Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs: Ministerial Decision 20/2016 Issuing the Climate Affairs Management Regulation

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Based on Royal Decree 119/94 Approving the Accession of the Sultanate of Oman to Some International Agreements,

the Law on Environmental Protection and Pollution Control issued by Royal Decree 114/2001, 

Royal Decree 107/2004 Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,

Royal Decree 18/2008 Determining the Mandates of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

the Climate Affairs Management Regulation issued by Ministerial Decision 18/2012,

the Regulation Governing the Issuance of Approvals for Clean Development Mechanism Projects Under the Umbrella of the Kyoto Protocol issued by Ministerial Decision 30/2010, 

and the approval of the Ministry of Finance,

and in pursuance of public interest,

it is hereby decided

Article I

The provisions of the attached regulation hereby apply in regard to the management of climate affairs.

Article II

The Climate Affairs Management Regulation issued by Ministerial Decision 18/2012 is hereby repealed, as well as all that is contrary to the attached regulation or in conflict with its provisions.

Article III

Existing projects shall rectify their status in accordance with the provisions of this regulation within a period not exceeding 3 (three) years from the date of its entry into force.

Article IV

This decision must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.

Issued on: 20 Jumada Al-Thani 1437
Corresponding to: 29 March 2016

Mohammed bin Salim bin Said Al-Tobi
Minister of Environment and Climate Affairs

Published in Official Gazette 1141 issued on 3 April 2016.