This draft translation is currently under review.
The Council of Ministers,
after perusal of Royal Court File 80191 dated 4 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1446 [2 May 2025], which includes the Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Awqaf Letter 8396 dated 23 Sha’ban 1445 [4 March 2024] regarding the draft Rules for Financial Control over the Accounts of Awqaf Supervised or Administered by a Government Entity,
after perusal of the mentioned draft rules,
after perusal of Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers Memo 20 dated 2 Muharram 1446 [8 July 2024], Memo 690 dated 24 Safar 1446 [28 August 2024], Memo 1128 dated 3 Rabi Al-Thani 1446 [6 October 2024], Memo 3133 dated 16 Ramadan 1446 [16 March 2025], Memo 4056 dated 19 Dhu Al-Hijja 1446 [15 June 2025], and Memo 1438 and Memo 1439 both dated 17 Rabi Al-Thani 1447 [9 October 2025],
after perusal of Council of Economic and Development Affairs Recommendation 1-46/6/R dated 19 Jumada Al-Awwal 1446 [21 November 2024],
after perusal of Council of Economic and Development Affairs Recommendation 8-47/20/I dated 17 Jumada Al-Awwal 1447 [8 November 2025],
after considering Shura Council Decision 25/262 dated 30 Shawwal 1446 [28 April 2025],
and after perusal of General Committee of the Council of Ministers Recommendation 3890 dated 17 Rabi Al-Thani 1448 [28 September 2026],
hereby decides
First
The Rules for Financial Control over the Accounts of Awqaf Supervised or Administered by a Government Entity are hereby approved in the form attached.
Second
Government entities that supervise or administer a waqf shall regularize their status in line with the provisions of the rules referred to in clause First of this decision, within one year from the date of this decision. The Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Awqaf may extend this period for a similar period.
The Prime Minister
Issued on: 23 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448
Corresponding to: 3 November 2026
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5195 issued on 13 November 2026.
This draft translation is currently under review.
The Council of Ministers,
after perusal of Royal Court File 10906 dated 5 Safar 1448 [19 July 2026], which includes Minister of Human Resources and Social Development and Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for Administrative Organization Telegram 20754 dated 2 Safar 1448 [16 July 2026], regarding the transfer of the necessary functions, projects, rights, and obligations allocated to the General Authority for Exhibitions and Conferences,
after perusal of the Organizational Arrangements of the General Authority for Exhibitions and Conferences issued by Council of Ministers Decision 620 dated 29 Shawwal 1440 [2 July 2019],
after perusal of the Organizational Arrangements of the National Events Center issued by Council of Ministers Decision 471 dated 15 Rajab 1441 [10 March 2020],
after perusal of the Statute of the Saudi Investment Promotion Authority issued by Council of Ministers Decision 659 dated 4 Ramadan 1446 [4 March 2025],
after perusal of Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers Memo 2804 dated 10 Sha’ban 1447 [29 January 2026] and Memo 1298 dated 4 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448 [15 October 2026],
after perusal of Council of Economic and Development Affairs Recommendation 25-8/48/I dated 23 Safar 1448 [6 August 2026],
and after perusal of General Committee of the Council of Ministers Recommendation 5069 dated 14 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448 [25 October 2026],
hereby decides
First
The following powers and functions are hereby transferred from the General Authority for Exhibitions and Conferences to the National Events Center:
1. Issuing the necessary approvals for government entities to hold exhibitions and conferences.
2. Issuing the necessary licenses for non-government entities to hold exhibitions and conferences.
3. Qualifying, training, and developing national cadres in the field of exhibitions and conferences.
4. Providing technical support to government entities when they hold exhibitions and conferences outside the Kingdom.
5. Cooperating with government entities and similar bodies in other countries, and participating in international organizations and associations with regard to its powers, in accordance with the legal procedures.
6. Representing the Kingdom in international forums related to its powers.
7. Setting the controls and requirements regulating the establishment and development of exhibition and conference centers and venues.
8. Overseeing all activities related to holding exhibitions and conferences, in coordination with the relevant entities.
9. Working to attract international exhibitions and conferences, to develop and support local exhibitions and conferences, and to create exhibitions and conferences that reflect the identity of the Kingdom in coordination with the Saudi Investment Promotion Authority and other relevant entities.
