Royal Decree 70/2026 Implementing the Unified Law on the Management of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

Royal Decree 92/2020 Amending the Name of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

and the decision of the Supreme Council of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf issued in its 43rd (forty-third) session held in December 2022 adopting the Unified Law on the Management of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the States 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 Unified Law on the Management of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf hereby apply.

Article II

All that is contrary to the attached law, or in conflict with its provisions, is hereby repealed.

Article III

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

Issued on: 21 Rabi Al-Awwal 1448
Corresponding to: 3 September 2026

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Note: The attachments of the decree are not available until they are published in the Official Gazette next Sunday.