All Cabinet decisions taken in today’s session, April 7, 2024

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[size=52]All Cabinet decisions taken in today’s session, April 7, 2024[/size]

[size=45]Today, Tuesday, the Council of Ministers held its 15th regular session, headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, and discussed the topics on the agenda, and also voted on a number of decisions.[/size]
[size=45]A statement from the media office stated:
Today, Sunday, the Prime Minister, Mr. Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, chaired the fifteenth regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which the general situation in the country was discussed, and a number of important files in various fields were discussed, in addition to deliberating on the topics on the agenda. and making decisions and recommendations thereon.[/size]
[size=45]In order not to repeat the painful incident that happened to the students in Al-Haritha district, the following was approved:[/size]
[size=45]1. Basra Governorate will implement the projects listed below, within the governorate’s plan for the year 2024, to be funded as special programs from the revenues of the border crossings for the year 2024.[/size]
[size=45]A. Establishing schools on both sides of the Basra-Baghdad road to prevent students from crossing from both sides.[/size]
[size=45]B. Construction of pedestrian bridges crossing Basra-Baghdad Street.[/size]
[size=45]C. Preparing and implementing traffic signs and traffic engineering warning equipment for (Basra - Baghdad) Street and industrial speed bumps.[/size]
[size=45]2. Excluding the projects mentioned in Paragraph (1) above from the Instructions for Implementing Government Contracts (2 of 2014).[/size]
[size=45]In the context of government work to improve the service situation and complete lagging projects, it was decided to approve the following:[/size]
[size=45]First: Including the component (supplementary works for the construction of the Hawijat Albu Mahal Bridge) within the components of the project (constructing the Hawijat Albu Mahal Bridge, and increasing the cost of the main project.[/size]
[size=45]Second: Including the component (supplementary works to create entertainment parks that include five-a-side courts) within the components of the project (constructing entertainment parks that include the construction of five-a-side courts), and increasing the total cost of the main project.[/size]
[size=45]Third: Including the component (supplementary works for the project to equip machinery to a modern municipal directorate) within the project components (equipping machinery to a modern municipal directorate - a Volvo asphalt spreader and a German steel roller with a German rubber roller), and increasing the cost of the main project.[/size]
[size=45]Fourth: Including the component (supplementary works for the construction of the College of Education building in Al-Qaim) within the components of the project (construction and rehabilitation of a laboratory, classrooms, and internal departments for the University of Anbar/Ramadi, Fallujah, and Al-Qaim), while increasing the cost of the main project.[/size]
[size=45]Fifth: Increasing the amount of reserve for a contract (construction of a 20 km Haditha gray road, and construction of a 36 km long Haditha Gray Road, a second corridor), to implement compensation for uncompleted work for the difference in the exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar.[/size]
[size=45]Sixth: Increasing the total cost of the project (constructing the second corridor of the Ramadi-Haditha road with a length of 56 km (the first phase), which is included in the investment budget tables of the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works/Department of Roads and Bridges for the year 2023.[/size]
[size=45]Seventh: 1. Increasing the total cost and reserve amount for the main project (building a bridge in Diyala Governorate linking Al-Khalis District to Khanaqin District).[/size]
[size=45]2. Referring Diyala Governorate employees to the Diwani Order Committee (509) due to the problem they caused. Diyala Governorate bears responsibility for the veracity of the information and the accuracy of the data submitted to the Ministry of Planning.[/size]
[size=45]Eighth: Increasing the total cost of the project (reconstructing buildings belonging to the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works for the Anbar Water Directorates and Anbar Municipalities)[/size]
[size=45]Ninth: Increasing the amount of reserve for the components (re-establishing the Habbaniyah Municipality Directorate, the Fallujah Municipality Directorate, and the Fallujah Water Directorate).[/size]
[size=45]In the context of supporting the brotherly Palestinian people in Gaza in the face of the attacks and difficult circumstances they are exposed to, the Council voted to approve the following:[/size]
