Board of Directors of the 'Industry Authority' Authorized to Cancel Contracts and Revoke Permits

Ali Al-Khalidi, the Minister of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Authority for Industry, issued Ministerial Decision No. 23 of 2026, concerning the delegation of authority to the Board of Directors of the Public Authority for Industry to impose the administrative penalty of contract cancellation and the withdrawal of service, craft, and commercial permits supervised by the Authority.

Article One of the Decision stipulates the delegation of authority to the Board of Directors of the Public Authority for Industry to impose the administrative penalty of contract cancellation and the withdrawal of service, craft, and commercial permits supervised by the Authority, in the circumstances prescribed by law for imposing such a penalty, and in accordance with the rules and regulations governing this matter.

Article Two provides that the Decision shall take effect from the date of its issuance and publication in the Official Gazette, and that all relevant authorities shall take action to implement it.

The Decision was issued following a review of Decree-Law No. 105 of 1980 concerning the State Property System and its amendments and executive regulations, Law No. 56 of 1996 concerning the issuance of the Industrial Law and its executive regulations and amendments, and Law No. 22 of 2009 concerning the approval of the Unified Industrial Organization System for the Cooperation Council for Arab States of the Gulf and its executive regulations. It also relied on Decree-Law No. 116 of 1992 concerning administrative organization and the determination and delegation of competencies, and Ministerial Decision No. 32 of 2023 concerning the rules and regulations related to the service, craft, and commercial permits supervised by the Public Authority for Industry, based on what public interest requires.