also continued discussing the file of confirming contractors in all state ministries, and approved the Ministry of Finance's introduction of titles and job grades within the departments and formations budget, to install contractors before November 2, 2019, on permanent staffing, within the operational or planning expenses of each formation.
In the same context, the Council of Ministers approved the Ministry of Finance to convert (1,000) social researchers into contractors in accordance with Cabinet Resolutions (315 and 337 of 2019), with the addition of financial allocation teams to them with special schedules.
And within the framework of supporting the winter agricultural plan for the current season, and addressing the existing water problem, the Cabinet approved the recommendations of the meeting of the permanent joint committee between (the ministries of agriculture and water resources) held on November 30, 2022, regarding adding the two paragraphs below to the recommendations of the committee concerned with preparing A clear study on the winter agricultural plan for this season, and focus on the use of groundwater in promising areas in all governorates approved by the Council of Ministers in accordance with with its decision (284 of 2022) according to the following:
1. Adding an area (one million acres) to make the total area cultivated on surface water ( 2,500,000 dunums, only two and a half million dunums, provided that the focus is on the agricultural areas of the winter plan on the main rivers, streams and channels.
2. Forming joint committees from the water resources directorates, agricultural directorates, agricultural committees and agricultural associations in coordination with them and the operations room consisting of the Joint Operations Command in all governorates to follow up the commitment of farmers and farmers to the irrigation areas approved By the agricultural plan for the winter season 2022-2023 and to remove the abuses, and the trespassers bear the legal responsibility as a result of their transgression, the aforementioned ministries are not obligated and are not responsible for considering or promoting any requests regarding compensation, in the event of a violation of the approved agricultural plan, and for setting up bi-monthly meetings whose dates are agreed upon in coordination
between the directorates of agriculture and the directorates of water resources in all governorates.
And in implementation of the Prime Minister's directives to expedite the implementation of the government's plans to remove traffic jams and reduce traffic congestion in the capital, Baghdad, and the subsequent measures represented in raising a number of checkpoints on both sides of Karkh and Rusafa, and opening several roads and tunnels inside the Green Zone, the Council of Ministers discussed the plan The comprehensive government that will be implemented by the Ministry of Construction and Housing to relieve traffic jams in the capital, Baghdad, where the Council approved the following:
1. Authorizing the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works the authority to conduct contracts with a ceiling not exceeding 1,500,000,000,000
Dinars, only one trillion and five hundred billion dinars for projects included in the government program, by direct invitation method (design / implementation) and acceptance of the only offer within the total cost, provided that the contracts include a clause stipulating that no amounts will be spent until after the approval of the federal budget of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year / 2023, and the aforementioned Ministry will finance the required amounts, including contracting with a reputable and reputable international consulting body, as an exception to the instructions for implementing government contracts (2 of 2014).
2. All ministries and agencies not associated with a ministry provide support for the project to relieve traffic jams in the capital, Baghdad, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works.
3. Forming committees at each site to address conflicts facing implementation, consisting of ministries (oil, culture, electricity, communications, transportation, finance, and planning), the Municipality of Baghdad, and the Baghdad Operations Command. The committees are empowered to implement spare orders, and their costs are added to the cost of the project.
4. Authorizing the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, and the public entities that own land or the owner of the allotment, the authority to implement the projects in question within the lands owned or allocated to those entities, provided that the expropriation takes place or the allocation of the body is changed.
With the aim of implementing what was stated in the ministerial curriculum, and what was included in the government program with regard to the housing axis, and providing the necessary facilities in this regard, the Council of Ministers approved the following:
Approval of the minutes of the consultative meeting held on November 29, 2022 regarding lands belonging to the Ministry of Finance and complexes designated for the construction of residential complexes, and paragraph (Third) of the recommendations of Meeting No. (17) of the National Housing Council, according to the following:
Lands belonging to the Ministry of Finance
- Based on the provisions of Article (1/7) of the Amended Law of Emiri Lands and Buildings (3 of 1960), transferring the ownership of lands belonging to the Ministry of Finance and previously allocated by the Ministry above, without compensation, to The Housing Department, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, on which it is built. Public housing complexes or under construction in accordance with Legislative Decree (39 of 2001).
• Lands belonging to the General Directorate of Municipalities and allocated to the Housing Department.
2- Owning the lands belonging to the General Directorate of Municipalities and allocated to the Housing Department in accordance with Resolution (693 of 1973) without compensation, with what you need from the lands indicated in Article 1 of Law (80 of 1970) in the event that it applies to lands belonging to municipalities.
