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Mawazine News - Baghdad
The Council of Ministers issued a number of decisions today, Tuesday, including signing a tripartite agreement to improve electricity and impose a customs tariff on imported flour with an increase in local production. The
Prime Minister's media office, received by Mawazine News, stated that "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chaired the thirty-first regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which the general conditions in the country were discussed, and the basic files included in the government program were discussed, in addition to considering the topics on the agenda and taking the necessary decisions regarding them."
The statement added that "based on the directives of the Prime Minister, and in support of the national project to produce commercial zero flour, approval was given to sell wheat locally to officially licensed government and private mills, provided that the selling price is equivalent to the price of importing wheat similar in terms of specifications, arriving at the port of Umm Qasr."
In the same context, and within the national product protection program, the Council of Ministers approved "imposing a customs tariff on imported flour in an ascending and gradual manner, with the increase in local flour production, reaching a rate of (25%) as a first stage, as follows:
1- (10%) from the date (September 1, 2024 until December 31, 2024), and a rate of (25%) from the date (January 1, 2025 until June 30, 2025), and the tariff will be reviewed after (6) months from the date of issuance of the decision.
2. Using local wheat to produce zero flour, and selling local wheat to mills at a price of (450 thousand dinars) per ton.
3. Contracting the Ministry of Trade and the companies contracting with it with Iraqi commercial mills, to supply those covered by social assistance with zero flour on new contracts.
4. Limiting the supply of the Ministries of (Defense, Interior, Trade, Justice, Labor and Social Affairs), With zero flour from local mills
5. Imposing a customs duty on imported cut flour (1 kg) at a rate of (30%) starting from the date (October 1, 2024).
He pointed out that "in implementation of the government program, and in an effort to improve health services provided to citizens, and within the government's plan to contract with international companies to manage and operate modern hospitals, it was agreed to grant an additional period of (60) days to submit letters of guarantee to the companies contracted to manage and operate the hospitals (Al-Nasiriyah Educational Hospital with a capacity of 492 beds) and (Al-Imam Al-Mujtaba in Karbala Governorate) and (Al-Sayyab in Basra), as an exception to the instructions for implementing government contracts No. 2 of 2014."
The Council of Ministers approved "the recommendations of the minutes of meeting (37) of the Diwani Order Committee (45 of 2018) regarding the development of the necessary means, mechanisms and solutions to complete public hospital projects, as well as approving the draft law amending the fifth law of the Cancer Council Law in Iraq No. (63) of 1985; which was reviewed by the State Council, and referring it to the Council of Representatives, based on the provisions of the Constitution."
The Council of Ministers also approved "the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Energy (24067 T) for the year 2024 as follows:
1. Signing a tripartite agreement between the Ministry of Electricity, Siemens Energy, and the Chinese company CSCES to implement the Baiji Gas Power Plant (2) rehabilitation project, and approving the Chinese company (CSCES) as the main contractor, and Siemens as the subcontractor, provided that it is included as an essential part of the contract signed between the Ministry of Electricity and the implementing Chinese company according to the following obligations:
A. The Ministry of Electricity is responsible for obtaining government approvals.
B. The Chinese company (CSCES) is the main contractor, and is responsible for financing the project and preparing and installing the auxiliary equipment (BOP), related to the main equipment included (fuel, firefighting, treatment and compressors system with pipes and valves in addition to civil works).
C. Siemens is the subcontractor, responsible for preparing the main equipment (gas turbine, electric generator, main electrical transformers, secondary station, and control centers), and is supervising the implementation of the project to ensure the progress of work and according to Siemens' global specifications.
2. Considering the possibility of transferring the aforementioned project within the Chinese Export Agency within the investment account.
The Council of Ministers approved "the inclusion of a framework project in the investment budget of the Ministry of Planning for the year 2024 under the name (Preparing the conditions for the return of the displaced in the liberated governorates and the reconstruction of the destroyed villages) at an initial cost of (100) billion dinars, to later determine the shares for each governorate and assign the governorates or the Reconstruction Fund to implement to notify the government of the start of this file, in partnership with the governorates and the affected community on the one hand and the international community on the other hand; to encourage participation, provided that the annual financial allocations are provided in the 2025 budget schedule and the Federal General Budget Law for subsequent years, and that no financial commitment is entered into before the financial allocation is available, based on the provisions of the Federal Financial Management Law (6 of 2019) amended."
