We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,
and the decision of the Supreme Council of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf in its 43rd (forty-third) session held in Riyadh in December 2022 adopting the Common Industrial Regulatory Law of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf,
and after presentation to Majlis Oman,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The provisions of the attached Common Industrial Regulatory Law of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf hereby apply.
Article II
The mentioned Common Industrial Regulatory Law of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf is hereby repealed, as well as all that is contrary to the attached law, or in conflict with its provisions.
Article III
This royal decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force after the lapse of 30 (thirty) days from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 23 Sha’ban 1447
Corresponding to: 11 February 2026
Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 1635 issued on 15 February 2026.
The Common Industrial Regulatory Law of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
Chapter One
Definitions and General Provisions
Article 1
Definitions
In the application of the provisions of this law, the following words and phrases have the meaning assigned to each of them, unless the context requires otherwise:
1. Supreme council:
The Supreme Council of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
2. Council states:
The states of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
3. Ministerial committee:
The committee mandated with industry affairs.
4. Law:
The Common Industrial Regulatory Law of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.
5. Regulation:
The executive regulation of the law.
6. Competent entity:
The ministry, authority, or entity concerned with industry affairs in any of the council states.
7. Head of the competent entity:
The minister or head of the authority or entity concerned with industry affairs.
8. Administration:
The administration concerned with industry affairs in the competent entity.
9. Industrial project:
Any economic activity whose main purpose is the total or partial manufacture of products by converting raw materials or materials that have undergone previous conversions into finished, semi-finished, or intermediate products, or the conversion of semi-finished or intermediate products into finished products, including mixing, separating, forming, reforming, assembling, packing, and packaging, provided that most or some of these operations are carried out using a machine, and it also includes knowledge industries and environmental industries.
10. Industrial facility:
Any site in which a licensed industrial project is practiced.
11. Knowledge industries:
Industrial projects that rely on the intensive use of technology, intellectual capital, skills, and know-how based on research, development, and innovation that can be used in production processes and that aim to improve products, productivity, manufacturing processes, business models, and the production of new products.
12. Environmental industries:
Industrial projects that rely on environmental management techniques, waste treatment, recycling, pollution control, enhancing resource efficiency, and reducing emissions in a manner that promotes clean production and sustainable development.
13. Initial approval:
The non-objection of the competent entity to complete the procedures and requirements related to the issuance of the industrial licence.
14. Industrial licence:
A certificate granted by the competent entity that allows the holder to start the work of establishing, implementing, and operating the industrial project in the field determined for it.
15. Industrial register:
The register in which industrial projects that have obtained an industrial licence and have started the production phase are recorded.
16. Project owner:
Every natural or legal person who holds an industrial licence in any council state.
Article 2
Scope of Application
The provisions of this law apply to every industrial project in the council states, with the exception of the following:
1. Industrial projects specified by the regulation.
2. Industrial projects regulated by international treaties or agreements.
3. Industrial projects regulated by special provisions in each council state.
Article 3
Objectives of the Law
This law aims to achieve the following:
1. Regulating the industrial sector, promoting industrial development, encouraging industrial investment, increasing the contribution of the industrial sector to national income, expanding industrial interdependence, and integrating economic activities between council states.
2. Implementing the economic policies of the council states towards industrialisation, and contributing to meeting the requirements of economic development plans and programmes.
3. Supporting cooperation, integration, and coordination between council states in matters relating to industry.
4. Stimulating innovation, adopting advanced technology, and localising it in council states to improve the industrial sector and enhance its competitiveness.
5. Strengthening the policies of the national and qualified workforce in the industrial sector in accordance with the laws adopted in the council states.
6. Encouraging and stimulating the digital transition of industrial projects in the council states to modernise and develop manufacturing technologies, keep pace with the fourth industrial revolution, and use its advanced technologies, including knowledge industries and environmental industries.
7. Encouraging the use of energy-saving machinery and equipment in manufacturing processes.
8. Adhering to the standards of security, health, safety, and environmental protection in accordance with the laws adopted in the council states.
