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The name of the “Higher Committee for National Day Celebrations” stated in the aforementioned Royal Decree 6/2020 is hereby replaced with the name “Secretariat General for National Celebrations.”

Article II

A new article is hereby added to the aforementioned Royal Decree 6/2020 with the following text:

Article IV bis

An executive committee is hereby formed in the Secretariat General for National Celebrations under the chairmanship of the Secretary General, and by the membership of representatives – each of whom has a rank no less than undersecretary or equivalent – of the following bodies:

– Ministry of Interior.

– Ministry of Finance.

– Ministry of Information.

– Ministry of Education.

– Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion.

– Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers.

– Royal Oman Police.

The membership of the committee also includes a representative of the Chief of Staff of the Sultan’s Armed Forces and the Royal Protocol.

Article III

All that is contrary to this decree, or in conflict with its provisions, is hereby repealed.

Article IV

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 19 Muharram 1442
Corresponding to: 8 September 2020

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1357 issued on 13 September 2020.

Ministerial Decision

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources: Ministerial Decision 221/2020 Lifting the Ban on the Import of Live Birds from the State of South Carolina in the United States of America

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Post date September 8, 2020

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Published in Official Gazette 1357 issued on 13 September 2020.

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Ministerial Decision

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources: Ministerial Decision 220/2020 Banning the Import of Live Birds from Australia

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Post date September 8, 2020

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Published in Official Gazette 1357 issued on 13 September 2020.

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COVID-19 Supreme Committee

COVID-19 Supreme Committee Decision of 7 September 2020

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Post date September 7, 2020

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COVID-19 Supreme Committee

COVID-19 Supreme Committee Decision of 2 September 2020

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Post date September 2, 2020

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Note: The following text is a public domain translation published by the Official OmanVsCovid19 Twitter account.

Statement of the Supreme Committee

– The sub-committee addressing the economic repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic held a meeting this morning headed by His Excellency Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi, Minister of Interior, in the presence of their Highnesses and Excellencies members of the committee, at the Ministry of Interior.

– The committee reviewed the preventive measures taken earlier to support the sustainability of businesses of private sector and to foster its ability to adjust to the exceptional situations resulting from the pandemic.

– The measures included the packages of commercial and industrial businesses, and the facilities provided by the government to private sector institutions and the emergency loan programme to assist some groups of entrepreneurs mostly affected by the pandemic.

– The committee eventually studied issues concerning its work and made recommendations to the Supreme Committee so to take the appropriate decisions regarding them.

Royal Decree

Royal Decree 115/2020 Granting Omani Nationality

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Post date September 1, 2020

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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Omani Nationality Law promulgated by Royal Decree 38/2014,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Omani nationality is hereby granted to those named in the attached list.

Article II

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 12 Muharram 1442
Corresponding to: 1 September 2020

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1356 issued on 6 September 2020.

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Royal Decree

Royal Decree 114/2020 Approving the Accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) and the Additional Protocol concerning the Electronic Consignment Note

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Post date September 1, 2020

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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) done in Geneva on 19 May 1956,

and the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) concerning the Electronic Consignment Note done in Geneva on 20 February 2008,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) is hereby approved in the form attached, and the Sultanate declares that it is not bound by the provisions of article 47 of the aforementioned convention.

Article II

The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) concerning the Electronic Consignment Note is hereby approved in the form attached, and the Sultanate declares that it is not bound by the provisions of article 11 of the aforementioned protocol.

Article III

Competent bodies shall deposit the instrument of accession to the aforementioned convention and protocol in accordance with their provisions, subject to the reservations stipulated in article I and article II.