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Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

Royal Decree 48/76 regarding the Signing of Foreign and Domestic Financial Transactions,

Royal Decree 50/80 Establishing Petroleum Development Oman Limited Liability Company,

Royal Decree 67/2003 Applying the Unified Customs Law of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf,

Royal Decree 2/2005 Granting the Concession for the Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbon in Block 6 in the Sultanate of Oman,

the Income Tax Law promulgated by Royal Decree 28/2009,

the Oil and Gas Law promulgated by Royal Decree 8/2011,

the Commercial Companies Law promulgated by Royal Decree 18/2019,

Royal Decree 128/2020 Establishing a Closed Omani Joint Stock Company Named Energy Development Oman SAOC,

the Agreement Extending and Consolidating the Concession Agreement concluded on 6 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1425, corresponding to 19 December 2004 between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Private Oil Holdings Oman Limited,

the Shareholders Agreement concluded on 6 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1425, corresponding to 19 December 2004 between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Petroleum Development Oman LLC, Shell Petroleum Company Limited, Total SE, and PTTEP Oman E&P Corporation,

the Operating Agreement concluded on 6 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1425, corresponding to 19 December 2004 between Petroleum Development Oman LLC, Private Oil Holdings Oman Limited, and the Government of the Sultanate of Oman,

the contract amending the Constitutive Contract of Petroleum Development Oman LLC which governs and regulates the founders' relationship between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, Shell Petroleum Company Limited, Total SE, and PTTEP Oman E&P Corporation relating to Petroleum Development Oman LLC,

the collection of documents by which the Government of the Sultanate of Oman assigned all of its rights and obligations relating to its participating interest in the aforementioned Agreement Extending and Consolidating the Concession Agreement, Shareholders Agreement, and Operating Agreement to Energy Development Oman SAOC, which accepts this assignment,

and the Fiscal Protocol in Relation to Energy Development Oman SAOC’s Participating Interest in the Agreement Extending and Consolidating the Concession Agreement,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The assignment by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman of all its rights and obligations relating to its participating interest in the aforementioned Agreement Extending and Consolidating the Concession Agreement to Energy Development Oman SAOC is hereby approved. The final shares of the parties to the agreement are as follows:

60% (sixty percent) for Energy Development Oman SAOC.

40% (forty percent) for Private Oil Holdings Oman Limited.

Article II

The assignment by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman of all its rights and obligations relating to its participating interest in the aforementioned Shareholders Agreement to Energy Development Oman SAOC is hereby approved. The final shares of the shareholders in Petroleum Development Oman LLC are as follows:

60% (sixty percent) for Energy Development Oman SAOC.

34% (thirty-four percent) for Shell Petroleum Company Limited.

4% (four percent) for Total SE.

2% (two percent) for PTTEP Oman E&P Corporation.

Article III

The assignment by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman of all its rights and obligations in the aforementioned Operating Agreement to Energy Development Oman SAOC is hereby approved.

Article IV

The aforementioned fiscal protocol is hereby approved.

Article V

Any future amendments to the aforementioned fiscal protocol shall become effective in accordance with its terms and with the approval of the parties concerned.

Article VI

The provisions of the aforementioned fiscal protocol shall apply regardless of any contrary provisions in laws, regulations, or directives in force in the Sultanate of Oman.

Article VII

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

Issued on: 12 Rajab 1442
Corresponding to: 24 February 2021 

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1381 issued on 28 February 2021.

Arabic 

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications done in Geneva on 20 May 2015,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications is hereby approved in the form attached.

Article II

Competent bodies shall deposit the instrument of accession for the aforementioned convention in accordance with its provisions.

Article III

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

Issued on: 3 Rajab 1442
Corresponding to: 15 February 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1380 issued on 21 February 2021.

Arabic

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: 26 Jumada Al-Thani 1442
Corresponding to: 9 February 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1379 issued on 14 February 2021.

Consolidated Text Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

the System of Pensions and Gratuity for Employees of Royal Guard of Oman issued by Royal Decree 49/98,

the Law of Pensions and End of Service Gratuity for Employees of the Royal Oman Police and the Royal Oman Police Pension Fund Regulation promulgated by Royal Decree 2/2000,

the Law of Pensions and End of Service Gratuity for Employees of the Ministry of Defence and the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces promulgated by Royal Decree 3/2002,

Royal Decree 5/2006 regarding the Application of the Unified System to Extend Insurance Protection for Citizens of the States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Working in Other than Their State,

and the decision of the Supreme Council of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf in its 31st (thirty-first) session in the Abu Dhabi Summit in December 2010 regarding the approval of the draft the unified system to extend insurance protection for military personnel that are nationals of the States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf working in a member state of the council other than their state.