Second
The following two powers are hereby transferred from the General Authority for Exhibitions and Conferences to the Saudi Investment Promotion Authority:
1. Coordinating with the relevant entities regarding the encouragement of investment in the exhibitions and conferences sector, and providing the related incentives and information.
2. Working to promote the Kingdom as an attractive destination for holding exhibitions and conferences, in coordination with the relevant entities.
Third
The National Events Center shall complete what is necessary regarding the tasks assigned to the General Authority for Exhibitions and Conferences under directives, decisions, and orders, including what is stated in Royal Court Telegram 5601 dated 20 Muharram 1447 [15 July 2025].
Fourth
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance, the General Authority for Exhibitions and Conferences, the Saudi Investment Promotion Authority, and the National Events Center, shall identify and transfer the projects, rights, and obligations, including assets, property, workers (Saudi and foreign), jobs, contracts, appropriations, documents, and budget items, in light of the powers and functions transferred from the General Authority for Exhibitions and Conferences, in accordance with the conclusions of the study attached to Minister of Human Resources and Social Development and Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for Administrative Organization Telegram 20754 dated 2 Safar 1448 [16 July 2026] that reviews the functions of the General Authority for Exhibitions and Conferences to determine which of them must be transferred to other entities and the entities to which those functions will be transferred.
The Prime Minister
Issued on: 23 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448
Corresponding to: 3 November 2026
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5195 issued on 13 November 2026.
This draft translation is currently under review.
The Council of Ministers,
after perusal of Royal Court File 96852 dated 3 Dhu Al-Hijja 1447 [20 May 2026], which includes Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Decision Support Center Telegram 694 dated 25 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1447 [12 May 2026], regarding the request of the center to amend articles 3 and 8 of its statute,
after perusal of the Statute of the Decision Support Center issued by Council of Ministers Decision 337 dated 9 Sha’ban 1437 [16 May 2016],
after perusal of Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers Memo 343 dated 2 Safar 1448 [16 July 2026] and Memo 971 dated 28 Rabi Al-Awwal 1448 [10 September 2026],
after perusal of Council of Economic and Development Affairs Minutes 431/48/M dated 30 Safar 1448 [13 August 2026],
and after perusal of General Committee of the Council of Ministers Recommendation 3794 dated 13 Rabi Al-Thani 1448 [24 September 2026],
hereby decides
The Statute of the Decision Support Center issued by Council of Ministers Decision 337 dated 9 Sha’ban 1437 [16 May 2016] is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 3(4) is amended to read as follows: “Contributing to the provision of the necessary information to the Royal Court, the Council of Ministers, the Council of Political and Security Affairs, and the Council of Economic and Development Affairs, enabling them to exercise their competencies and tasks.”
2. Article 3(6) is deleted.
3. A paragraph is added to article 8, which reads as follows: “7. The board may—when needed and as its chairman deems appropriate—hold meetings and vote on decisions remotely through the use of technological means, and decisions may be taken by circulation to the members of the board. A decision taken in this manner is not valid unless it is circulated to all members, they vote on it, and it obtains at least a majority of their votes. This decision must be presented to the board at the first subsequent meeting to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.”
The Prime Minister
Issued on: 23 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448
Corresponding to: 3 November 2026
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5195 issued on 13 November 2026.
This draft translation is currently under review.
With the help of Allah the Almighty
We, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud,
the King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
based on article 70 of the Basic Law of Governance issued by Royal Order O/90 dated 27 Sha’ban 1412 [1 March 1992],
based on article 20 of the Law of the Council of Ministers issued by Royal Order O/13 dated 3 Rabi Al-Awwal 1414 [20 August 1993],
based on article 18 of the Law of the Shura Council issued by Royal Order O/91 dated 27 Sha’ban 1412 [1 March 1992],
after perusal of Shura Council Decision 1/13 dated 23 Rabi Al-Awwal 1447 [15 September 2025] and Decision 35/416 dated 24 Dhu Al-Hijja 1447 [10 June 2026],
and after perusal of Council of Ministers Decision 411 dated 16 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448 [27 October 2026],
have decreed as follows
First
The Commercial Transactions Law is hereby approved in the form attached.
Second
The application of the provisions of the law—referred to in clause First of this decree—does not prejudice the duties and competences legally established for the Saudi Central Bank with regard to the entities and bodies subject to its supervision and oversight.
