The Cabinet takes a set of economic decisions

Council of Ministers headed by Mustafa Al-Kazemi

12/15/2020

Economy News - Baghdad

On Tuesday, the Iraqi Council of Ministers held its regular session chaired by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, during which it discussed the issues and topics included in its agenda, and took seven decisions, including zeroing customs fees.

Al-Kazemi's office said that during the session, developments in the work of the Committee to Strengthen Governmental Measures were discussed in the areas of prevention and control of health and awareness, and government measures taken to confront the Corona virus, and limit its spread.

The Minister of Health provided a summary of the developments of Corona, and the decrease in the death rate to 2.2%, and indicated that this percentage continues to decrease, as a result of the improvement of the services provided, as well as the high percentage of examinations matched by a decrease in the number of injuries,

The Council of Ministers issued a directive to support the Ministry of Health with regard to purchasing the vaccine and facilitating procedures in this regard.

After the Council of Ministers discussed what was included in its agenda, it issued the following decisions:

First / Approval of the contract renewal (D-3W - 2017) drilling three tilted wells in the East Baghdad field - Central Oil Company, with the exception of the instructions for implementing government contracts (2 of 2014), and concluding an attached contract.

Second / Approval of the implementation of the new contract for the provision of well drilling and exploration services on the basis of a work request between the Middle Oil Company and Al-Jass Arab Company in the manner of direct contracting stipulated in the Instructions for Implementing Governmental Contracts (2 of 2014), for a total amount of $ (4,604,360) dollars, only four million Six hundred and four thousand three hundred and sixty dollars, with a contract period of (5) years, provided that the reasonableness of the prices is reviewed annually.

Third / 1- Granting the Iraqi Media Network the authority to directly implement the interactive screen project relying on the engineering staff working in it, provided that it is able to implement the aforementioned project.

2- The Ministry of Planning amending the Direct Execution Instructions (2 of 2019), in order to ensure their application to the self-financing and central departments.

Fourth / Approval of reducing the wages of the bridge scales operating at the border crossings from an amount of (10,000) dinars, only ten thousand dinars per ton, so that the amount of the amount becomes (5,000) dinars, only five thousand dinars cut off completely for the vehicle.

Fifth / The Ministry of Finance amends the budget of the Media and Communications Commission, by allocating an amount of (12500000000) dinars, only twelve billion and five hundred million dinars, from the allocations of the Media and Communications Commission to the General Company for Communications and Informatics, one of the formations of the Ministry of Communications, to cover the costs of completing the access gates project International (IGW) Internet services, based on the provisions of Article (45 / Fifth / A) of the Federal Financial Management Law (6 of 2019) as amended, and the provisions of Section (1/4 and 5) of the dissolved CPA Order (65 of 2004).

Sixth: Amending the customs fee imposed on hybrid vehicles according to the mechanism stipulated in Article (2 / First) of the modified Customs Tariff Law (22 of 2010), by zeroing the amount of the customs fee for the aforementioned vehicles.

Seventh / Approving the authorization of the Minister of Planning, Mr. (Khaled Petal Al-Najm), the authority to negotiate and sign a draft agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent evasion from paying taxes on income and capital, between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the Republic of Turkey, as amended by the State Council, based on Provisions of Article (80 / Clause Six) of the Constitution.

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