In the context of implementing the strategic plans set for the development of the electricity system, the Cabinet agreed to authorize the Minister of Electricity to sign a memorandum of cooperation for the energy program in Iraq, the second phase, between the Ministry of Electricity and Siemens Energy AG, as an exception to the contracting methods stipulated in Article (3) of the instructions. Implementation of government contracts (2 of 2014)
The ministers participating in the government delegation to Germany were also authorized to sign memorandums with their counterparts from the German side.
The Council of Ministers continued discussing other issues on the agenda, and issued the following decisions:
First/ approving the recommendations of the minutes of the (twenty-eighth) meeting of the Diwani Order Committee (45 of 2018), concerned with developing ways, Mechanisms and solutions necessary for the completion of public hospital projects.
Second / Approving the draft law for the second amendment to the Iraqi Media Network Law No. (26) of 2015, referring it to the House of Representatives.
Third / for the requirements of the public interest, work requirements and ensuring the continued provision of the media network in the most complete manner, impartiality and independence in accordance with the standards specified by law, recommending to the House of Representatives the dismissal of the president and members of the Board of Trustees of the Iraqi Media Network.
Fourth / Approval of the recommendations presented by the Deputy Prime Minister / Minister of Planning regarding amending the customs tariff
Fifth / Approving the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Economy according to the following:
- Adjusting the prices of petroleum products in the future will be one of the tasks of the Ministerial Council for Economy, with a recommendation to the Council of Ministers.
Sixth / Approving the exemption of military shipments belonging to the Ministry of Defense from paragraphs (3, 5) of Cabinet Resolution (65 of 2022)./ Ended 9[/rtl]
The session witnessed a discussion of the rise in the exchange rate of the dollar, its effects on the market, and on citizens' purchases from the local markets, and the measures required to address this and support the national currency.
And the Council approved the following procedures:
1. Oblige all government agencies to sell all goods and services inside Iraq in dinars and at the central bank rate of (1470) dinars to one dollar.
2- What was stated in paragraph (1) above includes sales of goods and services from the private sector, especially the offices of national and foreign airlines, commercial agencies, telecommunications and Internet companies, and sales of residential investment complexes, and the emphasis is on the prices of goods and services in Iraqi dinars over the rate of the Central Bank.
3- The Central Bank sells dollars to the parties mentioned in Paragraph (2) at the price set by the Central Bank at a price of (1460) dinars per dollar for remittances, and (1455) dinars per dollar to cover documentary credits, after undertaking to sell in Iraqi dinars, and this is announced on the official websites of the concerned authorities. on sales outlets.
4- The Central Bank of Iraq issues an easy mechanism, and within one week from the date of the decision, through which the private sector mentioned in paragraphs (2 and 3) above can obtain dollars at the official rate, and the bank also secures private sector transfers outside Iraq and at the official rate to cover their external obligations.
The Cabinet also continued discussing the file of confirming contractors in all state ministries, and approved the Ministry of Finance's introduction of titles and job grades within the departments and formations budget, to install contractors before November 2, 2019, on permanent staffing, within the operational or planning expenses of each formation.
In the same context, the Council of Ministers approved the Ministry of Finance to convert (1,000) social researchers into contractors in accordance with Cabinet Resolutions (315 and 337 of 2019), with the addition of financial allocation teams to them with special schedules.
And within the framework of supporting the winter agricultural plan for the current season, and addressing the existing water problem, the Cabinet approved the recommendations of the meeting of the permanent joint committee between (the ministries of agriculture and water resources) held on November 30, 2022, regarding adding the two paragraphs below to the recommendations of the committee concerned with preparing A clear study on the winter agricultural plan for this season, and focus on the use of groundwater in promising areas in all governorates approved by the Council of Ministers in accordance with with its decision (284 of 2022) according to the following:
1. Adding an area (one million acres) to make the total area cultivated on surface water ( 2,500,000 dunums, only two and a half million dunums, provided that the focus is on the agricultural areas of the winter plan on the main rivers, streams and channels.
2. Forming joint committees from the water resources directorates, agricultural directorates, agricultural committees and agricultural associations in coordination with them and the operations room consisting of the Joint Operations Command in all governorates to follow up the commitment of farmers and farmers to the irrigation areas approved By the agricultural plan for the winter season 2022-2023 and to remove the abuses, and the trespassers bear the legal responsibility as a result of their transgression, the aforementioned ministries are not obligated and are not responsible for considering or promoting any requests regarding compensation, in the event of a violation of the approved agricultural plan, and for setting up bi-monthly meetings whose dates are agreed upon in coordination
between the directorates of agriculture and the directorates of water resources in all governorates.
