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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,
Royal Decree 33/2012 Establishing the Civil Aviation Authority,
the System of the Civil Aviation Authority promulgated by Royal Decree 43/2013,
the System of the Administrative Apparatus of the State promulgated by Royal Decree 75/2020,
Royal Decree 85/2020 regarding the Civil Aviation Authority,
and Royal Decree 106/2020 Establishing the Environment Authority, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
All the competences relating to climate affairs are hereby assigned to the Environment Authority by way of transfer from the Civil Aviation Authority in the manner provided in the attached annex.
Article II
All allocations, assets, rights, obligations, and holdings relating to climate affairs are hereby transferred to the Environment Authority from the Civil Aviation Authority.
Article III
The employees of the Civil Aviation Authority competent with climate affairs are hereby transferred to the Environment Authority with their same financial grades.
Article IV
The phrases “Civil Aviation Authority”,”Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Civil Aviation Authority” and “President of the Civil Aviation Authority”, wherever they occur in laws and royal decrees relating to climate affairs, are hereby replaced with the phrases “Environment Authority” and “President of the Environment Authority”, as the case may be.
Article V
The annex of the competences relating to climate affairs attached to the aforementioned Royal Decree 85/2020 is hereby repealed, as well as all that is contrary to this decree or in conflict with its provisions.
Article VI
This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 6 Rabi Al-Awwal 1444
Corresponding to: 2 October 2022
Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 1462 issued on 10 October 2022.