[size=45]1. Sending (10) million liters of kerosene to Gaza.[/size]
[size=45]2. Receiving the wounded from Gaza to provide them with treatment in government and private hospitals.[/size]
[size=45]In order to value the status of the Iraqi Scientific Academy, the following was approved:[/size]
[size=45]The Ministry of Finance estimates the value of the plot of land numbered (2/204, District 15 Al-Dahna), with an area of ​​(20) dunums, in accordance with the amended Law on the Sale and Rent of State Funds (21 of 2013), and sells it to the Iraqi Scientific Academy, with (50%) of the value of the allowance being written off. Land, based on applicable laws.[/size]
[size=45]The Council voted to approve the issuance of investment and partnership instructions between the public sector and the private sector for the year 2024, based on the provisions of the Constitution and the Federal General Budget Law of the Republic of Iraq for the three fiscal years, taking into consideration the recommendations of the State Council, the observations of the Legal Department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, and determining the percentage In each case separately, it is presented to the Council of Ministers.[/size]
[size=45]The Council also approved the Ministry of Interior to donate (177) various wheels to the Popular Mobilization Authority, based on Cabinet Resolution (150 of 2022) and the instructions to facilitate the implementation of the Federal General Budget Law (13 of 2023).[/size]
[size=45]The Council approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (24132 Q) as follows:[/size]
[size=45]Including the Popular Mobilization Authority to reduce the prices of oil derivatives to the official approved price instead of the commercial price, on par with the Ministries of Transport and Trade; In view of the services and work provided by the aforementioned authority in the field of services and engineering efforts.[/size]
[size=45]In the field of energy, the following was approved:[/size]
[size=45]1. Amending Cabinet Resolution (23608 of 2023) regarding the principles of cooperation for the energy program in Iraq with the German company Siemens - the second phase, by adding the following phrase: (Complete the listing of the project before referral and signing in a way that ensures the provision of the necessary allocations for its completion.[/size]
[size=45]2. Adopting the phrase stated in Paragraph (1) mentioned above, in the future, in all decisions related to the issues of referral and signature.[/size]
[size=45]The Council also decided the following:[/size]
[size=45]1. Amending Cabinet Resolution (23738 of 2023), paragraph (2) thereof, so that investment companies will finance, prepare materials and implement the lines (Bazian - Kirkuk 400 kV), and (Erbil Center - East Mosul 400 kV), instead of (Erbil-West Mosul 400 kV) line, and authorizing the Ministry of Electricity to sign energy purchase contracts with the Kar and Qaywan companies, and a contract addendum with the Erbil and Sulaymaniyah companies, starting from the date of installation, according to the agreement with the Ministry of Electricity in the regional government, as they achieve greater flexibility and stability. In discharging loads for the energy supplied from Erbil and Sulaymaniyah governorates to the national grid system.[/size]
[size=45]As part of the government’s efforts to improve the work of brick factory owners and reduce their environmental damage, the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (24090 Q) was approved, which includes canceling paragraph (4) of the Council of Ministers’ decision (24012 of 2024), and setting a maximum period of (3 years). Starting from the date of issuance of this decision for brick factory owners; To replace operating fuel from black oil to gas, and grant them soft loans for this purpose.[/size]
[size=45]Within the framework of the support provided by the government to peasants and farmers, the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (24110 Q) was approved, according to the following:[/size]
[size=45]1. Approval of the price fixed in Cabinet Resolution (140 of 2022) for the current season exclusively (2023-2024), the amount of (850 thousand dinars), per ton.[/size]
[size=45]2. The Ministries (Trade and Agriculture) study the purchase prices of the wheat crop for the upcoming agricultural seasons, according to specific principles (realistic production costs, global market prices, any variables that may occur in the future), to obtain a reasonable price that achieves a reasonable return for farmers, and propose a price. The crop used for irrigation methods with modern technologies distinguishes it from others before the planting season, specifically in the month of July, and a study is submitted to the Ministerial Council for the Economy to determine the purchase price.[/size]