And in implementation of the Prime Minister's directives to expedite the implementation of the government's plans to remove traffic jams and reduce traffic congestion in the capital, Baghdad, and the subsequent measures represented in raising a number of checkpoints on both sides of Karkh and Rusafa, and opening several roads and tunnels inside the Green Zone, the Council of Ministers discussed the plan The comprehensive government that will be implemented by the Ministry of Construction and Housing to relieve traffic jams in the capital, Baghdad, where the Council approved the following:
1. Authorizing the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works the authority to conduct contracts with a ceiling not exceeding 1,500,000,000,000
Dinars, only one trillion and five hundred billion dinars for projects included in the government program, by direct invitation method (design / implementation) and acceptance of the only offer within the total cost, provided that the contracts include a clause stipulating that no amounts will be spent until after the approval of the federal budget of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year / 2023, and the aforementioned Ministry will finance the required amounts, including contracting with a reputable and reputable international consulting body, as an exception to the instructions for implementing government contracts (2 of 2014).
2. All ministries and agencies not associated with a ministry provide support for the project to relieve traffic jams in the capital, Baghdad, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works.
3. Forming committees at each site to address conflicts facing implementation, consisting of ministries (oil, culture, electricity, communications, transportation, finance, and planning), the Municipality of Baghdad, and the Baghdad Operations Command. The committees are empowered to implement spare orders, and their costs are added to the cost of the project.
4. Authorizing the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, and the public entities that own land or the owner of the allotment, the authority to implement the projects in question within the lands owned or allocated to those entities, provided that the expropriation takes place or the allocation of the body is changed.
With the aim of implementing what was stated in the ministerial curriculum, and what was included in the government program with regard to the housing axis, and providing the necessary facilities in this regard, the Council of Ministers approved the following:
Approval of the minutes of the consultative meeting held on November 29, 2022 regarding lands belonging to the Ministry of Finance and complexes designated for the construction of residential complexes, and paragraph (Third) of the recommendations of Meeting No. (17) of the National Housing Council, according to the following:
Lands belonging to the Ministry of Finance
- Based on the provisions of Article (1/7) of the Amended Law of Emiri Lands and Buildings (3 of 1960), transferring the ownership of lands belonging to the Ministry of Finance and previously allocated by the Ministry above, without compensation, to The Housing Department, one of the formations of the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, on which it is built. Public housing complexes or under construction in accordance with Legislative Decree (39 of 2001).
• Lands belonging to the General Directorate of Municipalities and allocated to the Housing Department.
2- Owning the lands belonging to the General Directorate of Municipalities and allocated to the Housing Department in accordance with Resolution (693 of 1973) without compensation, with what you need from the lands indicated in Article 1 of Law (80 of 1970) in the event that it applies to lands belonging to municipalities.
In the context of implementing the strategic plans set for the development of the electricity system, the Cabinet agreed to authorize the Minister of Electricity to sign a memorandum of cooperation for the energy program in Iraq, the second phase, between the Ministry of Electricity and Siemens Energy AG, as an exception to the contracting methods stipulated in Article (3) of the instructions. Implementation of government contracts (2 of 2014)
The ministers participating in the government delegation to Germany were also authorized to sign memorandums with their counterparts from the German side.
The Council of Ministers continued discussing other issues on the agenda, and issued the following decisions:
First/ approving the recommendations of the minutes of the (twenty-eighth) meeting of the Diwani Order Committee (45 of 2018), concerned with developing ways, Mechanisms and solutions necessary for the completion of public hospital projects.
Second / Approving the draft law for the second amendment to the Iraqi Media Network Law No. (26) of 2015, referring it to the House of Representatives.
Third / for the requirements of the public interest, work requirements and ensuring the continued provision of the media network in the most complete manner, impartiality and independence in accordance with the standards specified by law, recommending to the House of Representatives the dismissal of the president and members of the Board of Trustees of the Iraqi Media Network.
Fourth / Approval of the recommendations presented by the Deputy Prime Minister / Minister of Planning regarding amending the customs tariff
Fifth / Approving the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Economy according to the following:
- Adjusting the prices of petroleum products in the future will be one of the tasks of the Ministerial Council for Economy, with a recommendation to the Council of Ministers.
Sixth / Approving the exemption of military shipments belonging to the Ministry of Defense from paragraphs (3, 5) of Cabinet Resolution (65 of 2022)./ Ended 9[/rtl]
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