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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

Royal Decree 45/80 Establishing the Royal Oman Police Pension Fund,

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

the Law on Pensions and End of Service Gratuity for Omani Government Employees promulgated by Royal Decree 26/86,

the Social Insurance Law promulgated by Royal Decree 72/91,

Royal Decree 3/93 Establishing the Royal Guard of Oman Pension Fund,

Royal Decree 6/93 Establishing the Royal Office Pension Fund,

Royal Decree 87/93 Establishing the Ministry of Defence Pension Fund,

Royal Decree 7/94 Establishing the Internal Security Service Pension Fund,

Royal Decree 101/94 Establishing the Sultan’s Special Force Pension Fund,

Royal Decree 31/96 Determining the Rules Governing the Investment of the Funds of the Public Authority for Social Insurance and Pension Funds,

the Law on Pensions and End of Service Gratuity for Omani Employees of the Diwan of Royal Court promulgated by Royal Decree 86/96,

the Financial Law promulgated by Royal Decree 47/98,

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

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

the Tender Law promulgated by Royal Decree 36/2008,

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

and Royal Decree 33/2021 regarding the Systems for Pension and Social Protection,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The provisions of the attached system shall apply in regard to the Social Protection Fund.

Article II

The functions, competences, assets, rights, obligations, holdings, and financial liabilities, as well as their associated data, of the Ministry of Defence Pension Fund, the Royal Office Pension Fund, the Royal Oman Police Pension Fund, the Internal Security Service Pension Fund, the Royal Guard of Oman Pension Fund, the Sultan’s Special Force Pension Fund, the Diwan of Royal Court Pension Fund, and the Civil Service Employees Pension Fund are hereby transferred to the Social Protection Fund, with the exception of the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence Pension Fund and the holdings agreed upon between the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Social Protection Fund and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Military and Security Services Pension Fund, which shall be transferred to the Military and Security Services Pension Fund.

The functions, competences, assets, rights, obligations, holdings, and financial liabilities, as well as their associated data, of the Public Authority for Social Insurance are also hereby transferred to it, along with settling the difference between the funding ratio of the funds referred to in the previous paragraph and the funding ratio of the Public Authority for Social Insurance, and recording the settlement amount in the financial statements of the Social Protection Fund as a due asset. An agreement including all the details of the aforementioned settlement must be signed with the Public Authority for Social Insurance.

Obligations, calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Social Protection Law, from the pension programme of Petroleum Development Oman and the pension programme of the Central Bank of Oman, with the data associated with it are hereby transferred to it. Assets equal to such obligations shall also transfer to it from Petroleum Development Oman and the Central Bank of Oman. Agreements must be signed including all the details of the transfer.

The rights and obligations relating to the project for the restructuring of the pension and social protection funds and systems which are concluded by the National Programme for Fiscal Balance and the National Programme for Fiscal Sustainability and Financial Sector Development are hereby also transferred to it.

Article III

The Social Protection Fund shall be a universal and total legal successor to the funds, the authority, and programmes stipulated in article II of this decree in all contracts, agreements, investments, partnerships, and alliances concluded by or entered into by those entities, inside and outside the Sultanate of Oman.

This legal succession and transfer stipulated in article II of this decree does not result in changing the ultimate beneficiaries of the aforementioned assets, obligations, and programmes.

Article IV

The employees of the Diwan of Royal Court Pension Fund, the Civil Service Employees Pension Fund, and the Public Authority for Social Insurance are hereby transferred to the Social Protection Fund with their same grades and financial allocations. Any of the employees of the funds referred to in article II of this decree, or any of the specialists in the Directorate General of Social Welfare in the Ministry of Social Development, may be transferred by a decision by the Board of Directors of the Social Protection Fund in accordance with its needs, after coordination with the heads of the units.

Article V

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Social Protection Fund shall issue the necessary regulations and decisions for implementing the provisions of the attached system, and until they are issued, the regulations and decisions in force continue to operate to the degree that they do not contradict with its provisions.

Article VI

The phrases “Ministry of Defence Pension Fund”, “Royal Office Pension Fund”, “Royal Oman Police Pension Fund”, “Internal Security Service Pension Fund”, “Royal Guard Pension Fund”, “Sultan’s Special Force Pension Fund”, “Diwan of Royal Court Pension Fund”, and “Civil Service Employees Pension Fund”, wherever they occur in the aforementioned laws and royal decrees, are hereby replaced with the phrase “Social Protection Fund”.

Article VII

The boards of directors of the pension funds, the Public Authority for Social Insurance, and the pension programmes referred to in article II of this decree are hereby dissolved.

Article VIII

All pension funds and the Public Authority for Social Insurance established by virtue of the aforementioned Royal Decrees 45/80, 26/86, 72/91, 3/93, 6/93, 87/93, 7/94, 101/94, and 86/96, and the Pension Programme of Petroleum Development Oman and the Pension Programme of the Central Bank of Oman shall be abolished after the transfer of ownership of all their assets to the Social Protection Fund. The date of the end of the transfer of the ownership shall be issued by a decision by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Social Protection Fund which must be published in the Official Gazette.

Article IX

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

Article X

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

Issued on: 29 Dhu Al-Hijja 1444
Corresponding to: 17 July 2023

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Republic of Poland on the Mutual Visa Exemption for Holders of Diplomatic, Special, and Service Passports signed in the city of Warsaw on 13 June 2023,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The aforementioned agreement is hereby ratified in the form attached.

Article II

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

Issued on: 17 Dhu Al-Hijja 1444
Corresponding to: 5 July 2023

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1501 issued on 9 July 2023.

Arabic Auto Translate

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 21 November 1947,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies is hereby approved in the form attached, subject to the reservation on section 32 of article IX of the convention.

Article II

The competent entities shall deposit the instrument of accession for the aforementioned convention in accordance with its provisions, subject to the aforementioned reservation.

Article III

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

Issued on: 15 Dhu Al-Hijja 1444
Corresponding to: 3 July 2023

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1501 issued on 9 July 2023.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

Royal Decree 2/98 Issuing the Real Estate Register System,

the Law of Free Zones promulgated by Royal Decree 56/2002,

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

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

Royal Decree 93/2020 Amending the Name of the Ministry of Housing to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,

and Royal Decree 105/2020 Establishing the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones and Determining Its Competences,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

An economic city in the Governorate of Batinah South named the “Khazaen Economic City” is hereby established on the area of land specified in accordance with the attached masterplan. It shall be subject to the supervision of the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones, and the attached system shall apply to it.

Article II

Two free zones are hereby established in the Khazaen Economic City on the area of land specified in accordance with the attached masterplan and which are specified in the development agreement referred to in the attached system.

Article III

The development agreement and usufruct agreement for the Khazaen Economic City stipulated in the attached system are hereby approved.

Article IV

Oman Logistics Company LLC shall be the operator of the Khazaen Economic City and the two free zones in it, and Khazaen Economic City LLC shall be the developer of the Khazaen Economic City and the two free zones in it.

Article V

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones shall issue the necessary regulations and decisions to implement the provisions of the attached system.

Article VI

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

Issued on: 15 Dhu Al-Hijja 1444
Corresponding to: 3 July 2023

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1501 issued on 9 July 2023.