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The provisions of the attached unified system to extend insurance protection for military personnel that are nationals of the States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf working in a member state of the council other than their state shall apply by taking into account the following:

1. The provisions of the aforementioned Law of Pensions and End of Service Gratuity for Employees of the Ministry of Defence and the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces shall apply to Omani military personnel working in one of the military units in the State of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, subject to the military retirement systems in the council states, those who do not get pension from the Sultanate.

2. The wage cap subject to participation shall be in accordance with the starting salary of the corresponding rank in accordance with the system in force in the Ministry of Defence in the Sultanate. The entitlement of those subject to the attached system is limited to the pension, and the pension is calculated at the rate of 2.5% of the monthly average of the salary subject to participation within the last 5 (five) years of the service period multiplied by the number of years of service and a maximum of 80% of the average salary subject to participation.

3. The family of the deceased retired, in accordance with the provisions of the attached system, shall be entitled to a death grant in an amount of 1,000 (one thousand Omani Rial.)

Article II

The Ministry of Finance shall pay the difference in contributions between the contribution of the state stipulated in the aforementioned Law of Pensions and End of Service Gratuity for Employees of the Ministry of Defence, and military retirement laws and systems in the host state of work.

Article III

All military and security bodies that apply to their workers the provisions of the aforementioned Law of Pensions and End of Service Gratuity for Employees of the Ministry of Defence and the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces, or any other military pension law shall register their workers that are nationals of the States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, and shall pay the assessed contributions, in accordance with the attached system.

Article IV

The Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs shall issue the necessary regulations and decisions for implementing the attached system.

Article V

All that is contrary to this decree and the attached system, or in conflict with their provisions, is hereby repealed.

Article VI

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on 1 June 2011.

Issued on: 18 Jumada Al-Thani 1442
Corresponding to: 1 February 2021 

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1378 issued on 7 February 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

Royal Decree 54/2010 Establishing the Oman Academic Accreditation Authority,

Royal Decree 78/2013 Promulgating the Unified Grades and Salaries Schedule for Omani Civil Employees of the State,

the System of the Administrative Apparatus of the State promulgated by Royal Decree 75/2020,

and Royal Decree 79/2020 Determining the Competences of the Ministry of Education and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The name of the “Oman Academic Accreditation Authority” is hereby amended to the “ Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education.”

Article II

The competences of the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education is hereby determined in accordance with the attached annex 1.

Article III

The organisational structure of the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education is hereby adopted in accordance with the attached annex 2.

Article IV

The Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education shall be subordinate to the Council of Ministers.

Article V

The headquarters of the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education shall be in the Governorate of Muscat, and it is permitted by a decision of the board of directors to establish branches in other governorates.

Article VI

The Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education shall have an executive president with the special grade appointed by royal decree.

Article VII

Public and private schools, public and private higher education institutions, and other concerned bodies shall adhere to the systems, standards, and procedures of academic accreditation and education quality assurance set by the authority. They shall also provide the authority with the data and statistics it deems necessary to exercise its competences.

Article VIII

All allocations, assets, rights, obligations, and holdings of the Directorate General of School Evaluation in the Ministry of Education are hereby transferred to the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education.

Article IX

The employees of the Directorate General of School Evaluation in the Ministry of Education are hereby transferred to the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education with their same financial grades, in accordance with the coordination between the executive president of the authority and the Minister of Education.

Article X

The phrase “Oman Academic Accreditation Authority” wherever it occurs in laws and royal decrees is hereby replaced with the phrase “Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education.”

Article XI

Employment and financial regulations and decisions in force in the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education shall continue to operate until the Unified Civil Service Law is promulgated.

Article XII

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education shall issue the necessary regulations and decisions for implementing the provisions of this decree, and until they are issued, the existing regulations and decisions continue to operate to the degree that they do not contradict with the provisions of this decree.

Article XIII

The System of the Oman Academic Accreditation Authority attached to the aforementioned Royal Decree 54/2010 is hereby repealed as well as all that is contrary to this decree and the attached annexes, or in conflict with their provisions.

Article XIV

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

Issued on: 29 Jumada Al-Awwal 1442
Corresponding to: 13 January 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1375 issued on 17 January 2021.