He explained that "the Council of Ministers continued to consider the file of stalled projects, and study their causes with the aim of completing their implementation, where it approved the following:
1. Creating a component (complementary works to establish the Social Protection Network Department in Karbala), within the project (studies, designs, land acquisition and establishment of the Social Protection Department in Karbala), and increasing the total cost of the project.
2- Implementing spare orders No. (8) and No. (9) for the (Baghdadi Water - Al-Dulaab - Anbar) project and increasing the reserve amount and the total cost of the project.
In the diplomatic matter, the Council of Ministers approved "the draft law to cancel the law to ratify the agreement to exempt holders of diplomatic and service passports from entry visas, between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus No. (26) of 2023, which was prepared by the Council of State, and referring it to the Council of Representatives based on provisions of the Constitution."
In the context of enhancing national security and supporting the national economy and national industry, the Cabinet approved, according to the statement, “the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (24201 Q); which obliges all ministries and entities not affiliated with a ministry, which use the liquefaction seals product (of various types), to purchase it from companies of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals instead of purchasing the imported foreign product, in implementation of Article (30/Second) of the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal years (2023-2024-2025), due to the association of the aforementioned product with security, safety and health.”
He added that "the Council of Ministers considered other topics on the agenda and took the following decisions:
First: Approval of the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Human Development (24015 B), which includes the Ministry of Health joining the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health, provided that the aforementioned ministry does not incur any financial or legal obligations.
Second: Authorizing the Minister of Finance, or whomever she authorizes, to sign the loan agreement financing the project to equip fire engines for the benefit of the Ministry of Interior, guaranteed by the British Export Credit Agency (UKEF), based on the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal years (2023-2024-2025).
Third: Approval of the Basra Oil Company's donation of (Al-Murbad Water Pump) to the Basra Governorate Water Directorate, based on the instructions to facilitate the implementation of the federal general budget for the fiscal years (2023-2024-2025)
Prime Minister's media office, received by Mawazine News, stated that "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chaired the thirty-first regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which the general conditions in the country were discussed, and the basic files included in the government program were discussed, in addition to considering the topics on the agenda and taking the necessary decisions regarding them."
The statement added that "based on the directives of the Prime Minister, and in support of the national project to produce commercial zero flour, approval was given to sell wheat locally to officially licensed government and private mills, provided that the selling price is equivalent to the price of importing wheat similar in terms of specifications, arriving at the port of Umm Qasr."
In the same context, and within the national product protection program, the Council of Ministers approved "imposing a customs tariff on imported flour in an ascending and gradual manner, with the increase in local flour production, reaching a rate of (25%) as a first stage, as follows:
1- (10%) from the date (September 1, 2024 until December 31, 2024), and a rate of (25%) from the date (January 1, 2025 until June 30, 2025), and the tariff will be reviewed after (6) months from the date of issuance of the decision.
2. Using local wheat to produce zero flour, and selling local wheat to mills at a price of (450 thousand dinars) per ton.
3. Contracting the Ministry of Trade and the companies contracting with it with Iraqi commercial mills, to supply those covered by social assistance with zero flour on new contracts.
4. Limiting the supply of the Ministries of (Defense, Interior, Trade, Justice, Labor and Social Affairs), With zero flour from local mills
5. Imposing a customs duty on imported cut flour (1 kg) at a rate of (30%) starting from the date (October 1, 2024).
He pointed out that "in implementation of the government program, and in an effort to improve health services provided to citizens, and within the government's plan to contract with international companies to manage and operate modern hospitals, it was agreed to grant an additional period of (60) days to submit letters of guarantee to the companies contracted to manage and operate the hospitals (Al-Nasiriyah Educational Hospital with a capacity of 492 beds) and (Al-Imam Al-Mujtaba in Karbala Governorate) and (Al-Sayyab in Basra), as an exception to the instructions for implementing government contracts No. 2 of 2014."