9. Adhering to public order and the customs and traditions in force in the council states.
Chapter Two
Industrial Licensing
Article 4
Obtaining an Industrial Licence
It is not permitted to establish an industrial project, change its production, expand it, develop it, merge it with others, divide it, change its location, or dispose of it in whole or in part, except on the basis of an industrial licence issued in accordance with the provisions of this law.
Article 5
Procedures for Obtaining an Industrial Licence
1. An applicant for an industrial licence may obtain the initial approval of the industrial project from the administration, as specified in the regulation. The initial approval must be for a period of 1 (one) year, subject to extension as the competent entity deems appropriate.
2. The industrial licence application must be submitted to the administration on the forms prepared for this purpose, fulfilling all the required data, documents, and studies in accordance with the regulation. If the administration deems it necessary to provide any additional information, the applicant must be notified of this. If it is not submitted within a week from the date of notification, the application is considered void.
3. The administration shall decide on the application within a maximum period of 30 (thirty) days from the date of its submission, and shall notify the applicant of the response within a period not exceeding 7 (seven) days from the issuance of the decision. If a decision is made to reject the application, it must be reasoned, and the lapse of the period for deciding on the completed application without a response is considered an implicit rejection.
4. Anyone whose application is explicitly or implicitly rejected may file a grievance against the decision in accordance with the provisions of article 22 of this law.
5. The administration shall issue the industrial license in accordance with the standard form attached to the regulation. The license must specify the time period for the commencement of production.
Article 6
Cases of Cancellation of the Industrial Licence
The competent entity may cancel the initial approval or the industrial licence in any of the following cases:
1. At the request of the project owner.
2. Suspension or failure to complete the procedures and requirements for the issuance of the industrial licence.
3. Failure to implement the industrial project or to complete it within the period specified for the commencement of production.
4. If it is proven that the industrial licence is obtained on the basis of incorrect data.
5. Failure to implement the industrial project according to the information on the basis of which the license is granted.
6. If it is proven to the competent entity that the industrial project does not meet the requirements and standards on the basis of which the industrial license is granted.
7. If the industrial project suspends production for a period exceeding 1 (one) year without obtaining the approval of the competent entity.
Article 7
Obligations of the Industrial Project Owner
A project owner shall comply with the following:
1. Commencing and continuing the work of the industrial project for which the benefits and exemptions have been granted in accordance with the specified conditions.
2. Not to assign the benefits and exemptions or transfer them in any way to another person without obtaining prior approval from the competent entity.
3. Making available the data requested by the competent entity on the industrial project in full.
4. Using the production supplies covered by the customs exemption for the purposes for which they are exempted throughout the period of the licensed industrial project, and he shall keep a record of these supplies.
5. Notifying the administration within 30 (thirty) days from the date of the suspension of the industrial project from working in whole or in part, indicating the reasons for this.
6. Renewing the registration certificate in the industrial register.
7. Annually submitting to the administration the information specified by the regulation, in accordance with the forms prepared for this purpose.
8. Adhering to having the products of the industrial project conform to the approved national or Gulf standard specifications, and making all possible efforts to apply the specifications in force in the international markets.
Chapter 3
Industrial Register
Article 8
Establishment of the Industrial Register
An industrial register must be established in the administration. The regulation must specify the conditions and procedures for registration in the industrial register.
Article 9
Registration in the Industrial Register
The project owner shall submit to the administration an application to register his project in the industrial register within 60 (sixty) days from the actual start date of production.
The regulation must specify the data of the registration certificate in the industrial register, its procedures, and the method of obtaining and using it.
The registration certificate in the industrial register must be renewed annually in accordance with the laws of each council state.
Article 10
Industrial Project Data
The project owner, his heirs, or the assignee—as the case may be—may obtain an extract of the data of his industrial project registered in the industrial register, in accordance with the procedures specified by the regulation.
Article 11
Publication of Information, Data, and Statistics
Information, data, and statistics relating to projects recorded in the industrial register must be published in accordance with the regulation.
Article 12
Prohibition of Circulating Detailed Information
It is not permitted to circulate the information and data recorded in the industrial register and declared by the owner of the industrial project as confidential and undisclosed, or to use it except in accordance with the conditions prescribed in this law and the regulation.
