Shura Council's Financial and Economic Affairs Committee discusses the Customs Code in the presence of officials of the competent authorities

30 March 2023




The Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the Shura Council held a meeting today, under the Chairmanship of H.E. Engineer Ahmad bin Hitmi AL-Hitmi, Chairman of the Committee.

During the meeting, the Committee continued its discussion of a draft law amending some provisions of the Customs Act promulgated by Law No. (40) of 2002. During the meeting, the Committee hosted H.E. Mr. Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Jamal, Chairman of the General Customs Authority, and Mr. Abdulaziz Mubarak Al-Bouainin, Director of the Legislation Department at the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, and Mr. Abdulaziz Trad Al-Hathal Director of the Legal Affairs Department of the General Customs Authority, who responded to the committee’s questions and inquiries about a number of axes subject to amendment in the aforementioned draft law, and decided to submit its report thereon to the Council.