Third
The phrase “accounting records” hereby replaces the phrase “commercial books” wherever it occurs in laws as of the date of entry into force of the law referred to in clause First of this decree.
Fourth
His Royal Highness the Prime Minister, the ministers, and the heads of independent concerned agencies—each within their area of mandate—shall implement this decree of Ours.
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
Issued on: 21 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448
Corresponding to: 1 November 2026
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5195 issued on 13 November 2026.
This draft translation is currently under review.
Circular Telegram 44896 dated 20 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448 [31 October 2026]
We have perused Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Letter 10342 dated 25 Rabi Al-Thani 1448 [6 October 2026] regarding the file containing Royal Commission for Riyadh City Telegram 20250508139 dated 10 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1446 [8 May 2025], accompanied by the draft Statute of the Riyadh Health City Foundation (an independent foundation of a special nature and not for profit), and have perused Council of Economic and Development Affairs Recommendation 2-2/48/R dated 16 Safar 1448 [30 July 2026], which includes the appropriateness of what was concluded in Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers Memo 17 dated 2 Muharram 1448 [17 June 2026] as follows:
First
The establishment of the Riyadh Health City Foundation is hereby approved in accordance with the draft statute attached to the mentioned memo of the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers.
Second
The Riyadh Health City Foundation is subject—in the absence of a special provision in its draft statute referred to in clause First above—to the provisions of the Law of Civil Associations and Institutions issued by Royal Decree D/8 dated 19 Safar 1437 [1 December 2015].
Third
The chairman of the board of directors of the foundation—referred to in clause First above—agrees with the Minister of Finance on determining the amount of an annual financial subsidy allocated by the state to the foundation.
Fourth
The budget of the foundation—referred to in clause First—or any of its financial costs must be within the budget of the strategy of the city of Riyadh in the Royal Commission for Riyadh City.
Fifth
The foundation—referred to in clause First—provides the National Center for Non-Profit Sector with a copy of its annual report approved by the board of directors of the commission, to include the outputs of its work within the overall performance reports of the non-profit sector at the level of the Kingdom.
Sixth
The Board of Directors of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City includes in both the final account of the commission and its annual report—before submitting them in accordance with clause Eighth(12) of the Organizational Arrangements of the commission issued by Order O/312 dated 29 Rabi Al-Thani 1441 [26 December 2019]—a separate chapter related to the final account and the annual report of the foundation referred to in clause First above.
Seventh
The exercise by the Board of Directors of the Riyadh Health City Foundation of its power—stated in article 7(10) of the draft foundation statute referred to in clause First above—to approve the regulations governing the financial affairs of the Riyadh Health City Foundation and the provisions with financial impact in the regulations, policies, rules, and the like must be in agreement with the Ministry of Finance, for the entire period during which the foundation receives government subsidies.
We hereby inform you of our approval of this, so complete the required matters accordingly.
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
Issued on: 20 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448
Corresponding to: 31 October 2026
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5193 issued on 6 November 2026.
The Board of Directors of the Transport General Authority,
based on the powers entrusted to it by law,
after perusal of the Law of Carriage by Land on Roads issued by Royal Decree D/188 dated 24 Sha’ban 1446 [23 February 2025],
after perusal of the Statute of the Transport General Authority issued by Council of Ministers Decision 323 dated 14 Ramadan 1434 [22 July 2013] and its amendments,
after perusal of the Executive Regulation for the Activity of Educational Transport, approved by Board of Directors of the Transport General Authority Decision 6/11TR/2025/4 dated 1 Rabi Al-Awwal 1447 [24 August 2025],
after perusal of Board of Directors of the Transport General Authority Decision 2/9/2026/4 dated 12 Safar 1448 [26 July 2026],
after perusal of Executive Committee Recommendation 10/2T/2026/4 dated 25 Rabi Al-Awwal 1448 [7 September 2026],
and after deliberation, the board hereby decides:
First
The amendments to the Executive Regulation for the Activity of Educational Transport are hereby approved in accordance with the form attached.
Second
The provisions of the amendments referred to in clause First of this decision hereby apply 60 days after the date of their publication in the official gazette.
May Allah provide success.
Issued on: 17 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448
Corresponding to: 28 October 2026
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5193 issued on 6 November 2026.