Chapter Four
Powers of the Competent Entity
Article 13
Industry Development Committee
It is permitted, by a decision by the head of the competent entity, to establish one or more technical committees, which are competent to regulate, develop, and advance the industry. It may seek the assistance of specialists from experts and technicians. The decision must determine its system of work and the mechanisms for making its decisions in a manner that does not conflict with the provisions of this law and the regulation.
Article 14
Exemptions and Benefits
Imports of all industrial projects established in the council states are exempt from taxes (customs duties) necessary to commence industrial production, in accordance with the controls for exempting industrial inputs from taxes (customs duties) agreed upon within the framework of the council states. The competent entity may grant an industrial facility a set of appropriate benefits and incentives in accordance with the laws of each state, and in a manner that does not conflict with the obligations of the council states to the World Trade Organization.
Article 15
Participation in Industrial Projects
The competent entity may participate in industrial projects or cities with capital or an in-kind share in a manner that does not conflict with the laws and legislation in force in the council states.
Article 16
Insurance Against Damages
It is permitted to require the project owner to submit a valid insurance policy covering liability for expected damages, issued by a licensed insurance company, as applicable in each council state.
Article 17
Supervision and Control
Industrial projects must be subject to the supervision and control of the competent entity, in accordance with the procedures prescribed in the regulation.
Article 18
Judicial Enforcement
It is permitted to grant the officers of the competent entity judicial enforcement status in the implementation of the provisions of this law and the regulation, in accordance with the procedures adopted in the council states.
Article 19
Entry to Sites and Access to Documents
Competent officers have the right to enter the sites of industrial projects, their offices, and branches; access their books and documents; take samples of their products and examine them; and draw up a report of any violation of the provisions of this law and the regulation.
Article 20
Confidentiality of Information
Competent officers authorised to access the books and records of industrial projects in accordance with the provisions of this law shall maintain the confidentiality of this information and not disclose it except to an entity with competence. In the event of a violation, the violator must be punished in accordance with the laws of each council state.
Chapter Five
Administrative Penalties
Article 21
Administrative Penalties
1. Without prejudice to criminal and civil liability, the competent entity may issue a reasoned decision to impose any of the following administrative penalties on industrial projects that violate the provisions of this law or the regulation:
(a) A warning to remove the causes of the violation within a period not exceeding 30 (thirty) days.
(b) Temporary suspension of the industrial project for a period not exceeding 90 (ninety) days.
(c) Imposing an administrative fine calculated for each day of the violation to compel the violator to cease the violation and remove its causes and effects.
(d) Imposing a lump sum administrative fine.
(e) Closure of the industrial project.
(f) Cancellation of the industrial license.
2. Each council state shall determine the minimum and maximum limits for administrative fines and lump sum fines, in accordance with the procedures and systems followed by it.
3. The collection of the administrative fine must be in the manner prescribed for the collection of the amounts due in each state.
4. When imposing administrative penalties on an industrial project in violation of the provisions of this law and the regulation, their proportionality to the gravity of the violation, the benefits gained by the project, and the harm to others as a result of this must be taken into account.
Article 22
Grievance
A person harmed by the decisions issued in the application of the provisions of this law may file a grievance with the competent entity in accordance with the laws in force in each council state.
Chapter Six
Final Provisions
Article 23
Service Fees
The head of the competent entity shall issue a decision specifying the fees due in accordance with the provisions of this law and the regulation, in accordance with the procedures prescribed in each state.
Article 24
Rectification of Status
Every project owner who obtained an industrial licence before the entry into force of this law shall rectify his status in accordance with this law and its regulation within 1 (one) year from the date of entry into force of its provisions.
Article 25
Regulation and Decisions
The regulation must be issued, in accordance with the procedures followed in each state, after its approval by the ministerial committee, and the same procedures stipulated in this article apply to its amendment.
The head of the competent entity may issue the necessary decisions to operate the industrial sector and manage its activities, in a manner that does not conflict with the provisions of this law and the regulation.