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Economic Committee at State Council discusses "Draft Law on selective goods tax"

The Economic Committee of the State Council discussed on  June 24, 2018, the main draft of the draft law on "selective goods tax", transferred  by the Council of Ministers and the report of the Majlis A’Shura. 
At its thirteenth meeting, the Committee reviewed the third annual session of the sixth period, headed by His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Harthy, Head  of the Committee in the presence of the honored members of the Committee and a number of Secretariat officials.
The draft law comes within the framework of the agreement of the Gulf Cooperation Council states to apply the selective tax, in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council at its 36th session to impose a unified selective tax in the GCC countries on some goods harmful to health, environment and During its meeting, the Committee approved the minutes of the previous meeting and reviewed the report on follow-up to the implementation of the decisions taken.