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Kuwait: New Decision Including Regulations for Mobile Vehicles

23/11/201911/12/2019
by Benjamin Filaferro

Kuwait’s Trade and Industry Minister has issued a Decision including regulations for mobile vehicles. The Ministry said the Decision sets out five conditions for mobile vehicles operation including establishing a sole trader enterprise or a company with limited liability to operate mobile vehicles. The person establishing the company should be a natural person with Kuwaiti citizenship. The manager should be Kuwaiti and the number of vehicles shouldn’t exceed one vehicle for pensioners and two for those who operate them under Section 5 of the Social Insurance Law or those who work in the civil sector according to Section 3 of the Social Insurance Law.

Expired Kuwait Business Law Forum (Third Edition) – 27 November 2019

03/11/201911/12/2019
by Benjamin Filaferro

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Kuwait Business Law Forum - Third Edition
27/11/2019
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM

After the success of the 1st and 2nd Kuwait Business Law Forums, LexisNexis, in collaboration with Al Yaqout & Al-Fouzan Legal Group, will host the 3rd Kuwait Business Law Forum that will cover the latest legal developments and trends in Kuwait. The 3rd Kuwait Business Law Forum will gather the leading legal (more…)

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Kuwait’s Court of Appeal has ruled a local bank could not increase the interest rate on a loan

02/11/201911/12/2019
by Benjamin Filaferro

Kuwait’s Court of Appeal has ruled a local bank could not increase the interest rate on a loan. The claim was brought by a lawyer who argued the bank breached the law when it deducted interest from her client loan before deducting the actual amount lent to her client. The lawyer argued the bank breached the Civil Law and Trade Law.

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Kuwait will allow expatriates to transfer their visit visas to work visas

27/10/201911/12/2019
by Benjamin Filaferro

According to local newspaper reports, Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister has issued a Ministerial Decision which will allow expatriates to transfer their visit visas to work visas. Under Kuwait Ministerial Decision No. 957/2019, visit visas can be transferred to residence visas for dependents arriving on family or tourist visit visas, domestic helpers, holders of valid residence who do not exceed stay of 6 months outside Kuwait and have to enter with a visit visa, those who enter for work and start procedure to get residency but have to leave for maximum one month and visitors of ministries and public authorities with a Government visit visa. It will cost 3 Dinars to get a visa on arrival, 10 Dinars a person a year to renew residence and 10 Dinars a person a year for dependent residency fees for spouses and children.

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Kuwait: Consultation on the Law Exempting the Wives of GCC Nationals from a Citizenship

22/10/201911/12/2019
by Benjamin Filaferro

The Kuwaiti Government is consulting on exempting the wives of GCC nationals from a Citizenship Law which is currently under consideration. If approved, the Law will allow the spouses of Kuwaitis to apply for citizenship if they have been married for 18 years. Currently, they can apply after five years. The draft law has been referred to the Interior and Defence Committee of the country’s National Assembly. The country’s Parliament has already approved the amendment to Article 8 of Kuwait Emiri Decree No. 15/1959 on citizenship which states the wives of Kuwaiti men can obtain citizenship after 18 years of marriage instead of five.

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Kuwait: Controls to be Tightened over Markets and Ban Imports of Somali Coal

23/09/201911/12/2019
by Benjamin Filaferro

Kuwait’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry has brought to the attention of relevant officials to tighten control over markets and ban imports of Somali coal. The moves is as a result of fearsmoney earned from coal export in Somali may be indirectly used in financing terrorist activities. The ministry had received a letter from the United Nations on this subject. The steps have been taken as part of the United Nation’s work to remove financial resources which support crime.

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Nurseries Department to be Established in the Kuwait Ministry of Social Affairs

07/09/201911/12/2019
by Benjamin Filaferro

Kuwait’s Social Affairs Ministry has announced a new Nurseries department will be established in the Ministry to manage and deal with the burgeoning number of nurseries in the country. The Deputy Undersecretary of Social Development and Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Family Affairs has said no new licenses will be issued until the new department is established. In addition, when a new license is issued new rules will be added or amended. A Ministerial Decision to this effect has recently been issued and was approved by the Civil Service Committee. Originally the Education Ministry was going to have responsibility for nurseries under a Decision but this was rejected. Under the new Decision, the Mother and Childhood Department will be replaced.

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Kuwait: New Technical Committee Established to Review the Use of Anaesthetics

04/09/201911/12/2019
by Benjamin Filaferro

Kuwait’s Health Minister has announced a technical committee has been established to review patient safety procedures involving the use of anaesthetics during surgery and dental procedures. The announcement was made in a Ministerial Decision. It follows the death of a child at a dental clinic after they were given local anaesthetic during treatment. The committee will be led by the Ministry’s Undersecretary for technical affairs as well as the chairman of the anaesthesia departments’ council, the head of the anaesthesia college at Kuwait’s Institute for Medical Specialities, the director of quality and approval, the director of drugs registration and supervision, the director of dental medicine department and a senior legal specialist. It will review procedures and local and general anaesthetic policies in hospitals, specialist centres and clinics and will follow new internationals standards in anaesthesia. It will have one month to complete its work and will then submit a report with its findings and recommendations to the Health Minister.

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Kuwait: Inspection Campaign Launched to Identify Violations to Safety Regulations

03/08/201911/12/2019
by Benjamin Filaferro

The Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD), Public Security Sector and Environment Public Authority have launched an inspection campaign to identify those violating safety regulations in the Qurain Market area. A number of warnings have been issued during the campaign, after violations of public safety were discovered in public markets and restaurants. Decisions will be issued to close down places where these violations could lead to serious dangers.

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Kuwait to Issue Multiple Entry Visas to 400 Iraqi Businessmen

27/07/201911/12/2019
by Benjamin Filaferro

Kuwait plans to issue multiple entry visas to nearly 400 Iraqi businessmen following an agreement between the two countries, according to the Minister of Commerce and Industry and State Minister of Services Affairs Khalid Al-Roudhan. A special committee has been formed with Iraqi officials called the ‘White List’, and its activities will include issuing multiple entry visas to nearly 400 Iraqi businessmen. The plan is to have free markets operating between Kuwait and Iraq and discussions have reached an advanced stage in this area.