The Council of Ministers,
after perusal of Royal Court File 23893 dated 30 Rabi Al-Thani 1442 [23 November 2020], which includes the Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture Telegram 245429/1/1442 dated 25 Rabi Al-Thani 1442 [24 November 2020], regarding the draft Organizational Arrangements of the Public Institution for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea,
after perusal of the mentioned draft organizational arrangements,
after perusal of Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers Minutes 570 dated 17 Ramadan 1442 [29 April 2021] and Memo 1971 dated 13 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1442 [23 June 2021],
after perusal of Council of Economic and Development Affairs Recommendation 6-38/42/I dated 24 Ramadan 1442 [6 May 2021]
and after perusal of General Committee of the Council of Ministers Recommendation 8423 dated 27 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1442 [7 July 2021]
hereby decides
First
The establishment of the Public Institution for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea is hereby approved, in accordance with its attached organizational arrangements.
Second
The Public Institution for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea shall, within a period not exceeding 12 months from the date of approval of clause First of this decision, undertake the following:
1․ Prepare a draft system for the institution, in light of the organizational arrangements—stipulated in clause First of this decision—and the matters that may appear to it in this regard, and submit it, in preparation for completing the necessary legal procedures in this regard.
2․ Review the laws, orders, decrees, decisions, and instructions that have been affected by the provisions of the organizational arrangements—stipulated in clause First of this decision—in coordination with whomever it deems appropriate, propose their amendment in accordance with those arrangements, and report on matters that require the completion of legal procedures in their regard.
Third
Entities that exercise mandates related to the conservation of coral reefs and turtles in the Red Sea—for which the Public Institution for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea is competent in accordance with the organizational arrangements stipulated in clause First of this decision—shall continue to exercise their mandates, in coordination with the institution, until the institution undertakes those mandates. Its board of directors may review the work of those entities—related to the mandates of the institution—determine what the institution will undertake from them, and report on matters that require action in their regard.
The Prime Minister
Issued on: 25 Rabi Al-Thani 1443
Corresponding to: 1 December 2021
Published in Umm Al-Qura 4912 issued on 10 December 2021.