Muscat, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said today
issued seven Royal Decrees, as follows:
Royal Decree No. 5/2019 on the ratification of the Sultanate of Oman’s
joining the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-
fouling Systems on Ships 2001 (AFS Convention).
Article (1) ratifies the Sultanate of Oman’s joining the International
Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships
2001 in accordance with the version attached to this decree.
Article (2) instructs the departments concerned to deposit the
document of Oman’s joining the above-mentioned convention in
accordance with its provisions.
Article (3) says that this decree shall be published in the Official
Gazette and enforced with effect from its date of issue.
Royal Decree No. 6/2019 on the ratification of the agreement on
economic cooperation between the Sultanate of Oman’s government
and the government of the Republic of Lithuania signed in Muscat on
June 25, 2018.
Article (1) ratifies the above-mentioned agreement in accordance with
the version attached to this decree.
Article (2) says that this decree shall be published in the Official
Gazette and enforced with effect from its date of issue.
Royal Decree No. 7/2019 on the ratification of the agreement on
avoidance of double taxation and prevention of income tax evasion
signed by the Sultanate of Oman’s government and the government of
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Colombo on August
15, 2018.
Article (1) ratifies the above-mentioned agreement in accordance with
the version attached to this decree.
Article (2) says that this decree shall be published in the Official
Gazette and enforced with effect from its date of issue.
Royal Decree No. 8/2019 on the ratification of the mutual visa waiver
agreement for holders of Diplomatic, Special and Service Passports
signed by the Sultanate of Oman’s government and the government of
Republic of Romania in Muscat on November 5, 2018.
Article (1) ratifies the above-mentioned agreement in accordance with
the version attached to this decree.
Article (2) says that this decree shall be published in the Official
Gazette and enforced with effect from its date of issue.
Royal Decree No. 9/2019 endorses Eni Oman BV’s conceding part of
its rights and obligations in the petroleum agreement signed on
November 14, 2017 for Block 52 to Qatar International Petroleum
Company for Exploration and Production.
Article (1) endorses Eni Oman BV’s conceding part of its rights and
obligations in the petroleum agreement signed on November 14, 2017
for Block 52 to Qatar International Petroleum Company for Exploration
and Production so that the final share quotas of parties to the
agreement shall be as follows: 55% for Eni Oman BV, 30% for Qatar
International Petroleum Company for Exploration and Production and
15% for Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production LLC.
Article (2) says that this decree shall be published in the Official
Gazette and enforced with effect from its date of issue.
Royal Decree No. 10/2019 on the issuance of First Class License for
Oman Broadband Company SAOC for the installation, operation and
maintenance of broadband and provision of broadband services.
Article (1) issues First Class License for Oman Broadband SAOC for
the installation, operation and maintenance of broadband infrastructure
and provision of broadband services for a period of 25 years in
accordance with the version attached to this decree.
Article (2) says that this decree shall be published in the Official
Gazette and enforced with effect from its date of issue.
Royal Decree No. 11/2019 on the appointment of a non-resident
ambassador.
Article (1) appoints Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Sulaiman al-Amri, the
Sultanate’s Ambassador to Senegal, as the Sultanate’s Extraordinary,
Plenipotentiary and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of
Gambia, the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, the Republic of Guinea and
the Republic of Cape Verde.
Article (2) says that this decree shall be published in the Official
Gazette and enforced with effect from its date of issue.
Source: Oman News Agency