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DOHA: The decks are now clear for unveiling the state budget for 2016 — the first budgetary estimates that will follow the Gregorian calendar.
The Cabinet yesterday took note of the recommendations of the Advisory Council about the draft law and took measures for its issuance. The Cabinet had earlier approved the draft budget and referred it to the Advisory Council for its review and suggestions.
The Cabinet also approved a draft law on biological weapons and decided to refer it to the Advisory Council, reports Qatar News Agency. The draft law identifies the biological and toxic weapons as microbial, other biological elements or toxins in quantities that are unjustifiable for their use for preventive, immunization or other peaceful purposes wherever their source or means of their production, and any weapons, equipment or transport means designed for the use of microbial, biological and or toxin elements for hostile purposes or armed conflicts.
As per the draft law, any natural or legal person shall not be allowed to produce, develop, store, import, export, re-export, transit, possess by any means, maintain for self or for others, transport directly or indirectly to any place within the state or abroad, or transform any biological element or toxin into biological or toxic weapon, build, possess or run any establishment producing such weapons, possess or maintain any equipment for the production of such weapons or means of their usage or transport, the use of weapons, start of using them or release biological or toxic elements with the aim of harming living beings or terrorising people.
The Cabinet approved a draft decision of the Minister of Economy and Commerce endorsing a model document for the establishment of companies with limited liabilities (WLL) consisting of one person.
The Cabinet took necessary measures to endorse an agreement between the governments of Qatar and Indonesia on the waiving of entry visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and special service passports.
The cabinet reviewed a letter by the Minister of Environment on the establishment of the Qatari Construction Code.
Other issues reviewed and decisions taken on included a committee established by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology under the chairmanship of the Minister of Communications and Information Technology and membership of two representatives of concerned bodies shall follow up the E-government’s strategy and to realize the rules of coordination and contacts between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and other ministries and government bodies to make sure that plans and programmes of those bodies are consistent with the E-Government general strategy. The report said that the Committee carried out a number of procedures to solve the major problems facing Qatar government’s digital programme and the establishment of many works pertaining to electronic services. A letter by the Minister of Communications on the first quarterly report on the Heavy Transport Regulation Committee on its activities for the period from January to March 2015. The weekly meeting of the Cabinet was chaired by Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.
The Peninsula