The Council of Ministers approved "the recommendations of the minutes of meeting (37) of the Diwani Order Committee (45 of 2018) regarding the development of the necessary means, mechanisms and solutions to complete public hospital projects, as well as approving the draft law amending the fifth law of the Cancer Council Law in Iraq No. (63) of 1985; which was reviewed by the State Council, and referring it to the Council of Representatives, based on the provisions of the Constitution."
The Council of Ministers also approved "the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Energy (24067 T) for the year 2024 as follows:
1. Signing a tripartite agreement between the Ministry of Electricity, Siemens Energy, and the Chinese company CSCES to implement the Baiji Gas Power Plant (2) rehabilitation project, and approving the Chinese company (CSCES) as the main contractor, and Siemens as the subcontractor, provided that it is included as an essential part of the contract signed between the Ministry of Electricity and the implementing Chinese company according to the following obligations:
A. The Ministry of Electricity is responsible for obtaining government approvals.
B. The Chinese company (CSCES) is the main contractor, and is responsible for financing the project and preparing and installing the auxiliary equipment (BOP), related to the main equipment included (fuel, firefighting, treatment and compressors system with pipes and valves in addition to civil works).
C. Siemens is the subcontractor, responsible for preparing the main equipment (gas turbine, electric generator, main electrical transformers, secondary station, and control centers), and is supervising the implementation of the project to ensure the progress of work and according to Siemens' global specifications.
2. Considering the possibility of transferring the aforementioned project within the Chinese Export Agency within the investment account.
The Council of Ministers approved "the inclusion of a framework project in the investment budget of the Ministry of Planning for the year 2024 under the name (Preparing the conditions for the return of the displaced in the liberated governorates and the reconstruction of the destroyed villages) at an initial cost of (100) billion dinars, to later determine the shares for each governorate and assign the governorates or the Reconstruction Fund to implement to notify the government of the start of this file, in partnership with the governorates and the affected community on the one hand and the international community on the other hand; to encourage participation, provided that the annual financial allocations are provided in the 2025 budget schedule and the Federal General Budget Law for subsequent years, and that no financial commitment is entered into before the financial allocation is available, based on the provisions of the Federal Financial Management Law (6 of 2019) amended."
He explained that "the Council of Ministers continued to consider the file of stalled projects, and study their causes with the aim of completing their implementation, where it approved the following:
1. Creating a component (complementary works to establish the Social Protection Network Department in Karbala), within the project (studies, designs, land acquisition and establishment of the Social Protection Department in Karbala), and increasing the total cost of the project.
2- Implementing spare orders No. (8) and No. (9) for the (Baghdadi Water - Al-Dulaab - Anbar) project and increasing the reserve amount and the total cost of the project.
In the diplomatic matter, the Council of Ministers approved "the draft law to cancel the law to ratify the agreement to exempt holders of diplomatic and service passports from entry visas, between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus No. (26) of 2023, which was prepared by the Council of State, and referring it to the Council of Representatives based on provisions of the Constitution."
In the context of enhancing national security and supporting the national economy and national industry, the Cabinet approved, according to the statement, “the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (24201 Q); which obliges all ministries and entities not affiliated with a ministry, which use the liquefaction seals product (of various types), to purchase it from companies of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals instead of purchasing the imported foreign product, in implementation of Article (30/Second) of the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal years (2023-2024-2025), due to the association of the aforementioned product with security, safety and health.”
He added that "the Council of Ministers considered other topics on the agenda and took the following decisions:
First: Approval of the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Human Development (24015 B), which includes the Ministry of Health joining the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health, provided that the aforementioned ministry does not incur any financial or legal obligations.
Second: Authorizing the Minister of Finance, or whomever she authorizes, to sign the loan agreement financing the project to equip fire engines for the benefit of the Ministry of Interior, guaranteed by the British Export Credit Agency (UKEF), based on the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal years (2023-2024-2025).
Third: Approval of the Basra Oil Company's donation of (Al-Murbad Water Pump) to the Basra Governorate Water Directorate, based on the instructions to facilitate the implementation of the federal general budget for the fiscal years (2023-2024-2025)
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