Category: Royal Decree

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

and the General System of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued on 15 May 1973 and its amendments,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Sheikh Salim bin Hilal bin Ali Al-Khalili is hereby appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry for a period of four years.

Article II

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

Issued on: 9 Safar 1420
Corresponding to: 25 May 1999

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 648 issued on 1 June 1999.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

and the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection done in Montreal on 1 March 1991,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the mentioned Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection is hereby approved.

Article II

Competent entities shall undertake the procedures for acceding to the agreement in accordance with its provisions.

Article III

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

Issued on: 6 Safar 1420
Corresponding to: 22 May 1999

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 648 issued on 1 June 1999.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

and the Diplomatic and Consular Corps Law issued by Royal Decree 40/86 and its amendments,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Ambassador Fuad bin Mubarak bin Ali Al-Hinai—Our Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York—is hereby appointed a non-resident ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Ours to the Republic of Cuba, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and the Republic of Colombia.

Article II

Ambassador Khalifa bin Ali bin Issa Al-Harthy, Our ambassador to the Republic of India, is hereby appointed a non-resident ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Ours to the Republic of Seychelles.

Article 3

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

Issued on: 6 Safar 1420
Corresponding to: 22 May 1999

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 648 issued on 1 June 1999.

Arabic We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96, and the Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation on Income Derived From International Air Transport Between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden signed in Muscat on 8 July 1998, and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The mentioned agreement is hereby ratified.

Article II

This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance. Issued on: 22 Muharram 1420 Corresponding to: 8 May 1999

Qaboos bin Said Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 647 issued on 15 May 1999.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

and the Riyadh Arab Agreement for Judicial Cooperation signed on 6 April 1983,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The mentioned agreement is hereby ratified.

Article II

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

Issued on: 22 Muharram 1420
Corresponding to: 8 May 1999

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 647 issued on 15 May 1999.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

the Oil and Minerals Law issued by Royal Decree 42/74,

Royal Decree 10/78 Approving the Assignment by Alf Sumitomo Group of Part of Its Stake in the Petroleum Agreement Signed on 14 May 1975 to Wintershall,

the collection of documents by which the companies constituting Alf Sumitomo Group assigned all their rights and obligations in the petroleum agreement signed on 14 May 1975 to MB Petroleum Services, which accepts this assignment,

and the letter of the Minister of Oil and Gas dated 14 April 1999 approving the assignment,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The assignment by Alf Sumitomo Group of all its rights and obligations in the mentioned petroleum agreement signed on 14 May 1975 to MB Petroleum Services is hereby approved.

Article II

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

Issued on: 19 Muharram 1420
Corresponding to: 5 May 1999

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 647 issued on 15 May 1999.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

the Border Agreement Between the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates in the Border Sector Extending From Umm Al-Zumul to Eastern Uqaidat,

and the two annexes to the mentioned agreement and the list of coordinates attached to it,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The Minister of Interior is hereby authorised to sign the two annexes to the mentioned agreement and the list of coordinates attached to it.

Article II

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

Issued on: 15 Muharram 1420
Corresponding to: 1 May 1999

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 647 issued on 15 May 1999.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

the Oil and Minerals Law issued by Royal Decree 42/74,

Royal Decree 56/95 Approving the Petroleum Agreement Signed on 9 July 1995,

the letter of the Minister of Oil and Minerals dated 18 February 1997, acknowledging the assignment by Total Oman Company of all its rights and obligations in the petroleum agreement signed on 9 July 1995 to its subsidiary Total Exploration Oman,

the contract dated 30 October 1998 by which Total Exploration Oman assigned 20% of its rights and obligations in the petroleum agreement signed on 9 July 1995 to Oil India Limited, which accepts this assignment,

and the letter of the Minister of Oil and Gas dated 23 February 1999 approving the assignment,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The assignment by Total Exploration Oman of 20% of its rights and obligations in the mentioned petroleum agreement signed on 9 July 1995 to Oil India Limited is hereby approved. The final shares of the parties to the agreement are as follows:

Total Exploration Oman Company 80%

Oil India Limited 20%

Article II

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

Issued on: 8 Muharram 1420
Corresponding to: 24 April 1999

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 646 issued on 1 May 1999.

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

the Oil and Minerals Law issued by Royal Decree 42/74,

and the petroleum agreement between the Government of the Sultanate and Shell Deepwater Oman BV signed on 9 March 1999 between the Minister of Oil and Gas on behalf of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the mentioned company,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article 1

The mentioned petroleum agreement signed on 9 March 1999 between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Shell Deepwater Oman BV is hereby approved.

Article II

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

Issued on: 8 Muharram 1420
Corresponding to: 24 April 1999

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 646 issued on 1 May 1999.