The State Cabinet yesterday approved a draft decision by the Minister of Economy and Commerce considering some areas in the state as tourist areas.
Law No. (6) of 2012 referred to the tourist area as any area in the state that is characterized by the characteristics of attracting, archaeological or historical manifestations, natural areas or environmental or energetic area, and any area considered as a tourist area by a decision of the Minister on the proposal of Chairman of the General Authority Tourism.
The Cabinet also approved a draft law on commercial concession.
The Ministry of Economy and Commerce prepared the draft law to encourage the activities of commercial concession in the State by setting up a legal framework that organises the relation between the concessionaire and provider, and lay the foundations of this relationship on the bases of transparency, and to provide the necessary protection to the concessionaires, and give the Ministry the power to determine the terms of concession agreements.
The draft law identified commercial concession as the franchise given to practice trade in goods and services, and includes the provision of technical expertise and training to the concessionaire, and determines the method of operation of the commercial concession in connection with trademark owned by the concessionaire or licensor of it to use..
Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani chaired the cabinet’s regular weekly meeting at its Emiri Diwan premises.
The Cabinet also approved a draft law amending some provisions of Decree Law No. (17) of 2010 organizing the National Human Rights Committee, and decided to transfer it to the Advisory Council.
The amendment replaces the text of Article (11 / second paragraph) of the Decree Law No. (17) of 2010, referred to is the following text: “The Committee shall submit to the Council of Ministers a report at the end of each calendar year, and as requested or considered as needed, the results of its work and activities together with its proposals”.
The Cabinet approved the requirements for the preparation of a national action plan on human rights according to the recommendation by the committee set up by the Cabinet which will be headed by the Foreign Ministry to prepare a plan.
The Cabinet also approved the re-formation of a Committee of Military Retirement established under the provisions Law No. 13 of 2006 on retirement and military pensions.
The Committee shall have necessary terms of reference and powers to oversee retirement and pensions of military in coordination with General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority (GRSIA), including study of military cases who ended their service in terms of pension entitlement, pension settlement of those who meet conditions of the pension benefit him or his beneficiaries, determine amount of pension for the beneficiaries, identify eligible persons in the event of his death and their share and informing them about it.
