The State Cabinet yesterday approved a draft law on the unified economic record. The Ministry of Economy and Commerce prepared the draft law in the framework of creating a database at the national level for all economic establishments in the country.
The draft law identified the unified economic record as the record in which economic establishments and the self-employed persons are registered. The draft law also identified the economic entity as an individual establishment or a company that operates in any of the fields of the economic sector.
Under the terms of the draft law, en economic record shall be established at the Ministry to register Qatari economic establishments and branches, and branches of non-Qatari facilities that are operating in the state and to register persons licensed to practise liberal professions.
Each entity or person registered in the record shall be issued a number called the "unified economic number" to use it in all dealings and papers relating to his activity.
The competent department shall determine the mechanism for organising the record. An electronic system can be used to regulate the record.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet approved a draft decision by the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs issuing a guide description, classification and organisation of public jobs.
The Cabinet reviewed a letter by Chairman of the Tax Appeal Committee at the Ministry of Finance on the report on the work of the Committee for the period from 1/7 to 31/12/2016, and took the appropriate decision.
The Committee, established in the Ministry of Finance under the chairmanship of a judge of the Court of Appeals and the membership of representatives from the concerned authorities, is specialised to adjudicate in complaints submitted by the taxpayers, and raises their periodic reports to the Cabinet with the number of complaints brought to their attention, their types and causes, and its decisions and recommendations in this regard.
The Cabinet also approved the following:
A draft maritime transport agreement between the Government of the State of Qatar and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia.
A draft air services agreement between the Government of the State of Qatar and the Government of the Republic of Panama.
A draft memorandum of understanding to establish a joint ministerial committee for economic, trade and technical cooperation between the Government of the State of Qatar and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
A draft memorandum of understanding between the Government of the State of Qatar and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on cooperation in the tourism sector.
