The Cabinet's weekly regular meeting, chaired by HE the Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, Wednesday approved a draft law on endowment.
Giving details of the meeting, HE the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr
Issa Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi said the draft law was prepared to replace Law No 8 of 1996 on endowment,as part of updating legislation to keep pace with developments in this regard.
The draft law includes provisions related to the establishment of the endowment, its banks and conditions, the civil endowment, and the supervision of the endowment, its maintenance, architecture and investment.
The Cabinet also approved a proposal to amend some provisions of the Labour Law and the law regulating entry and exit of expatriates and their residence, in accordance with the recommendations of the working group formed to study that proposal.
The Cabinet approved the proposal of Qatar Financial Market Authority to renew the membership of the chairman and members of the Appeals Committee of the Authority.
The Appeals Committee, established in Qatar Financial Markets Authority and chaired by one of the presidents of the Appeals Court and includes the membership of two Appeals Court judges and two experts in the field of securities dealings, is competent to rule on grievances from the penal decisions issued by the Authority.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet took the necessary procedures to endorse an agreement on industrial and technological cooperation between the government of the State of Qatar and the Government of the Republic of Turkey; and an agreement between the governments of Qatar and Russia on the mutual exemption of visa requirements for citizens of Qatar and Russia.
The Cabinet then reviewed the following topics and took appropriate decisions:
1. The outcome of the fifth session of the Qatar-Pakistan Joint Ministerial Committee for Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation (Doha, November 2019).
2. A report on the organisation of the exhibition of Qatar, which was held on the sidelines of the 39th Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at the headquarters of the Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Geneva, October 2019).
3. The outcome of the eighth Islamic Conference of Environment Ministers (Rabat, October 2019).
Issa Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi said the draft law was prepared to replace Law No 8 of 1996 on endowment,as part of updating legislation to keep pace with developments in this regard.
The draft law includes provisions related to the establishment of the endowment, its banks and conditions, the civil endowment, and the supervision of the endowment, its maintenance, architecture and investment.
The Cabinet also approved a proposal to amend some provisions of the Labour Law and the law regulating entry and exit of expatriates and their residence, in accordance with the recommendations of the working group formed to study that proposal.
The Cabinet approved the proposal of Qatar Financial Market Authority to renew the membership of the chairman and members of the Appeals Committee of the Authority.
The Appeals Committee, established in Qatar Financial Markets Authority and chaired by one of the presidents of the Appeals Court and includes the membership of two Appeals Court judges and two experts in the field of securities dealings, is competent to rule on grievances from the penal decisions issued by the Authority.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet took the necessary procedures to endorse an agreement on industrial and technological cooperation between the government of the State of Qatar and the Government of the Republic of Turkey; and an agreement between the governments of Qatar and Russia on the mutual exemption of visa requirements for citizens of Qatar and Russia.
The Cabinet then reviewed the following topics and took appropriate decisions:
1. The outcome of the fifth session of the Qatar-Pakistan Joint Ministerial Committee for Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation (Doha, November 2019).
2. A report on the organisation of the exhibition of Qatar, which was held on the sidelines of the 39th Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at the headquarters of the Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Geneva, October 2019).
3. The outcome of the eighth Islamic Conference of Environment Ministers (Rabat, October 2019).