[size=45]In order to achieve the technical standards required by investors in the housing sector, the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (24063 Q) was approved as follows:[/size]
[size=45]1. Obliging investors who obtain a building permit or investment license to build new residential complexes, cities, and commercial complexes (horizontal or vertical), or those under construction, whether by investment or at their own expense, to apply the code for thermal insulation of buildings according to the specifications set forth in the code, in addition to Obligating all ministries, government agencies and governorates to implement this in their new buildings as a first stage, and then implementing it for existing buildings as a second stage and under the supervision of the ministries (Planning/Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control, Reconstruction and Housing, and Municipalities and Public Works/Buildings Department), provided that buildings and residential complexes are included. The existing commercial ones are currently in the second phase, under the supervision of the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works/Department of Buildings.[/size]
[size=45]2. This decision will be implemented starting July 1, 2024.[/size]
[size=45]The Council empowered the Ministry of Planning to attract certified, discreet inspection companies. To contract with it in order to carry out the process of examining goods manufactured inside Iraq and goods not examined in the country of origin, which is the responsibility of the Ministry of Planning / the Central Agency for Standardization and Quality Control at border crossings, in accordance with controls issued by the Minister of Planning.[/size]
[size=45]The Council issued its decision approving the recommendation of the Diwani Order Committee (23520) of 2023, regarding the New Sadr City project, which includes:[/size]
[size=45]1. Amending the name of the project to become (Construction of New Sadr City), instead of (Infrastructure/Reconstruction of Sadr City/First Phase).
2. Increase the total amount allocated to the new Sadr City construction project from the investment account of the Iraqi-Chinese framework agreement.[/size]
[size=45]The Council of Ministers voted on the following:[/size]
[size=45]1. Not approving the request of the Ministry of Youth and Sports regarding canceling the staff training clause for the three project contracts required by the company implementing the project (the sports hall with a capacity of (500) spectators in the Hindiyah District in the Holy Karbala Governorate).[/size]
[size=45]2. Approval of increasing the reserve amount within the total cost of the above project, and emphasizing that the aforementioned ministry is careful when submitting applications related to investment projects and providing correct data and information; So that the Ministry of Planning can study it and express an opinion on it.[/size]
[size=45]As part of the government’s efforts to resolve the legal problems between Iraq and some Italian companies, dating back to the 1980s, the Council decided, with regard to the Opmnipol lawsuit, the following:[/size]
[size=45]1 Assigning a lawyer to the Iraqi embassy in Rome for the purpose of lifting the seizure and closing all lawsuits filed by Omnipol for the debt, after completing the settlement procedures.[/size]
[size=45]2. A period of 6 weeks will be set to sign the settlement agreement after the Council of Ministers approves the payment of the settlement amount, and authorizes the Iraqi ambassador in Rome to sign the settlement agreement.[/size]
[size=45]3. The claimed settlement amount will be deposited, after signing the settlement agreement, in the account of the Iraqi embassy in Rome (being a secured account), until the procedures for lifting the seizure are completed by the company, and the ambassador is authorized to transfer the amount to it after completing the legal procedures.[/size]
[size=45]As for Eurocerediti’s lawsuit, the following was decided:[/size]
[size=45]1. Assigning a lawyer from the Iraqi embassy for the purpose of lifting the seizure and closing all lawsuits filed by AeroCredit for the debt, after completing the settlement procedures.[/size]
[size=45]2. A period of 6 weeks will be set to sign the settlement agreement after the Council of Ministers approves the payment of the settlement amount and authorizes the Iraqi ambassador in Rome to sign the settlement agreement.[/size]
[size=45]3. Deposit the settlement amount claimed after signing the settlement agreement in the account of the Iraqi embassy in Rome (being a secured account), until the procedures for lifting the seizure are completed by the company, and the ambassador is authorized to transfer the amount to it after completing the legal procedures, while preparing official records of the settlement with the Iraqi embassy. in Rome.[/size]
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